Health Promotion & Education Officer

The North East Regional Health Authority, a statutory body under the Ministry of Health, with responsibility for the management and delivery of public health services within the parishes of St. Ann, St. Mary and Portland, invites applications from suitably qualified persons to fill the position of Health Promotion and Education Officer at the St. Mary Health Department.

Summary

Reporting to the Medical Officer (Health) for the Health Services and the technical direction of the Regional Health Education and Promotion Officer, the Health Education and Promotion Officer is responsible for organizing, co-coordinating, planning, implementing and evaluating Health Education and Promotion Programmes in the parish.

Qualification and Experience

• BSc. degree in Health, Education, Social/Behavioural sciences.
• Training in Communication and Research methods.
• A minimum of two (2) years working experience.

Responsibilities

• Providing consultation to Health Workers, other Government Agencies, Nongovernment Agencies, Private Sector, Community Leaders, Faith-Based Organizations.
• Mobilizing community to take responsibility for their health.
• Supervising the Assistant Health Education and Promotion Officers and Health Promotion Aides (HPAs) assigned to the Health Promotion Unit
• Planning and co-ordinating conferences, seminars and workshops.
• Conducting research to guide programme needs and identifying strategies for intervention in partnership with communities.
• Development of health promotion activities in response to public health emergencies, special programmes and disasters.
• Making recommendations to the Medical Officer (Health) and other members of the health team on the delivery of health promotion strategies for programmes

Specific Knowledge / Skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access etc)
• Excellent management and leadership skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Good time management skills

Note

Applications along with resumé should be submitted no later than Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Contact

The Director,

Human Resource Management & I.R

North East Regional Health Authority

34-38 Ocean Village Shopping Centre, Ocho Rios,

St. Ann

 

 

Fax: (876) 795–2747

Email: jobs@nerha.gov.jm

Base Salary: Undisclosed