Pakistan: Programme Officer Health

a. Health program component implementation, planning, management and coordination

1. Assist in Health Manger in Design and support implementation of capacity strengthening
   activities for PRCS health staff to ensure health components are carried out following agreed framework, tools and guidelines, and are in line with the PRC long-term health goals.
2. Conduct joint, periodic technical monitoring and reviews with PRCS of health components to identify and capture good practices, as well as identify and address operational challenges, capacity needs and gaps.
   b. Immunization and Social Mobilization
3. Jointly liaise with health manager to ensure NS has capacity to conduct social mobilization and demand creation for routine immunization and supplemental immunization campaigns in complex settings
4. Support CSO platforms to address the equity gap in immunization in priority countries.
5. Support NS capacity to provide immunization services in settings where the national program is unable.
   c. Contribute to Delivering quality in operations
6. Under the supervision of Health Manager, ensure that tools, guidelines and projects in the team are based on evidence, applicable international standards and follow a resilience-based health approach.
7. Ensure that operational questions and challenges are addressed by operational research in partnership with different research institutions and other partners.
8. Ensure that behavioural change components and training are following good standards and are aligned to department wide approaches. d. Communications 1. Help in development and implementation of Communications strategy for front line health care workers related to Immunization interventions. 2. Engage with the PRCS provincial staff to highlight and advocate project objectives through regular communication, focus group discussions, case studies, special reports, and news items. 3. Along with the field staff, involve representatives from different stakeholder groups including beneficiaries, civil society, police, government, and traditional and formal justice system. 4. Inform, educate and persuade journalists, media community and opinion makers through workshops, formal and informal meetings to help advocate project objectives to relevant stakeholders. 5. Capture the project activities and present them at various communication platforms to raise awareness along with showcasing the project impact. 6. Ensure documentation and consolidation of success stories, which can be communicated externally.
   e. Reporting and documentation
9. Assist and contribute to the submission of periodic narrative and financial reports on IFRC supported Health Program activities of PRC and to the analysis of the routine health program reports. Support the Health Manager of National Societies to develop immunization specific project proposals.
10. Support the Health Manager to develop and manage the IFRC’s Global Immunization programmes budgets.
11. In collaboration with partner agencies, IFRC regional and country level colleagues, operationalize the Federation involvement in the polio endgame strategy and routine immunization.
12. Work with knowledge management and communications colleagues to share information, lessons learned and best practices.
13. Support the mapping of global programming, progress and best practices and priority needs of National Societies especially in Complex Settings and ensure professional dialogue with and relevant support to technical staff and maintain a functioning network of delegates, NS staff and professionals in the Health in Complex Settings sector.

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To apply, please forward your CVs on jobs.pakistan@IFRC.org. Please mention the position applying for in subject field of the email. please share your CV latest by 16th Jan 2020. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.