Health Officer at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Location: Bade, Yobe, Nigeria

Job Description

• Action Against Hunger Nigeria Mission is recruiting a Health Officer who will support the implementation and management of planned health activities.

Responsibilities

• Update and maintain 5W/4W mapping (Health, and Nutrition sector) tool on a regular basis for the operational LGA; and share with the Sector Health Manager.
• Update tracking tool to monitor programme screening based data on acute malnutrition; collect health facility based disease surveillance reports and update morbidity reporting tool for assigned health facilities/LGAs.
• Participate in conducting SMART/Rapid SMART surveys with technical support from Deputy HN Manager/Sector Manager.
• Participate with M&E team in supervision of data collection for Nutrition KAP surveys; Baseline and End line Surveys.
• Liaise with Community Mobilization Officers/Assistants and HSS officers for accessing community care group database; health facility database on a regular basis and updating overall health facility based activities.
• Conduct periodic capacity assessment of health workers on CMAM services delivery, IMCI service delivery, Reproductive health service delivery, vaccination etc. and review the training needs and/or coaching needs.
• Regular monitoring and supervision of facility based health service delivery to ensure that services are provided with recommended national technical standards.
• Develop LGA work plan with specific roles and responsibilities for each of the field staff.
• Identify financial requirements, logistic needs, HR support in reference to work plan and inform the NHSM to prepare budget forecast.
• Review financial, logistical and HR needs on a monthly & quarterly basis and share with the NHSM.
• Ensure that all health facilities/sites have adequate supplies to delivery uninterrupted health care services through identifying needs, informing line manager on regular basis.
• Systematic capacity building of SMOH staff on health service delivery (IMCI, COVID,19, Ante Natal & Post Natal Care, Delivery services).

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Medicine, Nursing, Midwifery and Public Health
• Previous INGO experience is highly required.
• minimum of 3 years of work experience and one year experience in managing similar activities with an INGO
• Fluent English, Hausa and Kanuri
• Ability to analyse and synthesize information
• Strong capacity to represent ACF and sustain relations with state and local stakeholders.
• Interpersonal skills (team management, communication, reporting, autonomy, pedagogy, planning and organizational skills.

Minimum Basic Salary
NGN 260, 244 per month