Job: Medical Trainer

Location: Ye Township, Myanmar
Deadline: Monday, 11 November 2013

Vacancy Announcement (VNMM074)

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) office in Yangon, a Geneva-based international organization with over 150 offices world-wide, is seeking qualified professionals to join the IOM offices in Mawlamyine and Ye Townships, Myanmar.

No. of VA No.: VA/13/134, VA/13/135, VA/13/136

Position Title:

Database Operator-1 position-Mawlamyine Township,

Behaviour Change Communication Mentor 1 position-Ye Township, Mon State

Medical Trainer-1 position-Ye Township, Mon State

Interested candidates are invited to submit an application letter and an updated CV with a maximum length of 3 pages including names and contact details of 3 referees (copies of certificates and further documents are not required at this stage) to below address; International Organization for Migration (Mawlamyine Sub office) Attention: Admin /Finance Assistant No.65, Upper Main Road Mayangone Ward, Mawlamyine Township, Mon State Phone: 057 22717 (OR)

International Organization for Migration (Ye Sub Office) Attention: Admin /Finance Assistant No.37, Sit Taung Street, Yan Myo Aung Quarter, Ye Township. Phone: 09 732 10 419 (OR)

International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mission in Myanmar – Yangon Office 318-A, Ahlone Road, Dagon Township, Yangon, Myanmar Tel Land Line : +95-1-210 588 Tel CDMA : 09 7323 6679, 09 7323 6680 Fax : + 95-1-210588 (Ext: 5010) Email : hryangon@iom.int Application deadline: 11 November 2013 (Monday)

Note that the cover letter should clearly state the title of the position that is applied for. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

TERMS OF REFERENCE

I. POSITION INFORMATION

Position title: Medical Trainer

Position grade

Duty station: Ye Township, Mon State

Seniority band: 3

Job family: Programme

Organizational unit: Migration Health Unit

Position number: To be advised

Position rated

Subject to rotation: Not applicable

Reporting directly to: Head of Satellite Office

Overall supervision by: Programme Manager

Managerial responsibility:

Directly reporting staff:

II. ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT AND SCOPE

IOM is committed to the principle that safe and orderly migration is a benefit to migrants and society, and is essential for achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. As a global intergovernmental organization, IOM supports Member States to effectively manage the various challenges related to migration and provides assistance to migrants. The Myanmar health programme aims to contribute towards safer internal and international migration by promoting and facilitating equitable health services and outcomes for migrants and communities impacted by migration, throughout the migration cycle (source, transit, destination, return). The programme uses community-based approaches to capacitate for health promotion, while also supporting volunteers and health workers for service delivery and referral to services. Primary healthcare activities include strengthening of health systems in areas emerging from conflict. Under the direct supervision of the responsible Head of Satellite Office, the incumbent is responsible to capacitate volunteers and health workers on basic health package per government guidelines.

I. RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

a) Develop training programmes and conduct initial and ongoing trainings to project staff and volunteers for appropriate delivery of basic primary care services, including malaria and MCH.

• Frequently observe activities as they are undertaken in the field, and provide supportive supervision to volunteers and health workers to assist them to improve their capacity.
• Design and conduct pre-assessment and post-assessment to capture knowledge gain, repeat assessment at end of the project to capture knowledge retention.
• Support data collection and analysis of the relevant information closely working with the M&E and Data Management Team at Yangon and field levels.
• Actively look at alternative methods, such as having several volunteers per community each with a more manageable set of responsibilities. Make these and other recommendations in writing to supervisors.
• Represent IOM Myanmar at relevant health meetings, liaise, and coordinate with NGO and other actors.
• Ensure very close collaboration and communication, including joint planning, with behavioural change communication mentor.
• Capture visibility of BCC trainings and BCC delivery in action for the donor and DOH audience.
• Participate in programme planning and review processes. j) Perform such other duties as may be assigned.

IV. COMPETENCIES

The incumbent is expected to demonstrate the following technical and behavioural competencies:

Behavioural Accountability

• Accepts and gives constructive criticism
• Follows all relevant procedures, processes, and policies
• Meets deadline, cost, and quality requirements for outputs
• Monitors own work to correct errors
• Takes responsibility for meeting commitments and for any shortcomings Client Orientation
• Identifies the immediate and peripheral clients of own work
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with clients
• Identifies and monitors changes in the needs of clients, including donors, governments, and project beneficiaries
• Keeps clients informed of developments and setbacks Continuous Learning
• Contributes to colleagues' learning
• Demonstrates interest in improving relevant skills
• Demonstrates interest in acquiring skills relevant to other functional areas
• Keeps abreast of developments in own professional area Communication
• Actively shares relevant information
• Clearly communicates, and listens to feedback on, changing priorities and procedures
• Writes clearly and effectively, adapting wording and style to the intended audience

Listens effectively and communicates clearly, adapting delivery to the audience Creativity and Initiative

• Actively seeks new ways of improving programmes or services
• Expands responsibilities while maintaining existing ones
• Persuades others to consider new ideas
• Proactively develops new ways to resolve problems Leadership and Negotiation
• Convinces others to share resources
• Actively identifies opportunities for and promotes organizational change
• Presents goals as shared interests
• Articulates vision to motivate colleagues and follows through with commitments Performance Management
• Provides constructive feedback to colleagues
• Identifies ways for their staff to develop their abilities and careers
• Provides fair, accurate, timely, and constructive staff evaluations
• Uses staff evaluations appropriately in recruitment and other relevant HR procedures
• Holds directly reporting managers accountable for providing fair, accurate, timely, and constructive staff evaluations Planning and Organizing
• Sets clear and achievable goals consistent with agreed priorities for self and others
• Identifies priority activities and assignments for self and others
• Organizes and documents work to allow for planned and unplanned handovers
• Identifies risks and makes contingency plans
• Adjusts priorities and plans to achieve goals
• Allocates appropriate times and resources for own work and that of team members Professionalism
• Masters subject matter related to responsibilities
• Identifies issues, opportunities, and risks central to responsibilities
• Incorporates gender-related needs, perspectives, and concerns, and promotes equal gender participation
• Persistent, calm, and polite in the face of challenges and stress
• Treats all colleagues with respect and dignity
• Works effectively with people from different cultures by adapting to relevant cultural contexts
• Knowledgeable about and promotes IOM core mandate and migration solutions Teamwork
• Actively contributes to an effective, collegial, and agreeable team environment
• Contributes to, and follows team objectives
• Gives credit where credit is due
• Seeks input and feedback from others
• Delegates tasks and responsibilities as appropriate
• Actively supports and implements final group decisions
• Takes joint responsibility for team's work

Technological Awareness

• Learns about developments in available technology
• Proactively identifies and advocates for cost-efficient technology solutions
• Understands applicability and limitation of technology and seeks to apply it to appropriate work Resource Mobilization
• Establishes realistic resource requirements to meet IOM needs

Technical

• Must have a client-oriented and result-oriented mind-set, and uphold the programme values of caring, innovating, partnering, demonstrating competence, and working for positive change. Able to provide and receive constructive criticism, contribute towards a collegial team environment, set clear goals and tasks for self and team, demonstrate strong organizational and multitasking capacities, drive high levels of performance management, and demonstrate capacity to make timely and effective decisions.

V. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• University or advanced degree in medicine and/or public health. Minimum of 4 years operational and field experience in health service delivery, with high degree of mentoring experience desired; experience in maternal and child health, malaria, and primary health care with INGO and/or UN agencies desired. Experience in facilitating trainings/meeting, partnering with government, and coordinating with community structures.

VI. LANGUAGES

Required Fluency in Myanmar language with ability to use a computer keyboard. Ability to communicate in English necessary.

Advantageous Those with fluency or mother tongue Kayin or Mon strongly encouraged to apply.

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