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Posted on 17 Aug, 2022
Closing on 25 Aug, 2022

Job Description

CARE International is currently seeking a Health Field Officer. He/ She will be responsible to carry out field work to mobilize communities, monitor activities and provide support to project management and other team members for the effective and efficient implementation of the project’s activities. also, will be responsible for data collection, monitoring of local partners’ performance on the field level as well as reporting of activities.

Position: Health Field Officer 
Location: Aden        

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with project team, local partners, local council and community leaders to support screening and registration teams to select the households/women targeted for Health based on the agreed criteria.
  • Form of community committees through close coordination with local council.
  • Develop and maintain good relationships and lines of communication with relevant, local partner, local authorities and communities, explaining the nature of the project and liaising with them throughout the project.
  • Guarantee community involvement at all phases of the project (implementation, monitoring, and evaluation) to ensure the development of community ownership for the project outputs.
  • Work closely with other field officers and community representatives to identify the appropriate conditional work according to the community priorities.
  • Work closely with other field officers, MEAL Assistant and community representative to identify the appropriate Health awareness messages for the beneficiaries who are benefited from Health activities.
  • Report any variations or problems with implementation of activities (regarding laborers, costs, schedules, technical matters, training attendance for beneficiaries and trainers) and any changes in the context to the health Officer, and Health/Inclusion Team Leader to propose remedial actions as needed.
  • With close coordination with distribution teams to distribute the Health & Reproductive Health kits as well medicines or medical equipment to the targeted households/women/health facilities as scheduled.
  • Distribute any other items upon request and supporting the organization of distributions.
  • Regularly, check up on the package of the determined kits components that will be received by target
  • households/women/health facilities (the quality, quantity as agreed specifications).
  • Gather the necessary project information and data.
  • Implement and participate in different baseline assessments and monitoring studies.
  • Document the project, field experiences and reflections
  • Prepare periodical progress reports as requested about achieved activities, challenges, and obstacles for remaining activities and suggested solutions and recommendations.
  • Ensure transparent implementation of all field-based activities and provides a conduit for suggestions and feedback from the communities to CARE management (Health officer and Team Leader).

Capacity Building of targeted groups: 

  • Provide capacity building support to community communities, registration staff, distribution staff (and others as requested) and to encourage local management.
  • Develop training material as needed.
  • Prepare, coordinate, and participate all in-house professional development activities, meetings and planning sessions.
  • Participate in activities relevant to project as per approval by Health/Inclusion Team Leader.

Other Office duties: 

  • Develop and organize all data, files, and documents
  • Demonstrate gender sensitivity and show support and respect to all Team members
  • Responsible for the confidentiality and security of data, documents, and resources
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualification, Education and/or Work Experience Requirements 

  • Bachelor’s/Diploma degree in Public Health or related field.
  • Experience in community mobilization and capacity building.
  • 2-3 years community work experience, preferably related to the type of project.
  • Very good level of English Language.
  • Excellent skills in monitoring implementation of program activities.
  • Able to travel to remote rural area including overnight staying.
  • Ability to work under pressure.
  • Excellent communication verbally and in writing as well as inter-personal skills.
  • Ability and willingness to travel regularly to field sites.
  • Become conversant with the various generic tools such as assessment and survey techniques and ability to identify potential problems before they occur. Proactive in preparation and uses initiative in response.
  • Fluency in written and spoken Arabic, knowledge of English is desirable.
  • Good computer skills.

Comply with all relevant CARE policies and procedures with respect to child protection, workplace environment, employee code of conduct and all other related subjects.

Important Note: 

Please note that the only way to apply for a position with CARE is through the application system link that starts with careyemis.org/Apply that is shared in the advert of YemenHR.com or the formal newspaper. Furthermore, any recruitment or hiring correspondences would be through CARE official email addresses as in this example: firstname.lastname@care.org

No Fee: 

CARE DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING).

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