This position is more of a technical position in IMC Ethiopia field office, and the position holder will work under the direction and support of COVID-19 project specialist and closely work with Senior health program Manager. The position holder is responsible to lead and coordinate the planning, implementation and evaluation processes of COVID-19 outbreak response through planned intervention of International Medical Corps designed in East Hararghe zone. He/she also responsible to monitor and follow up of the day to day implementation and service provision of the senior project officers for COVID-19, support surveillance and early investigation and response and also provide technical support, follow up of early warning, regular data collection, mapping of project sites in terms of occurrence of COVID-19 outbreak, She/He will represent IMC in COVID-19 outbreak prevention and response, meetings organized at the zonal and woreda level.

• Lead and responsible for outbreak especially COVID-19 reponse intervention at the project sites under his/her supervision.
• Create smooth relation and collaboration with Government stakeholder.
• Prepare detailed implementation plan and share with zonal offices
• Ensure implementation of all project planned activities upon expected quality and schedule at all levels.
• Organize and facilitate review meeting to review gaps and project progress.
• Follow up of project implementation through organizing regular update and experience sharing meeting among staffs.
• Undertake assessment to identify gap and status of COVID outbreak and surveillance at project sites by engagement of Health response officer.
• Provide technical support for project staffs and government health workers on proper implementation of the service.
• Organize joint supportive supervision by involving the key health partners at zonal and woreda level.
• Work in close consultation with COVID-19 project specialist, senior health program manager and field office manager while implementing all activities and utilization of budget.
• Represent IMC in COVID-19 outbreak preparedness and response meeting organized at project site.
• Prepare and submit biweekly, monthly, quarterly, donor and government reports timely to field offices.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Demonstrated experience and skills in ensuring community participation and gender issues in humanitarian programming.
• Lead and responsible for the project intervention and sites under his/her supervision.
• Create smooth relation and collaboration with Government stakeholder.
• Organize and facilitate review meeting to identify gaps and project implementation status

Reporting and M/E

• Regularly collect information and data from woredas and prepare monthly project   updates and regular progress reports on outbreak response activities undertaken at field site.
• Assist Senior officers to enable them compile the field based reports and prepare simplified reporting formats.

Additional Tasks:

• Collaborate with other actors working in the target community
• Be flexible and be able to give assistance with different activities not included in this primary job description.
• Implement other PHEM related activities as per direction from project specialist and Senior Health program manager.