LUKMEF, a Cameroonian based NGO is in need of the services of a health Focal Point in Buea/Bamenda. Application deadline: 22^nd May 2021

Background: LUKMEF is a registered NGO working in Cameroon since 1999 focusing principally on three key pillars (1) Peace Building & Non-violence (2) Social Justice & Human Rights (3) Sustainable Development. LUKMEF principal theory of change is that when individuals, institutions, and whole communities are empowered and supported to take leadership in addressing their own social, economic, political, and environmental challenges, they can drive themselves out of poverty in a dignified and sustainable manner. While our programs target primarily women and youths, we so understanding that using a community-based approach that addresses the larger needs of whole communities will greatly impact positively on the lives of our primary beneficiaries in a sustainable way.

Since 1999, LUKMEF programs have covered six of the ten regions of Cameroon.  In response to the socio-political crisis in the two English regions, our work has now focused on humanitarian response in the areas of food security, livelihood, WASH, Health, GBV, Education, and Child Protection.  We have provided humanitarian assistance to over 300,000 IDPs and host communities in the North West, South West, Littoral, and the West regions since the start of the crisis.

Thier global expansion program that was slowed down last year by the COVID-19 Pandemic has been restarted starting with the establishment of the LUKMEF CSO convention centre for West Africa and the Lake Chad basin regions.

Job Title:  HEALTH Focal Point                                                           

Reporting to: Project manager

Hours: 40 hours (8:00am – 5:00pm)

Principal Location: North West (Bamenda) and South West (Buea)

Application Deadline: 22^nd May 2021

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Role Purpose: The Nutrition Focal point has the responsibility to ensure that Children of the target communities have access to preventive and curative malnutrition package. Hence has responsibility to follow up on implementation and monitoring of Severe Acute Malnutrition. Also ensures the overall efficiency, effectiveness and delivery of results in accordance with the LUKMEF/STREET CHILD/UNICEF’s.

Job description of the Health FP (MD)

• Provides PHC, prevention, screening and pre-triage during MHU (Mobile Health Unit) supported by the mobile health team, rising awareness, decreasing COVID-19 risk, with a careful attention on the criticalities in the area, complying with project’s security recommendations (i.e., CPP, Sops’), is responsible for MMU, its equipment and medical stock;
• Act a referral on vulnerable cases, with particular attention to children in need within the community;
• Provides health promotion as evaluated in teamwork;
• Ensure the effectiveness of patients’ referral to social and medical service. In case of highly vulnerable patients, company to medical services.
• Helps in establishing higher standards of assistance in “hard to reach” population related to general medical assistance and COVID-19 emergency, acting with politeness and keeping harmony between operative partners:
• Participates in assigned activities planning, implementation, and reporting; participates in the collection of medical information (reports, articles, meetings) and data (statistics, epidemiological data);
• Locally represents LUKMEF in the community when on duty;
• On the request of the Medical Referent or Staff coordinator, carries out extra tasks (Participation in medical assessments, reinforcement for another field team, project evaluation);
• Assumes the duty of protecting confidential information about the beneficiaries to ensure professional confidentiality, and to keep LUKMEF documents as internal and confidential.
• Provide weekly and monthly reports to the CCR Project Manager
• Reports to the health cluster meetings on weekly and monthly basis
• Respect LUKMEF/STREET CHILD/UNICEF national and international humanitarian principles

      Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Education: Medical Doctor
• Work Experience
• A minimum of 2 years of professional experience in one of the following areas is required: Public health, general medicine, Emergency health
• One or more years’ experience in implementing health activities especially in emergency settings

• Languages: English, Pidgin English.

Read more on the willingness, competence and apply through the link below:

Health Focal Point – LUKMEF – Cameroon (lukmefcameroon.org)

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