Job Title:
Senior Health Officer -Behavior Change Communication.
Location:
Amman, Jordan, Northern Governorates including possible new locations or camps if programme expands.
Job Holder Reports To:
Health Project Manager.
Reporting to Job Holder:
Health project staff (Health officers).
Overall Purpose:
The Health Programme focuses on health finance interventions (e.g. cash for health), and working on behaviour change communication under the community health component, The Senior Health Officer – Behavior Change Communication would be expected to:
– Provides social and behavior change communication (SBCC) technical assistance to Medair’s BCC project.
– Coordinate, facilitate, implement, monitor and supervise the BCC activities, community based promotion, mobilization and referral activities related to the Health Programme and in line with the programme objectives and logframe.
– Provide practical and technical guidance to the community health outreach teams in the project area.
– Encourage beneficiary participation.
– Liase and coordinate with other stakeholders- Input to the development of new health projects and reports.
Project Overview:
Medair is implementing emergency response and recovery projects to address health needs for communities affected by the Syrian crisis and other conflicts in the Middle East and surrounding region. The projects are being implemented in a complex context in rural and urban (non-camp) settings. Great focus required on capacity building of local staff and coordination with the UN, NGO system, and CBOs to assess and respond to needs in a complex and quickly evolving context.
1. Focus on on-going health BCC projects, ensure quality implementation and build on existing partnerships.
2. Working closely with partner organisations in join implementation.
3. Capacity building the Ministry of Health and Community Based Organizations.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Community preparation / liaison:
Training:
Supervision and Line Management:
Data collection and Open Data Kit development:
Other Responsibilities:
Person Specification
Qualification / Experience
Vocational qualification
Essential:
Desirable:
Work experience
Essential:
Desirable:
Languages
Essential:
Fluency in spoken and written English; Arabic native speaker.
IT
Essential:
Good working skills with Word, Excel and use of e-mail/ Outlook.
Competencies
Motivation
Essential:
Self-motivated, desire to serve the community especially refugees and vulnerable Jordanians. Willing to be trained and to learn.
Team-building
Essential:
Adaptability
Essential:
Technical expertise
Essential:
Desirable:
Management and leadership
Essential:
Desirable:
Work conditions
This is a position based in Amman.
Job Commitment
Planned start date:
ASAP.
Duration of commitment:
9 months with possible extension based on the availability of fund and performance.
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