Community Health Worker

·Conduct both needs assessments and baseline assessments in the communities in collaboration with the HIMS assistant & Medical team leader.

·Develop strong relationships with community leaders and other stakeholders operating in the districts, provide updates of activities and develop areas of collaboration to address programmatic gaps and strengthen program impact

·She/he will assist the medical team and other staff with other reports.

·Perform regular health education sessions for beneficiaries.

·Disseminate health materials to beneficiaries as necessary

·The CHW will assist staff with other activities and support as necessary.

·Attend scheduled program meetings

·Actively participate in activity planning

·Ensures patient confidentiality

·Support the health team in translation to/from English language 

·Ensure quality of services, accurate data collection and tracking of health promotion activities and client satisfaction surveys

·Support the development of house hold surveys and questionnaires for knowledge, attitude and practice surveys in collaboration with the HIMS assistant & health manager.

·Support the assessment of health awareness, mental health issues, and gaps in health services provided at community level. Also, assess beneficiaries’ perceptions toward healthcare services provided by mobile health teams.

·Compile data and submit weekly technical reports to HIMS assistant & health manager.

·Provide regular updates to the IRC security and operations team on any potential risks or issues in the communities

Staff management

The Community Health Worker will not be line managing any internal staff. S/he might support and train volunteers to provide healthcare in supported PHC facilities, if needed.

Professional Standards

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.  In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

·Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment with daily travel to different field sites in Tripoli

·Effective team player with public interest driven orientation

·Has previous volunteering experience

·Demonstrates a high degree of self-motivation

·Has a good network in targeted the community

·Able to speak in Arabic as well as English (other languages desirable)

·Has good communication skills and the capacity to facilitate presentations, meetings, and discussions concerning health and social issues

·Able to provide assistance to all individuals and nationalities