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IRC Health Officer Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs

IRC Health Officer Jobs 2024 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.

IRC Ethiopia looking for “Health Officer”.

Applicants with a BSc Degree may apply on or before 10th May, 2024.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. Founded in 1933 as the International Relief Association, at the request of Albert Einstein, and changing its name in 1942 after amalgamating with the similar Emergency Rescue Committee, the IRC provides emergency aid and long-term assistance to refugees and those displaced by war, persecution, or natural disaster.

IRC Health Officer Jobs 2024

The IRC has published a job vacancy announcement on 24th April, 2024 for qualified Ethiopian to fill in the vacant post of Health Officer to be based in Shire, Ethiopia.

Recruiter International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Position Health Officer
Location Shire, Ethiopia
Country Ethiopia
Total Vacant Post N/A
Qualification BSc Degree
Experience Required Minimum of Five (05) year’s
Application Deadline 10th May, 2024

IRC Job Vacancy 2024

Major Responsibilities:

  • Assist in the micro-plan preparation for immunization and SIAs campaign including for routine EPI and with emphasis on inaccessible, border and poorly performing areas.
  • Work with Gavi REACH team to map out missed communities, ZDC and hard to reach populations to develop strategies that will ensure adequate reach of immunization services.
  • Facilitate effective cold chain logistics, including adequate forecasting, quantification and requisition of vaccination supplies, timely delivery of vaccines and health supplies for campaigns and routine activities, vaccine stock management, and appropriate maintenance and expansion of cold chain.
  • Develop weekly movement plans to project support areas in line with the project activity work plans to ensure regular support supervision and mentorship of field teams, last mile delivery of HMIS, vaccine and other needed supplies to health services delivery points.
  • Conduct regular Infection prevention and control (IPC) assessments at the supported health service delivery points to ensure high standards of IPC are maintained.
  • Develop IPC action plans with the relevant teams and use this for continuous quality improvement.
  • Work with communities and key collaborators to design, and effectively disseminate risk communication and community mobilization (RCCE) materials on immunization to generate community acceptance and consensus.
  • Support the project teams to detect, identify, report and manage adverse events following immunization (AEFI) in supported project locations.
  • Highlight gaps, using field reports and empirical data on performance and technical coverage in EPI activities that need to be addressed.
  • Represent IRC in monthly coordination meetings at woreda based with district health staff and partners working in the woredas.
  • Compile, and report project progress reports (weekly, monthly, and quarterly) to Senior project officer and EPI specialist.
  • Ensure timely compilation of social mobilization field data, including social mobilization checklists within the overall polio and RI monitoring and evaluation framework.
  • Supervise and evaluate the program activities and make sure that monthly & quarter indicators met or not.
  • Provide technical support to evaluate the efficiency of the program implementation and recommended changes in goals, objectives, intervention strategies, measurable outputs, and timelines.

Position in Organization:

  • Requisition ID: req51519
  • Job Title: Health Officer
  • Sector: Health
  • Employment Category: Regular
  • Employment Type: Full-Time
  • Open to Expatriates: No
  • Location: Shire, Ethiopia

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

  • Public Health/Health Officer/Nursing qualification from a recognized college/University.

Experience:

  • Minimum of five years of relevant experience for diploma holders, two years for degree holders and one year of relevant experience for postgraduate.
  • Work experience in immunization, and PHEM is an asset.

Language Skills:

  • Strong oral and written communications skills in English, Amharic and Tigrigna is plus.

How to Apply IRC Health Officer Jobs 2024

Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.

Then to apply, go to https://rescue.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/51519?c=rescue

The Closing Date: 10th May, 2024

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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