Community Health Worker Supervisor

Job Description

Title: Community Health Worker Supervisor

Company Name: Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Cox's Bazar

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor degree in any discipline
∎ Preference for individuals with public health background and experience of work in the Rohingya response
∎ Skills Required: Flexibility and Adaptability, Interpersonal Skills, Leadership and Good Communication skill., Problem Solving, team woark, Very Good at Microsoft office specially on MS Excel PPT, Work Ethics

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Capacity building of CHWs through on-the-job training and feedback as per the CHWG training calendar, and demand basis.
∎ Shadow visits with CHWs at the household level at least 2 days a week maintaining a unique checklist (CHWG approved).
∎ Home visits with CHWs to household that has several vulnerable sick members to improve household base care and practices at the household level and create awareness through individual or group counseling on preventive aspects of diseases.
∎ Organize orientation to the community forums on priority health topics as and when required under the guidance of the medical team leader and CHWG/Health Sector.
∎ Aggregate on a daily/weekly basis and monitor collected forms (Mortality, referrals, livebirth) and improve the way for reporting and recording.
∎ Conduct weekly health education sessions with CHWs based on the CHWG guide-line, and mentor sessions at the community level twice in a month.
∎ Assist the CHWs who have emergency patients and send them to the clinician for emergency treatment and care.
∎ Coordinate and support CHWs to work with different units of the health center and other relevant sectors for health education, defaulter tracing, and referrals.
∎ Ensure the use of IEC materials for conducting regular health education sessions
∎ Organize and facilitate a regular monthly meeting with other outreach workers in the camp
∎ Help improve the working quality of CHW.
∎ Lead the discussion of a weekly meeting with CHWs who share their concerns and interesting findings. Record the information that CHW shared.
∎ Help in solving the problems that CHW raise in the meeting.
∎ Implement the task as per the CHWG/ Health Sector guidance.
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∎ Special Note
∎ Carry out any additional assignment in accordance with her/his position entrusted by the Clinic Manager and Community Health Coordinator of GK from time to time and mutually agreed upon;
∎ Management may, at any point in time, modify this job description as it is deemed necessary in Gonoshasthaya Kendra's interests in consultation with the incumbent
∎ Due to the emergency response nature of GK's work, hours of work may vary, and employees should be flexible in approaching hours of work in emergency conditions.
∎ The employee must respect the timetable, terms, and conditions of Gonoshasthaya Kendra and should always be available to respond to an emergency.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 40 years
∎ And working experience in refugee context is highly preferred,
∎ Good communication skills.
∎ Ability to cope with stress working in a camp environment.
∎ Good command of English and Chitagonian/Rohingya language as an asset.
∎ Flexibility to perform other tasks and take initiative when required.
∎ Cultural awareness/sensitivity and empathy to the target population.

Salary: Negotiable

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Insurance

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 10 Jan 2023

Company Information:
∎ 5 Jan 2023
∎ Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Cox's Bazar
∎ Address : 40/ A, Mukti Jodda Shoroni, Saimon Road, Baharchara, Cox's Bazar.
∎ Web : www.gkcox.org

Category: NGO/Development

: Only shortlisted applicants will be called upon for interviews. The selected candidates need to be joined ASAP.