Assistant, Medical Program at the International Medical Corps (IMC)

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and Nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in under-served communities worldwide.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Assistant, Medical Program

Job ID.: 1736
Location: Askira Uba, Borno
Category: Health

Job Summary

• The Assistant, Medical Program is responsible for the implementation of health care programs through supervision, technical oversight, and coordination working closely with other health staff, IMC departments, and relevant partner agencies. 
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation:

Main Tasks and Responsibilities
Technical Support:

• Support timely delivery of program components according to proposed activities, work plan, agreed deliverables and available resources.
• Provide support to ensure quality programming implementation related to primary health care, reproductive health, vaccination, nutrition, early warning systems, outbreak response, rational drug use, medical supply chain management, according to IMC and global standards and package of healthcare.
• Schedule site visits for monitoring and supervision to ensure quality of services, accurate data collection and verification of pharmaceutical supply in coordination with the pharmaceutical supply chain and other health staff. 
• Provides feedback to the technical supervisor and operational manager about changes in context to ensure that program implementation remains responsive to the needs of the beneficiaries.
• Work with team members to ensure that services provided in all supported health facilities are in accordance with MoH and WHO standards and guidelines in the country. 
• Support the supervisors on health facility assessments, data quality assurance, analysis and interpretation of data and other relevant subjects related to program management. 
• Work closely with team members to undertake ongoing assessments of population needs and adapt the program interventions accordingly.
• Ensure patient safeguarding at IMC supported health facilities.

Reporting:

• Ensure that data collected through the health facilities are in line with IMC’s internal monitoring and evaluation system as well as comply with donor expectations.
• Regularly collect, consolidate, and summarize field reports using data collected, providing relevant analysis and interpretation on morbidity trends. 
• Prepare relevant activity documents to include training, supervisory and site visit reports.
• Contribute to any reports requested by the supervisor. 

Coordination:

• Coordinate with team members and supervisor and with other program departments to ensure integrated implementation of services.
• Coordinate movement plans to field locations with other departments to ensure best use of IMC resources.

Training:

• Support regular training activities including case studies, morbidity, or mortality reviews for health staff. 
• Assist and prepare training plan and documents with supervisor to ensure timely preparation for needed resources, assistant in timely conduction of trainings and support developing training reports.  
• Actively participate in training relevant to his/her position and career interest.
• Attend relevant trainings relevant to his/her position suggested by the organization.

Security:

• Understand International Medical Corps' local security regulations, document and address breaches of policy and disciplinary issues in coordination with the supervisor and report to security team. 

Job Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:

• Typically, a medical assistant. An equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
• 1+ years of technical supervisory experience within the health care system will be preferred.
• At least 2 years of experience as medical assistant in a health facility.
• Previous experience working for an international NGO will be preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communications skills.
• Able to work within a team.
• Good Microsoft Office skills especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong commitment to work.
• Able to travel to project sites on a regular basis required.
• Familiarity of the health care system in the country.
• Arabic and English-speaking and writing skills essential.

Application Closing Date
1st December, 2023.