Community Health Coordinator

TITLE : Community Health Coordinator. TEAM / PROGRAMME : Operation Program LOCATION : Aswan GRADE : CONTRACT LENGTH : months

CHILD SAFEGUARDING :

Level : the post holder will have contact with children and / or young people either frequently ( once a week or more) or intensively ( four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting the country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking / vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE : The Community Health Coordinator will lead the implementation of community health activities in Aswan aimed at improving the health and well-being of refugees, asylum seekers, and vulnerable migrant communities. This role involves hiring, training, and supervising Community Health Workers (CHWs), building the capacity of local NGO community health activities, and planning and implementing health awareness and screening sessions and events.

SCOPE OF ROLE :

Reportsto : Health Officer

The team directlyreportingtothispost : CHWs

Budget responsibility : No

Field travel : Based in Aswan, might require travel to Cairo

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :

Project Implementation

• Identify, select, and support community members who can provide community health services.
• Support a health and nutrition needs assessment for the target population in Aswan to ensure services are tailored to their needs.
• Co-train the community health workers and other stakeholders on health promotion methodologies and topics especially; Nutrition, NCDs, reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health RMNCH
• Support the generation of referral maps and orient CHWs about service mapping and referral pathways, including identifying unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) and referring them to relevant child protection projects.
• Support local partners in establishing and maintaining community health services and teams.
• Implement health and nutrition promotion sessions for refugees, migrants, and host communities.
• Oversee the community screening of children to detect malnutrition and ensure adequate referrals to medical service providers when needed

Reporting and documentation

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice )

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QUALIFICATIONS

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

Desirable

Additional job responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Equal Opportunities

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding :

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Health and Safety

The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.