Community health worker

Job Description

Background/IRC Summary: Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. 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 is working in Libya since August 2016, targeting the most vulnerable non-displaced, IDPs, refugees and migrants in hard-to-reach areas. According to assessments, healthcare is considered the priority need in Libya, most urgently in terms of quality health staff, medicines and supplies. There are significant gaps in the response, according to Libya’s Ministry of Health (MoH), the Libyan Red Crescent, UN agencies, and international NGOs. IRC’s team in Libya has the specific goal of reaching those in the hardest hit areas to beneficiaries of all ages and gender, both Libyans and third-country nationals. The health activities will be focused on supporting essential primary health care. The reproductive health activities will specifically target women and girls.

Major Responsibilities: Under the supervision of Community Health Officer, and Community Health Manger in collaborations with Baity Center/ Supervisor is responsible for: Conduct both needs assessments and baseline assessments in the communities in collaboration with the other team. Develop strong relationships with community leaders and other stakeholders operating in the districts, provide updates of activities and develop areas of collaboration to address programmatic gaps and strengthen program impact. She will assist the medical team and other staff with other activities and support as necessary. Perform regular health education sessions for beneficiaries and Disseminate health materials to beneficiaries as necessary. Actively participate in activity planning of community health activities and attend scheduled program meetings. Ensures patient confidentiality. Support the health team in translation to/from English language. Ensure quality of services, accurate data collection and tracking of health promotion activities and client satisfaction surveys and support the development of household surveys and questionnaires for knowledge, attitude, practice surveys in collaboration with the team. Support the assessment of health awareness, Mental health issues, and gaps in health services provided at community level. Also, assess beneficiaries’ perceptions toward healthcare services provided by mobile health teams. Compile data and submit weekly technical reports to line supervisors as requested. She will be delivering the awareness sessions in the Baity Centers in coordination with the center supervisor. She will coordinate with one COV for the community activities at the community. IT should be females to ensure a comfortable environment for the clients within the center, which might be highlighted in the RSM. It should be general practitioners (GP physicians) as she must take care of triaging, referring, and following up clients in need of any referral service. With close internal coordination with: The emergency and referral GP for referrals The psychiatrist for MHPSS advanced services.

Staff management

The Community Health Worker will be supervising, technically supporting, and providing training for community health volunteers. Professional Standards The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the 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. Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: CH Officer, and CH Manager Coordinate with Baity Center Supervisor.

Working Environment: This position will be based out of the IRC field office in Tripoli, Libya.

Qualifications

Job Requirements: University degree in Medicine & Surgery or related topics. Experience in Mental Health activities is an advantage. Computer literate with significant experience in using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and Power Point). Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment with daily travel to different field sites in Tripoli/ Misurata. Effective team player with public interest driven orientation. Has previous volunteering experience. Demonstrates a high degree of self-motivation. Has a good network targeting the communities. Able to speak in Arabic as well as English (other languages desirable) Has good communication skills and the capacity to facilitate presentations, meetings, and discussions concerning health and social issues. Able to provide assistance to all individuals in need and nationalities.