Field Officer



Village Development and Save the Environment Forum (VDSEF) Nepal Kalikot

Vacancy Announcement

Date of publication: (Date 18th April 2024)

Village Development & save the Environment Forum (VDSEF) Nepal is a non-profitable organization working in Kalikot district for more than 24 years in the field of poverty reduction and protecting and promoting the Economic, Social, and Cultural rights of marginalized and disadvantaged communities. VDSEF Nepal has previous working experiences collaborating with different Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and government authorities for improving livelihoods, health, and human rights of marginalized and vulnerable communities such as women including single mothers, youths, Children-friendly able and elderly persons, Dalits, and ethnic minorities. VDSEF Nepal has been implementing “Strengthening Maternal Neonatal Health Services in Partnership with the Local Government (स्थानीय सरकारको साझेदारीमा मातृ तथा नवजातशिशु स्वास्थ्य सेवा सुदृढिकरण) project in partnership with One Heart Worldwide in Kalikot District from 2023 AD. Now we hereby invite applications from suitable and qualified Nepalese citizens for the following position:

Details of Announcement:

1. Position: Field Officer-1 (One)

Report to: Project Coordinator

Purpose of the Position:

The Field Officer will be responsible to provide technical support to MNH service providers at the facility level and relevant stakeholders in MNH program planning, conducting community awareness-raising activities focusing on MNH, assessment, planning and follow-ups of MNH services at the facility and community level.

Duty Station: Raskot Municipality of Kalikot District with a minimum of 70% field visits

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Technical:

• Provide continuous support to implement the OHW project including birthing center equipment support, capacity-building training or coaching for a service provider, HFOMC strengthening and community-level activities. 
• Conduct needs assessment of the health facilities and support in timely delivery of the support including equipment at the designated health facilities. 
• Provide technical support visits to birthing centers, MNH service providers and FCHVs with a special focus on the quality of services and capacity building on data collection, reporting, recording and clinical skills. 
• Frequent field visits to health facilities and communities to facilitate training, program follow-ups, and awareness-raising activities and to collect routine monthly data from health facilities and communities.
• Conduct monitoring visits of the health facilities, nursing staff, FCHVs, and clients and provide necessary feedback
• Keep a proper record of all the activities in the given form and formats and report on time in the specified time period
• Contribute to preparing monthly progress reports, technical deliverables, presentations, and district work plans
• Develop a network to collect and monitor all maternal deaths in the district and undertake follow-up visits to every household where maternal deaths have occurred to verify the death and identify causes of death. 
• Share information about maternal deaths with the concerned HF and municipality and facilitate discussion to prevent similar deaths in the future.
• Support to build sound relationships with Health Office, urban/rural municipality office, local government offices, program focal person, health facility staff, community stakeholders and female community health volunteers in order to plan & schedule the program and achieve program deliverables at the field level.
• Any other job assigned by the Supervisor.

Job Specifications (minimum job requirements):

Academic qualifications and work experience: 

• Bachelor's degree in Public Health with preferred experience in the maternal, neonatal, and child health fields

Skills and abilities

• Good experience in working with health service delivery systems. 
• Knowledge and experience in program and community-level training. 
• Practical experience in facilitation and interaction with government counterpart/local stakeholders at different local health facilities, and ability to deal with various stakeholders 
• Knowledge and experience using MS Office, excel packages and statistical packages, email and the internet.
• Good verbal and written communication in English, Nepali and the local languages.
• Good interpersonal skills and experience working in a team in a multicultural environment.
• Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals.
• Ability to function as a self-starter with limited supervision.

APPLICATION Method:

Qualified Nepali citizens meeting the above criteria are requested to send his/her updated CV and application with two references to vacancy.vdsef@gmail.com or direct to VDSEF-Nepal, Khadachakra,1 Manma Kalikot Head Office by 25th April, 2024 before 5.00 pm.

Applications from marginalized, disadvantaged communities and local residents are highly encouraged to apply, and only shortlisted candidates will be invited for further process. Telephone inquiries will not be entertained.