Senior School Health Officer - AtPro

The Role

A senior School Health Officer would likely be responsible for developing, implementing, and managing health programs within a school setting, focusing on promotion, prevention, and ensuring a safe and healthy environment for students and communities. This would involve collaborating with various stakeholders, conducting assessments, training, monitoring, and evaluating the effectiveness of water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives.

This role involves developing and implementing School Health strategies, providing technical guidance, and ensuring that health initiatives address the unique needs of diverse schools and communities. They also play a crucial role in monitoring and evaluating the impact of health programs.

Based in Ermera and Oecusse, with frequent travel required to project locations within the municipality and some travel to the Dili office. This position will provide support to all technical teams to implement the community health training session through the VSLA Group on the subjects:

• Prevention of stunting
• Nutrition and Economics at home
• Importance of Hygiene based on Behavior and Social Change Strategy (SBC)

Selection Criteria

• Minimum bachelor's degree in health and nutrition, social science, or equivalent with minimum 3 years' relevant work experience, and/or University Diploma with minimum 4 years' relevant work experience
• Experience working in School Health or WASH programs and experience working in schools and advantage
• Experience providing training or coaching, leading teams and directly supervising other staff
• Ability to promote collaboration with CARE in Timor-Leste staff, Government, Local authority, and other partners
• Excellent communication skills in Tetum and intermediate (very good) in English
• The ability to communicate in one or more of the local languages (s) such as Mambae or Kemak, is an advantage
• Demonstrated strong leadership, decision making, problem solving and planning
• Demonstrated ability to take direction and to work as part of a team
• A willingness to implement CARE's gender transformative approach in all activities
• Intermediate (very good) in Microsoft Office with knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel, good numerical skills
• The Ability to drive a motorbike in remote location and with a valid license an advantage

How to Apply

Interested applicants should send a CV (no longer than four pages) and cover letter via email to [email protected] OR to Human Resource unit at CARE office at Bairo Pite, Dili.