Helen Keller International
Helen Keller International (HKI)/Nepal, an International non-profit organization (INGO), works to improve the sight and lives of the vulnerable by combating the causes and consequences of blindness, poor health and malnutrition through public health approaches, build capacity of organizations and contribute to policy changes through systems strengthening and operations research.
No. of Vacancy: 7
Location: Health Office of Baglung, Dolakha, Panchthar, Bhojpur, Darchula, Bajhang and Pyuthan districts – 1 no each
Duration: 3 Months
This position will be responsible to support Case Investigation and Contact Tracing (CICT) and Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) interventions of the districts, support the relevant government agencies in delivering the vaccines to the designated vaccination centers/health facilities, record-keeping, and reporting of the progress; support to operate Information Management Unit (IMU) software and generate reports on daily basis; support to carry out CICT training, consultative and refresher meeting at district, municipal and ward/group level; undertake gap analysis of targeted populations and the number of people inoculated; provide orientation on CICT activities to District Covid Management Committee (DCMC) and COVID response team of PNGOs; facilitate local level consultative meeting to plan the roll out of tole committee at local level; provide CICT & IMU training to CICT team members at district level; oversee and support for the formation/revitalization of COVID-19 Tole Committee at ward level; mobilize COVID-19 Tole Committees through bi-weekly and monthly meetings; coordinate/support the relevant government other agencies for the timely preparation and distribution/dissemination of SBC materials/messages; support the government agencies to identify the rumors and myths related to the vaccine and work with relevant stakeholders to foil such rumors or address such myths; support Suaahara II in the implementation of RCCE to support the vaccination campaign and CICT; technical backstopping to Community Engagement Facilitators for overall CICT implementation and its reporting and recording; and prepare progress reports on weekly basis and submit to the concerned officials.
For detailed Job Description, log on to www.hki.org.np. To apply submit a cover letter, updated CV and relevant references to nepal.recruitment@hki.org with clearly mentioning the duty station you are applying for in the subject line by COB October 5, 2021.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the interview process. HKI reserves the right to close the application before the deadline if a sufficient number of applications have been received and to extend the deadline if needed.
Helen Keller International promotes workforce diversity and is an equal opportunity employer