Position: Senior Health and Nutrition Officer-(Rapid Recruitment)- PRF-2409-01005-1527
Job Location: Gaziantep, Turkey
Reporting to: Senior Programs Manager
Working area: Gaziantep, Turkey
Number of positions open: 1
Last date for application: October 02, 2024
Summary of the position
The Senior Health and Nutrition Officer is responsible for duties with the technical unit colleagues to ensure that the team provides effective, efficient, and relevant technical inputs, recommendations, and support, in addition to a supervisory role over the technical officers.
Key relationships:
Technical unit team and other officers of Turkey and Syria Office Departments.
Main tasks and responsibilities:
- Develop and implement SAMS’ quality assurance guidelines, testing methodologies, and supporting tools.
- Review requirements to provide feedback on completeness, testability, and risk areas that could affect service quality.
- Ensure service recipients and career feedback are collected and used to drive quality improvements for service providers.
- Manage day-to-day relationships with services providers in SAMS facilities including reviewing the quality of services delivered and making recommendations for improvements.
- Work closely with projects and other departments to ensure the quality of processes and procedures.
- Educate team members across the organization regarding the quality function and their role in ensuring quality standards are met (one team: unified overall objectives)
- Provide technical support and follow-up for the implementation of infection and prevention control IPC in SAMS-supported health facilities.
- Technical supervision for nutrition and community health activities ensuring achievement of their planned targets
- Participate in the writing of health proposals from a technical perspective (NA, LF, HR …).
- Collaborate with the IM department in obtaining statistical data, arrange, and organize them in standard forms, and analyze them to enhance the quality of services.
- Representing SAMS in developing and revisiting of HC technical standards/packages.
- Representing SAMS in different TWGs and Taskforces meetings.
- Coordinate with project Sr. officers for the ongoing capacity building of the medical staff by developing required ToRs, implementing technical spot checks (as possible), and giving feedback and recommendations.
- All the above tasks are to be either directly implemented or assigned to a subordinate with the required support/coaching being provided.
- Other tasks as assigned by the Immediate manager.
Office culture
- Promote and model a positive, professional, and respectful office culture.
- Initiate team-building initiatives.
- Ensure effective and positive transition for existing employees.
- Ensure effective internal communications.
THE CANDIDATE’S REQUIREMENTS
Mandatory Qualifications required:
- A university degree in Medical Science (Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Public Health) is required.
- Proven experience of a minimum of 3 years in a Senior Health and Nutrition Officer position is mandatory.
Languages:
- Fluent written and spoken in Arabic (native)
- Advanced written and spoken in English
Competencies:
- Scientific Background
- Quality Monitoring of Services
- Development of Scientific protocols/guidelines
- Providing technical support for training
- Providing technical support for ongoing projects
- Providing technical input for proposals
- Clusters/TWGs
- Developing ToRs
- Health Planning
- Data Analysis
How to apply
CONTRACT CONDITIONS
The salary will be defined according to the SAMS Turkey Office salary scale.
Note: This recruitment process is rapid. Due to the urgency of this position, the vacancy may close before the deadline. Applications will be assessed as received and the vacancy might be closed before the end of the announcement as per qualifications availability.
Interested candidates may please send their resumes and fill out the application at the following link:
