Public Health Monitoring and Verification Consultant - Duty Station: Beirut, covering South area
Organizational Context
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), a UN-related agency, promotes humane and orderly migration. The Public Health Unit (PHU) in Lebanon strengthens national and local health systems through interventions in emergency preparedness, disease surveillance, and health system strengthening. This role supports PHU's field activities in Beirut, covering the South and Nabatieh areas, working with vulnerable populations.
Job Purpose
This consultancy provides surge capacity to the IOM Public Health Unit (PHU) in Lebanon, focusing on monitoring and verification of PHU interventions. The role supports activities in emergency response, primary healthcare, communicable disease control, mobile medical teams, and community-based health initiatives. The consultant will ensure the quality, timeliness, and accountability of field implementation by conducting verification missions, collecting data, identifying operational gaps, and supporting follow-up actions. This contributes to strengthening PHU's operational effectiveness and reporting under the supervision of the National Project Officer, with deliverables tied to performance and payment.
Responsibilities
The consultant will support the Public Health Unit (PHU) by conducting field verification missions to PHU-supported activities, including health facilities and mobile medical teams, submitting detailed reports on implementation status, compliance, gaps, and recommended actions. They will prepare monthly monitoring and evidence packages, including verified records and supporting documentation for program management and reporting. The role involves reviewing and verifying field-level data, submitting data quality assurance reports, and preparing analytical reports on community-based health activities. Additionally, the consultant will conduct assessments of supported facilities and service delivery points, document stakeholder engagement, and perform rapid monitoring exercises when required, consolidating all findings into a comprehensive monthly report.
Work Experience
Experience is required in liaising with governmental and non-governmental organizations, and working with vulnerable groups such as migrants and refugees. Prior experience in humanitarian settings, field implementation, public health surveillance, or health programming is beneficial. Experience in monitoring, verification, data quality assurance, or health information management is considered an advantage.
Skills
Field verification, data collection, monitoring, reporting, data quality assurance, stakeholder engagement, public health interventions, communicable disease control, emergency response, community outreach.