area Coordinator (loreto and veruela) - agusan del sur philippinesAmericares

Position Title: Area Coordinator (Loreto and Veruela) Thriving Local Health Center Strategy (TLHCS) project
Department: Programs
Location: Butuan City, Agusan del Norte Philippines (with frequent travel)
Key Relationships: Reporting to: Project Coordinator
Assignment Type: Full time
Benefits:
We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits. These include:
- HMO
- Accident Insurance
- 13th month pay
About Americares:
Americares is a health-focused relief and development organization that saves lives and improves health for people affected by poverty or disaster. Each year, Americares reaches 85 countries on average, including the United States, with life-changing health programs, medicine, medical supplies, and emergency aid. Americares is one of the world's leading nonprofit providers of donated medicine and medical supplies. For more information, visit americares.org.
About the position:
This position will work together with the project coordinator in Veruela, Agusan del Sur to improve maternal health outcomes. S/he will serve as the focal person of Americares in the Municipality of Veruela to ensure that all the plans, programs, and activities are set forth in the Municipality.
Duties and Responsibilities:
A. Project Implementation
- Conduct an initial assessment to understand the maternal and newborn health needs of the municipality and make recommendation to the project management
- Facilitate implementation of the project with from the Quality Improvement Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle
- Evaluate and address the birthing unit's existing needs to meet Philippine Universal Health Care & PhilHealth standards
- Ensure conduct of all trainings set in the workplan for Rural Health Unit (RHU) staff, in collaboration with various partners.
B. Capacity Building to Target Groups for Project Sustainability
- Coordinate with RHU staff for barangay health workers training for their attendance of pre-, intra-, and post-natal care training
- Ensure uninterrupted coaching and mentoring activities with midwives, nurses, and barangay health workers
C. Partnership Building
- Facilitate the preparation and signing of the project agreement with the LGU
- Establish good working relation with the RHU staff, DOH representatives and LGU
- Ongoing engagement and rapport to community chiefs, and local health center coordinators
- Support barangay health workers to host community organizing, health promotion and education activities for the community.
- Ensure public health workers conduct home visits and barangay health station visits to offer maternal health services.
· In addition, the Area Coordinator may,
o Identify best mode of transportation from indigenous barangays to the health centers and increase accessibility these form(s) of transportation.
o Support creation of culturally sensitive maternity waiting facilities in respect to the local's culture and traditions.
D. Project Management
- Prepare a plan and budget for project activities in the area
- Facilitate the creation of culturally competent health promotion and education materials
- Complete and submit expense reports in accordance with Americares standards
- Attend required Americares HQ meetings, technical meetings, and other gatherings. Some meetings may occur in the evening or early morning
- Collect communication content (e.g. photos, videos, etc.) in accordance with the Americares Marketing Communications policies
- Submit a monthly, quarterly and annual report based on Americares standard reporting system
- Ensure that all reporting and documentation are shared on a timely basis with the Country Director
- Document best practices and impact of project activities to the RHU patients and communities for sharing to the colleague, management and donors
E. Community Engagement
- Improve engagement and rapport to community chiefs, and local health center coordinators
- Support BHW to host community organizing, health promotion and education activities for the community
- Ensure public health workers conduct home visits and barangay health station visits to offer maternal health service
F. Others
- Perform other related tasks that may be assigned from time to time
We'd love to hear from you if...
· A graduate of a bachelor's degree in the health science (nursing, midwifery, community health or public health with at least two (2) years experience of maternal health.
· Strong understanding of cultural competency with the target population.
· Ability to perform tasks based on the project's Theory of Change (TOC) and objectives.
· Computer literacy: MS Office, Zoom, Teams and other LMS related resources etc.
· Effective command of English and Filipino language. Knowledge of Cebuano / Bisaya Language is a plus.
· Commitment to the mission and vision of Americares, and quality improvement
· Works independently with minimum supervision
Additionally, our core competencies as an organization are:
· Ownership and results
· Communication
· Problem solving
· Equity and inclusion
· Teamwork and conflict resolution
· Leadership
· Prioritization
· Management
· Strategy and planning
· Decision making
We know not all applicants will demonstrate all the competencies we're looking for. We encourage you to apply even if you do not check all the boxes above, and we look forward to reviewing your application holistically.
What you can expect:
· Initial interview with People and Talent (either online or face to face)
· Interview with Senior Program Officer (either online or face to face)
· Final Interview with Philippines Country Director (either online or face to face)
As a global health organization, we are committed to ensuring a safe environment for our staff, partners, and visitors. All Americares staff and visitors who are on-site at any of our locations or will be traveling for work are required to be fully vaccinated (which includes a booster, when eligible) against COVID-19 unless an exemption required by law is applicable.
Americares is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Americares

Loreto, Agusan del Sur Veruela, Agusan del Sur
Permanent
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