Assistant Medical Officer

Assistant Medical Officer

JOB Vacancy Announcement #: 7151

Job Title: Assistant Medical Officer

Application deadline: 01/08/ 2022 at 5 PM

Duty Station: North East Syria

Job Requirements:

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS                        oSyrian nationality

oMedical profession accreditation fully completed (doctor or nurse)

oTwo-year medical practice

oAt least one year working in management of health services in Syria. Working in Primary care is a merit

oFluently in English and Arabic

oKurdish is a merit

oDisponible and committed for the project contract time                                                       MERIT ACCREDITATION : Other aspects that will merit are:

  • Management of coordination experience of health care facilities, programs and projects
  • Training experience to health professionals
  • Proven leadership capacity
  • Working experience with NGOs in the NES
  • Accredited experience as trainer in health services
  • Experience in planning and implementation of health programs.
  • Experience in coordination of humanitarian aid projects.
  • Good understanding of the project life cycle management.
  • Excellent capacity to work in team.
  • Proven capacities to plan activities successfully targeting results and objectives.
  • Ability to supervise and/or mentor Community health workers.
  • Experience of planning, organizing and prioritizing work, working under pressure and meeting deadlines.
  • Ability to work under pressure in stressful environments

Job Description:

DEFINITION OF THE POST

The Assistant Medical Officer (AMO) will help the Health Governance Expert (HGE) to develop actions to increase health system governance in NES and to increase the capacity of local health professionals in managing the health care services, assisting to the HGE in any matters to achieve these general goals

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The assistant medical officer will collaborate with the HGE as assistant in:

  • Mapping of current health care services, and identification of crucial gaps and priorities in health care services in each territory in NES, to improve knowledge and understanding of key health services needed;
  • Revision of the distribution of health care services at territorial level, strategic re-planning based on the assessment of health services’ gaps in each territory, and advocacy for their support, to increase final beneficiaries’ accessibility to the services and reinforce cost-efficiency;
  • Reinforcing referral services between health facilities and from health facilities to other multi-sectoral services in the reference territory, that final beneficiaries with special needs may necessitate (e.g. protection, food assistance), and promoting the establishment of new referral pathways.
  • Increase skills and capacities of health professionals in planning and managing primary health care services
  • Coordinating the action of the health focal points in every territory in order to achieve previous goals

The Health Governance Expert will mentor the evolution of the assistant medical officer, giving corresponding time and planning for his/her personal capacity building in the abovementioned areas

Advertiser: UPP

Other Information’s:

Position: Assistant Medical Officer               Working hours: Full time

NGO name: UPP (Un Ponte Per…)

Location: North East Syria

How to Apply:
Please send your CV to the following email/Link:

Only CVs English of maximum 3 pages will be considered;

– Only emails with subject “Assistant Medical Officer ” will be considered to: vacancy.syria@unponteper.it 

– Kindly do not send multiple application for other UPP vacancies: UPP HR Department will

Please consider to mention the advert ID (Above) and the job title in the email subject.

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