Health Officer

Global Village Healthcare Initiative for Africa is recruiting a Health Officer to support its health, hygiene-promotion and disease-prevention activities in Borno State.

The Health Officer will lead community hygiene and sanitation interventions, supervise field teams, support cholera-prevention activities and promote positive health practices within targeted communities.

The successful candidate will report to the Health and Nutrition Manager and Project Manager.

Contract Duration

Three months.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise Community-Led Total Sanitation and CATI field teams during the implementation of public-health and WASH activities.

• Plan, coordinate and monitor hygiene-promotion, sanitation and public-health interventions.

• Conduct hygiene education, household visits, community-engagement sessions and behaviour-change activities.

• Support cholera prevention, household disinfection and other outbreak-response activities.

• Provide technical guidance and on-the-job mentoring to community volunteers, hygiene promoters and field staff.

• Promote proper waste management, environmental sanitation and appropriate latrine use.

• Work with local authorities, health facilities, community leaders and other stakeholders.

• Support the identification, referral and follow-up of suspected cholera cases.

• Monitor field activities and ensure compliance with safeguarding, health and safety requirements.

• Collect, verify and submit beneficiary information, monitoring tools and activity reports.

• Identify programme implementation challenges and recommend practical solutions.

• Support programme assessments, planning meetings and project-review sessions.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Medicine, Nursing, Public Health, Community Health, Environmental Health, Epidemiology or a related discipline.

• Registration with the relevant professional regulatory body, where applicable.

• Minimum of two to three years of experience in public health, disease surveillance, emergency-health programming or outbreak response.

• Previous experience in cholera response, CATI implementation, hygiene promotion or WASH-in-health activities is desirable.

• Experience working with government health institutions, humanitarian organisations and community structures.

• Additional training in cholera management, Infection Prevention and Control or emergency-health programming is an advantage.

Required Skills

• Knowledge of cholera transmission, prevention and control measures.

• Understanding of disease surveillance and case-investigation procedures.

• Ability to supervise and train community volunteers.

• Good report-writing and data-management skills.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Kobo, CommCare or similar data-collection tools.

• Ability to work in remote and hard-to-reach locations.

• Fluency in Hausa or Kanuri and working knowledge of English.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Applicants are advised to apply early because the position may be closed once a suitable candidate is identified.

Women, persons with disabilities and qualified applicants from the implementing locations are encouraged to apply.