Graduate Jobs at International Medical Corps (IMC)
International Medical Corps (IMC) is recruiting to fill the position of:
Care Group Promoter Supervisor
Reporting to: Public Health Officer
Location: Wamakko, Binji, Shagari and Kebbe LGA Sokoto State
Job Summary:
The Care Group Promoter Supervisor Lead program planning and provide strategic direction to CG Promoter Supervisor.
Ensure internal and external reporting and documentation requirements
are on-time and accurate, Assess staff capacities and coordinate initial
or ongoing trainings based en need and program goals. Plays lead role
in the orientation and training of new technical program staff, Models
leadership to all staff and intentionally develops the leadership
potential of the CG Promoters and Prepare a monthly report using the
information provided by Care Group Promoters This is a an outreach
position requiring traveling to community locations
Specific Duties:
- Coordinates with project partners, project staff, the SMoH, LGA PHCDA and other stakeholders regarding upcoming activities and needs at the community and State/LGA levels.
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Collect CO Promoter reports on a monthly basis, review the reports and
assure the information presented is reasonable and complete.
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Responsible to supervise each CO Promoter who reports to him or her in
the field at least twice a month, conducting QIVC5 and completing all
sections of the CO Promoter Supervision Checklist every quarter.
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Responsible to liaison with the appropriate people in a timely and
professional manner to ensure the financial, logistical and procurement
issues required to implement project activities.
- Other duties as assigned
Supervisory responsibilities:
Qualifications:
- B.Sc /HND/Diploma in Clinical Nurse/ Psychology/ Education/ Sociology
- 0-2 years’ work experience on Nutrition/Sociology/Psychology
- Preferably NGO experience
- Fluency in English and Hausa
Nutrition Officers
Reporting to: Nutrition Coordinator
Duty Station: Binji, Shagari and Kebbe LGA Sokoto State
Job Summary
To
ensure that the CMAM program of Health Facilities is functioning
properly, providing care of quality to all the beneficiaries, respecting
protocols and principles of good caring practices
Duties and Responsibilities:
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Work with health staff and LGA officials to ensure all aspects of the
program are understood and agreed by LGA Nutrition Officers and
appropriate referrals take place to and from Health facilities to
Hospitals and the OTP/SC
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Working with the Community Volunteers, Care Group promoters ensure
engagement of community leaders / their designates for the mobilization,
screening and referral
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Working with the Care Group Promoters, ensure CMAM beneficiaries are
referred to CG-IYCF services when required and understood by the, health
facility staffs, including admission, discharge and transfer to and
from the various components of the program
- Ensure comprehensive health checks and treatment according to the agreed protocols
Background and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Public Health or Nutrition
- 0-2 years’ work experience on Nutrition or Public Health Preferably NGO experience
- Experience of nutrition work (preferably CMAM) and implementation of feeding programs, including monitoring and evaluation
- Experience in conducting nutrition assessments and an understanding of nutritional surveillance and information systems
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Excellent communication skills and a willingness to be respectful,
kind, sensitive and empathize with all beneficiaries and their careers
- Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions
- Demonstrable ability at report writing
- Prepared to live and work in an uncertain security environment
- Ability and willingness to frequently travel and stay at the field
- Commitment to and understanding of International Medical Corps aims, values and principles
- Fluency in written and spoken English and local languages
- Computer literacy
Public Health Officers
Reporting to: Nutrition Coordinator
Job Summary
Reporting to the Nutrition
Coordinator, the Public Health Officer will provide leadership and
management of all aspects of the hygiene promotion and sanitation
component of IMC /WASH, IYCF and CMAM project/s at Wamakko, Binji,
Shagari and Kebbe LGAs. He/ She will be responsible for the
implementation hygiene promotion and sanitation component and ensuring
program quality, completion of activities within allocated funding and
project period, and identifying new needs for program expansion and
improvement. The Public Health Officer will be spending full of his/her
time in all four LGAs.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Respect the dignity of the beneficiaries, careers and members of the community
- In coordination with LGAs WASH officers and CO Promoters as well as supervisors,
undertake/take part in quantitative/qualitative assessments to identify
key risky hygiene behaviors to work on and to capture key achievements
with-in the framework of project/s.
- Work with Environmental Agents and target beneficiaries to identify volunteers/incentive workers for hygiene promotion/education,
- Train volunteers/incentive workers on basics of hygiene promotion/education, hygiene promotion/education methods/approaches, communication and facilitation skills,
- Assist CO Supervisors on preparation of detail implementation plan for hygiene promotion/education activities.
- Ensure implementation of hygiene promotion activities as per planned approaches/methods through use of EHA, and volunteers/incentive workers.
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Work with LGA WASH officer on development, testing, printing and
positioning of culturally appropriate IEC material, and monitoring tools
and ensure proper use of the same,
- Prepare weekly and monthly progress reports/updates,
- Ensure needs of most vulnerable are taken in to account at all stages of hygiene promotion intervention/a,
- Coordinate and integrate with other IPs in harmonizing hygiene promotion/education interventions,
- Document and share lessons learned and success stories in relation to hygiene to inform future programming
- Ensure proper implementation of hygiene and sanitation component of WASH projects with-in allocated budget and timeline meeting international standards;
- Ensure integration of Water, sanitation and hygiene promotion components of projects
- Undertake need assessments and contribute in the preparation of new proposals,
- Assist Nutrition Coordinator monitor and ensure spending against plan, and analyze monthly financial reports.
Background and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Public Health. Environmental
Health or any Other related field from recognized University with a
minimum of three year relevant work experience on hygiene promotion with
I/NGO
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Previous experience of implementing participatory hygiene promotion and
sanitation methods (e.g. PHAST, CLTS/H,) and organizing campaigns on
key hygiene themes;
- Previous experience of implementing institutional (schools & health facilities) hygiene promotions/educations;
- Ability to work in stressful conditions and with limited social services and insecure environments.
- Ability to work independently with minimum supervision and in a highly results oriented work culture
- Knowledge, skill and experience in participatory methods for promoting sustainability of WASH interventions
- NGO experience is plus.
- Commitment to and understanding of International Medical Corps aims, values and principles
Skills and Abilities:
- Strong communication, organizational and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work as part of a team as well as to work autonomously when required;
- Very good at computer- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point and e-mail);
- Fluent spoken and written English
- Supervisory/basic managerial skills
- Technical and report writing skills
Cashier
Summary of the position:
The
cashier will be based in Sokoto and will provide all necessary
financial assistance to project as well as handle other office cash
related duties. S/he will maintain Cash and Bank transaction
journal, make cash disbursements and reconciliations, prepare cash
projections and requests and will also be responsible for the custody of
all the financial files related to the project.
Description of the responsibilities/activities:
To run and manage COSTPOINT accounting software, which includes but not limited to:
- To review the field accounting reports and record them in COSTPOINT, including monthly cash reconciliation for Sokoto site.
- Input into COSTPOINT and calculation of average exchange rates for all sites, for review by the Finance Officer.
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Reconciliation of various records, investigating unusual items and
bringing these to the prompt attention of the Finance Officer. This
includes reconciliation of field records and Abuja office records.
- Cash and bank management in consultation with the Finance Officer.
- To prepare and verify all payments and receipts including supporting documentation.
- To maintain and file bank and receipt documents.
- To maintain the float and advise supervisor as necessary.
- To prepare and send Daily Cash Reports to L.A. that includes both cash and bank balances.
- To maintain and monitor the national staff advances register.
- Carry out monthly Finance scanning,
- Assist with audits of various sites and functions as needed.
This is to include field visits to various sites, and training of staff per audit schedule/plan.
Qualifications:
- B.Sc/HND/OND/NCE in Accounting or related field.
- Demonstrate a capacity and willingness to learn and to further an Accounting career.
- Subscribe to a high moral code of ethic.
- Fluency in English and Hausa.
- Willingness to work in hardship area.
- Team Player and ability to work with people of multicultural and diverse interests
Method of Application
All interested applicants are invited to send their detailed CV with cover letter on or before September 4th, 2014 to;
The Human Resources and Admin Officer,
International Medical Corps,
Plot 3 Tsafe Road off Sama Road Sokoto,
Sokoto State
Or
Email: cnwankwo@InternationalMedicalCorps.org
Please
note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.
International Medical Corps is an equal opportunity employer; Female
applicants are particularly encouraged to apply.