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Cross River Taraba |
Posted 3 years ago |
JOB TITLE: Technical Officer, COVID-19 Response
JOB LOCATIONS: Cross River and Taraba
Job Type: Full time
Supervisor: Project Coordinator
JOB DETAILS:
- The Technical Officer COVID-19 response, under the supervision of the Project Coordinator, is responsible for field activities for rolling out COVID-19 response for Cameroon refugees and vulnerable populations at state level
Duties and Responsibilities
- Liaise with SPHCDA and SMOH and other stakeholders to design the operational plan for the project.
- Liaise with SPHCDA, SMOH and other stakeholders to adapt guidelines on Infection prevention and control, COVID-19 case management, critical care and vaccine roll out to the Cameroon refugee situation in Cross River and Taraba States
- Conduct trainings on infection prevention and control, case management and critical care for health workers
- Conduct trainings on public health emergencies for LGA and state-level health decision makers in Cross River and Taraba State states
- Design and implement risk communication and community engagement strategies for Cameroon refugees and host communities in Cross River and Taraba States
- Establish LGA level Public Health Emergency Operations Centers
- Liaise with relevant stakeholders and border communities to set up community-based point-of-entry surveillance.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Public Health Degree (Medicine, Laboratory Science, Pharmacy, Nursing etc) with 5-7 years relevant working experience and understanding of global health security and COVID-19 response.
- Or MPH or MSc / MA in relevant Degree with 3 to 5 years relevant experience in monitoring and evaluation with a sound understanding of humanitarian integrated health program delivery in resource-constrained settings.
- Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable
- Familiarity with Cameroon refugee situation in Nigeria
Knowledge, Skills & Attributes:
- Must have demonstrable experience working with state level stakeholders such as SPHCDA and SMOH on core pillars of the COVID-19 response
- Must have strong experience in designing and implementing the continuum of care for COVID-19
- Must have good knowledge on how to adapt existing health services to COVID-19 situation
- Must have good knowledge of health management information systems used in Nigeria (SORMAS, DHIS 2)
- Must have experience in leading multi-cultural teams
- Demonstrable capacity to work with minimal supervision and under difficult conditions
- Must have strong understanding of the health systems in either Cross River and Taraba State
- Have demonstrable capacity to initiate and maintain engagement with donors
- Have demonstrable familiarity with program management
- Ability to travel 75% of the time to difficult terrain.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
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Job Features
Job Category | Engineering / Technical |