Aug 28, 2018
Duration: 10 monthsCategory of Staff: National StaffGrade: To be determinedVacancy No: IFRC02460
Organizational ContextThe Secretariat of the IFRC is organized into four Business groups in Geneva and five Business Groups in the field, namely the Regional Offices for Africa, Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The Africa Regional Business Group is organized through cluster offices covering the National Societies in Eastern Africa, SouthernAfrica, West Coast, Sahel and Central Africa as well as country offices in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Republic of South Sudan, Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Somalia. The IFRC, in its commitment to build strong National Societies and to support scaling up of National Societies’ services to the most vulnerable populations, has established a Cluster Office in Nigeria to cover seven countries, namely Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Côte d’Ivoire and Benin. Disaster management and emergency health are two key pillars of the work the National Societies undertake in the Cluster. The Cluster Office of IFRC intends to strengthen the capacity support to the countries in the cluster on disaster management and health emergency.
This JD summarizes the tasks related to the position of Programs Officer.Job PurposeUnder the supervision of the IFRC West Coast Health Delegate the Programs Officer will provide support in Health and Care and Disaster Management preparedness, response, mitigation and resilience activities of National Societies. He/She will work in building national, regional and institutional (including secretariat) capacities to enable them to initiate, manage, and evaluate all Health and Care, Disaster risk Management programmes adhering to Federation policies, strategy 2020, technical guidelines and sphere standards.
These programmes should feature measurable elements and target the most vulnerable.He/She assures ongoing collaboration with all relevant partners in the region in the field of Health and Care and Disaster Risk Management and will also work on the further development of these relationships. He/She contributes to the quality improvement of Health and Care and Disaster Risk Management programs of NS throughout the region. When necessary: He/She could be deployed to provide surge capacity and to respond to emergencies in the region.Job Duties and Responsibilities
Support National Societies in providing technical advice on all health and disaster risk management
Assure effective coordination of all health and disaster risk management activities on regional representation level in relation to the action plan defined by the West Coast Cluster office.
Work in close cooperation with the health and disaster risk management teams in the Africa
Region to reach the Federation’s objectives for the countries/regions.
Increase co-ordination mechanisms, sharing knowledge and best practices with co-operating
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies acting bilaterally in the region.
Liaise with international humanitarian agencies and organisations when appropriate and participate in Inter Agency coordination and other NGO meetings, task forces on Health and
Care and Disaster Risk Management where appropriate and beyond the formal coordination meetings.
Develop and maintain coordination with the different agencies involved in health and disaster risk management on regional level and assist the NS to assure the same cooperation on country level.
Provide, when necessary and requested, additional surge capacity to aid in the international response of the Federation.
Assist NS and regional representation to develop and implement health and disaster risk management oriented These programmes include basic community care, water/sanitation,
health components of Disaster preparedness (DP) and DM, first aid (FA) including community based first aid (CBFA), control of communicable diseases and epidemics and psychological
support programmes (PSP), Urban DRR and reflect regional and national realities which target the major health problems amongst the most vulnerable in the community.
Ensure all aspects of community resilience programming are managed and implemented in accordance with Federation’s strategic programme framework, signatory codes of conduct
and agreed standards including Red Cross Red Crescent Code of Conduct, Sphere Standards and Humanitarian Accountability Partnership.
Assist the NS to develop high quality projects by identifying potential funding sources taking in account NS priorities and writing proposals for such.
Stimulate and create the right level of working relationship between the NS and its government, especially in Health and Disaster Risk Management related ministries; ensuring
NS knowledge about Global fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria (GFATM), its country coordination mechanism (CCM), inter agency coordination committee (ICC) and that the NS is well
represented where ever possible as a national partner.
Give timely and effective technical support on Regional and Country level and assist the NS’s in the implementation and follow up of health and disaster risk management
Analyse training needs for NS and assure support for the NS through trainings in health and disaster risk management related areas.
Develop partnerships and assure that potential donors are approached for support to health and care and disaster risk management programs.
Education
University Degree in Health or Disaster Risk Management or Programs management or equivalent
Masters degree in community Health/public Health (Msc, MPH, etc) is essential.
Experience
Experience of working for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
5 years of experience in Health and Care/ Disaster Risk Management, including experience in the field
At least 2 years of working for a humanitarian aid organisation/emergency health
Experience of setting up, managing and coordinating Health and Disaster Risk
Management response and long-term community resilience programming
Experience in conducting trainings
Experience of report writing, planning and finance and budgeting
Knowledge, skills and languages
Strong and highly developed technical skills in health/DRM international practices
Self-supporting in computers (word processing, spreadsheets, internet and web based searching etc.)
Solid and tested analytical and decision-making skills
Operational management and reporting skills
Excellent communication, interpersonal and networking skills
Fluently spoken and written English
Fluently spoken and written French (Preferred)
Competencies and values
Accountability
National Society Relations
Teamwork-interpersonal skills
Integrity and personal conduct
Professionalism
Communication Managerial effectiveness
Initiative and direction
Flexibility, Patience and adaptability-sensitivity to diversity
CommentsThe Federation is an equal opportunity employer.
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