General Information
Theorganization
Première Urgence International (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political, and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilian victims of marginalization and exclusion, natural disasters, wars, and economic collapses, by answering their fundamental needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people in order to help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency. The association leads an average of 190 projects per year in the following sectors of intervention: food security, health, nutrition, infrastructure, WASH, and economic recovery. PUI is providing assistance to 5 million people in 24 countries – in Africa, Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe and France in 2023.
PUI started implementing operations in Libya since 2017. Currently PUI is implementing activities across Benghazi and Al-Kufra districts in the East of Libya adopting an integrated approach with a main focus on health to support the provision of primary health care services, the rehabilitation and equipment of health facilities and the provision of basic services, including WASH and solar energy activities. Additionally, during the COVID-19 crisis in Libya, the organization adapted its intervention to include Infection Prevention and Control and COVID-19 awareness activities.
In the aftermath of the flooding caused by Storm Daniel in the Eastern part of Libya, PUI is intervening to support affected population providing WASH, Health and MHPSS support in close coordination with other partners on the ground.




Job description
Overall purpose
Under the supervision of the MHT leader and in close cooperation with the rest of the mobile health team members, the Health support officer will be in charge of data collection, data analysis, and sources of verification archiving, as well as supporting the Mobile Health Team in terms of organization of patients flow, MHT operations and logistics, community outreach and education activities and pharmacy management and medicines dispensing.
Responsibilities and scope of duties


Patient Care and Support
MHT Operations and Logistics
Support the Pharmacy management and medicines dispensing
Health Education
Patient Advocacy
Data collection

Patient Care and Support
Assisting with patient registration, intake, and screening processes
Supporting in patients information collection, including medical history, symptoms, and vital signs
Collaboration in Providing basic patient care under the supervision of the general practitioner and sexual and reproductive health doctors
Contributing to identifying any new or worsening symptoms regarding patients health condition and report them to the MHT leader.
MHT Operations and Logistics
Setting up and preparing the workplace for patient visits
Maintaining a clean, organized, and safe environment within the clinic
Coordinating patient appointments and scheduling.
Communicating with patients, families, and healthcare providers.
Assisting with administrative tasks, such as organizing reports.

Health Education
Assisting in liasion between the mobile health clinic and its services and the community
Educating the patients about health and wellness topics.
Assisting in organizing health events and workshops

Patient Advocacy
Understanding interactions with patients from diverse backgrounds
Advocating for patients’ needs and ensuring they receive appropriate care.
Respecting patient privacy and confidentiality
Pharmacy management and medicines dispensing
Support the pharmacist in medication dispensing and patient education when needed

Data collection
Data collection and data entry: Maintaining accurate patient paper-based and electronic records and documentation.
Data archiving: Centralize, collect and compile all the sources of verification and data collected throughout the course of the MHT activities (assessment data, activity and monitoring data, medical data)
Work closely with the MEAL Manager to support in the data analysis and reporting activities

Other duties
Participate in the project team meetings.
Respect PUI rules and report any safety or security information to his/her manager.
Due to the nature of the tasks to be performed, confidentiality is a requirement.

In General, the Collaborator has to remain flexible and perform any other duties as required for the good running of operations

NB: This job description may be subject to modifications in the future, depending on the evolution of the activities. These modifications will then be defined and discussed between the Collaborator and PUI






Required Profile

REQUIRED

DESIRABLE

EDUCATION / TRAINING
Bachelor‘s degree (medicine, pharmacy, nursing, public health or other relevant specialization)

Training in community or public health data management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Experience in health activities
Humanitarian work

Experience designing databases
Experience on implementation of assessment and Monitoring & Evaluation tools within humanitarian context

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Team work
Excellent organizational skills
Strong IT skills, including excel
Analytical skills


LANGUAGES


English
Arabic



SOFTWARE

Pack Office
Strong computer skills essential, including ability to operate Microsoft Word, Excel, Project & database.


Required Personal Characteristics (fitting into team, suitability for the job and assignment/mission)

Serious with a good sense of analyse;
Accuracy, ability to work rigorously.
Excellent communication techniques.
Ability to conduct field visits.
Very good organizational skills.
Ability to solve problems and proactively.
Ability to work as part of a team and coordinate with other project personnel;



PUI’s capacity to ensure the protection of and assistance to migrants, refugees, IDP’s and other persons of concern depends on the ability of our staff to uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation PUI’s values and Code of Conduct, Child Protection Policy, and prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.
PUI does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination.
PUI conducts thorough and comprehensive background checks and reference checks as part of the recruitment process.

Any non-respect of rules and responsibilities mentioned above in the Job Description, might be assimilated to a professional fault and could lead to any kind of sanction.

PUI is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, race, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. We are committed to achieving a balanced gender distribution and therefore encourage women to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.

Interested candidates should submit their applications by EMAIL ONLY with the subject: MHT HEALTH OFFICER + your FULL NAME to [email protected] with letter of motivation, recent resume, photo ID and diplomas and any other relevant certificates (work, trainings..), contact (phone/email)
Applications not respecting all the instructions above may not be considered.