Medical Referent at Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)

Mission and Objectives

• The Medical Referent of the ALIMA Katsina Project is the ALIMA representative and responsible for the implementation of program/medical activities in KAITA and other LGAs if needed. 
• In close collaboration with the Project Coordinator, Medical Coordinator, and Mission Coordination team, define and plan the project objectives and priorities,  the risks and constraints , and calculate human and financial needs.
• Cultivate the relationship with the MoH stakeholders in order to implement efficiently and ensure the goals as well as to improve targeted population’s health conditions and humanitarian situation.

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Ensures actively in different Wards of Kaita program activities that ALIMA’s charter, policies and image are respected with regards to national employees, populations, authorities and partners
• Supervise the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the project in collaboration with the project team and according to the internal and donor indicators 
• Provides technical support to medical personnel in the field ensuring the implementation of all ALIMA medical activities follow relevant policies, protocols, and national guidelines
• Supervises the Nurse Supervisor, Pharmacy Supervisor and medical doctors, (if these positions are in place on the field: SRH Supervisor, MHPSS psychologists) 
• Oversees team members work for quality and guidelines compliance, and assist team members when they have questions or problems
• Ensures that skilled, highly motivated and duly registered (by respective professional regulatory bodies) health staff are provided to the project to support staff
• Manages the project pharmacy to ensure efficiency and validate medical orders to the central pharmacy for project activities
• Compiles and analyses medical/program data for reports (medical sitrep…) to the medical coordination and project coordinator on project’s evolution
• Ensures a quality of data collection and epidemiological surveillance system
• Supervises full implementation of safety and health protocols, reporting to the Medical Coordination and Project Coordinator on risky behaviours
• Provides inputs on the budget processes, work plan, procurement plan, and participates in the monitoring of the budget consumption to ensure operational effectiveness and efficiency 
• Supervises all medical orders for program implementation at the project level with the support of the project team, and collaborates with the coordination team and project team for the international and national medical orders
• Participates in various partner meetings for the smooth running of the project: LGA health and Nutrition sector meetings, technical meetings, partner coordination meetings, etc
• Ensures that excellent communication and effective working relationships are maintained within the project between staff, managers, PC, and mission Coordination
• Participates with the collaboration of the PC, in different assessments in Katsina state and drafting of the proposal. Participate in the opening of new medical activities in different LGAs
•  Contributes to the operation and running of any research projects where appropriate by providing clinical advice on the relevance of research projects and attending research team meetings
• Performs any other duty as assigned by the organisation through the Medical coordinator and Project Coordinator

Experiences & Skills
Experience:

• Essential Medical Degree 
• MBBS
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in Medical practice
• Experience in community activities  
• Previous experience with ALIMA or other NGO’s in developing countries is desirable
• Experience in management of cholera is an asset.

Skills:

• Advanced knowledge in Medical management  
• Essential computer literacy (Excel, Word, Outlook and Internet)
• Training skills
• Well organised with good negotiation and communication skill
• Ability to work as part of a team, a part of multicultural and multi-disciplinary team, in emergency and under pressure, to manage stress easily and result oriented 
• Ability to work in close collaboration with MOH staff 
• Can work and create teamwork, flexible, and committed to the assigned position 
• Interest in and commitment to ALIMA’s activities, enthusiasm to represent the organisation to others, to travel to different regions of Nigeria 

Languages: 

• English compulsory
• Others are an asset like Hausa, Kanuri.

Conditions

• Salary: Depending on experience

ALIMA pays for:

• Travel costs between the expatriate’s country of origin and the mission location
• Accommodation costs
• Medical cover from the first day of the contract to a month after the date of departure from the mission country for the employee and his/her family
• Evacuation of the employee.