Overview
The Emergency Health Coordinator, Global Surge will provide leadership and direction in strengthening an effective, timely, high-quality emergency health response. The role will coordinate different components of the response including primary health, reproductive health, and nutrition.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure high-quality and timely integrated health assessments of the humanitarian needs and provide prioritized recommendations for program interventions, adaptations, strategy, and implementation to the country and technical leads;
- Design program responses and strategy, including geographic areas of intervention, in coordination with internal and external actors;
- Draft technical proposals and budgets for international donors, work in close collaboration with IRC grants and finance staff to finalize proposals and answer requests for additional information;
- Lead health program implementation, including staff recruitment and training, workplan development, guiding country program through guidelines and IRC tools, procurement and inventory planning, indicator and budget management;
- Prepare donor and management reports on grants and sector activities, including indicators;
- Select and implement appropriate monitoring and evaluation systems and tools; ensure consistent reporting and analysis of results to improve program efficiency and quality;
- Ensure compliance with IRC policy and procedures throughout the program team and activities;
- Represent and coordinate with other agencies, clusters, local government, donors, and other partners to promote delivery of standard methodology humanitarian assistance;
- Support media and communications activities as requested;
- Create an inclusive environment where diversity, different work styles, personalities and approaches are valued, and prioritize capacity building of team;
- Model inclusive behaviors to team members (ensuring all members’ voices are heard); acknowledges own biases and learning on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion;
- Provide a comprehensive handover to successor for sustainable long term programming;
- Work with technical units to incorporate their guidance on responses.
Required Experience
- Minimum 3-5 years’ work experience in their field at a senior level required;
- Effective leading and building programs and/or operations in fast-paced, multifaceted environments. Leadership and team management skills are important;
- Solid track record leading in an emergency environment and/or start-up environment as part of a multinational team, as well as resource mobilization for health emergencies;
- Excellent writing and editing skills, and can effectively write and edit grant proposals and reports;
- Effective people- and program-management skills in acute emergency contexts: can train and lead staff productively under stressful circumstances;
Qualifications
• Master’s or post-graduate degree in Public Health or equivalent;
