Job ID
20571
Job Title
Public Health Promotion Officer
To work for
Oxfam Syria
Country
Syria
City
Der Al Zour
Field of Work
Medicine/Nursing - Humanitarian/Disasters
Job Type
Project Based
Military service
Finished or Exempted (For male)
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
Assessment and Programme Design
• In collaboration with other members of the project team, participate in design and management assessments and baseline studies in order to identify WASH-related health risks and priorities.
• Collect, record and interpret qualitative and quantitative data
• Use assessment data to design participatory public health promotion interventions appropriate for the local context and culture with involvement of all groups of community.
• Access and analyse resources and capacities of Oxfam contractors/partners that could be useful for visual and other Public health promotion activities acceptable to all stakeholders.
Programme planning and reporting:
• Assist the Project Manager in developing work plans and program activities with consultation of Assistant PHPs and implementing partner’s team.
• Contribute to weekly project team review and planning meetings and ensure both PHP and PHE review and plan together as one team.
• Reflect on programme experience to contribute to Public Health /WASH learning review
• Contribute to the design and development of country WASH strategy according to local context.
• Participate and help to sustain planned engagements with Local and central government authorities on the role of WASH/PHP as humanitarian cause.
• Provide weekly reports (including data collects, and key achievements for the week) and submit to the roject manager as per agreed timeline
Programme Implementation:
• Implement PHP activities in WASH emergencies e.g. baseline data collection, designing implementation of IEC campaigns through popular Media, identification, selection and capacity building of community based hygiene volunteers, working with logistics team on targeting, delivery and monitoring of NFI distributions, design, implementation and monitoring public health promotion activities at community level with innovative ideas context relevant.
• Take leadership at field level on the integration of Public Health promotion activities with other relevant sectors.
• Implement interventions for specific target groups, e.g. women, men, children, youth groups, religious leaders and community leaders.
• Provide support and capacity in the development of behaviour change communication strategy and guide the development and production of Media activities acceptable to all stakeholders.
• Closely work and support the work of local and National institutions, such as schools, water boards, councils and Municipalities ensuring appropriate WASH/PHP activities are implemented
• Implement Post distribution monitoring according to agreed sampling frame and best approach applicable to context
• Supervise others to monitor and report against key WASH related diseases.
Staff Management
• Provide day to day management to APHP and community mobilisers including performance management with support of project manager
• Conduct training needs assessment of APHP and suggest areas of improvement to WASH Coordinator and PHP Coordinator for support in designing relevant capacity building schedules, e.g. on job training, coaching and short weekly training on defined topics.
• Able to take leadership of the project team when called upon.
Logistics and Finance
• Work with logistics to ensure timely procurement and distribution of NFIs with support of project manager
• Work closely with Finance and project manager in monitoring PHP budget expenditures levels.
• In collaboration with other members of the project team, participate in design and management assessments and baseline studies in order to identify WASH-related health risks and priorities.
• Collect, record and interpret qualitative and quantitative data
• Use assessment data to design participatory public health promotion interventions appropriate for the local context and culture with involvement of all groups of community.
• Access and analyse resources and capacities of Oxfam contractors/partners that could be useful for visual and other Public health promotion activities acceptable to all stakeholders.
Programme planning and reporting:
• Assist the Project Manager in developing work plans and program activities with consultation of Assistant PHPs and implementing partner’s team.
• Contribute to weekly project team review and planning meetings and ensure both PHP and PHE review and plan together as one team.
• Reflect on programme experience to contribute to Public Health /WASH learning review
• Contribute to the design and development of country WASH strategy according to local context.
• Participate and help to sustain planned engagements with Local and central government authorities on the role of WASH/PHP as humanitarian cause.
• Provide weekly reports (including data collects, and key achievements for the week) and submit to the roject manager as per agreed timeline
Programme Implementation:
• Implement PHP activities in WASH emergencies e.g. baseline data collection, designing implementation of IEC campaigns through popular Media, identification, selection and capacity building of community based hygiene volunteers, working with logistics team on targeting, delivery and monitoring of NFI distributions, design, implementation and monitoring public health promotion activities at community level with innovative ideas context relevant.
• Take leadership at field level on the integration of Public Health promotion activities with other relevant sectors.
• Implement interventions for specific target groups, e.g. women, men, children, youth groups, religious leaders and community leaders.
• Provide support and capacity in the development of behaviour change communication strategy and guide the development and production of Media activities acceptable to all stakeholders.
• Closely work and support the work of local and National institutions, such as schools, water boards, councils and Municipalities ensuring appropriate WASH/PHP activities are implemented
• Implement Post distribution monitoring according to agreed sampling frame and best approach applicable to context
• Supervise others to monitor and report against key WASH related diseases.
Staff Management
• Provide day to day management to APHP and community mobilisers including performance management with support of project manager
• Conduct training needs assessment of APHP and suggest areas of improvement to WASH Coordinator and PHP Coordinator for support in designing relevant capacity building schedules, e.g. on job training, coaching and short weekly training on defined topics.
• Able to take leadership of the project team when called upon.
Logistics and Finance
• Work with logistics to ensure timely procurement and distribution of NFIs with support of project manager
• Work closely with Finance and project manager in monitoring PHP budget expenditures levels.
Qualifications
• Knowledge of one or more of the following: public health, health or hygiene promotion, community development, education, community mobilization. Academic or professional qualifications are essential.
• Design, communication and presentation skills.
• Good organisational awareness.
• Effective member of team and role model; demonstrates creativity in seeking better ways to do things and shares with team, and promotes high standards.
• Takes responsibility for own work and delegated project/processes (including some leadership).
• Anticipates problems and regularly provides solutions.
• Successfully manages conflicting priorities.
• Understanding of humanitarian issues and practise in a particular specialism.
• Demonstrates developed communications skills.
• Good written and spoken Arabic and English is essential.
• Excellent knowledge of area of work and increasingly contribute to team planning.
• Proactively assumes more responsibility and/or more difficult areas of work in agreement with manager.
• Contributes to development of new project initiatives.
Any other duties as agreed with project manager and area manager.
• Design, communication and presentation skills.
• Good organisational awareness.
• Effective member of team and role model; demonstrates creativity in seeking better ways to do things and shares with team, and promotes high standards.
• Takes responsibility for own work and delegated project/processes (including some leadership).
• Anticipates problems and regularly provides solutions.
• Successfully manages conflicting priorities.
• Understanding of humanitarian issues and practise in a particular specialism.
• Demonstrates developed communications skills.
• Good written and spoken Arabic and English is essential.
• Excellent knowledge of area of work and increasingly contribute to team planning.
• Proactively assumes more responsibility and/or more difficult areas of work in agreement with manager.
• Contributes to development of new project initiatives.
Any other duties as agreed with project manager and area manager.
Specific Vacancy Requirements
Oxfam is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those that are suitable to work within our values are recruited to work for us.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply specially female candidates.
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization and encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply specially female candidates.
Salary and Benefits
As per Oxfam Salary Scale.
About us
Oxfam is an international confederation of 17 organizations networked together in more than 90 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty.
In Syria :
While Oxfam has been present in the region since 1970, it began operating in Syria through its Damascus based presence in July 2013. Since then, Oxfam has been responding to both the urgent WASH needs for vulnerable people, and has been working on the rehabilitation of water systems in order to provide durable, more sustainable solutions to the affected populations. Interventions implemented under Oxfam's WASH Programme include: Provision of Acute Emergency Life-Saving WASH Services, Rehabilitation of Water Systems, Hygiene Promotion and Water Conservation, Capacity Building and Training, and Improved Emergency WASH Coordination. To date, Oxfam has been worked in 10 governorates, seeking out to over 2.5 million beneficiaries.
In Syria :
While Oxfam has been present in the region since 1970, it began operating in Syria through its Damascus based presence in July 2013. Since then, Oxfam has been responding to both the urgent WASH needs for vulnerable people, and has been working on the rehabilitation of water systems in order to provide durable, more sustainable solutions to the affected populations. Interventions implemented under Oxfam's WASH Programme include: Provision of Acute Emergency Life-Saving WASH Services, Rehabilitation of Water Systems, Hygiene Promotion and Water Conservation, Capacity Building and Training, and Improved Emergency WASH Coordination. To date, Oxfam has been worked in 10 governorates, seeking out to over 2.5 million beneficiaries.
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Posted On
Oct 08, 2019
Expiry Date
Oct 23, 2019
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CV Language
English