Senior Officer, Community Health Workforce F/m

Critères de l'offre Présentation de la Croix-Rouge The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, with a network of 191-member National Societies. The overall aim of IFRC is "to inspire, encourage, facilitate, and promote at all times all forms of humanitarian activities by National Societies with a view to preventing and alleviating human suffering and thereby contributing to the maintenance and promotion of human dignity and peace in the world." IFRC works to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people before, during and after disasters, health emergencies and other crises. IFRC is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (Movement), together with its member National Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The work of the IFRC is guided by the following fundamental principles: humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity, and universality. IFRC is led by its Secretary General, and has its Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The Headquarters are organized into three main Divisions: (i) National Society Development and Operations Coordination; (ii) Global Relations, Humanitarian Diplomacy and Digitalization; and (iii) Management Policy, Strategy and Corporate Services. IFRC has five regional offices in Africa, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and the Americas. IFRC also has country cluster delegations and country delegations throughout the world. Together, the Geneva Headquarters and the field structure (regional, cluster and country) comprise the IFRC Secretariat. IFRC supports people's health throughout their entire lifetime, in emergency and non-emergency settings. Our work spans health promotion, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and palliative care. Along with its 191-member National Societies, IFRC has long been at the forefront of providing health services to people in varied settings around the world. IFRC reaches 160 million people every year through long-term services, development programmes and disater response. The Red Cross Red Crescent network is committed to making the "last mile" its collective "first mile" and has access to underserved and marginalized populations through its 16 million volunteers. Poste The Senior Officer - Community Health Workforce will be seconded to the Community Health Delivery Partnership and will be a member of the Community Health Delivery Partnership secretariat staff. The CHDP will be a country focused partnership that will provide technical, coordination, administration and communication support to countries as they work to scale up their community health workforce. The Senior Officer, Community Health Workforce will coordinate and lead CHDP's technical support to countries as they scale up community health workers.. The CHDP recognizes the need to strengthen the engagement of community level actors if CHW targets are to be realized. The position will be based at the French RC HQ in Paris and report administratively to the French RC.The position will be seconded to the Community Health Delivery Partnership with a technically reporting line to the Lead, Health Security and Community Resilience, Health and Care Department Providing technical support in developing evidence-based training materials and curricula for community health workers. Work with CHDP secretariat to strengthen the technical support and community focus work through stronger involvement of other community based actors. Collaborate with the IFRC and NSs to identify the most critical public health issues in the countries where the CHW program will be implemented and support in developing evidence-based strategies to address these issues. As the technical lead within CHDP support Ministries of Health, the RC/RC network, to establish sustainable micro plans, and strategies for implementation to ensure the long-term impact of the program, including strengthening local capacity and engaging with governments and other stakeholders to ensure ongoing support for the program. Advise on the development of effective monitoring and evaluation frameworks for the CHW program, to ensure that program outcomes are measured and evaluated effectively, and to provide a robust evidence base for program improvements. Upon request provide ongoing support and mentoring to community health workers in the CHW program, including clinical guidance, problem-solving support, and regular feedback and evaluation to enhance their knowledge, skills and abilities to effectively deliver health services. Support the preparation of documentation on the RC/RC movement in successfully instituting the CHWs program and in extracting lessons that can be used to guide the implementation of the REACH Initiative and other RC/RC regional initiatives to scale up CHWs. Support RC/RC collaborating with other health providers and experts