Disease Control Surveillance Assistant

Company Description

Amref Health Africa, founded in 1957, is the largest African-based international health development organization. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, Amref implements programmes across 35 African countries, reaching more than 40 million people, with a strong operational presence in Africa and advocacy and fundraising offices in Europe and North America

Guided by its vision of lasting health change in Africa, Amref’s mission is to catalyse community-led, people-centred health systems and address the social determinants of health. Amref believes sustainable health transformation is driven from within communities and works to strengthen health systems while empowering communities to demand and access quality, affordable healthcare.

Job Description

Main purpose of the Job

The Disease Control Surveillance Assistant shall provide community-based health services, including disease prevention, health promotion, and basic treatment, while supporting data collection and health surveillance to enhance the delivery of primary healthcare services.

Specific Key Responsibilities:

• Serves as a link between fixed district health services and the community and works directly with village/community leaders, and other volunteers in providing environmental and personal health services in collaboration with medical assistant, health assistant and enrolled community health nurses.
• Conducts community assessments. village inspections, monitors growth and reports disease outbreaks
• Participates with others in [providing immunizations, maintaining equipment and improving the quality of water by protecting shallow wells and chlorinating untreated waters.
• Treating minor ailments and facilitates formation of village health committees (VHCs) and volunteers.
• Supervises VHCs and volunteers and refers patients and suspects to nearest health unit
• Records data in relevant registers and instruments using HMIS guidelines disseminate to respective village health committees and report to the designated supervisor.
• Prepares monthly work plans
• Provides feedback to the community
• Any other duties deemed reasonable for the post.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a Malawi School Certificate of Education
• Those with a Certificate in Community Health would have an added advantage
• At least Five (5) years of progressive experience as Disease Control Surveillance Assistant.

Additional Information

Competencies and Skills:

• Teamwork and collaboration with healthcare teams and community leaders.
• Adaptability to work in resource-constrained and remote settings.
• Commitment to confidentiality and ethical conduct in health service delivery.
• Knowledge of basic healthcare practices, including disease prevention and treatment.
• Ability to collect, analyze, and report health data accurately.
• Familiarity with health education and promotion techniques.

Amref Health Africa does not require applicants to pay any money at whatever stage of the recruitment and selection process and has not retained any agent in connection with recruitment. Although Amref may use different job boards from time to time to further spread its reach for applicants, all open vacancies are published on our website under the Vacancies page and on our official social media pages. Kindly also note that official emails from Amref Health Africa will arrive from an @amref.org address.

Amref Health Africa is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Amref Health Africa is is dedicated to diversity and is an equal-opportunity employer with a non-smoking environment policy.