Hamud Ismail

• Works closely with Clinical and Non-Clinical teams for improvement on key performance indicators.
• Designs processes for new initiatives, services and other targets identified by the center’s leadership.
• Responsible for maintaining the facilities system-wide Quality program; to include data collection, aggregating and analyzing data.
• Responsible for maintaining policies and procedures and reporting to Medical Director and the General Manager.
• Developing quality control processes.
• Keeping accurate documentation and perform statistical analysis.
• Gaining feedback from the clients, attending meetings, submitting reports, and assisting external auditors and inspectors.
• Ensuring legal obligations are followed and ensuring compliance with regulatory bodies and with health and safety guidelines.
• Supervising department Heads, technical and supporting staff members and providing guidance.
• Understanding customer expectations of and needs from the service.
• Supervising and monitoring service standards.
• Improving service efficiency and managing waste.

Provide comprehensive EPI technical assistance to the regional team and support the implementation of EPI strategies in Somali region.

2. Assess EPI related training needs for health-providers as well as community volunteers and organizes trainings with regional managers. S/he will work with the RHB, Woreda Health Offices and Transform HDR regional team to ensure that EPI training are conducted on time and within acceptable standards (trainers, venue, materials, schedule, etc.)

3. Conduct and coordinate regular field visits to provide post-training follow up and integrated/joint supportive supervision to HC and HP. S/he will document findings and recommendations of field visits for follow-up action

4. Supports the link of HEWs with community volunteers as well as community mobilization and sensitization through community volunteers for EPI activities to ensure that key messages reach the community. S/he will support approaches to reach all the target population for immunization, including newborn tracking systems in place and mobilization by community health workers and health development army

5. Ensure awareness creation on immunization is integrated with all relevant programs such as JEES, pregnant mothers conference, religious and influential leaders related meetings to reduce missed opportunities

6. Works closely with organizations implementing EPI projects to collaborate in ensuring timely and appropriate vaccine supply and storage at the local level.

7. Work closely with the SRHB and other implementing partners for Project activity alignment on EPI and follow up the progress collectively with them

8. Provide technical support for EPI Quarter and Bi-annual review meetings at woreda, zone and Regional level

9. S/he will support implementation areas in Somali region to implement Reaching Every Community (REC) approach with quality improvement for better and sustainable immunization services and specifically.

10. Assist in AFP &VPD surveillance efforts, contributing to early detection and reporting, life-saving response to vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks in collaboration with the field team. Will focus especially on Polio related activities to ensure Polio free woredas will continue to be free.

11. Support high-quality supplementary immunization and outbreak response activities in collaboration with the field team

12. Assist in strengthening documentation of EPI activities in project areas and use of data for decision making

13. Support/assist establishment/strengthening of EPI taskforces at regional/zonal/woreda levels to regularly review EPI performance

14. Provide Technical Support the Regional health bureau and woreda on polio, Measles and other outbreak response mop-up campaigns.

15. Support woredas bottom-up micro plan development, support integrated outreach EPI service and cross-border polio eradication activities.

16. Work closely with the Regional team to ensure Community based surveillance activities monthly reporting.

17. Produces reports of training, supervision and best practices and follow up the action points

18. Represents the regional team in selected regional and district EPI taskforces and other relevant meetings as per the assignment of the supervisor

19. Performs other functions assigned by the project within the areas of expertise.

Collects and analyzes EPI data for the Situation Analysis, programme/project planning, management, and monitoring

and evaluation purposes. Analyzes EPI programme implementation reports and evaluates against established

programme recommendations and plans of action. Prepares tables, graphs and other statistical data. Reports outcome of

analysis and proposes corrective actions.

2. Undertakes ongoing visits to UNICEF EPI project sites, assesses local conditions and resources, and monitors

UNICEF inputs. Communicates with local counterpart authorities on project feasibility and effectiveness, including

monitoring the flow of supply and non-supply assistance.

3. Undertakes follow-up action on EPI programme implementation activities, contributes to teamwork building, and

prepares relevant reports. Drafts changes in programme work-plans as required.

4. Attends EPI technical cooperation meetings, prepares notes and undertakes follow-up action and coordination related

to programme implementation and monitoring.

5. Assists in the identification and selection of EPI technical supplies and equipment.

6. Assists in the preparation of the EPI component of the country programme recommendation by drafting CPSS, PSS

Emergency response activities in all districts of Jarar, zone

Nutrition screening of AWD children under five in CTCs and CTUs

Disease surveillance in the zone

Health system strengthening

Early warning of the disease outbreak

AWD management and capacity building at the ground staff level as a technicality

SC and OTP monitoring at the district, zone, or IDP site.

Emergency response activities in all districts of the Nogob zone

Disease surveillance in the zone

Health system strengthening

Early warning of the disease outbreak

AWD management and capacity building at the ground staff

Establish community based surveillance activities for case detection and reporting, community awareness raising and participation
Train CVSFPs/CHVs/ on AFP, Measles and NNT surveillance.
Conduct quarterly review meetings with CSVFPs
Conduct regular health facility assessment to improve immunization coverage and active case search.
Provide technical supervision to support CVSFPs on monthly base
Conduct Joint supportive supervision with Government staffs
Establish linkage between CVSFPs and HEWs
Strengthen targeted weredas immunization service to improve routine immunization coverage and achieve polio eradication
Community sensitization on routine immunization
Prepare and distribute IEC materials for community mobilization
Train HEWs & Health workers on Immunization
Identify and facilitate maintenance of non function refrigerators and motor bikes.
Support Polio supplemental Immunization Activities (SIAs)
Strengthen effective partnerships between Government, PVOs, NGOs, bilateral and multilateral agencies for information sharing
Improve documentation, reporting and utilization of immunization data
Mainstream immunization using structures of main religions to improve immunization coverage
Represent IRC to local communities, government departments and local partners.
Report writing and submit both donor and Government on monthly, quarterly, Bi-annually and annually.
Provide technical supervision and support in the IRC health projects area (four weredas of Nuer Zone i.e Jikawo, Makuay, Wantowa, and Lare)
Budget monitoring and preparing Activity, Spending and procurement plans.
Support the target woredas during micro planning, performance monitoring and evaluation of EPI and disease surveillance.
Make sure that the polio eradication activities are integrated in the JD of CCM officers and provide necessary capacity building training and technical back stopping for the CCM officers in this regards.
Provide programmatic update on regular base at least twice in a month for the Health manager.
Design and implementation project implementation strategy for the effective integration of the project with the existing ICCM and other IRC project.
Qualifications
Education and experience
Public Health/health Officer/Nursing qualification from a recognized college/University.
Work experience: Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience for diploma holders, 4 years of relevant experience with the first degree and 2 years of relevant experience for post graduate
Work experience in immunization, and PHEM is an asset.
Good project management skills. Ability to plan, organizes, and supervises implementation of community-based Surveillance project on AFP, Measles and NNT.
Understanding of Expand program of immunization (EPI) and diseases surveillance /PHEM/ program implementation and policy in Ethiopia.

1. The EPI/Surveillance Officer will be part of the health team in Somali region and works towards strengthen community-based surveillance of AFP, measles and NNT
2. Supporting t the team in trainings for community level and facility-based health providers to ensure that Surveillance is an integral part of the activities.
3. EPI/Surveillance program are accepted by the beneficiary community by working with HEWs, human health workers, animal health workers and other community level stakeholders such as Community Health Volunteers (CHVs/HDAs) to improve the awareness of the community to identify and report vaccine preventable diseases and priority zoonotic diseases.
- Establish community-based surveillance activities for case detection and reporting, community awareness raising and participation
4. Train CVs/HDAs and health workers on vaccine preventable diseases and priority zoonotic diseases.
5. Support review meeting at health post, woreda and zonal levels.
6. Conduct regular health facility assessment to improve immunization coverage and active case search.
7. Conduct Joint supportive supervision with Government staff.
8. Establish linkage between CVSFPs and HEWs
- Support Polio supplemental Immunization Activities (SIAs) - Strengthen effective partnerships between Government, PVOs, NGOs, bilateral and multilateral agencies for information sharing
9. Community sensitization on routine immunization.
10. Prepare and distribute IEC materials for community mobilization.
11. Train HEWs & Health workers on Immunization
12. Identify and facilitate maintenance of non-function refrigerators and motor bikes.
13. Support health facilities in outreach and defaulter tracing activities to improve EPI program.
14. Improve documentation, reporting and utilization of immunization data especially at health post levels.
15. Represent WHO to local communities, government departments and local partners. - Support the senior health officer in report writing and submit both donor and Government on monthly, quarterly, Bi-annually and annually
16. Support the target woredas during micro planning, performance monitoring and evaluation of EPI and disease surveillance.
17. Provide programmatic update on regular base at least twice in a month for the woredas EPI/Surveillance Officer