We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued. 
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Save the Children International seeks to always be a child safe organization through fulfilling its obligations to the community and through programme implementation carried out by the organization for safeguarding children and to improve the living standards of the child.

Position: Health Project Officer

Location: Aden/Lahj Office

Grade: 4b

Contract Length: till Dec 2024 (with a possibility of renewal)

The Opportunity:

Under overall guidance and supervision of health Program officer, health officer will support the daily operational management of all components of primary health care activities in the assigned region, and provide the technical support for health team, ensure timely flow of information to and from filed, This position is also responsible to monitor and evaluate health services delivery according to national protocol.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

• Ensure that clinical protocols are accessible to medical staff in the field and support the team and adhered with.
• With coordination with senior managers, ensure that all staff members under scope of responsibility have an updated approved job description.
• Ensure mechanism for reporting within respective health areas is in place and adhered with.
• Ensure a system for monitoring and evaluation of staff's performance is in place and adhered with.
• Participate in developing strategic and operational plan for assigned operational areas.
• With support from health information system officer, ensure that production statistic for health is collected, compiled and reported to senior managers.
• With support from project assistant, ensure proper management of pharmaceuticals and other medical supplies.
• Ensure orientation for the program is in place for all new staff.
• Prepare and submits monthly reports and other relevant reports to senior managers.
• Facilitates in-services trainings for health staff and maintain a record of all trainings conducted.
• Ensure safe, effective delivery of health care to target population.
• Ensure a mechanism in place to monitor and evaluate clinical health services.
• Ensure that reviews for clinical management are conducted at least once monthly and findings from review sessions are incorporated in decision making and planning.
• Ensure that the compliant mechanism is in place and adhered with in all respective health facilities under this project.
• To conduct field visits to all sites of intervention, provide recommendations to be discussed with senior managers and implement the action points .
• With support from Pharmacist, prepare procurement plan for medical items and process it after getting the approval from senior managers.
• Participate strongly in health assessment and surveys.
• According to the need attending the health coordination meetings.
• Supervise the implementation of PHC activities at field (treatment of communicable diseases, EPI, RH, ORT)

To take any other relevant tasks given by the supervisor. 

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Medical Doctor 3-5 years experience in health management or supervisory position.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting monitoring and evaluation activities.
• Experience in designing and implementing trainings and trainings of trainers.
• Experience in representation and interaction with partners & government officials.
• Good in English and fluent in Arabic.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.

Ability to work cooperatively and strategically in a team environment with all level of professional, technical and administrative staff and to integrate resources on timely and organized basis. 

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.  A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers/apply.

  “Save the Children is an equal opportunity employer. Women are strongly encouraged to apply”