Deputy Health and Nutrition Program Manager – Medical Teams International Vacancy Announcement; January 9, 2025
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Organization: Medical Teams International
Position: Deputy Health and Nutrition Program Manager
Employment: Full Time
Location: Gondar
Date of Announcement:
Deadline: January 17th 2025
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Job description
Job Summary
To ensure quality health care services for internally displaced people, refugees, and host community in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. This position will be responsible for working closely with the health and nutrition program manager to ensure the proper day-to-day running of the mobile medical team operating in refugee sites and surge teams in different areas of the Amhara region.
Job Responsibilities
Essential Duties / Responsibilities:
- Assist in ensuring MTI’s standard of quality in primary health services is met.
- Participates in the planning, implementation, and supervision of the Health and Nutrition projects.
- Develops plans for process and quality improvement and reports findings to the health and nutrition program manager.
- Ensures quality control at all levels of service provision (referrals from the community, primary health care level, pharmacy, referrals for secondary care).
- Ensures strict monitoring of the use and flow of medications at service delivery areas with team members.
- Ensures compliance with program standards at all levels.
- Ensures monitoring and accountability of beneficiary registrars.
- Maintains quality assurance and adherence to healthcare protocols ensuring compliance with RHB standards.
- Ensures data collection meets program requirements, and that all activities are suitably documented.
- Assists in compliance with government health reporting mechanisms, both in terms of reporting to WHO, RHB, and internal reporting.
- Assesses and implements appropriate training in coordination with program manager, health specialist, and nutrition specialist to equip and strengthen knowledge and skills of MHNT personnel.
- Coordinates development of trainings, feedback sessions, and tools for M&E and quality improvement, and reports to the program manager.
- Ensures that programming is of excellent technical quality, suitable to attract donor funding and contributes significantly to MTI’s strategic objectives.
- Provides technical support to project medical personnel to ensure programming objectives are successfully achieved, adhering to international, donor, and Ministry of Health guidelines and policies.
- Ensures appropriate treatment protocols are followed as per National guidelines and/or MTI policies.
- Collaborates and coordinates with other staff at the field office level and at the project site to ensure program goals are achieved and program approach/interventions are being continuously evaluated and adapted.
- Ensures strong linkages between the CHW program and Health and Nutrition program.
- Supports safeguarding of program participants and employees through promoting an environment of awareness and upholding MTI’s code of conduct provisions.
- Makes sure the program implementation at Alemwach refugee site and Afitit is aligned with UNHCR/RRS guidelines.
Quality Management
- Aims to achieve the highest quality programming possible within the challenging context of the Amhara region.
- Ensures all patients are treated based on the Guidelines of the Ministry of Health and MTI guidelines.
- Ensures rational use of drugs such that only those essential for treatment are prescribed.
- Provides compassionate and respectful care to all patients who present to the clinic.
- Supports other staff and colleagues to maintain good infection control practices to prevent the spread of illnesses.
Additional Activities
- Supports other areas of the office as requested or needed to ensure efficiency and quality of work for all.
- Maintains a clean and safe working environment, disposing of waste appropriately.
NOTE: The above job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by staff assigned to this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of staff in this position. Duties, responsibilities, and skills are also subject to change based on the changing needs of the job, department, or organization.
| Department: | Medical |
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| Team: | Program Teams |
| Reports to (position): | Health and Nutrition program manager |
| Location(s): | Gondar |
| Work Days & Hours: | Monday-Saturday, 40-48 hours/week, occasional weekends and public holidays |
| Travel: | Regular travel to field offices |
| If Manager of Staff, Positions Supervised: | Health specialist, Nutrition specialist, Team leaders at refugee operation, and host communities, health system strengthening officers |
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Job requirements
Education, Licenses, & Certification
- Medical Doctor, BSc Nursing, or BSc in Health Officer, MPH, or related fields.
Experience
- At least 3 years of experience working in direct health service delivery and 2 years of experience managing the operation of health services, preferably with NGOs.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Knowledge of development & humanitarian issues and concepts.
- Fluent spoken and written Amharic and English.
- Strong interpersonal and team skills.
- Proven ability to be flexible in demanding situations.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to adapt to a changing environment.
- Negotiation and representation skills.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office on standard or mobile platforms.
Skills
- Humanitarian motivation.
- Emotionally and spiritually mature.
- Team player with a desire to support field teams.
- Willingness to pitch in and get the job done.
- Understanding and sensitivity to cross-cultural issues.
- Flexible and adaptable to ever-changing environments.
- Ability to remain calm under pressure.
- Able to build new relationships and gain people’s trust quickly.
Abilities
- Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment.
- Ability to prioritize tasks.
- Ability to embrace and promote MTI’s mission and vision.
- Ability to uphold and exemplify the organization’s core values.
- Ability to represent the organization professionally to donors, volunteers, and the public.
Physical Conditions
This position requires frequent travel to health facilities located in remote areas with very basic living conditions.
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How To Apply
Interested and qualified applicants should apply through this link:
Deputy Health & Nutrition Program Manager – Gondar
Within 7 working days (9 January to 17 January 2025).
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