Who are we ?
Inter Aide is a French NGO specializing in implementing development programs for particularly disadvantaged families. Since its creation in 1980, its areas of action have been access to water, hygiene, and sanitation (WASH), agriculture, health, and educational support. These programs are implemented in particularly isolated rural areas, combining high levels of need with high population density, and where the context is sufficiently stable to develop actions geared toward the long-term autonomy of populations.
Following a prospecting process in Guinea Conakry initiated in 2017, Inter Aide launched two projects in Upper Guinea in the Kankan Prefecture, in the areas of WASH (water, hygiene, and sanitation) and community health. The community health program activities began in October 2021.
The objective of the project is to improve the health of children and women in the target area by combating the major pathologies that affect them (main communicable diseases, factors related to maternal and/or reproductive health, etc.). The program is structured around the following two axes:
- Raising awareness/training rural communities on preventive practices and early care-seeking attitudes to adopt;
- Support for local public health services to improve access and quality of care for rural communities, including the establishment of community health workers and the strengthening of rural health posts.
The mission:
You will be based in Kankan, with frequent travel to the areas of operation, and occasionally to Conakry. You will be supported by the Sector Manager based in France.
The main missions will be:
- The consistency and relevance of the strategy and activities defined in response to the identified needs;
- The practical implementation of these activities and their supervision;
- The development and monitoring of a reliable and relevant monitoring and evaluation system, including ad hoc surveys enabling the evaluation of the impact of the program;
- The establishment, formalization or maintenance of the necessary partnerships with the appropriate government services, at the national, regional and prefectural levels (in particular the Ministry of Health, the Regional Health Directorate and the Prefectural Health Directorate);
- Management of the program team to enable the implementation of activities, including recruitment, training and supervision (10-20 people);
- The logistical and material implementation of the project, then the logistical coordination and the good management of the financial and material resources of the program;
- Operational and financial monitoring of the implementation partner on the awareness component (local CSO);
- Drafting regular operational reports to the Sector Manager and the Administrative-Finance Manager, based at headquarters;
- The continuation of the administrative procedures necessary for the deployment of activities by Inter Aide in Guinea, at the national (Conakry) and regional (Kankan) level;
- Collaboration and coordination of actions with the EHA program manager who is also monitoring the second project in the same region;
- Capitalizing on acquired experience.
Desired profile
- You have medical or paramedical training, a master’s degree in public health or health economics or, failing that, the exercise of concrete responsibilities in the context of public or community health actions
- You have experience in coordinating/managing health projects
- You have 2 years of prior experience in project/program management in developing countries (essential)
- You have knowledge of the Republic of Guinea or similar contexts (appreciated)
- You have strong teaching, training and facilitation skills
- You demonstrate methodological rigor, patience, diplomacy, tenacity, and show strong negotiating skills with local authorities.
- You are able to work in isolated contexts
- You are independent in your work and you have a strong taste for the field
- You have basic mastery of statistics (appreciated)
The conditions:
- VSI mission lasting 24 months (renewable)
- Compensation of €1,400 per month + land allowance
- Full social security coverage + repatriation insurance
- Return ticket at the start and end of the mission from home to the mission location
- Annual return ticket from the mission location to headquarters
How to apply
If you are interested in our structure and the responsibilities of this mission,
Remember to send your CV and cover letter to recrutement@interaide.org
by imperatively indicating in the subject of the email the reference RP/SANTE/KANKAN/25
For more information, we invite you to visit our sites
https://interaide.org/ and https://reseau-pratiques.org/