Health Promotion Assistant ( Afghan National Only)

Job Description

General Duties

- 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 religiose 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

Specific Duties:

- 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

- Education: Qualified Nurse, community health, or Midwife with experience in health promotion and conducting trainings

- Years of Experience: 1-2 years’ Experience in community mobilization and coordination to increase community participation - Skills: 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

- Technical Competency:

- 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