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Job Title:   Infection Prevention & Control Volunteer (No Experience NGO Jobs)

Organisation: International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Duty Station:  Uganda

About US:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC works with people forced to flee from war, conflict and disaster and the host communities which support them, as well as those who remain within their homes and communities. At work today in over 40 countries and 25 U.S. cities, we improve outcomes in the areas of health, safety, economic wellbeing, education, and power.

Job Summary:  The Health Unit and IRC country programs conduct a variety of monitoring and evaluation activities including studies, surveys, design and implementation frameworks and M&E strategies, technical support to country programs, capturing lessons learned from programs and contribute to organization wide measurement activities. The Volunteer will conduct an analysis of Country Program grants and funding being allocated to IPC. This will include working with the IRC Health Unit and to understand IPC requirements, budget allocations, and develop a short report and presentation on the extent of IPC funding across IRC Health country programs, Support to clean IPC assessment data from various countries and document case studies from high performing IPC countries for learning

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Conduct IPC budget tracking for IRC’s Health Unit:

• Gain understanding on the dynamics of Infection prevention and Control and how to use the IRC grant budget tracker;
• Actively contribute to developing criteria to identifying project grants that qualify or not with IPC budgeting;
• Develop a database for tracking IPC investment and proposed grants for Country programs
• Work through the IRC’s Budget Verses Actual system to track actual IPC spending per country, per item and per activity; And write biweekly report on progress, overall report on findings and PowerPoint presentation on results demonstrating funding allocation to IPC by country IPC category/framework.

IPC data and documentation of case studies:

• Support to document case studies from high performing countries implementing IPC to enhance learning among countries; Conduct IPC data cleaning for various countries and generate recommendations for the data quality gaps identified per country.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the period, the volunteer will have:

• Improved understanding of Infection Prevention and control (IPC) in primary healthcare in low resource/humanitarian settings.
• Improved knowledge of monitoring and evaluation of IPC in low resource settings.
• Enhanced professional communication skills and capacity to solicit inputs and critical feedback from stakeholders working in different locations and contexts.
• Gain experience in documentation of case studies, report writing, action planning and dissemination.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal applicant for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) Infection Prevention & Control Volunteer job must hold a graduate degree in public health, statistics, health policy or relevant topic
• Good understanding and proven experience in budgeting, grants, and budget analysis.
• Good understanding and proven experience in health research methods, data analysis and quality control.
• Ability to work and excellent communication skills in English essential (ability to work in French, Spanish and/or Arabic desirable).

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply online at the link below

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Deadline: 27^th April 2022

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