Community Outreach Worker-Zakho - IQ Talent Marketplace

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Job Purpose: –

Reporting to the Community Health Workers Team Leader, the Community Health Worker will conduct community-based activities to support IMC’s programs in the field.

Main Responsibilities: –

• Conduct household visits within the assigned community and collect basic information about the population and health issues.
• Discuss common health issues and refer cases to the medical team in the mobile or static clinics or encourage them to attend the appropriate health facilities.
• Organize and conduct Health Education sessions with the community, during health clinics and distributions.
• Conduct health, hygiene, and nutrition awareness sessions with the community either as waiting to access services, health, distributions, etc, or within the IDP’s community through household daily visits.
• Ensure that the community members are aware of any health campaigns, and health screening sessions as well.
• Providing community feedback on health, nutrition, and hygiene promotion to the health and hygiene supervisor.
• Assist in educating the community on the use of Hygiene kits and other NFI as distributed.
• Provide timely reporting as required by the community Health officer.
• Assist in public health assessments.

_{Qualifications: –}

• High School graduate.

Experience: –

• Good knowledge.
• Previous experience with NGOs in similar programs.

Competency: –

• Very good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Flexibility and ability to work independently and in a team.
• Ability to conduct outreach at the community level.
• Local residents of the area.
• Be able to work in a multicultural environment.
• Evidence of the practice of a high level of confidentiality.
• Strong interpersonal skills and work ethic.
• Respect the code of conduct and policies of the IMC and the standards.
• Previous experience in delivering information or teaching.

Other:-

• Travel on regular basis within Iraq and KRI areas.