Plan International Health Officer Jobs 2023 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs. Plan International Ethiopia looking for “Health Officer“. Applicants with a degree in BSc Degree may apply on or before 10th Feb 2023.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organization which works in 71 countries across the world, in Africa, the Americas, and Asia to advance children’s rights and equality for girls. Plan International is one of the world’s largest organizations working for children’s rights and gender equality. In 2016, Plan International reached 17.1 million girls and 15.5 million boys through its programming.
Plan International Health Officer Jobs 2023
The Plan International has published a job vacancy announcement on 4th Feb 2023 for qualified Ethiopians to fill in the vacant post of Health Officer to be based in Metekel, Amhara, Ethiopia.
| Recruiter | Plan International |
| Position | Health Officer |
| Location | Metekel, Amhara, Ethiopia |
| Country | Ethiopia |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | BSc Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Three years |
| Application Deadline | 10th Feb 2023 |
Plan International Job Vacancy 2023
Accountabilities:
- Provide sectoral leadership and expertise in the assessment.
- Conduct initial rapid assessment of current situation in collaboration with local specialists and affected population; determine priorities and immediate activities and resources
- Review, assess and update the Health situation in areas affected by emergency (including, but not limited)
- Highlight Health and MHPSS issues requiring a response – both immediate (less than 2 months) and medium term and make recommendations on specific PLAN actions required. Ensure core commitments to children are taken into consideration.
- Represent PLAN to Health and clusters, stakeholders and Governmental and non-Governmental agencies for the purposes of the protection aspects of the assessment.
- Assess in-country resources, human, material and financial for response with relevant staff and agencies and assist in capacity building of national staff.
- Identify potential partnerships to implement recommendations, assess potential partners where available or make recommendations on how to fill gaps.
- In collaboration with national and international Health and Nutrition Actors, map current institutional response capacities.
- In collaboration with Health and Nutrition Actors , develop a realistic evidence‐based, Health and MHPSS program plan, including both programmatic and advocacy activities (results oriented).
- Design most appropriate Health and MHPSS interventions based on the outcomes of assessments and the context.
- Ensure that issues of gender, protection, DRR, and conflict sensitivity are factored into the program design.
- Ensure PLAN’s guidelines and UN Health and Nutrition cluster standards are considered and any departures documented.
- Work in close collaboration with other program coordinators to ensure that emergency interventions build upon each other and link in to longer term programming.
- Develop an Health and MHPSS Program Plan, concept papers, and proposals in respect of the above.
- Provide technical support to local health workers for the delivery of emergency and primary health care services such as IMNCI/ICCM, FP, ANC, DELIVERY, PNC, IMMUNIZATION, EPI and MPHSS activities to people who have no access to the services.
- Facilitate and provide health and MHPSS education for care takers and beneficiaries
- Check vaccinations status and refer to health facilities when required;
- Ensure medical examination at discharge: validate the discharge upon the status of the patients.
- As part of MHN team. He/she will provide basic primary health and MHPSS service for people with no access to health and MHPSS services
- Improving basic preventive health care and MHPSS at community level with emphasis health, immunization, health and MHPSS services.
- Provide consultation & provide proper treatment based on the protocol
- Strengthening of linkages and coordination mechanisms between community and the Woreda health bureaus.
- Strengthening of early referrals mechanism
- Train and support the HEWs in PFA, MHPSS &| Community mobilization and follow-up according to national guideline
- Train and support community-based volunteer health workers for the implementation of the community component of the project.
- Conduct supportive supervision for HEWS and HWs using supportive supervision tools
- Conduct health care services and MHPSS assessment, identified health and MHPSS gaps of the woreda
- Representing PIE and participate on health cluster meeting and contribute your input.
- Ensure each and every admitted child receives adequate and quality clinical and MHPSS care through existing resources.
- Ensure at all times adequately equipped and supplied with the necessary nutritional and clinical requirements – Plumpy’nut, Vitamin A, routine drugs, nutritional equipment’s, nutritional/medical ,PFA kits, different kinds of basic kits ,stationeries, etc.
- Provide technical support to local health workers for the delivery of emergency and primary health care services such as IMNCI/ICCM activities to people who have no access to these.
Position in Organization:
- Health Officer
- Location: Metekel
- Type of Role: Health Officer
- Reports to: Health and Nutrition coordinator
- Grade: C1
- Closing Date: 10 Feburary 2023
Qualification & Experience:
- BSC Graduated in clinical or public Nurse.
- At least 3 Years’ experience preferably in NGO.
How to Apply Plan International Health Officer Jobs 2023
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://jobs.plan-international.org/job/Metekel-Health-Officer/899670301/
The Closing Date: 10th Feb 2023.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
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| Official Website | plan-international.org |
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