Job Title: Health Officer

Reporting to: Programme Manager

Duty Station: Mogadishu, Somalia

Contract period: 3 months

Opening date: 26th May 2022

Closing date: 4th Jun 2022

MAIN JOB PURPOSE

The Alliance to Fight Avoidable Blindness (AFAB) is a Partnership Program formed to address blindness that can be prevented or cured in IsDB member countries. The partnership between Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and Human Appeal is aligned to fight avoidable blindness. The overall goal is to contribute to improving the quality of life of persons with visual disability and uplifting their socio-economic status. This partnership will contribute to strengthen the overall health system in Somalia by building a strong eye care service.

In light of that, Human Appeal is recruiting a technical Health Officer who will take the overall responsibility and oversight of the day-to-day implementation of the 3-months cataract campaign activities in the target areas by playing an active and lead role in planning, designing, implementation, development, monitoring and liaison with MoH and Islamic IsDB and administration of all related project activities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the implementation of cataract campaign by leading and supervising, ensuring that the highest technical standards are respected in line with Human Appeal mandate, policies and procedures, including national and donor requirements and guidelines;
• Lead, manage and motivate respective staff under direct line management, ensuring that they have clear objectives and receive meaningful feedback on their performances;
• With other related staff, finalize implementation plans for the project, and oversee weekly and monthly work plans in line with the implementation plan;
• Identify project opportunities and lead the health related proposals writing;
• Capacity to conceptualize programme interventions and to problem solve with the coordination of the Programme Manager;
• Attend cluster coordination meetings, and represent HA in different levels and stages;
• Provide guidance and technical information on donor rules and regulations to project Staff and the organization;
• Conduct regular field visits and coordinating with respective teams and stakeholders to ensure effective implementation of the cataract activities;
• Coordinate activities to ensure effective use of time and HA resources;
• Supervise the implementation of contracts and project activities to meet timelines and budget limits.
• Support the finance department by coordinating project budget’s as assigned by line manager and coordination with other departments within the organisation, where needed, ensuring value for money;
• Oversee project budgets, financial reporting and forecasting;
• Monitor budget/expenditure based on the implementation plans; and analyse Budget-versus-Actual reports to assess any discrepancies and ensure timely expenditure;
• Work with logistics/procurement to ensure timely procurement of goods and services for the implementation of project.
• Follow up Monitoring and Evaluation reports, recommend and implement changes to enhance the programmes, as appropriate;
• Monitor performance of cataract medical team and ensuring high quality programming in keeping with contractual commitments and Human Appeal standards.
• Provide regular reports about the project to the Programme Manager, cluster coordination meetings attended to update programme progress of the project and to discuss further strategies;
• Develop a monthly and progress written report on all aspects of the cataract project implementation, performance of the team, challenges, threats or risks;
• In coordination with the Communications Officer, provide timely case studies/success stories for media use and visibility purposes.