Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-political and non-religious international aid organization. Our teams are committed to supporting civilians’ victims of marginalization and exclusion, or hit by natural disasters, wars and economic collapses, by answering their fundamental needs. Our aim is to provide emergency relief to uprooted people in order to help them recover their dignity and regain self-sufficiency.

PUI is implementing humanitarian activities in Nigeria since April 2016, supporting population with food security, nutrition, health and protection project in Maiduguri and Borno State. PUI is now looking for its Health team in Maiduguri.

We are recruiting to fill the positions below:

Job Title: Midwife
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Starting Date: 30th August, 2018
Duration of Contract: 7 months
General Objective

• Under the direct supervision of the SRH supervisor, the Midwife provides Maternal and New born Child Health (MNCH) and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) care services, including Ante Natal Care (ANC), Post Natal Care (PNC), Basic Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care, family planning, etc.
• S/he follows PUI obstetrical and Sexual Reproductive Health protocols and universal standards to ensure quality and continuity of care.

Responsibilities and Tasks
Consultation:

• Welcome patients to the MNHC/ SRH services in the Outreach site.
• Establish personal rapport with potential and actual patients and their relatives.
• Provide Antenatal and Postnatal care services.
• Provide Basic Obstetrical and Neonatal care, including assistance to urgent normal deliveries, manage obstetric emergencies.
• Ensure mothers receive the documents required (birth certificate, vaccination card…).
• Provide Family planning counseling as a routine and on request (where possible to the couple) and provide contraceptives according to the need.
• Treat sick Pregnant and Lactating Women for illnesses selected by PUI, and for which a protocol is provided and adhere to therapeutic standards.
• Manage sexual transmitted infections according to PUI protocols.
• Maintain patient confidentiality.

Assessment:

• Assess urgency and make sure urgent cases are seen first
• Evaluate the pregnant women for high risks pregnancy and ensure a timely referral to secondary health services.
• Identify cases needing referral and refer them in time, assessment and follow-up of new borne.
• Identify Sexually Gender Based Violence victims and collaborate with the medical team for treatment.

Health Education:

• Provide individual and group health education to patients concerning safe motherhood, care of the new born, IYCF (Infant and Young child feeding), Family Planning and general Sexual Health.
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with Universal standards, procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Adhere to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.

Reporting:

• Document collected information on health cards and other records.
• Support in various data collection.
• Ensure coordination and continuity of care through verbal and written reports and coordination with Nurse Team Leader/ Nurse and other Outreach staff.
• Ensure operation of equipment, and report to Nurse Team Leader in case of damage or not functioning.
• Participate actively in meetings and trainings when required.
• Perform other relevant duties as requested by supervisors

Specific Objective and Linked Activities:

• Provide essential preventative assistance services and follow up to identified women in reproductive age years, especially pregnant/lactating women.
• Report on collected data.
• Directly report any difficulties or delays in the implementation of activities.

Priorities of the Department:

• Ensuring the quality of care provided to patients in pui health facility
• Assessing on pregnant and lactating women, reproductive age women to identify risk factor
• Building the capacity of the community Health workers, nurses on thematic related to sexual and reproductive health
• Providing frequent feedbacks on health – illness patterns observed in the outreach sites that require further assessments

Qualifications
Education Degree:

• Recognized Midwife Degree (at least certificate level) with national legislation

Work Experience:

• 2-3 years of experience in Midwifery
• Work experience with other NGO’s would be an asset.

Language Skills:

• Good command in English (speaking, reading & writing)
• Fluent in local languages – Kanuri, Hausa.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Technical knowledge about use of medical equipment
• Good knowledge about Ante Natal Consultation and Post Natal Consultation
• Good practice in conduction of deliveries
• Interests: Working in humanitarian relief, interest for social issues

Transversals Skills:

• Excellent communication, conflict solving and diplomacy skills to manage relationship in potentially tense situations
• Strong motivation to help people in need
• Ability to adapt or change priorities according to the changing situation within a mission or the organization itself
• Understanding of the political situation in the area
• Ability to analyze and suggest improvements of the activities
• Well organized and hard worker
• Able to manage stress and pressure
• Understanding of the context of the area
• Reliability
• Neutrality
• Able to check validity of information, logical thinking

Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume and Cover Letter to: nga.recruitment@premiere-urgence.org with the subject: HRMAI2018_MIDWIFE
Note: Application without Resume and Cover Letter won't be received

Job Title: Nurse
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Starting Date: 20th August, 2018.
General Objective

• Under the Direct Supervision of the OPD Supervisor/Nurse Teamleader, the Nurse provides patients consultations in collaboration with Midwife and other team members in the facility
• S/he follows PUI protocols and standards to ensure Quality and contiunity of care, promotion and restoration of health of patients and population.

Responsabilities and Tasks
Consultation:

• Welcome patients to the facility.
• Establish personal rapport with potential and actual patients and their relatives.
• Assess urgency and make sure urgent cases are seen first.
• Assess and identify patients health needs.
• In the role of Clinician, manage the cases under his/her line of technical expertise, but also provide nursing care according to the need of the patient.
• Adhere to his/her level of therapeutic standards.
• Give first aid when needed.
• Provide low-key psychological support/Basic Psychological First Aid to patients according to need.
• Provide individual and group health education to patients, when appropriate.
• Maintain patient confidentiality.
• Document collected information on health cards and other records.
• Ensure daily, weekly and monthly data collection for OPD

Organization:

• Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with Universal standards, procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Adhere to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations.

Team Work:

• In case of absence of another team member, the nurse will replace in the appropriate sector (nurses in other departments (triage, dressing, vaccination, nutrition, etc.…), midwives, registrar, and dispenser).
• In case of absence of the Team Leader, the nurse will take the Lead and will become the security focal point of the team.
• Ensure coordination and continuity of care through verbal and written reports and coordination with the other health staff.
• Participate actively in meetings and trainings when required.
• Perform other relevant duties as requested by supervisors.

Specific Objective and Linked Activities

• Ensure the quality of care provided to patients in PUI facilities.
• Provide essential preventative assistance services and follow up on identified beneficiaries with NCDs and other diseases/morbidities of Public Health relevance.
• Provide training on selected topics on Non-Communicable Diseases and other of Public Health relevance.
• Report on collected data.
• Directly report any difficulties or delays in the implementation of activities.
• The tasks and responsibilities defined in this job description are non-exhaustive and can evolve depending on the project’s needs.

Qualifications
Education Degree:

• Recognized Nurse Degree (at least certificate level) with national legislation

Work Experience:

• 2-3 years of experience in Nursing, or in OPD services.
• Work Experience with other NGO’s would be an asset.

Language Skills:

• Good command in English (speaking, reading & writing)
• Fluent in local languages – Kanuri, Hausa, etc.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Good knowledge of Communicable and Non Communicable diseases
• Good knowledge of Public Health
• Good ability for team work
• Ability to manage a fair workload including emergencies.
• Assets
• Interests: Working in humanitarian relief, interest for social issues

Transversals Skills:

• Strong motivation to help people in need
• Conflict resolution and diplomacy experience
• Ability to adapt or change priorities according to the changing situation within a mission or the organization itself
• Understanding of the political situation in the area
• Ability to analyze and suggest improvements of the activities
• Well organized and hard worker
• Able to manage stress and pressure
• Understanding of the context of the area
• Reliability
• Neutrality
• Able to check validity of information, logical thinking

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Food Security and Livelihoods Officer
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Starting date: 1st of September, 2018
Duration of contract: 7 months
Slot: 2 Openings
General Objective

• Under the direct supervision of the Food Security and livelihood Supervisor, the Food Security Officer is responsible for the daily implementation of the Evoucher and nutrition projects in Maiduguri, Borno State.

Responsibilities and Tasks
Implementation and monitoring of the Food Security activities:

• S/He implement the daily food security and livelihood activities according to the FS program direction
• Respect the planning and set-up of the activities
• S/He takes part in the identification and registration of beneficiaries
• S/He contributes to the identification and registration of suppliers/ vendors on the market and to the monthly market assessment
• S/He actively takes part in the post distribution monitoring activities
• S/He collects any relevant information from the communities and partners
• Participate to all assessments for the projects or for new projects
• S/He supporting beneficiary and vendors during E voucher distribution
• Contribute in analyzing humanitarian situation in the field and very familiar with Do no Harm policy
• S/He must have capacity to determine protection issue in the field and can liaise to his/her supervisor

Community mobilization:

• Ensure that beneficiaries and local populations understand the project goals and agree with the implementation process
• Actively participate to the good collaboration with local leaders
• Act as a liaison with the local population and authorities in order to identify the needs, grievances and major events that could have potential consequences for PUI activity
• S/He ensures the proper training and supervision of the community’s volunteers who take part in the project
• S/He organizes sensitizations for the beneficiaries or community’s members according to the identified needs

Reporting:

• Report to the FS supervisor on the progress of activities and specific tasks assigned, problems encountered, the quality of relations with beneficiaries.
• Submit weekly situational report to line manager in weekly basis
• Collect, enter and analyse the necessary data according to the need of the project
• Extract and pass on statistics to the team supervisor, deputy program manager and/or program manager
• Keep monitoring tools and files archived at the PUI office, ensuring their availability to his/her FS&L supervisor and PM
• Pass on any information or problems to his/her direct and/or indirect supervisor concerning his/her task, PUI programs, or safety aspects

Logistic & administration:

• Under the responsibility of the FS supervisor, take part in logistical and administrative organization, planning, and preparation of the projects.
• Ensure the follow-up and the proper use of materials and tools used during on-site works
• Manage the supply of materials to the work site in collaboration with logistic department.

Specific Objective and Linked Activities

• To build a good rapport with key influential people in the Bulama area.
• To support PUI data collection on demography and vulnerabilities of the community.
• To support the identification of needs within the community.
• To implement the daily food security and livelihood activities according to the schedule.
• To respect the planning and set-up of the activities
• To take part in the identification and registration of beneficiaries
• To contribute to the identification and registration of suppliers/ vendors on the market and to the monthly market assessment

Requirements/Qualifications
Mandatory requirements:

• Language skills: Good command in English (speaking, reading & writing)
• Fluent in local languages - Kanuri, Hausa are wished
• Education degree: Essential literacy
• Work experience: 6 months experience in a similar position in an NGO

Knowledge and Skills:

• Good knowledge of Communicable and Non Communicable diseases
• Good knowledge of Public Health
• Good ability for team work
• Ability to manage a fair workload including emergencies.

Assets:

• Interests: Working in humanitarian relief, interest for social issues

Transversals skills:

• Excellent knowledge of Borno State, willing to travel locally
• Team spirit
• Strong motivation to help people in needs
• Capacity to mobilize community
• Well organized and rigorous
• Conflict resolution and diplomacy experience
• Ability to analyze and suggest improvement
• Ability to take initiative to deal with difficulties encountered in daily work
• Ability to adapt or change priorities according to the changing situation within a mission or the organization itself
• Autonomy, neutrality, hard worker
• Able to manage stress and pressure
• Honesty

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online