Requisition ID: req8762
Job Title: Health Manager Reponse Covid 19
Sector: Health
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Location: Commune Urbaine de Niamey, Niger
Job Description
Oversee the implementation of quality emergency health intervention within the Covid emergency response and work closely with the WASH, Nutrition and Emergency teams, ensure the IRC’s Covid-19 response activities are implemented on time ensuring high quality in accordance with technical best practice and IRC approaches
- 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.
- Support the AREC in representing 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.
- 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
- In cooperation with the AREC, 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
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.
Qualifications
- The ideal candidate will be a health professional with public health training and previous EVD response or cholera experience.
- Previous experience working in infection prevention and control, with demonstrated experience in IPC personnel management, supervision and the development of SOPs/protocols.
- Experience in implementing and managing health programs in emergency contexts.
- Strong management, planning, interpersonal, and communication skills;
- Ability to live and work in stressful and insecure environment;
- Able to manage multiple tasks.
- Able to work under pressure and good at timely decision making.
- Competent in Microsoft Office, Word and Excel
- Knowledge and/or experience in conflict management, protection, or other related field;
- Excellent professional approach and strong team building skills.
- Strong coordination and representation skills and well versed in convincing and clarification of views and points.
