Officer-Advocacy and Communication

Job Description

Title: Officer-Advocacy and Communication

Company Name: The Leprosy Mission International Bangladesh

Vacancy: 1

Age: Na

Job Location: Nilphamari

Salary: Tk. 37800 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Master of Social Science (MSS)

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO

• Proficient in MS Office packages (Especially, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint) and communication tools.

• Good presentation, facilitation and note-taking skills;

• Proven ability in report writing, facilitate training, workshop and meeting·       

• Willingness to work with people affected by leprosy and disability.

• Experienced in working in cooperation with local GOV. health services and other partner NGOs.

• Willing to travel frequently.

• Visiting local clinics, hospitals, neurologists, orthopedic specialists, general practitioners, and other medical professionals in order to introduce DBLM Hospital activities.

• Working to promote the services offered by DBLM Hospital e.g. outpatient service, general physiotherapy services, assistive devices, orthosis and prosthesis services, wound care/dressing service, clinical laboratory services etc.

• Marketing the DBLM Hospital`s training center’s facilities and guest house service to different GO/NGO stakeholders.

• Arranging training programs on leprosy diagnosis and complication management at government medical colleges, district hospitals, leprosy specialized hospitals, and health institutes for the capacity building of medical professionals.

• Communicate and liaison with   government medical colleges, district hospitals, and leprosy specialized hospitals on leprosy diagnosis and complication management for the capacity building of medical professionals. 

• Advocate with government medical colleges, district hospitals, leprosy leprosy-specialized hospitals for providing complication services in their hospital facilities and follow-up.

• Communicate and liaise with non-governmental hospital facilities for capacity building on leprosy diagnosis and complication management.

• Collaborating and maintaining liaison with local Govt. offices like DC, CS, UNO, UH, FPO etc as appropriate.

• Conducting a satellite clinic and providing related logistics support like travel, staff, materials, medications along with communication with the relevant CS or UH & FPO.

• Connecting the patients with GO-NGO’s training providers so they can undergo IGA training after being discharged from the hospital.

• Arranging an orientation session led by government representatives on Govt. safety-net services at DBLM Hospital.

• Collecting and writing case stories, collecting quality photographs, and documenting and maintaining other information as an archive.

• Assist in selecting potential IGA support candidates providing the services and regular follow-up for measuring impact.

• Assist the hospital in charge in report writing, project planning and support the project review process.