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Under the supervision of the Nutrition and Health Head of Project  (HoP), the Health Delegate will be  the main ACF focal point with hospitals, leading health activities related to Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH), neonatal, pediatric and emergency health services. The health delegate will ensure the activities and approaches are consistent and relevant to reach programme objectives.

Objective 1: Ensure timely and quality implementation of health activities (60%)

1. Lead the implementation process of the tracking system for referrals between community, PHCCs and hospitals
2. Monitor ACF activities in the supported hospitals through daily field visits for data collection, feedback, assessments, and follow up on health services including delivery services, NICU, PICU, pediatric acute admission, emergency services and any other services        recommended by the MoPH 
3. Monitor the implementation of Health program according to the program workplan and logical frameworks that meet the contractual agreements and the quality standards of Action Against Hunger
4. Participate in lessons learnt sessions to address challenges, capitalize good practices and highlight success stories taking into account the expectations of the community and the primary health care workers; 
5. Participate in establishing/improving the referral system for secondary and specialized services to ensure timely referrals for emergency care.  

Objective 2: Capacity Building for Community volunteers (10%)

1. Lead the recruitment for community volunteers in close coordination with HoP and HR department 
2. Train the community volunteers on Nutrition- Health curriculum and improve their capacity 
3. Supervise the community volunteers while conducting the nutrition activities to ensure proper implementation 
4. Evaluate the community volunteers work and prepare an improvement plan once needed. 

Objective 3: Quality monitoring of the activities, needs analysis and adapting approaches, accountability (20%)

1. Ensure that the activities and approaches are consistent and relevant to reach programme objectives, and report to the line manager any deviation
2. Maintain a beneficiary database/data collection with the line manager 
3. Ensure proper quality monitoring of the interventions, including collaboration with MEAL Department
4. Provide support on the appropriate use PHENICS.
5. Ensure that the IPC is implementing in the Hospital and reporting any quality issue.

Objective 4: Reporting and archiving (10%)

1. Using Activity info, or other chosen tool, compile beneficiary information and other appropriate data collected for reporting purposes. Store hard and soft copies, follow Action Against Hunger internal archiving guidance and following donor requirements.
2. Provide verbal and written reports, on a daily and weekly basis, on conducted activities, including type of support provided, targets reached, progress at work, follow-ups conducted, referrals made, challenges faced, lessons learned and needs
3. Ensure proper, accurate and timely archiving of all the means of verification of the project and other technical project documentation (soft and hard copies)
4. Ensure proper documentation of challenges, lessons learned and best practices

Objective 5: Security

1. Respect the security rules specified in the mission and base security plan and comply with the security plan and perform the security management tasks that can be assigned in its protocols.
2. Communicate to the security managers of the working location any security related information or noncompliance with the security plan

Objective 6: Support humanitarian activities of Action Against Hunger

1. Support the emergency interventions of the organization as per the employee’s abilities
2. Support any activity that helps reaching our humanitarian goals, as per the employee’s abilities
3. Promote gender equality within the humanitarian and/or development work
4. Attend meetings and trainings as needed

Objective 7: Gender & Safeguarding (cross-cutting)

1. Promote safe and equitable environments, through knowledge and application of the protocol against harassment and gender policy.
2. Knowledge and compliance with safeguarding policy.
3. Promote gender equality within the humanitarian and/or development work

• Training/ Education: BS/MSc. in nursing, midwifery, or related medical/health field 
• Technical specific knowledge: Preferable to have experience in maternity department/ NICU/PICU , emergency services is preferrable.   
• Previous experience: Experience at maternity/NICU/PICU, emergency 
• Humanitarian sector knowledge: NGO experience is a plus, experience in working with Syrian refugees, vulnerable Lebanese and other refugees is desirable
• Action Against the Hunger knowledge: None
• Languages: Native Arabic speaker and fluency in English are a must
• IT and specific systems: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
• Mobility (national/ international): National

salary range: $1200 - $1500