Job Title: Emergency Health Officer
Organisation: Concern
Worldwide
Worldwide
Duty Station: Uganda
About US:
Concern Worldwide is an international non-governmental, humanitarian
organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the
ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Our
mission is to help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements
in their lives which last and spread without on-going support from Concern.
organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the
ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries. Our
mission is to help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements
in their lives which last and spread without on-going support from Concern.
Job Summary: The Emergency
Health Officer will provide emergency
surge and technical support and ensure that there is effective and efficient implementation
of emergency nutrition interventions at the refugee settlement and host
communities in Kiryandongo district including; nutrition routine and mass
screening, treatment and referral, community mobilization and active case
finding, integrated outreach services, monitoring & evaluation, reporting,
as part of the current nutrition and health emergency response to the recent
South Sudanese refugee crisis.
Health Officer will provide emergency
surge and technical support and ensure that there is effective and efficient implementation
of emergency nutrition interventions at the refugee settlement and host
communities in Kiryandongo district including; nutrition routine and mass
screening, treatment and referral, community mobilization and active case
finding, integrated outreach services, monitoring & evaluation, reporting,
as part of the current nutrition and health emergency response to the recent
South Sudanese refugee crisis.
Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
Experience:
- The ideal candidate for the Concern
Emergency Health Officer job
placement should preferably hold a Diploma
in General Nursing (Comprehensive desirable) or Public Health Nursing or
Diploma in clinical medicine. - Updated
practicing licence. - Relevant
diplomas and short courses in IMAM. - Prior
experience of working in partnership with district local government
and local health services including VHTs is essential. - Excellent
data collection and report writing. - Previous
experience of nutrition programming including IMAM in a refugee setting
preferred.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send
their applications and detailed CVs (maximum 3 pages) giving day time contacts,
names and addresses of three (3) referees, two (2) of which must be work
related addressed to: The Human Resources
Department, Concern Worldwide Uganda, P.O. Box 6599, Kampala, (Please
mark your envelope with the job applied for) via email to: [email protected] with subject
line indicated as the title of the position
their applications and detailed CVs (maximum 3 pages) giving day time contacts,
names and addresses of three (3) referees, two (2) of which must be work
related addressed to: The Human Resources
Department, Concern Worldwide Uganda, P.O. Box 6599, Kampala, (Please
mark your envelope with the job applied for) via email to: [email protected] with subject
line indicated as the title of the position
Deadline: 3rd March,
2017 by 5:00pm
2017 by 5:00pm
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