Action Against Hunger | ACF Nigeria LTD/GTE, a global humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger, works to save the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger.
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Job Type: Full Time
Starting date: As Soon As Possible
Direct Line Manager: WASH Officer
Objective 1
- Participate in the implementation of COVID-19 Response Activities.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Conduct WASH needs assessment and identifies the communities and HF at high risk of COVID-19 for IPC and Risk Communication and Community Engagement
- Conduct hygiene promotion and COVID 19 awareness and sensitization
- Assist in conducting house to house visits to monitor hygiene practices
- Contribute to response to the pandemic by actively participating in internal coordination forums and sub-groups to address specific needs
- Provide advice, education, and support to frontline health workers in select health facilities
- Ensure the gender mainstreaming during the implementation of activities
Objective 2
- Participate in Risk Communication and Community Engagement
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Support WASH officer in Identification and training of existing community volunteers or Community Nutrition Monitors and Surveillance officers on Surveillance and Risk communication on COVID 19
- Support in disseminating key BCC program information related to COVID 19 Infection prévention through innovation and learning priorities in effective community mobilization approaches
- Ensure all stakeholders: IDP camp leaders, community leaders, religious leaders, market women leaders, are engaged in COVID 19 responses in all the areas of intervention.
- Ensures that the COVID-19 preparedness and response operation are properly communicated to all stakeholders and implemented according to WHO and NCDC guidelines.
- Facilitate community awareness on the use of facemask in all the intervention areas.
- Ensures feedback, community perceptions and insights are regularly analyzed and shared with key operation teams and decision-makers to inform action
- Engages in dialogue with key stakeholders’ leadership to ensure community engagement issues and insights drive the health response
- Leads and coordinates the setting up/strengthening of appropriate feedback systems in line with established feedback to gain a deeper understanding of the community perceptions, beliefs, rumors and complaints about COVID 19.
- Support community volunteers and Surveillance Officer in identifying and sensitizing hot spot zones in communities
- Support community volunteers and Surveillance Officer on sensitization in communities on COVID 19
Objective 3
- Support Isolation centers, Health Facilities
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Carry out IPC assessment on various health facilities and communities of areas of interventions.
- Support health workers in waste management disposal training
- Technically support the development of job aids, training materials, information sheets on COVID-19 related infection prevention and control
- Support training of Health Workers on IPC, and Risk communication
- Support and monitor the renovation of isolation points at the health facilities.
- Support health facilities in developing infection prevention and control weekly plan
- Activate IPC committees in communities and health facilities with training, tools, measurement packages, job aides
- Ensure that isolation points staff maintain standard precaution with respect to Infection Prevention and Control at all times.
- Ensure isolation points are functionally set up to serve temporarily as an observation room of all suspected cases in the LGA before they are transported to the LGA.
- Follow-up with all suspected cases to ensure that they receive the expected care until they are taking out of the LGA.
- Engage the family of suspected cases on regular education on IPC, and debunked rumor on COVID-19 in the community
Objective 4
- Support in the coordination of all COVID-19 related activities at the LGA level
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Assist the WASH officer to coordinate with targeted LGA stakeholders to carry out all activities related to COVID-19.
- Collaborate with community influencer to ensure that community members buy-in the project ideas on Infection Prevention and Control
Qualification
- University Degree / Higher National Diploma Certificate or equivalent and professional experience in Environmental Health Sciences, Community Health, Nursing, Public Health, Health Education, Sociology and other Social Science discipline and experience in WASH, behavior change, Health, and Nutrition program.
Skills and Experience
Essential:
- Experience on behavioral change and communication (BCC) and Public Health Promotion
- Community mobilization and sensitization models/approaches
- Experience multisectoral programming like WASH, Health, and Nutrition Programming.
- Experience in leading community engagement approaches and capacity building efforts of local organizations.
- Experience in designing and implementing assessments, community consultations, research activities.
- Experience in an international organization or NGO
Preferred:
- Good understanding of IPC and Risk Communication and Community Engagement issues in COVID-19 contexts.
- Sensitivity to challenging political contexts and understanding of risk management processes.
- Able to capture learning and use it to make improvements in programming and operations.
- Good knowledge of gender and diversity issues in humanitarian programming
- Team management and activity planning
- Good knowledge of the intervention area
- Ability to speak the local language is a must: Hausa, Kanuri
Minimum Basic Salary
Salary: NGN156,995 per Month
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Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Department: Programmes - Health and Nutrition
Starting date: As Soon As Possible
Direct Line Manager: Sector Manager
Company Overview
Action Against Hunger 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.
Objective 1
- Ensure an effective management of planned surveillance activities under the OFDA COVID-19 grant
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Work with project team to develop overall detailed project implementation plan for OFDA COVID-19 component in line with predefined project implementation work plan.
- Actively engage in the development of guidelines, tools and indicators for effective COVID-19 disease surveillance
- Periodically collect the surveillance data, analyse and share key indicators for action
- Manage the OFDA COVID-19 project interventions in order to meet the project objectives within budget and the allotted time frame and report promptly any operational concerns
- Provide day to day supervision for project assistants, community volunteers and LGA surveillance focal persons in a manner that supports the growth of internal leadership and adequate program management.
- Continuously monitor and supervise OFDA COVID-19 surveillance activities, evaluating progress through outputs and impacts using both quantitative and qualitative data,
- Ensure accurate reporting of activities according to AAH and donors expectations.
Objective 2
- Ensure appropriate staff management including staff development programmes for the AAH teams
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Line-manage the OFDA COVID-19 assistants assigned to the projects, including day-to-day management, development and training, appraisals, etc.
- Facilitate regular meetings to assist information sharing between project staff, to ensure all staff members are aware of current work plans and to provide the opportunity for feedback.
- Provide coaching and training to project assistants and LGA surveillance focal persons in collaboration with the Deputy Health and Nutrition Head of department in order to develop ownership and full responsibility for activities.
- Evaluation of the technical skill level of the assistants, identification of training needs,
- Propose training plan to the Deputy head of department for health and nutrition , direct line Manager as well as with other supportive departments
- Support the Deputy head of department for health and nutrition in ensuring the quality and pertinence of surveillance activities
Objective 3
- Ensure effective logistic support as well as quality management
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Support the logistics activities of COVID-19 prevention and control, particularly in relation to the purchasing of PPEs, supplies and equipment for the assigned health facilities and activities.
- Review overall project logistic plans and budgeting for field activities and provide guidance to the surveillance assistants and seconded SMoH field staffs in their delivery of those requirements.
- Ensure projects are implemented in line with donor requirements and in accordance with AAH, country and international standards
- Support the implementation of the AAH COVID-19 monitoring systems and record keeping methods that support routine data collection, analysis and reporting in line with the organization and donor expectations.
Objective 4
- Ensure appropriate financial management, coordination and effective communication
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Develop budget forecast in reference to the detailed OFDA COVID-19 implementation work plan
- Develop appropriate and supportive communication structures with relevant stakeholders (e.g. beneficiaries, community leaders, government officials, UN agencies and other NGOs) in line with AAH procedures and communication policy.
- Participate in OFDA COVID-19 coordination meetings, AAH internal trainings, and other working groups, representing AAH and feeding back on relevant issues.
Objective 5
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Communicate Action Against Hunger performance standards and expectations to team members which includes; 10 minutes monthly conversation, 3 months/end of probation performance appraisal and annual/ end of contract appraisal.
- Establish performance objectives, provide feedback, identify strengths and areas for professional improvement.
- Contribute to the professional development and improvement of team members by providing support.
Position Requirements
Qualifications:
- BSc/Master Degree in Epidemiology/Public health/Nursing or Medicine.Certificate in disease surveillance will be an added advantage.
Skills and Experience:
Essential:
- 3 years’ experience of outbreak response or other emergencies.
- Experience in supportive supervision, mentoring and just-in-time training.
- Fluency in spoken and written English language.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word
- Ability to work under pressure and react according to evolving context/situation.
- Able to prioritise clearly, oversee multiple tasks, set clear objectives for staff and delegate.
- Capacity to work under pressure and manage personal stress levels.
Preferred:
- Work experience in humanitarian settings.
- Work experience with international NGO.
- Experience of working in close collaboration with Ministry of Health is preferable.
- Creative, open-minded, flexible, self-learner.
- Team-player with good inter-personal skills.
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