Health Promotion Assistant ( Afghan Males Only )
Support community health activities and promote health awareness.
This opening is not available anymore.
Do not try to apply for this job.
Overview
Support community health activities and promote health awareness.
You have:
- Qualified Nurse with experience in health promotion and conducting trainings
- 1-2 years’ experience in community mobilization and coordination to increase community participation
- Self-motivated with persuasion skills and ability to maintain relationships
- Enthusiasm to travel to locations for training sessions
- Communication and reporting skills
- Fluency in Pashto, Dari and English
- Computer skills, including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet
Job Description
- Conduct regular visits to the communities and support the community-based health promotion volunteers. - Support recruitment and training of community-based health volunteers; community leaders and religious elders. - Schedule regular site visits for monitoring and supervision to ensure quality of services, accurate data collection and tracking of community health activities - Work with community-based volunteers and community leaders to conduct mortality and disease surveillance in the communities. - Submit weekly updates to Community Health officers on the CBHVs progress - Oversee data collection and analysis of mortality and morbidity data from the communities - Develop required reports on CHV performance and effectiveness, based on evaluations. - In close coordination with community volunteers sensitize the related community regarding health promotion messages. - In close coordination with community volunteers, develop positive relations with community through regular meetings with elders, Mullahs, local Shura and CDC to promote IRC acceptance in the target areas. - Work with community elders, Shura during project implementation, explaining IRC project activities and explain that IRC projects are in line with Islamic values. - Any other duties assigned by line manager
Qualifications
- Qualified Nurse, community health, with experience in health promotion and conducting trainings - 1-2 years’ Experience in community mobilization and coordination to increase community participation. - Self-motivated, possessing persuasion skills, ability to maintain relationship and able to work on own initiative. - Enthusiasm to travel to locations within a region – and to other regions for training sessions. - Communication and reporting skills - Fluency in Pashto, Dari and English - Computer skills (including MS Word, Excel, Access, and internet) an advantage - Ability to work closely, professionally, and constructively with all others regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, race, tribe, or cultural background
Potential interview questions
| Can you give an example of a time you motivated a community to participate in a health initiative? | This question assesses your ability to engage the community and encourage participation. | Provide a specific instance where you effectively motivated community members, highlighting your strategies. |
| Describe a challenging situation with community leaders and how you managed it. | The interviewer wants to understand your conflict resolution and relationship-building skills. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you ensure accurate data collection in community health projects? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| What strategies do you employ to communicate health messages effectively in diverse communities? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
| How do you prioritize your tasks when managing multiple community health projects? | Pro members can see the explanation. | Pro members can see the explanation. |
Added 2 years ago
-
Updated 1 year ago
-
Source:
rescue.org
