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Main Purpose of the Job:

 Under the direct supervision of the Community Health officers and technical guidance from the community Health Manager, the primary function of the Community Health Promotion assistant to conduct mortality and morbidity surveillance and mortality data collection from the communities.

 Duties and Responsibilities:

General Duties:

The Community Health Promotion Assistant (CHPA) will supervise all community-level health activities (disease surveillance, outbreak response, surveys, assessments, community meetings, H-Shura members' meetings, and making links between the community and HFs) along with supervising CHV activities. He or she will assist in training, supporting, and supervising CHVs and will also supervise public health programs and promote collaboration between the facility and the community of the catchment population, along with establishing referral pathways from communities to supported health facilities. He or she also assists in the formation and linkage of community health committees (Shura-e-Sehie) with the CHV program and health facilities. He or she is responsible for supporting the communities in identifying and addressing their health needs, constraints, and problems.

Specific Duties:

CHVs Training:

  • Assists in practical training during CHV training courses, including supervising the practical experience of the CHVs in the community during their training.
  • Provides on-the-job mentoring and monthly in-service training to CHVs during debriefing days.
  • Reviews and evaluates the performance of the CHVs and identifies the need for further training and organizing refresher courses for CHVs.

Supportive supervision:

  • Assist the staff of the health facility in making plans (1- health education at HF level to clients 2- regular coordination with HF staff regarding defaulters list. 3- any emergency happening, outbreaks or pandemics) for the community health programs in the facility and its catchment area.
  • Implements, supervises, monitors, and periodically evaluates the community health program activities in the catchment area of the health facility.
  • Identifies and reports immediately to the head of the health facility/RCCE Focal point any problems that may interfere with achieving program objectives.
  • Guides the CHVs in the development and implementation of their activities action plans, such as for the defaulters list.
  • Conducts monthly Regular meetings with CHVs to point out the problems at the months at community level.
  • Conducts regular visits to the CHVs in their communities to assess and assist their work.
  • Encourages teamwork among CHVs, especially when they are working in the same catchment population to avoid duplication of work.
  • Compile the demographic data collected by CHVs to ensure there is no duplication and cross-check the validity through physical verification at the community level.
  • Provides regular CHV activities reports to the provincial health program manager and the RCCE manager.

Health Management Information System:

  • Supervises the quality of the pictorial registers and community maps maintained by the CHVs and assists them as needed and demanded.
  • Supervises completion of the MARs (monthly activity report) by CHVs and the completion of the facility MAAR (monthly aggregated activity report).
  • Consolidates the MARs monthly aggregate activity report and assists the head of the health facility in preparing consolidated monthly reports, and assists in maintaining graphs to monitor the facility's health programs.
  • Assists in supervising any required community health survey.
  • Uses the reporting system and information received from village health committees (Shura-e-Sehie) to monitor the community health status and submits findings to the person in charge of the health facility on a regular basis.

Facility community collaboration:

  • Assists formation of community health committees (Shura-e-Sehie)
  • Provides an orientation session on health topics of concern to the community Shura.
  • Based on the Guideline and information, implement community-based health activities
  • Encourages and provides on-time support for CHVs at the community level.
  • Provides feedback from communities to the head of the health facilities.

Qualifications and Requirements:

  • Professional qualification as a Nurse, community health, or Midwife with experience in health promotion and conducting training.
  • 1-2 years’ Experience in community mobilization (Health & Nutrition and coordination to increase community participation.
  • Self-motivated, possessing persuasion skills, ability to maintain relationships, and able to work on own initiative.
  • Enthusiasm to travel to locations within a region – and to other regions for training sessions.
  • Communication and reporting skills.
  • Fluency in Pashto, Dari is a must, and English
  • Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet) an advantage.
  • Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background.

                                                                                                             

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding, Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation. IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs. IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.

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