Vacancy at UMCOR Bireun-Health Project Officee

The United Methodist Committee on Relief, Non-Governmental Organization (UMCOR-NGO) (www.umcor-ngo.org) is a not-for-profit organization that provides transitional development and relief assistance to communities in need around the world. UMCOR-NGO’s Indonesia Mission (UMCOR-Indonesia) is looking to fill the following positions:

HEALTH PROJECT OFFICER Based Bireuen

Duration of Assignment: Up to 31 December 2010

Qualifications:
- Education background in health (Public Health, Nursing or Medical
Doctor with field experience)
- Good computer software skills in MS. Office and statistical
packages such as SPSS and Epi-Info.
- Experience in working with an INGO in similar capacity or as a
Health Project Officer displays skills in timely project monthly report
writing;
- Knowledge Attitude and Practice survey administration plus
drafting KAP reports; developing work plan; clear communication on email and
other means such a telephone;
- Experience in mobilize project participants including dealing
with Government officials.
- The successful candidate must exhibit excellent interpersonal,
coordination and consultative skills in their management with good awareness
of setting priorities and achieving targets.
- Fluent written and spoken English is a must

Responsibilities:
General Responsibilities:
- Support the Health and Hygiene Manager and UMCOR Senior Management
ensure that all health program commitments made are met.
- Responsible for contacting and liaising with all relevant government
departments, which are mandated to deliver health and other services linked
to health and targeted at UMCOR beneficiaries.
- Ensure that Government of Indonesia policies and directives are
respected at all times and during project implementation.
- Maintain positive and constructive attitude that promotes confidence
in those around them
- Assist in careful budget control specific to planned project
activities, actual implementation of project activities drawn from quarterly
and month work plans, monitoring, evaluation and project scale up.

Project Management Functions:
- Prepare field office weekly and monthly work plans for health projects and ensure these are timely reviewed or adjusted depending on priorities.
- Ensure project GSIs are raised in a timely fashion to ensure project activities are not delayed or post poned unnecessarily.
- Assist in all health study surveys, including UMCOR in-house assessments, evaluations and KAP surveys including collecting, analyzing and displaying assessment and KAP survey data into appropriate formats and reports that show impact, lessons learned, and even possible recommendations on the way forward.
- Organize and provide innovative and participatory trainings on health promotion and prevention for project beneficiaries. Where need arises, prepare training reports and submit them in a timely fashion
- Support and mobilize all health project participants with consistent health education, promotion and information through meetings and documentation such as letters, IEC materials, curriculums, handouts, fliers and community action plans
- Serve as focal person to socialize, organize and support all project participants with the observation of UN MDG marked days of celebration that are relevant to health, water and sanitation. Document these events for both internal and external sharing and publication.
- Work closely with the health team and participate in program coordination meetings, both internal and external, especially with: relevant local government departments, organized community health groups such as WASH school committees, village health committees, youth, women’s and faith-based groups.
- Prepare monthly written reports on project progress including beneficiaries’ data and, upon request, case studies for inputting into the overall program report.
- Serve as an active member of the in-house Emergency Response Team and participate in all in-country Emergency Response Team trainings and planned activities, including and not limited to taking initiative to learn about disaster response risk management and response.

Other responsibilities:
- Provide input into new proposal and potential projects,
including preparing for site visits for UMCOR HQ staff, donor and other
external guest visits to project sites.
- Understand and support implementation of all UMCOR-NGO Indonesia
policies and local standard operating procedures such as security, Emergency
Response, Finance policies and National Staff Manual.
- Ultimately work closely with senior management including Field
Coordinator, Health & Hygiene Program Manager and other project staff in any
other assigned duties.
- Other duties as assign.

TO APPLY:
Submit your cover letter and resume before 23 June 2010 through our Email at recruitment@umcor.or.id or mailed to UMCOR Indonesia Mission Office, Jl. Fatahillah No. 29 Geuceu Iniem, Banda Aceh 23239, Indonesia. Please write the position that you apply in the upper left corner of the envelope or as a subject of your e-mail. No telephone inquiries please. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Thanks for your interest in UMCOR.