Humanitarian Health Coordination Officer

Lead Humanitarian Health Coordination at subnational level preparing for and responding to humanitarian and public health emergencies to improve health outcomes of affected populations through coordinated health action with other sectors such as WASH, Nutrition, Food, and Protection.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in subnational humanitarian health coordination and emergency preparedness and response related to disasters, communicable disease outbreaks, and displacement crises
• Maintain regular coordination with health partners to ensure coherent and complementary health response planning and implementation
• Represent health in area-based coordination fora and ensure follow-up on health-related action points
• Represent WHO in relevant meetings and fora, including Zonal Coordination Groups and Area Based Coordination meetings
• Provide technical and contextual inputs for the Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) and Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP), in collaboration with health partners
• Support with the compilation of 5W data from health partners on a quarterly basis
• Conduct Rapid Assessment after disasters and conflicts
• Support for emergency commodities and other logistic supplies for health partners for disasters and health emergencies
• Coordinate with other partners e.g., OCHA, UNICEF, UNFPA, IOM, and NGOs for joint health activities in disaster areas/disaster prone townships as well as information sharing, and reporting updates/situation reports
• Organize field trips for missions including partners and donors to disaster areas/disaster prone townships as needed

Requirements

• Medical degree, certificate or equivalent professional training and/or self-study/working experience in public health or related fields
• Postgraduate degree in Public Health/or related fields (desirable)
• At least three years of work experience in programme management in disasters and/or public health emergencies
• Skills on the use of computer and software such as MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint
• High level of proficiency in English

Skills

• Medical Degree
• Public Health
• Programme Management
• Disaster Response
• Health Emergencies
• Humanitarian Coordination
• Inter-sectoral Coordination
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Excel
• Power Point

Languages

English