Health officer/ HEALTH OFFICER in Premiere Urgence Internationale

Premier Urzhans International (PUI) is a non-profit, non-political and non-religious humanitarian non-governmental organization. PUI started humanitarian activities in Ukraine in February 2015 with the aim of restoring and ensuring access to primary health care services for the local population and internally displaced persons affected by the armed conflict and improving living conditions by providing for their basic needs.

Under direct management Senior Health Specialist and Managermulti-sectoral project, Health Specialist is responsible for the provision and implementation of programs in the field of health care. He/she will be responsible for implementation of activities, needs assessment, aid distribution and reporting. He/she will work in various regions of Eastern Ukraine with the aim of deploying emergency response measures conducted by PUI. 700"/>

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Education: normal">Diploma of higher or secondary medical education.

Under the direct supervision of the Deputy Project Manager Health and Multi-Sectoral Project Manager, the Health Officer is in charge of ensuring and implementing the health programming. She/He will be in charge of the implementation of the activities, needs assessment, the distribution of assistance and the reporting. She/He will work across various areas of East Ukraine to deploy PUI’s emergency response.nt-weight: 700">Place of work -  Kharkiv , Kharkiv  region

Qualifications 

Education Degree: Medical diploma of higher or secondary medical education. 

Work experience: previous engagements in humanitarian health sector is desired. 

Language Skills: Fluent in Ukrainian and Russian, good level in English is mandatory. 

Knowledge & Skills: 

Team player, good listener, proactive, good critical thinking; ability to synthesis a wide scope of information, solid organizational and planning skills, excellent communication as well as conflict resolution skills. 

Computer skills: comfortable is using Microsoft Office (with focus on Excel and Word), data treatment and Outlook.  

TASKS AND DUTIES :

1. Activities implementation 

• Participate in the drafting of procurement requests based on identified needs. 

• Participate in the preparation of drugs and medical equipment distributions to the health facilities, working closely with the Pharmacist Assistant and the Deputy Project Manager Health, including the drafting of administrative documents and terms of reference. 

• Participate in the distributions of drugs and medical equipment in the health facilities. 

• Implement PUI’s health activities across various areas in East Ukraine. 

• Participate in the preparation of the drafts of Memorandums of Understanding, Donation certificate and other programmatic legal agreements to be conducted with the partner health facilities with support of the Deputy Project Manager Health.  

• Ensure health interventions are complementary to and/or feed into the national health system. 

• Ensure compliance with PUI’s strategies and methodologies at field level, following and adhere to available SoPs and Guidelines. 

2. Assessment  

• Draft Terms of Reference for assessments. 
• Identify new sites of intervention within PUI’s geographical scope of work. 
• Oversee assessments of health facilities and mobile health team locations, both under the existing project and potential future projects, considering the strategic plan of the mission.  
• Draft assessment reports and archive them on the Sharepoint. 
• Analyse assessment results and suggest actions in-line with PUI programming.  
• Ensure the monitoring of activities, and final assessment to measure outcomes of PUI emergency activities.  

3. Training to health facilities 

• Identify training needs in supported health facilities.  

• Develop training materials in collaboration with the deputy project manager health and Health Coordinator.  

• Train health workers on topics identified based on the needs. 

4. Reporting 

• To collect and ensure compliant data for internal and external reporting as per the Deputy Project Manager Health guidance and in-line with donors’ requirements.    

• Report any delay, problem or other relevant information to the Deputy Project Manager Health and Multi-Sectoral Project Manager. 

• Report on the progress of health activities on a weekly basis to the Deputy Project Manager Health.   

• To attend and contribute to Weekly Team Meeting.  

• Provide inputs for proposals and reports, under the needs provided by the Deputy Project Manager Health and Mission Coordination. 

5. Communication and follow up 

• Communicate PUI’s policies at field level when needed; 

• Report complaints received from beneficiaries and be transparent with them; 

• Ensure, in coordination with the logistics department, appropriate storage of medications, medical consumables, equipment.  

6. External representation 

• To act as the focal point for health facilities and ensure regular communication and follow up. 

• To participate in external meetings as requested by the Deputy Project Manager Health and share meeting minutes. 

CONDITIONS

Starting time:   March  2026

Work Schedule: Monday thru Friday

HOW TO APPLY:

Interested candidates should submit their CV in English, and be ready to provide at least 2 reference contacts upon selection.

Only candidates shortlisted will be contacted. PUI reserves the right to conduct interviews with candidates on an ongoing basis, therefore a candidate may be selected before the closing date.