ThaiNGO

Location: Sangklaburi, Kanchanaburi

Application deadline: 17 February 2017

Background/IRC Summary:  The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is at work in over 40 countries and 26 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. The IRC has been operating in Thailand since 1975 and currently provides assistance to displaced persons in Tak, Kanchanaburi, Ratchaburi and Mae Hong Son provinces.

Job Overview/Summary:

Senior RCH-CH Officer will base in Sankhlaburi (Ratchaburi Province), and will be primarily responsible for the supervision and technical support of the RCH-CHE (Reproductive and Child Health and Community Health Educators) team in the Baan Don Yan camp. She will also lend her expertise in the technical support of the clinic team in BDY camp and the RCH team in Tham Hin as required.

 Major Responsibilities:

• Supervise RCH-CHE team in the BDY camp health program
• Provide technical support to midwives and community health educators (CHE) in BDY camp in order to improve and maintain quality RCH programs including antenatal, safe delivery & postnatal care, and family planning services
• Ensure appropriate and on time referral of obstetric/gynecology cases and family planning clients as part of the medical referral program
• Provide regular refresher and on the job training to midwives and CHEs to improve team capacity
• Conduct regular quality of care and skill assessment of the RCH service and the RCH staffs
• Ensure all relevant data are correctly collected and reported on time for month HIS report
• Maintain and if possible improve service quality and coverage of the family planning services
• Maintain and if possible improve quality and coverage of immunization services
• Ensure quality and coverage of childhood nutrition services (child growth monitoring, supplementary and therapeutic feeding programs).
• Coordinate with provincial MOPH to obtain the supply of vaccines and other technical resources.
• Prepare RCH monthly reports and periodic progress reports as required.
• Provide technical support to the clinic team in BDY camp (as required)
• Provide technical support to the RCH team in Tham Hin (as required)
• Coordinate with team for Ban Don Yang Camp Health Information data collection and report.
• Facilitated patient to Thai hospital (as required)
• Perform other related duties as requested.

Job Requirements:.

• Education: Bachelor of Nursing or Midwifery

• Work Experience: Minimum 5 years experience working in a relevant field; work experience in a refugee camp/resource poor setting is an advantage

• Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
  • Extensive experience in labor and delivery, including management of complicated deliveries
  • Past experience teaching or training highly desired
  • Ability to work in cross cultural work environment
• Language Skills:
  • Fluency in both spoken and written English is a requirement
  • Able to speak at least one of the following languages: Thai, Karen or Burmese

• Certificates or Licenses: Holding Thai midwifery or nursing license is an advantage

HOW TO APPLY:

Application letter and most recent CV in English stating qualifications and experience should be submitted to the IRC Human Resources Department at Thailand.HR@rescue.org

Application deadline: 17 February 2017.

All applications will be treated confidentially and not returned. The IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, national origin, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or physical or mental disability. The IRC is an equal opportunity employer.