Entry-level Health Assistant at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Action Against Hunger | ACF-International works to save lives by combating hunger and diseases that threaten the lives of vulnerable communities, through nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Health Assistant

Location: Borno, Maiduguri

Position Overview

• Knowledge and understanding of Action Against Hunger mandate, humanitarian principles and current programs.
• With the program manager, develop coherent messages and send to the community about the missions’ mandate, program objectives and approach.
• Build trust between the AAH and the community.

Specific Objectives

• Assists in the supervision and monitoring of the implementation of home visits of beneficiaries by community actors for follow-up of non-respondents, defaulters and potential defaulters
• In collaboration with the community volunteers and as needed the health facility staffs, mobilize the community for nutrition activities (detection of case, referral, follow-up). Active screening in phase one of the project which proceeds to community volunteers implementing passive screening in the second phase of the project.
• Supports the community volunteers in the building up of the community mobilization network system in communities and follow-up implementation of activities.
• Supervise community volunteers conducting screening and home visiting in the centres and communities
• Under the responsibility of the nutrition program manager identifies key areas of training for the community actors
• Inform the Nutrition Deputy Program Manager on training needs.
• Implement community health groups (according to methodology)
• Ensure outlined participation in the CHGs by all registered participants.
• Draw an action plan after every CHG session, and follow up this action plan at the beginning of the next session.
• Involve community volunteers in the CHGs.
• Follow up the community volunteers to make sure that they follow up the communities to achieve the set action plans after the public health sessions.
• Listen to the community volunteers and give them any necessary support in the field and report this to the office.
• Follow up the community volunteers and be sure that they are conducting public health promotion in the community (a wide variety of activities according to the identified needs, for example one-on-one, bazaars, screening days, school groups etc.)

Qualifications

• Diploma in Nursing, / Primary Health Care / or any related field with solid experience in Management of childhood illness and CMAM.
• 1 Year experience working in CMAM programme.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Ability and willingness to frequently travel to villages and stay at the field
• Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions like long distance walking to screening sites
• Capacity to supervise and coach adult learners
• Ability to work in an environment where there are physical discomforts associated with change in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust or dirt
• Commitment to Action Against Hunger mission, values and policy.
• Professional, motivated, open, creative, flexible and culturally sensitive.
• Excellent team, budget and project management and representation competencies.
• Proficiency with local languages (Kanuri, Fulani).

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Previous experience working for INGOs an asset, particularly health related INGOs
• Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word).
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
• Fluency in English.
• Previous experience with AAH.

Application Closing Date
8th May, 2017.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their application by email to: recruitment.ng@acf-international.org To be considered, applications must include a CV and letter of interest, and indicate the full position title and location in the email subject line, or on the application envelope. For example, "Health Assistant-Borno".

Note

• Also note that applications received without these specifications will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidate will be contacted.
•  Applications received after this date will not be considered.
• Qualified women and men are encouraged to apply.