Job Opportunity as a Community Health Manager in Turkey at IRC

You will be responsible for:

• Provide strategic direction, leadership and overall management of the community health program in northwest Syria in line with the health strategic plan.
• Integrating community health activities into other health sectors, such as primary health care, reproductive health, communicable and non-communicable diseases, infection control, environmental health, and nutrition.
• Coordinate with field staff to create a system to follow up on daily field activities.
• Work jointly with IRC partners to develop various purchasing and spending plans.
• Develop a community health training plan, in coordination with technical experts, and design appropriate training materials, job aids, and information and communications materials.
• Coordinate with the supply chain and logistics team, to ensure the necessary materials and tools are provided to health workers in a timely manner.
• Conduct periodic community health needs assessments in program areas of operation to guide the CH program.
• Coordinating with the Early Childhood Development Department to efficiently implement the early childhood development component.
• Program quality and development.
• Develop standard operating procedures that ensure health activities at CH adhere to international and national standards.
• Coordinate with key CH staff to ensure effective planning and implementation of program activity.
• Mentor the team and partner organizations to implement high-quality community health programs.
• Coordinate with the Health Coordinator and Health Information Systems team, and develop and/or review the necessary data collection, monitoring, evaluation and reporting tools.
• Oversee the collection of primary data by community health workers through surveys, listening sessions, interviews, observations and timely data analysis to guide program actions.
• Providing monthly reports on program activities implemented directly or through implementing partners.
• Ensure that all internal and external reporting requirements are met and that reports are of high quality and are submitted on time.
• Collaborate with the MEAL team to implement monitoring and evaluation systems for the program with an interest in improving the effectiveness of the systems.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships, communications and partnerships with community leaders and local actors working in IRC implementation areas; Wherever possible.
• Support strategic partnerships that improve the optimal use of resources and complement the delivery of health services to common catchment areas.
• Conduct regular meetings to review program progress with program staff and community health workers.
• Effectively represent the IRC at technical group meetings.
• Represent the program in relevant sub-working group meetings.
• Coordinate with field management teams to ensure field concerns and challenges are presented to relevant partners to develop improved standards and procedures.

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