Senior Public Health Assistant

Hardship Level (not applicable for home-based)

A (least hardship)

Family

UNOPS LICA5

2024-09-15

September 15, 2024

• Organizational Setting and Work Relationships

The Senior Public Health Assistant supports UNHCR effort to minimise avoidable mortality and morbidity among forcibly displaced and stateless persons and towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Public health programmes include primary health care, secondary health care, sexual and reproductive health (including HIV), communicable disease, nutrition, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS). The incumbent will support the direct contact with refugees concerning health related needs. S/He will help in ensuring the access of forcibly displaced and stateless persons to health services, especially in emergency cases. The Senior Public Health Assistant will technically support the in-kind assistance with assistive devices and disability programs and ensure close link with the protection unit. The Senior Public Health Assistant is normally supervised by a more senior public health staff or in the absence thereof, by operations/programmes staff.

All UNHCR staff members are accountable to perform their duties as reflected in their job description. They do so within their delegated authorities, in line with the regulatory framework of UNHCR which includes the UN Charter, UN Staff Regulations and Rules, UNHCR Policies and Administrative Instructions as well as relevant accountability frameworks. In addition, staff members are required to discharge their responsibilities in a manner consistent with the core, functional, cross-functional and managerial competencies and UNHCR’s core values of professionalism, integrity and respect for diversity.

• Duties

– Conduct health counselling in UNHCR premises, document health assistances provided on RAIS.
– Conduct field visits to the health facilities.
– Follow up on the case management of refugees and asylum-seekers with health problems, especially vulnerable refugees and asylum-seekers.
– Assist in collecting and compiling the reports for the ECC, and in the verification of hospital bills.
– Make recommendations regarding the implementation of the SOP on medical assistive devices.
– Collect the visit reports of the health outreach to health facilities, analyse, and provide feedback.
– Participate in conducting focus group discussions, surveys and studies aiming at evaluating health programs and services.
– Provide technical support to field offices in the area of in-kind assistance with assistive devices, collect feedback and observations and prepare reports accordingly.
– In coordination with Community-Based Protection Unit support programme for disability including follow up on the implementation, document progress and participation in the evaluation of the programme.
– Regularly participate in the coordination meetings of the health sub working group.
– Document health assistances on RAIS.
– Issue referrals to secondary health care services as per the Public Health SOP.
– Perform other related duties as required.

• Minimum Qualifications

Education & Professional Work Experience

Years of Experience / Degree Level

Certificates and/or Licenses

Public Health Nursing

(Certificates and Licenses marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Relevant Job Experience

Essential

Desirable
Health data collection e.g. patient information management systems, heath information systems and related technology.
Previous experience working with refugees and asylum seekers is a strong asset.

Functional Skills

*IT-Computer Literacy
MD-Community Health – Health Data Collection/Analysis/Interpretation
PR-Refugee protection Principles and Framework
MD-Assessment of quality standards of health facilities
MD-Health Information Systems (HIS)

(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements

Knowledge of French, English, and Arabic.

• Competency Requirements

All jobs at UNHCR require six core competencies and may also require managerial competencies and/or cross-functional competencies. The six core competencies are listed below.

Core Competencies
Accountability
Communication
Organizational Awareness
Teamwork & Collaboration
Commitment to Continuous Learning
Client & Result Orientation

 

Standard Job Description

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Desired Languages

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Additional Qualifications

Skills

Education

Certifications

Other information

This position doesn’t require a functional clearance

Home-Based

No