Country: Liberia
Closing date: 31 Aug 2015
The MENTOR Initiative (MENTOR) is a “not for profit”, charitable, non-governmental organisation devoted to reducing death and suffering from malaria in humanitarian crises. MENTOR is currently providing ongoing emergency support to the most vulnerable communities in Liberia, Angola, Kenya, the Central African Republic, Chad and South Sudan.
Mentor has worked with Liberia’s MoH and country partners since 2003, to help adapt and build effective malaria control systems through periods of conflict and current peace. Since the beginning of the Ebola outbreak, we have been able to use our established community and medicine store networks to implement effective Ebola response strategies, as they were being developed by the MoH.
Overall management and direction of all training of Health Care Workers (HCW) and Health Facilities (HFs) Infection Protection Control (IPC) including clinical training, IEC/BCC and advocacy. The IPC-HF Coord will manage the network of HFs across Monrovia facilitating Detection – Disease Surveillance, Protection – Bespoke IPC training/ supply and Provision – Ensuring IPC material, essential medicines, mRDT and ACTs are available. The key task will be managing a team to ensure the project activities achieve their objectives in accordance with the grant award’s specified outcomes as well as NMCP Private Sector Strategy and Global Health Security Agenda priorities for Liberia under the National IPC Task Force and County Health Teams. Specifically, he/she will develop protocols, curriculums and ensure timely implementation of all activities in HFs, including training, mentoring, supervision and Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E). The IPC-HF Coord will report to the Country Director and Technical Coordinator, and will undertake other technical, administrative, coordination, financial and representation roles and responsibilities in the overall management of the MENTOR grants implementation as required.
Detailed TOR on request.
How to apply:
CV and letter of motivation to recruitment@mentor-initiative.net
