Senior Technical Advisor- Emergency Health
INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE
IRC’s Emergencies & Humanitarian Action Unit The IRC’s Emergencies & Humanitarian Action Unit (EHAU) oversees IRC’s global emergency preparedness and response activities. The mission of the EHAU is to expand and improve IRC’s ability to help affected communities survive in acute emergencies and hard to reach contexts by investing in people, systems, and solutions to complex humanitarian challenges. The EHAU team achieves this mission through ongoing rigorous risk analysis, investing in capacity strengthening of frontline humanitarians, partnership with local actors, offering collaborative support and technical assistance to teams working in emergencies and hard to reach places, and deploying and supporting world class emergency response staff as they help people affected by acute crisis situations. Job Overview The STA for Emergencies sits within the EHAU, which is responsible for ensuring overall quality and communication of emergency health work within the IRC. Emergency Health at the IRC takes a public health programming approach and includes primary (and some targeted secondary) health care, sexual & reproductive health, environmental health (including WASH), and nutrition. It also covers outbreak preparedness and response. IRC is also engaged in direct provision of services to beneficiaries where...
Kenya : Western
2022-01-23
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