Community Health Officer

About Trócaire

Trócaire is an International NGO. We work with local partners in the world’s most at-risk communities and with people in Ireland to tackle the underlying causes of poverty and injustice and respond to the crises they create. Together we bring about positive and lasting change for a just world. Trócaire works in up to 20 countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. We work towards five goals:

• Defend Human Rights and Promote Access to Justice;

• Achieve Climate & Environmental Justice;

• Ensure Women & Girls’ Protection, Voice & Influence;

• Save Lives and Protect Human Dignity and

• Mobilise the Public on the island of Ireland to achieve Global Justice.

Trocaire Somalia’s Health and Nutrition programme is recruiting a Community Health Officer (CHO). The CHO will be responsible for supervising the ICCM supervisors and supporting Community Health Workers (CHWs) in providing health education, working with the community in arranging place/sites for iCCM. In addition, CHO will be responsible for supporting the iCCM program in the provision of treatment of key illnesses for children under five. S/he will support the iCCM CHWs on the timely treatment of children for diseases such as pneumonia and diarrhoea, two of the highest contributors to morbidity in most areas in Somalia. The CHO will be responsible for sensitizing the communities and supporting them to identify main health problems and helping them on how to address those health problems. S/he will identify what treatment interventions and actions should be taken for treating a child under 5 years from diarrhoea, pneumonia and malnutrition, referral of children with danger signs, pre-referral treatment of those children, and providing treatment at home.

For the candidate with the required experience and passion for the role, Trócaire offers a competitive package of salary and benefits.

Project Management

• Identify and report immediately to the Community Health/iCCM Project Coordinator any problem that may interfere in achieving program objectives.
• Compiling reports from iCCM supervisors and giving feedback and ensuring that reports are of good quality through regular verification of the data and meet the indicator expectations.
• Data collection, insertion, data processing analysis and develop a report.
• Detail the achievements and share the lessons via conducting a regular monthly meeting with the team, CHWs, and community committee members to discuss all related issues.
• Develop a monthly plan and discuss with the team the required activities that need to be implemented.
• Conduct a regular supervision visit to supervise and evaluate the field activities and provide regular feedback to community health volunteers in a constructive way and accurately address the training gaps during encouraging supervision visits.
• Ensure that the CHWs have adequate stocks and provide the medicines according to the previous month’s consumption.
• Preparation PR and follow-up with finance section and logistics and ensure the availability of the required logistic (medicine and CHWs supplies and IEC materials).
• Assist in the training needs, coordinate training sessions and community meetings.
• Conduct weekly supervisor meetings with CHCs.
• S/He will ensure integration of protection and gender throughout project implementation. This includes the introduction of mechanisms to enable women to participate in decision making around public health issues.
• S/He will carry out any other relevant tasks assigned by line manager within the scope of program implementation plan.
• Perform other tasks as may be assigned by Supervisor.

Logistics & Procurement:

• S/He will work with Procurement and Warehousing team to prepare and execute a procurement plan to ensure favourable lead time for the procurement team.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• S/He will work with the Trocaire management team in the field in monitoring and reporting progress and adopt agreed changes in project design to conform to varying contexts.
• S/He will develop a monthly activity schedule based on the project work plan to facilitate timely implementation.
• S/He will in collaboration with the MEAL team, set up programme impact/process monitoring systems and collect relevant secondary data relating to disease patterns, facilities and Trocaire programmes.
• S/He will contribute to the preparation of monitoring and assessment tools in collaboration with the MEAL team.
• S/He will prepare and timely submit weekly/monthly reports to the Humanitarian Coordinator.

Coordination

• Where necessary, S/He will strengthen relationships between Trocaire, UN agencies, other agencies and beneficiaries, (community leaders and government agencies), working closely with all project stakeholders for integration of services.

Essential requirements

Qualifications:

• University degree or higher qualification in Community Health or have nursing/medical background with experience in public health programmes

Experience:

• Minimum two-year professional experience in implementing and supervising community health mobilization projects and coordinated Child Care Program.
• Proven track record in crafting community mobilization, sensitization, and awareness-raising activities.
• Training and capacity building skills.
• Knowledge and experience of undertaking assessments and analysing the results.
• Fluency in written, spoken English and Somali languages is mandatory.
• Knowledge of different working standards and ethics including SPHERE.
• Demonstrable experience in managing teams, supervising and training others.
• Ability to prioritize and commit to meet deadlines.

Skills:

• Leadership and interpersonal skills including the ability to listen; negotiation skills at different levels; flexible and adaptable to work under unstable environments and under pressure with limited support.
• Capacity Building skills
• Good computer skills (Microsoft Office).

Strong problem-solving skills and analytical skills.

Safeguarding Programme Participants-Children & Adults

Trócaire is committed to safeguarding people within our programmes from exploitation and abuse and has specific policies on this commitment (including a Global Code of Conduct) which outlines the expected behaviour and the responsibility of all staff, consultants, and other organisational representatives. More information on Trócaire’s safeguarding policies available here.

Diversity and inclusion:

We welcome diverse applicants to join our inclusive workforce.

Trócaire is an equal opportunities employer. We are an organisation that embraces diversity and inclusion. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds to bring their experiences and perspectives to Trócaire.

Diversity and Inclusion statement available here