Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Tehuledere and Were Babu, Ethiopia
Plan International is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Health and Nutrition Officer.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
Responsibilities
- Ensure technical quality implementation and delivery of the mobile health and nutrition services in the assigned Woreda
- Ensure the day-to-day implementation of outreach EPI, health education, and screening, OTP, as per the guideline of RHB and WHO mobile health and nutrition teams
- Provide supervision, technical assistance and capacity building to health extension workers and health workers in health facilities
- Ensure the daily implementation of mobile health and nutrition services package as per the standard
- Support health facilities and ensure daily dispensary and drug supply management
- Ensure day-to-day documentation, and that people are available for health education, vaccination of children, screening of children and mothers, etc
Requirements
- BSc in Public Health, Nursing, Nutrition
- Four years of relevant professional experience in a similar position
- In-depth knowledge and experience of health and nutrition programming in the humanitarian context (essential)
- Familiarity with MHN activity in emergency settings
- In-depth knowledge of primary health care system
- In-depth knowledge and experience of IMNCI, AMYCN, IYCF-E implementation
- Strong organisational and supervisory skills
- Strong writing and reporting skills
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work within different cultural environments and cross-cultural awareness
- Ability to work within a team structure
- Flexibility and ability to cope with stressful workloads and working with limited resources
To apply and for more information, click here.
Photo source: UNICEF Ethiopia
