Main Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain meaningful and consistent relationships with all relevant stakeholders, including partners and health authorities. Provide interpretation and translation support as needed.
• Maintain regular contact with officials from the oblasts’ Department of Health (DOH), national and international NGOs, UN agencies, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure that information management activities are implemented to enhance the effectiveness of the response across different domains.
• Guarantee effective reporting from and to the national cluster to maximize coordination and accountability. Collate information and make inputs to inform information products and reports.
• Chair and facilitate the Kharkiv subnational cluster coordination meetings, holding them twice per month.
• Establish and manage regular meetings between the Kharkiv subnational cluster and the oblast departments of health as well as other health authorities (CDM, NHSU), conducting them monthly.
• Act as the representative of the health cluster in Kharkiv and provide updates during Kharkiv OCHA general coordination meetings, held once per month.
• Engage in with other clusters focused on Kharkiv oblast, contributing to the collective identification of critical issues that demand multi-sectoral responses. Submit reports on an ad hoc basis.
• Ensure the timely sharing of meeting minutes/updates with the Health Cluster Coordinator (in organized team meetings) and save them in the designated shared folder following each meeting.
• Regularly update the relevant sections of the bi-weekly update report (internal update, achievements, next steps) on a weekly basis, twice per month.
• Supervise the incorporation of cross-cutting issues into the health cluster's response and implementation plans, with consideration for local adaptation. This should be accomplished through regular partner briefings and follow-ups, conducted on a monthly basis.
• To initiate or take part in field monitoring visits to supervise partner projects as well as provide feedback for improvement to align with the Health Cluster strategy.
• To contribute to the Ukraine Country-Based Pool Fund process by informing on locations to be prioritized in the Kharkivska oblast as well as reviewing projects for Kharkivska for relevance based on identified needs.

Job Requirements:

• Minimum: An advanced university degree (Master's level or above), in medicine, nursing, public health from an accredited/recognised institute. Desirable post graduate studies or specialised training in public health, emergency management, international aid, humanitarian principles, health system recovery, and health cluster coordination.
• Demonstrated Skills and COMPETENCIES:

+ A minimum professional experience of 2 years at the national or international levels, in developing and promoting collaborative partnerships in emergency and humanitarian relief operations, including experience in managing and coordinating health programmes in chronic and acute, sudden-onset emergencies. + Relevant work experience in WHO, IRC, other UN agencies, health cluster partners, recognised humanitarian organisation, relevant nongovernmental or humanitarian organisations. + Demonstrated knowledge of the rapid response operations and their implementation in emergencies as related to public health, complemented by demonstrated ability to identify and manage difficult situations, to lead and direct multidisciplinary and multinational staff. + In-depth knowledge of emergency relief policies and practices within the UN, other UN specialised agencies, donor agencies, national and international NGOs. + Sound knowledge and experience about disaster prevention and preparedness programmes and the incident management system. + Excellent negotiation skills and ability to convene stakeholders and facilitate a policy process among UN, NGOs, national health authorities and donors. + Building and promoting partnerships across the organisation and beyond + Teamwork + Result orientation, Analytical thinking, Communication + Respecting and promoting individual and cultural difference + Creating an empowering and motivating environment

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