Post name
Community Health Supervisor
Vacancy
02
02
Last Date
17 November 2018
- 17 November 2018
Job Source
SACMO jobs (15 November 2018).
SACMO jobs (15 November 2018).
Job Responsibilities
- Responsible to manage and oversee community health volunteers to carry out social behaviour change communication (SBCC)
- With the support of the Health Project Manager/Health Manager, recruit community health volunteers (CHVs)
- Provide training to volunteers on health and nutrition community activities, with support of Health Project Manager/Health Manager
- Provide regular supportive supervision to CHVs to enable them to perform their duties effectively
- Responsible to oversee compiling and collecting of relevant community health information/data on a weekly and monthly basis
- Act as a link between Medair and community members such as community leaders, volunteers, beneficiaries and beneficiary groups
- Support planning for health and nutrition activities at community level in line with national/local guidelines
- Conduct detailed mapping of the site catchment areas
- Promote adoption of good health and nutrition practices and behaviour learnt at community and household level
- Identify and reporting challenges faced in implementation for timely resolution
- Coordinate the dissemination of health and nutrition promotional messages in the targeted community
- Monitor and supervise data collection by volunteers and ensuring accuracy and completeness
- Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and provide guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions
- Provide support and mentorship to other clinic staff, providing on-the-job community health/SBCC training when needed
- Supervise community health volunteers including monitoring attendance, arranging schedules and assigning areas of work
- Report to management staff any disciplinary actions needed
- With support of health manager facilitate regular meetings with Community Health Volunteers for feedback and trouble shooting
- Provide daily oversite and supervision to ensure the community health activities are carried out with the highest quality
- Meet with beneficiaries to get feedback on activities, needs, and improve ways of working
- Meet with community leaders to ensure support for the project and better uptake of the community to the health services
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with local communities and other implementing partners
- Review, compile and submit reports as required by Medair, cluster and MOHFW
- Submit daily reports in a timely manner
- Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of the team; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to Medair management and liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for the health team
- Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop the community health component of the program
Employment Status
Contractual
Educational Requirements
- HSC
- Diploma in public health or other relevant clinical degree (nurse, MA, clinical doctor) with 1-2 years' work experience
- Registration with local licensing authority
- Knowledge of social behaviour change communication theory
Experience Requirements
- At least 1 year(s)
- The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):
NGO
Additional Requirements
- Age at least 18 years
- Both males and females are allowed to apply
- At least 1-2 years experience working in community health/public health
- Fluent in written and spoken English
- Fluent in Bengali
- Fluent in Chittagonian dialect
- Skills to provide sensitive and appropriate medical counselling
- Self-motivated
- Desire to serve the Rohingya community
- Willingness to work in a remote setting
- Willing to do tasks outside of Job Description when asked
- Enjoys working in a team environment
- Respectful towards other cultures
- Able to establish relationships easily
- Good communication skillAble to stand in front of large groups confidently
- Respectful when talking to beneficiaries and other staff
- Ability and flexibility to understand the cultural and political environment and to work well with the local health representatives.
- Diploma or certificate in public health
- Training in humanitarian standards
- Previous work within a natural disaster or mass casualty incident is an added advantage.
- Previous work with a humanitarian NGO
- Fluent in Rohingya language
- Good interpersonal skills
Job Location
Cox's Bazar
Salary
- Negotiable
