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POSITION: PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERT

DEPARTMENT: PROGRAMS

REPORTS TO: TEAM LEADER

LOCATION: HARGEISA

Nature and Scope of the Position

The Public Health Officer will ensure that Mercy USA‘s health and nutrition programmes meet minimum Mercy USA and international standards and minimize avoidable mortality and morbidity among populations of concern. The Public Health Expert supports and provides guidance to the health and nutrition focal points and officers in our field offices

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Observe health status to recognize and solve community health issues.
  • Encourage community partnerships and action to identify and resolve health related issues.
  • Implement laws and regulations that secure health and ensure safety.
  • Ensure qualified public and personal health care staff.
  • Identify and investigate health issues and health hazards in the people.
  • Provide communities required personal health services and ensure the provision of health care.
  • Develop plans and policies that help individual and community health initiatives.
  • Search for new ideas and innovative solutions to health issues.
  • Notify, educate, and empower people regarding health problems.
  • Design or use monitoring tools, like as screening, lab records, and vital information, to recognize health risks.
  • Develop tools to address behavioral causes of diseases.
  • Assess the effectiveness of recommended risk reduction actions or other interventions.
  • Recognize groups at threat for specific preventable diseases.
  • Carry out epidemiological research of acute and chronic diseases.
  • Prepare precautionary health reports, which include problem explanations, analyses, alternate solutions, and suggestions.
  • Manage or coordinate the work of doctors, nurses, statisticians, or other staff members.
  • Educate or train medical team regarding precautionary medicine problems.
  • Design, implement, or assess health service delivery systems to enhance the health of specific communities.

JOB SPECIFICATION

Academic

· A clinical background with postgraduate training/Degree in Public Health or related field

· Knowledge of public health, nutrition and HIV in humanitarian emergencies

Experience

· 4 years minimum experience in similar position working as a Public Health Officer/ Health Officer/ Clinical Officer in a humanitarian emergency and recovery context

· Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.

· Experience of implementing USAID,UN,EAC,DFID, ECHO funded projects

· Experience working with budgets, including managing financial outlays and expenditures

Work related skills

  • Strong knowledge of the programme management cycle, and related process and structures for quality programme management
  • Good organizational skills
  • Experience with scaling up of humanitarian programs in strictly controlled context is an asset
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including diplomacy and negotiation
  • Good time management skills
  • Strong communication skills, including ability to lead and manage remote
  • Ability to work in harsh conditions
  • Strategic thinking
  • Aggressive and Result Oriented
  • Able to meet set own targets and meet own targets on a monthly basis and follow up targets of reporting colleagues
  • Able to meet deadlines
  • Able to identify programme challenges and plan and communicate alternatives for smooth programme implementation

Personal attributes

· Ability to work under pressure

· Trustworthy

· Team player

· Strong interpersonal skills

· Strong customer relation skills

· Integrity

Due to the nature of Mercy USA Operations, flexibility is indispensable and unavoidable.

How to apply:

About Mercy USA

Mercy-USA for Aid and Development is dedicated to alleviating human suffering and supporting individuals and their communities in their efforts to become more self-sufficient. Incorporated in the State of Michigan in 1988, Mercy-USA’s projects focus on improving health, nutrition and access to safe water, as well as promoting economic and educational growth around the world.

Any interested candidate can send a CV and cover letter to the following email address: [email protected]

This position is only open to Somalilander’s and will close on 20th August 2019

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Mercy-USA for Aid and Development is dedicated to alleviating human suffering and supporting individuals and their communities in their efforts to become more self-sufficient. Incorporated in the State of Michigan in 1988, Mercy-USA’s projects focus on improving health, nutrition and access to safe water, as well as promoting economic and educational growth around the world.

Company Overview Mercy-USA has a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, is certified as one of the Best in America with the Independent Charities Seal of Excellence, and complies with the InterAction PVO Standards.General Information Dedicated to alleviating human suffering and supporting individuals and their communities in their efforts to become more self-sufficient, Mercy-USA for Aid and Development is a registered PVO (Private Voluntary Organization) with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), and is a member of the American Council for Voluntary International Action (InterAction).Products Health care and nutrition for vulnerable children and women, well digging and safe water, economic development, education, food and shelter, disaster relief and reconstruction

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0 USD Hargeisa CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Mercy-USA for Aid and Development

POSITION: PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERT

DEPARTMENT: PROGRAMS

REPORTS TO: TEAM LEADER

LOCATION: HARGEISA

Nature and Scope of the Position

The Public Health Officer will ensure that Mercy USA‘s health and nutrition programmes meet minimum Mercy USA and international standards and minimize avoidable mortality and morbidity among populations of concern. The Public Health Expert supports and provides guidance to the health and nutrition focal points and officers in our field offices

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Observe health status to recognize and solve community health issues.
  • Encourage community partnerships and action to identify and resolve health related issues.
  • Implement laws and regulations that secure health and ensure safety.
  • Ensure qualified public and personal health care staff.
  • Identify and investigate health issues and health hazards in the people.
  • Provide communities required personal health services and ensure the provision of health care.
  • Develop plans and policies that help individual and community health initiatives.
  • Search for new ideas and innovative solutions to health issues.
  • Notify, educate, and empower people regarding health problems.
  • Design or use monitoring tools, like as screening, lab records, and vital information, to recognize health risks.
  • Develop tools to address behavioral causes of diseases.
  • Assess the effectiveness of recommended risk reduction actions or other interventions.
  • Recognize groups at threat for specific preventable diseases.
  • Carry out epidemiological research of acute and chronic diseases.
  • Prepare precautionary health reports, which include problem explanations, analyses, alternate solutions, and suggestions.
  • Manage or coordinate the work of doctors, nurses, statisticians, or other staff members.
  • Educate or train medical team regarding precautionary medicine problems.
  • Design, implement, or assess health service delivery systems to enhance the health of specific communities.

JOB SPECIFICATION

Academic

· A clinical background with postgraduate training/Degree in Public Health or related field

· Knowledge of public health, nutrition and HIV in humanitarian emergencies

Experience

· 4 years minimum experience in similar position working as a Public Health Officer/ Health Officer/ Clinical Officer in a humanitarian emergency and recovery context

· Previous experience from working in complex and volatile contexts.

· Experience of implementing USAID,UN,EAC,DFID, ECHO funded projects

· Experience working with budgets, including managing financial outlays and expenditures

Work related skills

  • Strong knowledge of the programme management cycle, and related process and structures for quality programme management
  • Good organizational skills
  • Experience with scaling up of humanitarian programs in strictly controlled context is an asset
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including diplomacy and negotiation
  • Good time management skills
  • Strong communication skills, including ability to lead and manage remote
  • Ability to work in harsh conditions
  • Strategic thinking
  • Aggressive and Result Oriented
  • Able to meet set own targets and meet own targets on a monthly basis and follow up targets of reporting colleagues
  • Able to meet deadlines
  • Able to identify programme challenges and plan and communicate alternatives for smooth programme implementation

Personal attributes

· Ability to work under pressure

· Trustworthy

· Team player

· Strong interpersonal skills

· Strong customer relation skills

· Integrity

Due to the nature of Mercy USA Operations, flexibility is indispensable and unavoidable.

How to apply:

About Mercy USA

Mercy-USA for Aid and Development is dedicated to alleviating human suffering and supporting individuals and their communities in their efforts to become more self-sufficient. Incorporated in the State of Michigan in 1988, Mercy-USA’s projects focus on improving health, nutrition and access to safe water, as well as promoting economic and educational growth around the world.

Any interested candidate can send a CV and cover letter to the following email address: [email protected]

This position is only open to Somalilander’s and will close on 20th August 2019

2019-08-22

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