Public Health Promotion Officer at Oxfam
- Company: Oxfam
- Location: Uganda
- State: Kampala, UG
- Job type: Full-Time
- Job category: Healthcare Jobs in Uganda
Job Description
JOB DETAILS:
The primary responsibility of this position is to enhance the technical capacity of the Oxfam and partner PHP team in Public Health Promotion approaches to ensure implementation of planned activities in targeted refugee settlements. To work closely with the public health engineers and implement an integrated PH programme to achieve the project objectives. To ensure that the promotion of women’s rights is at the heart of all Oxfam in Uganda’s program work
Skills and Experience :
• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Community development or another relevant field.
• At least 3 years practical experience in developing countries in community health and environmental programmes, preferably in emergency refugee programmes .
• At least two years practical experience in community mobilization and organisation and appropriate community health and sanitation programmes in humanitarian context.
• Practical experience of hygiene promotion, good understanding of the health, Sanitation and hygiene risks of those affected or at risk of contracting Cholera and urban communities and of appropriate ways of tackling them.
• Must be aware of and sensitive to the needs of women in this context.
• Ability to present concise reports, sometimes at short notice, reflecting the problems and possible solutions for situations.
• Flexibility and ease in working with local people have diplomacy, tact and administrative skills to work with people at managerial level, and occasionally government levels.
• Assessment, analytical and planning skills.
• Developed interpersonal and team skills and proven ability to be flexible in demanding situation. Capacity and desire to pass skills and information, confident communicator and willingness to work in collaboration with others and respectful to the community.
• Ability to work under pressure, ability to prioritize and commitment to meet deadlines
Method of Application
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Closing Date : 5 June 2020