Job Description

Job Title: Program Health Assistant 
Band / Level / Grade: 9A
Department: Health
Location: Hodeida/Taiz - West Coast

BACKGROUND: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

The IRC responds to people’s acute and longer-term needs with integrated programs that improve health and safety, prioritize children’s education, foster economic wellbeing, and empower communities to regain control over their lives. Our work gives rise to some of the most pressing issues facing contemporary humanitarian action, including questions of access, conflict sensitivity, coordination, and impact.

The IRC Yemen began its programs in October 2012. Since establishing its presence in the South of Yemen, in the Red Sea Coastal city of Aden, the organization has grown from just an implementing small project to handling large scale emergency and relief operations. Following the war which broke out in Yemen in March of 2015 and the humanitarian disaster, which was crafted by the same, IRC launched one an emergency response program in the southern governorates of Aden, Lahj, Abyan, Shabwah and Al Dhale, and expanded later in Sana’a and Hodeidah in the North.  Currently IRC Yemen is operating in eight governorates in the south and north of Yemen through direct programming and through local partnerships, in Health, WASH, Nutrition, Economic Recovery Development, Education, Child Protection, Gender and Women Protection and Empowerment.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) have been working in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for more than forty years. Today, the IRC has more than 2,200 staff working across the region, including in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Syria, and Yemen to support those affected by some of the world’s most complex and protracted humanitarian crises.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct regular and supervision to all health activities: Two MHTs in Hyais and AlKhokha districts, Hodieda governorate; and five Health Facilities (HFs) in Mawza’a and AlWazia districts, Taiz governorate in the West coast area.
• Follow community Health supervisors (CHSs) in the implementation of community health activities and collaborate with local leaders, healthcare providers, and organization.
• Follow management and distribution of medications to all pharmacists according to IRC drug management system.
• Monitor the availability of medicines and supplies in implementation areas.
• Compiling the field reports, attendants’ sheets of IWs.
• Prepare regular reports on activities outcomes, challenges, and successes.
• Address concerns or issues raised by MHTs, HFs, the community promptly and effectively.
• Assist the Senior health officer in assessing training needs and organizing training sessions for IWs and CHVs.
• Provide ongoing support and resources to CHVs to strengthen their capacity in promoting vaccination.
• Assist the Senior health Officer in assessing training needs and organizing training sessions.
• Perform other relevant tasks assigned by the Senior Health Officer.

Requirements:

• University degree or equivalent experience in medical field or a related technical or public health field. Knowledge and skills in crafting and implementing appropriate and effective interventions
• Prefer one year of professional experience in implementing and supervising health projects.
• Excellent knowledge of the working environment.
• INGO experience preferred.
• Personal qualities: Ability to work well in and promote teamwork, comfortable in a multi-cultural environment, flexible, and able to handle pressure effectively.
• Computer literacy is desirable.
• English preferred.

Professional Standards: The IRC and IRC workers adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, marital status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
IRC strives to build a diverse and inclusive team at all levels who as individuals, and as a group, embody our culture statement crafting a working environment characterized by critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity for us to achieve our aspirations as a team and deliver the best possible services to our clients.

Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances.

Commitment to Client Responsiveness: By committing to Client-Centered Programming, at the IRC Yemen, we place the people we serve - our clients - at the center of our programming and services. The IRC Yemen Staff have an important role to play in supporting the implementation of client-responsive programming through raising awareness among the community and clients about the existing feedback mechanisms and how to use them including the response processes, access, and eligibility to services, and contribute to building an institutional culture that prompts staff to listen to clients.