Infos Santé -> Health Coordinator

Health Coordinator

Entreprise: The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Niveau d'etude: BAC + 5
Localité: République démocratique du Congo / KINSHASA
Date limite: 2019-12-19

Health Coordinator

Closing date (Geneva time zone):19-12-2019

Duty station:North Kivu - DRC
Country:CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
Duty station status: Non Family Duty Station
Accompanied status: Non-Accompanied

Duration:3 Mois
Category of Staff: Delegate

Grade: C1
Vacancy No:IFRC03582

Background
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, with 190 member National Societies. As part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, our work is guided by seven fundamental principles; humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality.

Organizational Context
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC or “the Federation”) is the World’s largest volunteer-based humanitarian network. The Federation is a membership organization established by and comprised of its member National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Along with National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the Federation is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The overall aim of the IFRC is “to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world.” It works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises. The Federation is served by a Secretariat based in Geneva, with regional and country offices throughout the world. The Secretariat is led by the IFRC Secretary General and provides the central capacity of the International Federation to serve, connect, and represent National Societies. Ebola is endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In May 2018, the DRC Ministry of Health (MoH) officially declared the 9th epidemic of the Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Equateur province. This was the ninth Ebola outbreak in the country, and the first in the province. The humanitarian community, including the Red Cross and Red Cross Crescent partners, quickly mobilized resources to face this new EVD outbreak and on 25 July the outbreak was officially declared over. This epidemic caused a total of 33 deaths for 54 cases reported (38 confirmed and 16 probable) in three affected health zones of Wangata (Mbandaka), Bikoro and Itipo. One of the key Red Cross response during the active outbreak phase was SDBs. Over 100 RC volunteers were trained in SDB and teams responded to over 80 SDB alerts. On the 1st August the MoH officially declared a new EVD outbreak in Mabalako Health Zone, Beni territory. Following an alert from the North Kivu Provincial Health authority about a cluster of cases in Mangina end of July 2018, four samples out of six tested positive for EVD. On 6 August 2018, the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale (INRB) confirmed by genetic sequencing that this latest outbreak is caused by the Zaire ebolavirus species and is not connected to the recent outbreak in Equateur Province. As of 26 April 2019, a total of 1,396 EVD cases have been reported in the region, 1,330 of which have been confirmed and 66 which are probable. Confirmed or probable cases are localized to five health zones in North Kivu, and one neighboring health zone in Ituri Province.

Job Purpose
Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Health coordinator is expected to support the Red Cross Ebola operation in planning, coordinating and supporting the implementation of the overall pillars (SDB , CEA, IPC/WASH) activities during the response phase of the epidemic as well as transition phase post-epidemic in North Kivu/Ituri.

Job Duties and Responsibilities
Emergency response and operational leadership
Support in the coordination, planning, implementation and management of the health component of IFRC and DRC RC emergency response to the EVD outbreak.
Provide technical support to DRC RC to implement the operations outlined in the Emergency Plan of Action. These include: community engagement activities (CEA) (risk communication, social mobilization and health promotion), disease surveillance, infection prevention and control (IPC), safe and dignified burials (SDB), psychosocial support (PSS), and WASH activities.
Provide supervision and managerial oversight of programme implementation for all health activities, with a particular emphasis on operational fitness and responsiveness, and personal safety of RCRC personnel.
Provide technical support and overall strategic direction to strengthen the capacity to monitor progress, quality and impact of public health interventions; prepare and implement operational plans.
Knowledge management and organisational learning
With the support of IM, identify and document good practices on health emergency and outbreak preparedness and response emerging from this response.
With the support of IM, compile available technical guidelines, references, reports and case studies on emergency health preparedness and response, and made them available through Federation platforms to support DRC response to recent Ebola outbreaks in that Country.
Analyze, systematize, and disseminate evidence-based technical information and knowledge and good practices on outbreak response to the DRC RC staff and volunteers.

Coordination and collaboration
Participate in and work with relevant emergency health networks and coordination mechanisms with a view of improving health interventions in the operation, as well as strengthening an effective and coordinated health response.
Provide overall coordination of the health response with other agencies, non-government actors and the ICRC to ensure a consistent, high-quality approach to controlling the epidemic.
Represent the IFRC as needed in technical and leadership discussions, to advocate for the role, impact and needs of the RCM in the response
Promote the collaboration between DRC RC, the Ministry of Health and other pertinent government sector partners.
Represent the IFRC in technical meetings and other relevant forums
Emergency preparedness
Provide technical and leadership support for transition planning, as needed
Provide technical support for contingency planning for potential EVD spread.
NS capacity building
Support DRC-RC’s health emergency and outbreak preparedness and response capacity strengthening consistent with their mandates and roles agreed with national authorities related to epidemics.
Support NS in positioning them in health emergencies and outbreak/epidemic response within the national epidemic response structures as auxiliary to gov’t/MoH.

Education
Degree level in health or Social Sciences
Master’s Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology or other relevant Public health subject
IFRC Training Course on disaster response, such as ERU, FACT, RDRT, or other relevant course such as HELP

Experience
Not less than 5 years of progressive experience in the management of health systems and health programs
Experience managing a multi-sectorial team
Experience in the management of outbreaks of vector-borne diseases, vaccine-preventable diseases, or other health emergencies
Experience in training, mentoring and/or leading staff, and capacity building
Experience in social mobilization/health promotion issues
Knowledge, skills and languages
Knowledge of good practices in participatory methodology, program planning and design, monitoring and evaluation, learning, and accountability
Good organizational skills
Excellent analytic and computer skills (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)
Skilled in training, mentoring and coaching individuals and groups, as appropriate
Capable of influencing and obtaining cooperation of individuals not under supervisory control, as a member of multinational team, and managing remote relationships to achieve results
Highly motivated, self-starter able to lead a process, engage others and create ownership
Flexible and willing to deal with ambiguity, changes and challenges
Able to prioritize work, multi-task and meet deadlines
Willing to travel and operate in a demanding working environment
Fluent spoken and written English
Fluent spoken and written French

Competencies and values
National Society relations
Strategic orientation - Communication – Teamwork
Professionalism – Integrity – Diversity
Judgement-Decision-making
Results focus and accountability
Managing performance
Comments

The Federation is an equal opportunity employer.