HEALTH PROMOTION OFFICER – AL KUFRAH - Premiere Urgence Internationale

The organization
Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilians’ victims of marginalization and exclusion, or hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapses, by answering their fundamental needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people in order to help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency. The association leads in average 200 projects by year in the following sectors of intervention: food security, health, nutrition, construction and rehabilitation of infrastructures, water, sanitation, hygiene and economic recovery. PUI is providing assistance to around 7 million people in 22 countries – in Africa, Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe and France.
 
PUI Libya mission started implementing operations in East of Libya (Benghazi area) in 2017 and developed an emergency health response that provides primary health care services to the most vulnerable population. PUI’s intervention focuses on health care through the deployment of Mobile Health Teams (MHT) delivering direct services to internal displaced populations and their host communities, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. PUI Health intervention consists of general practitioners consultations, adequate treatment provision, sexual and reproductive health services, integrated management of Childhood Illness, psychosocial support interventions. Furthermore, PUI is reinforcing sensitization, communication and prevention on health and hygiene related topics within the communities. In 2019, PUI Benghazi office is starting a new project called Evidence Based NCD care, a model for PHC in Libya with the objective to enhance access to Non Communicable Disease health services in the PHC level in the target area. The project includes 2 health facilities and 2,000 patients will benefit from the services.
Since 2018, PUI intends to extend its area of intervention to eastern and southern Mantikas in East of Libya to better reach out the most vulnerable. For that purpose, PUI conducted an exploratory mission in the Al Kufrah region (south-east Libya) in order to identify the specific needs of this isolated area and develop an adapted humanitarian response. Thus, PUI will soon start implementing comprehensive health related activities to ensure a continuous access to essential care. PUI’s Al Kufrah’s action will combine three levels of intervention: (1) Direct service delivery of primary health care by one MHT through an outreach approach targeting the vulnerable population, (2) At community level, PUI will deploy a network of community health workers (CHW) that will facilitate and optimize the work of the MHT through sensitisation, screening and referral activities; and (3) At health facility level via technical support. The operation will start in Autumn 2019 after a three month inception phase including capacity building of the team and installation of a PUI office, composed of a full management and health team.

Job Description
The Health promotion officer is a member of PUI Mobil Health Team (MHT). She/he carries out direct activities with local population and organize, train and supervise community health workers’ activities according to PUI values and principles in order to promote health information and provide information about PUI activities to the population.
S/he is in first line with PUI beneficiaries and the targeted local community of the project’s area. S/he ensures a quality link between them and the rest of the MHT. The main purpose of the work is to improve the population’s knowledge and behavior related to health and hygiene through Information, Education and Communication method via dissemination of health and hygiene messaging, conduction of group and individual awareness sessions, organization of National Days related to health and hygiene, and linkage with Local NGO, etc. S/he will inform the patients, their relatives and the local community about PUI project and set of intervention and, will support PUI MHT in the follow up of the patients via outreach intervention.

ENSURE AND CONDUCT HEALTH AND HYGIENE PROMOTION and RELATED DUTIES
CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACTIVITY
REPORTING, MONITORING AND FOLLOW UP

OTHER DUTIES

Benefits

Attractive Salary paid in EURO + other benefits (Family Health Insurance…)
Induction trainings paid in Tunis and/or Benghazi

Job Requirements
Required:
University degree in social science or any related field
Experience in community or public health
Experience in health awareness activities
Knowledge of hygiene and health education and promotion
Strong organizational skills
Excellent communication skills
Ability to work in unstable circumstances
Fluent in English and Arabic
 
Desirable:

Public health knowledge
Community based approach training
Experience in health awareness activities
Experience working for an NGO
Experience in mobile clinic setting
Ability to solve problems, find practical solutions, and to adapt

How To Apply
LYBIAN NATIONALS ONLY
Interested candidates should submit their applications by EMAIL ONLY with the subject: AKF HPO+ your FULL NAME to lby.recruitment@premiere-urgence.org with letter of motivation, updated resume, diplomas and any relevant certificates , contact (phone/email)
Applications not respecting these instructions may not be considered

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