Public Health Associate at Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme Ltd/Gte (ECEWS)

Job Description

• The Incumbent will assess threats to human life and health, damage to health infrastructure for primary and secondary care, the state of health referral and support systems, including laboratory, essential drugs and health information systems, and the vital needs of the PLHIV.
• Collaborate with national authorities and health partners to coordinate and implement public health response activities as part of the health cluster’s strategic response; analyze existing coordination mechanisms, designing and recommending improvements.
• Provide analysis of the public health risks, needs and capacities and advise on priority interventions for ECEWS and partners, challenges and operational course correctors, as applicable.
• Monitor progress towards achievement of universal health coverage; analyze social determinants of health and their impact on the incident management system, including identifying inequities, gaps in the delivery of health services or emergency interventions, recommending appropriate actions and innovative approaches to improve the situation.
• Facilitate the implementation of effective, evidence-based policies, public health programmes and interventions through all life cycles, this might include maternal and newborn health, health promotion and education, NCDs, gender and health equity and other related areas.
• Secure information from a broad range of health sectors, analysing such and consolidating health data in trends and trends assessment, with particular attention to surveillance, monitoring and early warning.
• Coordinate meetings with all relevant partners and incident management team, producing and circulating minutes, related decisions and tracking the latter, and developing detailed “lessons learnt” reports, recommending improvement to current and future field operations.
• Perform any other duties as assigned.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• University Degree in Public Health and/or health-related fields from an accredited/recognized institute.
• Master’s or Doctorate Degree in Public Health. Post graduate studies or specialized training in emergency response or disaster management in the context of public health is an added advantage.
• At least five years of relevant experience, at the national and international levels, in Public Health in emergencies response or health sector coordination.
• Experience in capacity building, developing and promoting collaborative partnerships.
• Relevant work experience in relevant nongovernmental or humanitarian organizations on USG Funded programmes.
• Experience in capacity building programme planning/development, project management, monitoring and evaluation.
• Experience with resource mobilization in emergency settings.
• In-depth knowledge of public health programmes with focus on prevention and control of NCDs and major risk factors, health system, and the Millennium Development Goals
• Demonstrated skills in capacity building, proposal and report writing, knowledge of and experience with needs assessments in emergency settings, strategic information analysis and planning and ability to anticipate new trends in the field of public health and take actions accordingly.
• Managerial skills for the development, implementation and analysis of technical cooperation programmes and activities, including the development of programmatic indicators.