Ensure the implementation of the Community Epidemic and Pandemic Preparedness Program in Uganda, Kenya and possibly Sierra Leone.
Coordination and Partnership Development
· Participate and/or represent IFRC in appropriate inter-agency and internal coordination meetings related to relevant technical areas.
· Collaborate with all partners of the Red Cross Movement, key government officials, NGO partners, donors. Align on policies, strategies and best practices and approaches on global health security and related issues to support program development planning, management, implementation and delivery of results.
· Collaborate with ‘One Health’ initiative to ensure engagement with environmental and animal sectors in epidemic and pandemics preparedness.
· Represent IFRC and engage the donor at the country level with regards to program development and activity roll out.
Technical
· Provide technical support to National Society (NS) CP3 Program staff to build capacity of communities and the National Society in the key areas of early detection, early action, social behaviour change and organisational preparedness.
· Plan and supervise the ongoing development of health literacy and community-based surveillance by the NS and support integration and expansion of the activity in conjunction with relevant stakeholders.
· Support implementation of the NS Preparedness for an Effective Response (PER) process and NS contingency planning. Respond to emergencies in country as relevant.
· Collaborate with key partners such as Ministry departments, WHO, FAO and CDC on further developing harmonisation of community-based surveillance and epidemic response within the country context.
Reporting **
· Actively monitor programs/projects to support quality implementation.
· Work closely with global CP3 team and advisors to carry forward recommendations on implementation.
· Prepare key project reports for IFRC, donors and other partners to keep them informed on program progress.
· Ensure program accountability, financial due diligence, integrity
· Contribute to monitoring and evaluation, report on indicator status with timely and quality data.
Contribute to an effective, high quality IFRC team:
· Be accountable to the regional team by providing progress reports on results against objectives and risk analysis.
· Be flexible in your work definition according to needs and targets and improve team efficiencies and effectiveness within available resources.
· Be a pro-active team member fostering a customer service-oriented culture that values proactivity, continuous improvement, innovation, high performance and cost effectiveness.**
· Support the NS CP3 Program staff in strengthening financial standards in the team and ensure budget needs are met and reported upon in a timely and efficient manner.**
How to apply:
Please send your applications using the below link;
https://www.ifrc.org/en/who-we-are/working-with-us/current-vacancies/job-description/?id=47755