Health Coordinator Reponse Covid 19

• Prepare program work plans in coordination with Field Coordinator/Manager for all projects.
• Conduct regular monitoring visits to the various project sites as possible, ensuring that projects utilize standardized protocols, policies and guidelines, as outlined by the Ministry of Health and WHO. Identify technical quality and/or other implementation issues, and provide solutions and follow-up to ensure projects are on track to meet goals and are consistent with established best practices.
• Represent IRC at key coordination forums.
• Ensure that the health program is implemented in line with the IRC principles:promoting and protecting rights, participation, capacity building, partnership and holistic programming.
• Strictly follow up the medical and operational supply chain system, stock recording, timely ordering for the supplies and accountabilities in relation to the warehousing and using of the supplies including medicines and medical items.
• Promote the culture of learning and documentation so that lessons learned and good practices are documented and shared for institutional memory and learning. Ensure that field experiences are documented and used to advocate on behalf of the communities.
• Assess unmet needs in the health sector with a special focus on Covid-19 response and make recommendations for how IRC can better address identified unmet needs, contributing to the IRC’s health strategy.
• Work closely with other IRC programs present in the same location, such as Nutrition, WASH and RRM, and integrate program components to the extent possible.
• Work with finance to provide accurate and timely spending plans, cash forecasts, and salary allocations
• Actively develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders, including donors, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, and other relevant actors
• Conduct monthly program data analysis with health staff to discuss progress on grant indicators, disease trends, define action points for how to stay on track with grant requirements, and follow up with those points
• Work closely with the M&E team to produce and analyze all weekly, monthly, or quarterly reports and ensure timely submission of all such reports.

Other Duties

• Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of field teams, promptly reporting concerns or incidents to IRC management and liaising with other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment.
• As assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs.
• Provide a strong and thorough handover at the end of deployment.

NOTE: This position may enter the red zone/high risk area of an isolation unit.