Community Health Officer

Job title: Community Health Officer

Job type: Full time

Place of work (City, Governorate): Sinjar, Nineveh, Iraq

Contract period: 6 months with possibility of extension  

Salary grade:  L2

Number of Jobs: 1 (one) job

Probational period: 2 (two months)

Working hours: 8 hours per day from Sunday to Thursday  

Deadline for application: 18 August 2021 at 04:00 PM  

Documents required: CV and cover letter

• Design, supervise and monitor implementation of all the IEC (Information, Education, Communication) on COVID-19 prevention and NCD awareness activities
•  Promote Yazda services, principles, protocols, and procedures in order to increase the awareness of the target population with health preventive activities and messages
• Design a Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) strategy for future implementation and related activities through the definition of objectives, target population, campaigns, messages, activities, specific actions, etc.
• Provide support in selecting and developing quality communication strategies towards the community planning information campaigns, including targets, objectives, methods, materials, and goals in order to increase awareness on NCD, COVID-19, and other health issues among the targeted population
• Ensure regular collaboration and coordination with the project manager and MMU staff, reporting to the medical team any information linked to the health situation of the population
• Know protection protocols and ensure its application. Report vulnerable cases and refer them to the protection focal point for case management according to protocols
• Assist in patient care with the MMU nurse as needed
• Participate in trainings
• Be involved in any other activities the supervisor deems appropriate