JOB SUMMARY
You will be responsible for the Research Community Engagement projectswhich includes:
- Working closely with health researchers and clinicians on all the following:
- Capacity building for Healthcare Workers at the Hospital for Tropical Disease and health workers and health volunteers provincial partners (Dak Lak CDC) through the development of appropriate training curriculum, materials and provision of training;
- Development of health messaging tools and methods of community engagement -with a focus on the national vaccination programme in rural areas;
- Development of community engagement activities as relevant to the contexts of the local partners and OUCRU research activities.
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KEY TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Healthcare worker training and capacity building:
- Consult with local partners (CDC Dak Lak and HTD) regarding training requirements.
- To collaboratively develop curriculum for healthcare workers and hamlet-level health volunteers, with focus on communication skills, health messaging (specifically around vaccines), community engagement, and TOT skills.
- Conducting TOT training for healthcare workers responsible for training the hamlet-level health volunteers on above listed skills utilizing participatory methods.
- Evaluate curriculum content and delivery and modify as required.
- Provide supervision and guidance to TOT participants on their training capacities.
- Meet reporting and budget management requirements
Vaccination health messaging and community engagement capacity building:
- Coordinate consultations with health staff and key stakeholders from the CDC Dak Lak, other local district health workers, and community members to develop strategies for community engagement and health messaging on vaccines and vaccine uptake.
- Development of strategy and implementation plan in collaboration with local partners.
- Coordinate development of health messaging tools and educational material in conjunction with local partners which are accessible in local ethnic minority languages and appropriate for those with low literacy levels.
- Delivery of project activities in collaboration with local partners.
- Evaluation of implementation of projects, and providing recommendations to local partners for future implementation projects
- Meet reporting and budgetary management requirements.
Other tasks:
- Be responsible for organization and logistics arrangements of project activities in charge
- Annual reporting requirements for OUCRU and funding partners.
- Produce an evidence-based report and recommendations about the vaccine training project which can be presented to promote the use of the training scheme in other provinces.
- Where the applicant is unfamiliar with the job they may be required to spend time learning the fundamental aspects of this discipline.
- Other tasks requested by Line Manager
DEPARTMENT
Public Engagement Group
LOCATION
This position will be based in Ho Chi Minh City
HOURS OF WORK
Full time Monday – Friday, 37.5 hours per week, extra hours may be required including travel and overnight stays regionally.
TENURE
Initially for 01 year, including a 02 month probation period, with possibility of extension based on annual performance appraisal and research approval
REPORTING TO
Head of PCE – Dr Mary Chambers
