The Norwegian Red Cross is part of the Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) Movement, the world’s largest humanitarian network with millions of volunteers and staff operating in 190 countries. Our mission is to alleviate human suffering, protect life and health, and uphold human dignity especially during armed conflicts and other emergencies. To achieve this, we follow the seven humanitarian principles: Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Voluntary service, Unity and Universality.
In Africa, Norwegian Red Cross aims to improve the health of vulnerable people and reduce excess morbidity and mortality in contexts affected by conflict and protracted crisis in the Sahel and Horn of Africa.
The Norwegian Red Cross is currently looking for a Community Health Delegate who will be based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. The selected candidate will be on a Norwegian Red Cross contract and seconded to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The Community Health Delegate will be seconded to ICRC Burkina Faso delegation and will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring, reporting and evaluation of Norwegian Red Cross supported community health projects in close collaboration with the Burkinabe Red Cross Society (BRCS).
Responsibilities of the Community Health Delegate:
Under the line management of ICRC Health Project Manager in Burkina Faso, the Community Health Delegate will provide technical support to BRCS aimed at ensuring quality community-based health programmes, including:
- Ensure that BRCS community-based health projects are designed, implemented and monitored in line with established national technical standards and overall project management standards.
- Contribute proactively with other technical personnel to Norwegian Red Cross global and ICRC efforts to establish and operationalise technical approaches and standards for community-based health projects (with all above mentioned components), including community engagement and accountability methodologies.
- Assist with the technical capacity strengthening of the national society on health-related matters to ensure coherence and technical alignment with other community-based initiatives supported by Movement partners in Burkina Faso.
- Coordinate with and complement the work already done by ICRC in the Primary health centres/posts and mobile health units.
Operational responsibilities:
- Provide technical support to the quality design of community-based health projects, in line with Norwegian Red Cross strategic documents and technical standards.
- Conducts technical assessments and scoping missions as requested and contribute technically to project development and implementation.
- Ensure timely implementation and quality monitoring of NorCross supported community health projects through structured and regular monitoring, field visits, follow up and reporting
- Ensure operationalisation of NorCross and ICRC health technical standards with focus on community-based health to ensure an evidence-based approach, including the use of Community Engagement and Accountability methodologies in the design and implementation of community-based health projects.
- Ensure and support the link between community health interventions and the health facilities through outreach activities complementary to facility-based services and the appropriate clinical supervision of volunteers.
- Support the design, implementation and analysis of base- and end-line studies, and the application of the qualitative and quantitative data in the planning, evaluation and reporting of the projects.
- Responsible for quarterly and annual narrative reporting to Norwegian Red Cross regional office in Nairobi and contribute to ICRC internal reports.
- Financial management – plan, manage and monitor the project budget
- Provide guidance to BRCS on interacting with and building relationships with the community in a bid to improve the communities’ overall healthcare outcomes.
- Provide technical input to Norwegian Red Cross’ regional office and ICRC that enables conveying the purposes and services of community health projects to back donors and other stakeholders, including the humanitarian outcomes that the projects contribute to.
- Support the BRCS to better plan for future projects, review and provide input to reports, analyse trends and suggest project adjustments.
- Fully ensure respect for ICRC/Norcross agreed security rules
Required education, experience and proven skills:
- Master’s degree in Public Health, preferably combined with relevant field practice
- In-depth understanding of relevant technical standards and the operationalization of technical standards in humanitarian projects.
- Strong experience from designing, implementing and managing community health projects in humanitarian settings.
- Proven strong experience from project management, including needs assessments, base and end lines, project design, and reporting.
- Skills related to building technical capacities of partner organizations.
- English and French work proficiency is required, local and regional languages an asset.
- Advanced understanding of the use of innovative tools and approaches in relevant technical discipline, is an asset.
- International driving license is required (manual gear)
We seek a person who:
- Has very good ability to take initiative and accept responsibility.
- Has very good ability to work towards achieving objectives and results.
- Has very good ability to cooperate and share competency.
- Has very good ability to develop and coach others.
- Collaborates well with others and supports others in the pursuit of team goals.
- Creates a stable and re-assuring work atmosphere and is firm and reliable.
The Community Health delegate will be initially based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, with frequent travel (up to 60% of working time) to the selected project sites.
We offer a 12 months’ contract, with possibility for extension. Candidates must be prepared to accept unaccompanied postings (i.e. no spouse, partner, children or dependents).
Why should you apply?
- Meaningful: Youll be a part f the world's largest humanitarian organization, reaching the most vulnerable people in their local community.
- Impact: You will help National Societies in the region to become strong, self-sustained and accountable humanitarian actors.
- Career: You will be connected to an international organization with staff based all over the world
- A great place to work: You will work in a multicultural environment with hard-working, dedicated and fun colleagues with a strong culture of collaboration, continual improvement, and celebration of wins.
Norwegian Red Cross striving to build a working culture based on respect, honesty and generosity.
We do a thorough background check on relevant candidate.
How to apply:
Please visit our website to submit your application.