Health Officer

Job Title: Health Officer

TEAM/PROGRAMME: EKN2

LOCATION:Aswan

GRADE: 4

CONTRACT LENGTH: 12 months

ChildSafeguarding:

Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people.

ROLE PURPOSE:

EKN2 project aims to strengthen a comprehensive, multisectoral response so that displaced Sudanese people in Egypt have safe, equitable and timely access to quality SGBV prevention and response services, including case management, health care, MHPSS, social engagement and empowerment activities.

This role leads the health component activities S/he will be responsible for ensuring primary and secondary healthcare services provided in Aswan are planned, coordinated, implemented, and reported in a quality, timely manner, and in compliance with SCI and donor requirements. S/he will also play a pivotal role in internal and external stakeholder management.

SCOPE OF ROLE: 

Reports to: Project Manager 

The team directly reporting to this post: health coordinator and medical claim coordinator

Budget responsibility: yes 

Field travel: based in Aswan with 70% presence in the field. 

KEYAREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Project Implementation

• Facilitate the capacity building of PNGO on SGBV

• Oversee the implementation of referral pathway and cost coverage to contracted secondary and tertiary hospitals in Aswan.

• Ensure SGBV Secondary health cases are identified, highlighted, and properly referred to appropriate services.

• Supervise all health activities implemented directly or through partner NGO

• Capacity building for health staff, community workers, partner NGO teams and other stakeholders

• Plan, implement, and supervise primary healthcare activities including community health awareness sessions, capacity building for public entities, and other activities.

• Identify and continuously update health awareness sessions and events messages based on needs and evolved situations.

• Participates in healthcare facilities assessments and plans for support based on assessment.

• Ensure data collection design, gathering, and analysis that support data-based advocacy messages for universal health coverage

• Support and directly supervise all cash for health-related activities.

• Actively participate in project management cycle activities including needs assessment, project design, budgeting, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.

• Designing and implementing community outreach work plans and tracking all related expenditures; preparing financial forecasts/ plans directly linked to community work plans.

• Support the project manager in leading and overseeing the high-quality implementation of SC’s Health activities for refugees and host communities to fulfill obligations to stakeholders at all levels.

• Coach and build the capacity of the community mobilization team as needed.

• Utilize the Performance Management System, define expectations of staff members, and develop work plans and improvement plans as needed.

Reportinganddocumentation

• Assures and revises comprehensive, accurate, and on time data registration process.

• Assures that the action taken are documented and cases are followed up, and the feedback recorded.

• Support for preparing all reports needed for Health activities.

Budgeting

Support in quality budget phasing, monitoring, and utilization, participates in cost/benefit assessment for Health activities guided by donor SOPs

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

· holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.

· holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

· sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.

· widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.

· future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale. Collaboration:

· builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.

· values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.

· approachable, good listener, easy to talk to. Creativity:

· develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.

· willing to take disciplined risks. Integrity:

· honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in medicine/nursing/pharmacy with a minimum of 3 years of successful experience in project implementation with a reputed organization or NGO.

• Experience managing primary healthcare activities, especially on a community level

• Experience managing nutrition services is desirable

• Previous work with refugees/asylum seekers is a plus.

• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing and negotiation.

• Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets.

• Very good computer skills.

• Report writing skills in English required.

• Good knowledge of Child Safeguarding will be an added advantage.

• Commitment to Save the Children International values

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

EqualOpportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policiesandprocedures.

ChildSafeguarding:

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

SafeguardingourStaff:

The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

HealthandSafety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.