Public Health Monitoring and Verification Consultant

The consultant will support field verification, activity follow-up, monitoring of implementation progress, data collection, documentation, and reporting related to Public Health Unit interventions in Lebanon. The role includes preparing monitoring reports, verifying data quality, and supporting operational follow-up under the supervision of the National Project Officer.

Responsibilities

• Conduct agreed field verification missions to PHU-supported activities and submit a minimum of four field verification reports per month.
• Prepare and submit monthly monitoring and evidence packages containing verified attendance records, activity documentation, beneficiary records, photographs, monitoring checklists and supporting documentation.
• Review and verify field-level data collected through PHU activities and submit monthly data quality assurance reports.
• Submit monthly analytical reports on community-based health activities assessing implementation progress and identifying operational challenges and lessons learned.
• Conduct verification of selected supported NTP centers, health facilities, MMT operations and service delivery points and submit assessment reports.
• Prepare and submit reports documenting field-level consultations, coordination meetings and information-sharing activities with partners and local authorities.
• Conduct rapid monitoring exercises and submit concise verification reports related to displacement situations, disease outbreaks, public health emergencies or other priority operational developments when requested.
• Prepare and submit one consolidated monthly report summarizing key findings, trends, implementation progress, risks, challenges, follow-up actions and recommendations.

Requirements

• High school diploma with at least four years of relevant professional experience; or, Bachelor's degree in a health-related field (preferably Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, or other health-related disciplines) from an accredited academic institution with a minimum of two years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience in liaising with governmental authorities, national/international institutions, United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations.
• Experience in working with migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons, victims of trafficking and other vulnerable groups.
• Prior work experience with international humanitarian organizations, non-government or government institutions/organization in a multi-cultural setting is an advantage.
• Experience in field implementation, community outreach, health promotion, public health surveillance, referral follow-up, or humanitarian health programming.
• Experience in monitoring, verification, data quality assurance, compliance monitoring, programme reporting or health information management is an advantage.
• Fluency in English and Arabic is required.
• Knowledge of French or other UN languages is an advantage.
• Proficiency of language(s) required will be specifically evaluated during the selection process, which may include written and/or oral assessments.

Skills

• Public Health Surveillance
• Data Quality Assurance
• Monitoring and Verification Reporting
• Health Information Management
• Community Outreach
• Health Promotion
• Referral Follow-up
• Program Reporting
• Field Implementation
• Liaising with Authorities
• Working with vulnerable groups
• Humanitarian Programming
• Working with Migrants and Refugees
• Multi-cultural Work Experience
• Fluency in English
• Fluency in Arabic

Languages

English, Arabic