Community Health Educator (Akkar/T5, Beirut/Mount Lebanon, Bekaa/Baalbeck-Hermel, South/Nabatieh)
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 Educator (with the area of interest)” 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 Educator (CHE) will provide awareness sessions on health and nutrition in general with a focus on Early Childhood Development (ECD) and infant and young child feeding (IYCF) at the community level.
Responsibilities and Essential Functions
- Organize and provide daily awareness sessions on Health and Nutrition with a focus on Early Childhood Development (ECD), infant and young child feeding (IYCF), vaccination and routine immunization to beneficiaries at the community level.
- Follow up on the work of the CHVs in the area.
- linking the communities to the national IYCF hotline to receive needed IYCF support.
- Refer cases to ECD specialized care when needed.
- Distribute micronutrients supplements to children aged 6-59 months at the community level and conduct cooking demonstrations to the families.
- Conduct community screening for acute malnutrition and follow up on referrals of identified cases to the malnutrition screening and treatment PHCs.
- link the community to the nearest PHC and inform them of the services provided by the PHCs.
- Submit daily and weekly report to the health officer.
- Attend IOCC-related staff meeting when required.
- Perform other duties as necessary.
Qualifications
- Fluency in reading/writing/speaking Arabic and English 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.
- Experience required: Less than one year.
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.
NOTE:
Daleel Madani, the civil society network, serves as a platform for organisations to post their professional opportunities, but is not involved in the recruitment process. The hiring organisation is solely responsible for the job and candidate selection.
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