Associate Public Health Officer

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Mission and objectives

The Office of the UNHCR was established on 14 December 1950 by the UN General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country.During times of displacement, we provide critical emergency assistance in the form of clean water, sanitation and healthcare, as well as shelter, blankets, household goods and sometimes food. We also arrange transport and assistance packages for people who return home, and income-generating projects for those who resettle.

Context

The Office of the UNHCR was established on 14 December 1950 by the UN General As-sembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home vol-untarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country (www.unhcr.org).The ‘Associate Public Health Officer is expected to provide development of capacity through coaching, mentoring and formal on the job training when working with (in-cluding supervising) national staff or non-governmental counterparts, including im-plementing partners.Reports and inputs as stated above are submitted regularly and on-time.Other tasks assigned are completed in a timely and accurate way.Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated, and documented in all activities throughout the assignment.• A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assign-ment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in, and capacities developed. The Associate PHO is expected to effectively coordinate the Sudan crisis response including basic and lifesaving services to the persons we serve in Wedweil settlement. The incumbent is expected ensures effective coordination mechanisms along with ministry health structure, UN agencies and other human-itarian organizations. The Associate PHO safeguards Public Health, MHPSS, clinical as-pects of SGBV programming, Nutrition and Wash activities at the Wedweil settlements and various entry points.

Task description

Under the direct supervision of the Head of UNHCR Aweil Field unit and under indirect technical supervision from the UNHCR Public Health officer at the Representation Office in Juba, South Sudan), the UN Volunteer will undertake the following tasks:1. Programme planning, monitoring and evaluation together with UNHCR partners to effective-ly address issues of Public Health importance, based on the principles of Public Health and Primary Health care in the refugee camps and transit centers as well as in the areas of re-turn for returnees.Activities include supporting partners and the refugee community to.• Ensure the Public Health services provided by partner to refugees and returnees are complying with the required national and international standards.• Guide and support partners to use the UNHCR Health Information System and collect UNHCR statistics verifying Core Standards and Indicators; review monthly health data; and compile technical periodic reports as well as the Annual report on the health situation.• Ensure implementation of appropriate country protocols and guidance and adherence to UNHCR specific guidance for Public Health programming.• Support partners in the implementation of the Public Health programmes, including re-productive health, HIV and mental health.• Provide guidance and follow up to partners in the implementation of UNHCR action plans including for malaria and HIV/AIDS.• Provide technical contributions during planning, implementation and monitoring and evaluation process in the UNHCR program cycle.• Ensure timely coordination and implementation of UNHCR led programmes2. Coordination of services between UNHCR partners, National and international NGOs, other UN agencies, and Ministry of Health, and other sectors; ensuring early engagement of de-velopment agencies as appropriate.• Capacity building of partners and refugee health officials as appropriate in identified are-as of weakness; facilitation of partners’ access to training activities conducted by other agencies, with a particular focus on health information and disease surveillance; malaria management; safe motherhood; integrated management of childhood Illness.• Participate in advocacy, information sharing and communication on the health situation of populations of concern, within UNHCR and among partners, donors, other agencies, and the Government.• Acts as focal point for UNHCR for any health and medical matters in relation with the UNHCR strategy.• Participate actively in appropriate groups on the health, population, HIV/AIDS, and other cross cutting working groups and or forums related to health and medical issues, with the aim to anchor refugees and returnees' health concerns and needs into the ONE UN health program.• Coordinate and lead monthly health coordination meetings with implementing partners, in close coordination with the programmeFurthermore, UN Volunteers are required to:• Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day)• Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country.• Reflect on the type and quality of voluntary action that they are undertaking, including par-ticipation in ongoing reflection activities.• Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publica-tions/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.• Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly arrived UN Volunteers.• Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant lo-cal individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible. Under the EU INTPA Regional Program funding, the incumbent contributes towards SDG 3 of Good Health and Well Being, through Public Health system strengthening and transformation. To achieve project objective including a robust response to the Sudan crisis, the indument is closely working with the diverse UNHCR South Sudan team including protection, program, other relevant units and external partners to ensure effective cluster coordination, standard-ization, timely need assessment, the ongoing use of UNHCR information database, im-plemting innovative measures, indicator monitoring, reporting, providing weekly operational updates and related to address health, nutrition and Wash needs of people we serve in UNHCR Aweil operation