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Program / Department Summary

The project is intended to reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with under nutrition and increased illnesses of conflict induced communities who do not have access to primary health care services and basic nutrition services.

S/He will also be responsible for day-to-day documentation of children and adults treated, people provided for health education, vaccinated children and all provided services accordingly and compile weekly and monthly reports and share with woreda projects officers and woreda health offices.

Essential Job Responsibilities

Strategy & Vision

• Collaborate with other team member for effective integration between other services like Nutrition and health services.
• Collaborate with Local authorities and other partners to harmonize different efforts for better impact and sustainability.
• Able to learn and update his/ her information or knowledge to adapt the changing situation and context.

Program Management

• Coordinate and facilitate implementation of integrated mobile health and Nutrition activities, site selection and prepare weekly movement plan.
• Provide basic health services including community IMNCI/ICCM, safe motherhood, emergency services, referral, health education, EPI as per Somali RHB Mobile health and nutrition guideline.
• Facilitate training, closely work with MOH staffs at Health posts, Health center and hospital, and district level.
• Organize daily, weekly and monthly overview and reports of EPI, health education and consultations.
• Ensure referral system and linkage between services and with the health facilities.
• Adherence to medical and nutritional treatment protocols and procedures for children and infants.
• Receive weekly reports from HEW at weekly basis, cross check the completeness and accuracy and submit to Woreda Project officers.
• Participate in capacity building training, in health education sessions and IEC/BCC application.
• Follow up absentees/defaulters and keep current record of both beneficiaries and the staff (CHAs, volunteers).

Team Management

• Supports and liaise with the health centre staff and provide on the job training and capacity building.
• Makes sure that health professionals from the health facilities to participate on the daily routine work for sustainability and smooth phase out strategy,
• Provide onsite training to HEW and nurses.
• Mentoring and assist HEW in decision of patients who are at severe risks and need to be transferred to nearby hospital.
• Supports the program integration with DPPO and MoH through on job trainings and supervisions.

Influence & Representation

• Train and support community volunteers and make sure they transmit/convey messages clearly to the community.
• Creates and maintain relationship with local health and other authorities to link services with the existing health structure smoothly,
• Upholds the image and values of Mercy Corps at all times,

Security

• Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country leadership.
• Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.

Organizational Learning

• As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.

Accountability to Beneficiaries

• Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
• Mercy Corps team members are expected to implement community accountability reporting Mechanism (CARM) effectively.
• Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and MC’s policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues.

Job Requirements

Knowledge and Experience : BSC in nursing or public health and Minimum four years work experience in NGOs environment as MHNT out of which two years is in clinical setups.

Success Factors

• Ability and willingness to frequently travel to villages and willingness to reside in rural areas.
• Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions like long distance walking to distribution sites.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience in closely working with regional and Woreda Health Office, health centers and health posts.
• Communication skill, good human relations
• Firm belief in teamwork, gender equality