INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE (IRC) UGANDA JOBS 2026 – COMMUNITY HEALTH & SURVEILLANCE OFFICER VACANCY (VITAL PROJECT | REFUGEE HEALTH & EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS)

• Protection services
• Epidemic preparedness and response (EPR)
• Multi-purpose cash assistance
• Community-based systems strengthening
• Health and protection service delivery for refugee and host populations in Uganda

• Community-based surveillance systems
• Risk communication and community engagement (RCCE)
• Referral systems
• Community health structures
• Early warning and outbreak response mechanisms

• Implement community health and epidemic preparedness and response (EPR) activities.
• Coordinate community disease surveillance, alert reporting, and referrals.
• Work with VHTs, CHEWs, health facilities, Rapid Response Teams, and district health authorities.
• Support identification and reporting of epidemic-prone diseases and public health events.
• Conduct risk communication, household sensitization, screening, and referral follow-up.
• Support immunization, maternal health, SRHR, nutrition, and IPC outreach services.

• Strengthen VHTs, CHEWs, refugee volunteers, and community networks.
• Conduct training, mentorship, and supervision of community health structures.
• Improve referral pathways for health, protection, GBV, SRHR, and child protection services.
• Facilitate community dialogues, awareness campaigns, and health promotion.
• Promote inclusive participation of women, youth, persons with disabilities, and vulnerable groups.

• Collaborate with protection, GBV, child protection, and SRHR teams.
• Ensure safe identification and referral of vulnerable individuals.
• Promote protection-sensitive and inclusive programming.
• Support dissemination of health and protection messaging.
• Ensure safeguarding and PSEA compliance in all activities.

• Collect, verify, and report community health surveillance data.
• Maintain accurate records of alerts, referrals, trainings, and supervision activities.
• Support data quality assurance and confidentiality standards.
• Contribute to work planning, indicator tracking, and reporting.
• Support community feedback and accountability systems.

• Participate in district and settlement coordination meetings.
• Work with District Health Teams, OPM, MoH, and partners.
• Strengthen integration between community and facility-based health services.
• Support outbreak preparedness simulations and supervision activities.

• Promote environmentally responsible health practices.
• Uphold safeguarding, PSEA, confidentiality, and ethical standards.
• Identify and report safeguarding concerns appropriately.

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in:
  • Public Health
  • Environmental Health
  • Nursing
  • Community Health
  • Clinical Medicine
  • or related field
• 2–3 years’ experience in community health or humanitarian health programming.
• Experience working with VHTs, CHEWs, or community volunteer systems.
• Knowledge of:
  • Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR)
  • RCCE (Risk Communication and Community Engagement)
  • Outbreak preparedness
  • Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
• Experience in refugee or emergency settings is an advantage.
• Strong community engagement, coordination, and reporting skills.
• Ability to use digital or paper-based data systems.

• Strategic thinking and technical leadership
• Strong coordination and partnership skills
• Analytical and problem-solving ability
• Ability to work under pressure and in emergencies
• Strong communication and facilitation skills
• High integrity and accountability
• Commitment to safeguarding and inclusion

• Fluency in English required
• Knowledge of local languages in refugee-hosting areas is an advantage