Health Promotion Officer
SurfAid International is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to the alleviation of human suffering through
community-based health programs. We perform our work in isolated regions
connected to us through surfing and are professional, highly energized,
innovative and youthful in our outlook. Our main program areas are Community
Based Health, Emergency Preparation, Environmental Health (Water and
Sanitation) and Malaria prevention.We are now seeking for Health Promotion Officersto be
based in Mentawai, West Sumatera. The Health Promotion Officer will report and
provide information directly to the Program Manager.
Key
responsibilities:
As part
of the SurfAid’s intervention, to improve the health, well-being and
livelihoods of people living in target communities:
* promoting appropriate, reproducible and safe health and hygiene practices;
* ensuring appropriate community involvement in the design and delivery of health, hygiene and livelihoods promotion tools and campaigns;
* motivating communities and working together with existing community based systems including Posyandu, water committees and farmer groups .
Other
tasks and responsibilities:
Information
management
* Gather data during needs assessments, baseline studies and periodic studies and provide to Area Field Manager and/or Monitoring and Evaluation Officer. Provide assistance in feeding back results to stakeholders.
* Record and gather monthly data on morbidity and mortality and forward it to the Area Field Manager.
* Liaise with community leaders, volunteers and other sectors and agencies working locally.
Implementation
* Develop village plans for each individual community.
* Collaborate with community Posyandu cadres and water committees in planning and implementing activities to improve health and hygiene status.
* Collaborate with farmers group in planning and implementing activities to improve availability of cash crops.
* Motivate and support village midwives, health centre staff and Posyandu cadres, water committees in identifying key health and hygiene practices to be addressed and provide support to help them carry out appropriate activities to promote safe practices. These activities may include the following:
ΓΌ communication activities such as
individual house visits, community meetings, drama, information campaigns, use
of educational materials etc.
* Provide on-going technical and logistical support to village midwives, health centre staff and Posyandu cadres, water committees and farmers group during the implementation of the program.
* Play the key role in implementing social marketing activities with the objective of mobilising target communities.
* Be the SurfAid representative for individual communities in the target area.
Planning
* Actively assist AFM and Program Coordinator in planning all community-based activities.
Community Liaison
* Proactively and effectively manage community interactions with SurfAid, focusing on meeting cultural expectations and diffusing potential cultural conflicts.
Resources
management
* Use program resources effectively and with care.
* Manage all funds in accordance with SurfAid’s financial policies.
Program
approach
* Carry out health promotion, hygiene and livelihoods activities in line with relevant standards and humanitarian principles.
* Encourage the participation of community members and volunteers throughout the program.
* Act in a way that is sensitive to gender, local culture, traditions and environment and other important cross-cutting concerns.
* Other tasks assigned by AFM.
The successful candidate should have the key
experience, knowledge, skills and attributes required are as follows:
Essential
· Relevant qualification in Public
Health, Community Development, Livelihoods etc.
· Prior knowledge of health,
hygiene, teaching or community development.
· Strong communication skills
· Good listening skills
· Strong analytical skills
· Sensitivity to the needs and
priorities of different sectors of the community.
· Trust and wide acceptance by the
community
· Diplomacy, tact and negotiating
skills
· Prior work experience with NGO.
Desirable
· Relevant work experience in
public health, sanitation, livelihoods, community development.
· Experience working in a remote
area with basic facilities.
· Preferably able to ride
motorbike
If you believe you have the right skills,
experience and motivation for this role, please send your cover letter and CV
to jobs@surfaidinternational.org with 3 references. Please do not send other attachment other than CV and
application letter. Closing date of the
application is January 6, 2012.
Applications received after this date will not be processed. Please note, only applications which progress
to the next stage of selection will be acknowledged. We look forward to receiving your application.
www.surfaidinternational.org
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Dec 21, 2011
Area Field Manager (SurfAid International)
Area Field Manager
SurfAid International is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to the alleviation of human suffering through
community-based health programs. We perform our work in isolated regions
connected to us through surfing and are professional, highly energized,
innovative and youthful in our outlook. Our main program areas are Community
Based Health, Emergency Preparation, Environmental Health (Water and
Sanitation) and Malaria prevention.We are now seeking for Area Field Managersto be
based in Mentawai, West Sumatera. The Area Field Manager will report and
provide information directly to the Program Manager.
The key roles of the AFM are:
* To implement SurfAid’s program in line with the project plan and to provide the front-line field management support for the Program Coordinator and Program Manager and provide staff leadership for Health Promotion Officers.
* To improve the quality of the public health outcomes in the target population through successful implementation of SurfAid’s program by:
* coaching, mentoring and managing health promotion officers;
* ensuring effective and consistent implementation of planned activities;
* reporting on field activities according to standard procedures;
* developing and maintaining effective working relationships with key community and government stakeholders;
* acting as the key liaison point between the field and the management team in Tua Pejat.
* To proactively and effectively represent SurfAid in interactions with local government (village and sub-district level) and local government departments (sub-district level), enabling close and constructive relationships.
Other tasks
and responsibilities:
Implementation
* Responsibility for all project activities and outputs in the specified area, and for ensuring the project plan is implemented as agreed.
* Report to Program Coordinator on progress and highlight any specific areas that require the Management Team’s input.
* Ensure implementation of Area and Individual working plans in a consistent, cost effective and transparent manner.
* Manage relationships with communities and other key stakeholders and implement project activities in a way that engages communities and mobilizes their support.
* Provide support to health promotion officers and assist in identifying needs for further training.
* Identify any other relevant humanitarian needs at community level.
Information
management
* Ensure timely and consistent data gathering at field level together with the M&E Officer.
* Work closely with M&E Officer and ensure standard practices are followed throughout the Mentawai program.
* Record and gather monthly data on morbidity and mortality.
* Liaise with village leaders, government department staffs and other relevant stakeholders at sub district level.
Resources
management
* Manage health promotion officers and assume responsibility for their professional development.
* Prepare and execute budgets as required, and be accountable for team finances.
* Implement HR policies as required.
* Manage all funds in accordance with SurfAid’s financial policies.
Program
approach
* Supervise the implementation of project activities and ensure that the implementation is in line with relevant standards and humanitarian principles.
* Engage the participation of sub district representatives, key stakeholders and government department officers throughout the program.
* Act in a way that is sensitive to gender, local culture, traditions and the environment and other important cross-cutting concerns.
* Represent SurfAid at community and sub-district level in a way that promotes organizational values.
* Other tasks assigned by program management team.
The successful
candidate should have the key experience, knowledge, skills and attributes
required are as follows:
* Essential
* Appropriate qualifications in Public Health, Community Development, Livelihoods, Management etc.
* Prior knowledge of community development and community based projects.
* Relevant work experience in public health, sanitation, livelihoods and community development.
* Strong management skills.
* Strong program implementation skills.
* Ability to represent the organization at sub district level.
* Diplomacy, tact and negotiating skills.
* Planning and organising
* Good analytical skills
* Strong communication skills;
* Desirable
* Minimal 3 years working-experience with an NGO.
* Experience in working in remote areas with basic facilities
* Preferably able to ride a motorbike.
If you believe you have the right skills,
experience and motivation for this role, please send your cover letter and CV
to jobs@surfaidinternational.org with 3 references. Please do not send other attachment other than CV and
application letter. Closing date of the
application is January 6, 2012.
Applications received after this date will not be processed. Please note, only applications which progress
to the next stage of selection will be acknowledged. We look forward to receiving your
application.
www.surfaidinternational.org
SurfAid International is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to the alleviation of human suffering through
community-based health programs. We perform our work in isolated regions
connected to us through surfing and are professional, highly energized,
innovative and youthful in our outlook. Our main program areas are Community
Based Health, Emergency Preparation, Environmental Health (Water and
Sanitation) and Malaria prevention.We are now seeking for Area Field Managersto be
based in Mentawai, West Sumatera. The Area Field Manager will report and
provide information directly to the Program Manager.
The key roles of the AFM are:
* To implement SurfAid’s program in line with the project plan and to provide the front-line field management support for the Program Coordinator and Program Manager and provide staff leadership for Health Promotion Officers.
* To improve the quality of the public health outcomes in the target population through successful implementation of SurfAid’s program by:
* coaching, mentoring and managing health promotion officers;
* ensuring effective and consistent implementation of planned activities;
* reporting on field activities according to standard procedures;
* developing and maintaining effective working relationships with key community and government stakeholders;
* acting as the key liaison point between the field and the management team in Tua Pejat.
* To proactively and effectively represent SurfAid in interactions with local government (village and sub-district level) and local government departments (sub-district level), enabling close and constructive relationships.
Other tasks
and responsibilities:
Implementation
* Responsibility for all project activities and outputs in the specified area, and for ensuring the project plan is implemented as agreed.
* Report to Program Coordinator on progress and highlight any specific areas that require the Management Team’s input.
* Ensure implementation of Area and Individual working plans in a consistent, cost effective and transparent manner.
* Manage relationships with communities and other key stakeholders and implement project activities in a way that engages communities and mobilizes their support.
* Provide support to health promotion officers and assist in identifying needs for further training.
* Identify any other relevant humanitarian needs at community level.
Information
management
* Ensure timely and consistent data gathering at field level together with the M&E Officer.
* Work closely with M&E Officer and ensure standard practices are followed throughout the Mentawai program.
* Record and gather monthly data on morbidity and mortality.
* Liaise with village leaders, government department staffs and other relevant stakeholders at sub district level.
Resources
management
* Manage health promotion officers and assume responsibility for their professional development.
* Prepare and execute budgets as required, and be accountable for team finances.
* Implement HR policies as required.
* Manage all funds in accordance with SurfAid’s financial policies.
Program
approach
* Supervise the implementation of project activities and ensure that the implementation is in line with relevant standards and humanitarian principles.
* Engage the participation of sub district representatives, key stakeholders and government department officers throughout the program.
* Act in a way that is sensitive to gender, local culture, traditions and the environment and other important cross-cutting concerns.
* Represent SurfAid at community and sub-district level in a way that promotes organizational values.
* Other tasks assigned by program management team.
The successful
candidate should have the key experience, knowledge, skills and attributes
required are as follows:
* Essential
* Appropriate qualifications in Public Health, Community Development, Livelihoods, Management etc.
* Prior knowledge of community development and community based projects.
* Relevant work experience in public health, sanitation, livelihoods and community development.
* Strong management skills.
* Strong program implementation skills.
* Ability to represent the organization at sub district level.
* Diplomacy, tact and negotiating skills.
* Planning and organising
* Good analytical skills
* Strong communication skills;
* Desirable
* Minimal 3 years working-experience with an NGO.
* Experience in working in remote areas with basic facilities
* Preferably able to ride a motorbike.
If you believe you have the right skills,
experience and motivation for this role, please send your cover letter and CV
to jobs@surfaidinternational.org with 3 references. Please do not send other attachment other than CV and
application letter. Closing date of the
application is January 6, 2012.
Applications received after this date will not be processed. Please note, only applications which progress
to the next stage of selection will be acknowledged. We look forward to receiving your
application.
www.surfaidinternational.org
Sep 30, 2011
Disaster Risk Reduction Project Manager Indonesia-Mentawai Base
Established in
1888, ASB is one of Germany’s longest established and largest social welfare
organisations. ASB entered Indonesia following the 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake
and operates under an MoU with the Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs in the
fields of emergency relief; information, education and outreach; disaster risk
reduction and livelihoods. ASB is a key player in disaster risk reduction
education and a regional leader in providing innovative DRR services and
solutions to people with disabilities. ASB has considerable experience of delivering
replicable DRR education programmes at scale.
ASB is currently seeking
expressions of interest from qualified and committed individuals for the
following position:
Disaster Risk Reduction Project Manager
Indonesia
Location:Mentawai islands, West Sumatra, Indonesia
Duration: 12 months
Start: Immediate
Vacancy:International/National
position
Salary: ASB
offers a competitive salary package commensurate with experience
Summary of job
profile/responsibilities:
Establish, oversee,
and deliver a disaster risk reduction (DRR) project targeting all 106 primary
schools in the Mentawai islands co-funded by the German Federal Government. The
project is to adopt a training-of-trainers approach and to focus on delivering
simple and relevant DRR information and establishing appropriate related procedures
in schools. The primary hazards to be addressed are earthquakes and tsunami.
Establishing sustainable linkages between schools and communities is also a
concern. ASB emphasises close coordination with concerned government actors and
stresses the inclusion of highly-vulnerable groups in programming. The ability
to transfer knowledge and to build staff capacity is a key consideration as is
the ability to respond creatively, promptly and pro-actively to emerging issues
or concerns. The advertised position reports to ASB’s Country Director in
Yogyakarta. Working in the Mentawai presents particular logistical challenges,
but also the opportunity of working in a unique and fascinating environment.
Key
requirements:
1. Advanced social science degree in development studies,
education or related field.
2. Minimum 5 years of related experience showing progressive
responsibility and a demonstrable record of donor-funded project delivery.
3. Solid understanding of education/training and pedagogical
considerations.
4. Experience of syllabus design and practical delivery.
5. Understanding of DRR education, and current opportunities
and constraints, within the Indonesian context.
6. Sound understanding of the principles of inclusion and an
ability to respond practically.
7. Understanding of Indonesian political structure and
implications of regional autonomy to programme delivery an advantage.
8. Familiarity with the Bangkok Action Agenda and Hyogo
Framework for Action an advantage.
9. Excellent representation, communication and first-rate
reporting skills.
10. Fluency in English. Working knowledge
of BahasaIndonesia a distinct advantage.
11. Excellent project cycle and financial
management skills required.
12. Coaching and team building skills essential.
13. The ability to inspire and work
independently.
14. Creativity valued.
ASB is an equal opportunities employer.
Qualified individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Qualified applicants should send a
Letter of Motivation (max. 2 pages), CV (max. 2 pages) specifically addressing
the above job description and requirements with contacts for 2 recent
professional referees to: Ms Fatliyah, hrd@asbindonesia.org Subject line: ‘Mentawai
PM’. Note: Applications not meeting these requirements will not be considered.
Readvertised position: Previous applicants need not reapply. Only electronic applications accepted. Only short-listed
candidates will be contacted. Date of vacancy: September
30, 2011. Closes:
October 7, 2011.
1888, ASB is one of Germany’s longest established and largest social welfare
organisations. ASB entered Indonesia following the 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake
and operates under an MoU with the Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs in the
fields of emergency relief; information, education and outreach; disaster risk
reduction and livelihoods. ASB is a key player in disaster risk reduction
education and a regional leader in providing innovative DRR services and
solutions to people with disabilities. ASB has considerable experience of delivering
replicable DRR education programmes at scale.
ASB is currently seeking
expressions of interest from qualified and committed individuals for the
following position:
Disaster Risk Reduction Project Manager
Indonesia
Location:Mentawai islands, West Sumatra, Indonesia
Duration: 12 months
Start: Immediate
Vacancy:International/National
position
Salary: ASB
offers a competitive salary package commensurate with experience
Summary of job
profile/responsibilities:
Establish, oversee,
and deliver a disaster risk reduction (DRR) project targeting all 106 primary
schools in the Mentawai islands co-funded by the German Federal Government. The
project is to adopt a training-of-trainers approach and to focus on delivering
simple and relevant DRR information and establishing appropriate related procedures
in schools. The primary hazards to be addressed are earthquakes and tsunami.
Establishing sustainable linkages between schools and communities is also a
concern. ASB emphasises close coordination with concerned government actors and
stresses the inclusion of highly-vulnerable groups in programming. The ability
to transfer knowledge and to build staff capacity is a key consideration as is
the ability to respond creatively, promptly and pro-actively to emerging issues
or concerns. The advertised position reports to ASB’s Country Director in
Yogyakarta. Working in the Mentawai presents particular logistical challenges,
but also the opportunity of working in a unique and fascinating environment.
Key
requirements:
1. Advanced social science degree in development studies,
education or related field.
2. Minimum 5 years of related experience showing progressive
responsibility and a demonstrable record of donor-funded project delivery.
3. Solid understanding of education/training and pedagogical
considerations.
4. Experience of syllabus design and practical delivery.
5. Understanding of DRR education, and current opportunities
and constraints, within the Indonesian context.
6. Sound understanding of the principles of inclusion and an
ability to respond practically.
7. Understanding of Indonesian political structure and
implications of regional autonomy to programme delivery an advantage.
8. Familiarity with the Bangkok Action Agenda and Hyogo
Framework for Action an advantage.
9. Excellent representation, communication and first-rate
reporting skills.
10. Fluency in English. Working knowledge
of BahasaIndonesia a distinct advantage.
11. Excellent project cycle and financial
management skills required.
12. Coaching and team building skills essential.
13. The ability to inspire and work
independently.
14. Creativity valued.
ASB is an equal opportunities employer.
Qualified individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Qualified applicants should send a
Letter of Motivation (max. 2 pages), CV (max. 2 pages) specifically addressing
the above job description and requirements with contacts for 2 recent
professional referees to: Ms Fatliyah, hrd@asbindonesia.org Subject line: ‘Mentawai
PM’. Note: Applications not meeting these requirements will not be considered.
Readvertised position: Previous applicants need not reapply. Only electronic applications accepted. Only short-listed
candidates will be contacted. Date of vacancy: September
30, 2011. Closes:
October 7, 2011.
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