Community Health Volunteer (Akkar, T5, South, Nabatieh,Bekaa, Baalbeck/Hermel, BML)
To apply, qualified applicants should send a resume or CV to: [email protected]. To ensure the timely review of your resume, please insert "Community Health Volunteer (Please insert area of concern) ” in the subject line of the email. No phone calls please. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please don’t wait for the last date to apply, as IOCC might start interviews before the deadline. Preferable that candidate resides in the areas of concern. IOCC is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a professional and diverse workforce.
IOCC has a zero tolerance to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of beneficiaries and staff. Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct, that enshrines principles of PSEA, always (both during working hours and outside work hours). Familiarization with, and adherence to, the Code of Conduct is an essential requirement of all staff, in addition to related mandatory training. All staff must ensure that they understand and act in accordance with this clause.
The Community Health Volunteer will provide awareness sessions and disseminate essential key messages on health and nutrition in general with a focus on early childhood development and infant and young child feeding at the community level.
Responsibilities and Essential Functions
- Disseminate key messages and provide awareness sessions on Health and Nutrition with a focus on Early Childhood Development (ECD) and infant and young child feeding (IYCF), vaccination and routine immunization to beneficiaries at the community level.
- Link the communities to the national IYCF hotline to receive needed IYCF support.
- Refer cases to specialized ECD care when needed.
- Distribute micronutrients to children under 5 at the community level.
- Link the community to the nearest PHC, inform them of the services provided by the PHCs.
- Conduct community screening for acute malnutrition and refer suspected malnutrition cases to the screening and treatment centers.
- Submit reports to the Community Health Educator as requested.
- Perform other duties as necessary.
Qualifications
- Preferable education degree: Health Sciences or any related field
- Fluency in reading/writing/speaking Arabic is necessary.
- Good public speaking and communication skills
- Strong social, interpersonal, and intercultural skills
- Team player
- Able to meet deadlines.
- Computer literacy: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.
Working Conditions
- Will entail substantial traveling and visits to locations where beneficiaries are living (at the community level)
- It is preferable that candidate resides in the area of interest and that candidates can commute with his/her own car.
ملاحظة:
دليل مدني، شبكة المجتمع المدني، يوفر للمنظمات منصة لنشر الوظائف, وليس مسؤول عن عملية التوظيف. كل منظمة مسجلة على دليل مدني هي مسؤولة بشكل فردي عن منشوراتها وعن عملية التوظيف.
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