HEALTH PROMOTER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUPERVISOR (Atbara) – MSF Spain
Job Description
| Organization | Medecins sans Frontieres Spain |
| Job Title | HEALTH PROMOTER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUPERVISOR |
| Location | River Nile – Atbara and Project Sites |
| Section/Unit | Medical and Paramedical |
| Supervisor | Project Medical Referent / HPCE advisor |
| Salary | 1309 USD |
| Closing Date | 16 Dec 2024 |
With the support and guidance of the HPCE Manager, responsible for implementing the HPCE strategy / workplan, with community participation, and supervising the HPCE activities and HP teams working in the communities or the health facilities, according to the project objectives, MSF values, standards and pro-cedures.
Duties and responsibilities:
HPCE strategy, activities and monitoring:
- Actively contribute to the design/adaptation of the HPCE strategy / workplan.
- Lead and follow up on the implementation of the HPCE strategy / workplan, according to the chronogram.
- Support participatory approaches and regular patient/community consultations before and during implementation of the HPCE strategy.
- Organizing health awareness sessions for MSF‘s medical and non-medical staff
- Support in the design of health education materials and participatory methods, applying the right process (pretesting, validation of content, translation).
- Contribute to rapid assessments and surveys.
- Actively support in the systematic collection, encoding and reporting of community feedback and rumors.
- Support the implementation of community-based surveillance (data collection, active case finding, tracing, linkage to care.
- Responsible for the planning and organization of community meetings (in collaboration with HPCE Manager).
- Contribute to the community mapping.
- Monitoring: Ensure the availability of the data collection tools; the data encoding in the data base and the quality check.
- Monitoring: Contribute to the analysis of the monitoring data and look for adjustment (in collaboration with HPCE manager), monthly reporting (MMR, sitrep,…).
Team management:
- Contribute to evaluation of the HP team (with the HPCE manager).
- Contribute to the development plan for the HP team.
- Training: Contribute to the needs assessment, design and implementation of training for the HP team, in collaboration with the HPCE manager.
- Organize regular and systematic supervision of the HP activities and provide on the job-coaching.
- Ensure the planning and practical organisation of the activities for the HP team (HP roaster).
- Ensure the organisation of regular HP team meetings.
MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities
- Support the implementation of the HP/CE activities in the pediatrics departments according to MSF standers.
- Implement and gathers together health promotion tools (messages and materials) and ensures they are used and distributed.
- In collaboration with the medical teams plans and organizes the setting up of activities and priorities for the departments.
- Support in the recruitment, trains and supervises health promotion teams.
- Monitors daily activities.
- Drafts the teams’ weekly activity reports.
- Listens and answers the public’s questions and concerns specially due to the vulnerable groups situations: Sensitive subjects (e.g. changing funeral rites); Rumors that complicate the measures set up to eradicate the outbreak; Other general or specific concerns of the population (e.g. implementation of a new cholera facility in a neighborhood).
- Manage materials for health promotion activities in the different pediatrics departments (ITFC, IPD, and ER.
- Support the implementation of the Regularly reports to the line manager on routine activities carried out and the difficulties encountered.
- Participates in health promotion team meetings.
- Attends certain in-service training courses as needed and prepare plan of trainings for the team.
- Follow up strictly the IPC measures according MSF standards.
- Report to the line manager the necessary information for follow up and technical support.
- Maintaine at all times good atmosphere in the workplace including commitment with the behavior policy of MSF.
Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:
| Education | Essential University bachelor’s degree in social sciences, social work, behavioral sciences, public health, community health, nursing. |
| Experience | Essential : At least 2 years’ experience in: Health promotion Team management experience Program implementations experience qualitative methodology is highly desirable. |
| Languages | Mission language and local language essential Arabic and English |
| Knowledge | Basic competencies in word and excel are essential. |
| Competencies | Results and Quality Orientation Team management skills Training skills Organizational skillsStress Management Negotiation skills at community level Autonomous and initiative taking Strong IT skills (excel, word)Reporting skills Skills in participatory approaches Strategic / analytical skills are desirable |
MSF is a civil society initiative that brings together individuals committed to the assistance of other human beings in crisis. As such MSF is by choice an association. Each individual working with MSF does it out of conviction and is ready to uphold the values and principles of MSF. MSF OCBA is a people-focused humanitarian organization that offers a diverse, collaborative, and inclusive work environment. We believe this approach enhances our work and we are committed to equity in employment. We embrace diverse backgrounds of people working together to exhibit their passion in action for the social mission of MSF. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. MSF provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, teamwork, integrity and a healthy balance of work and life. MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo reference checks.
How to apply
Applications must be submitted in English Language including:
- CV, Copies of Certificates, National ID, Cover Letter, Labour card and Contact numbers
Interested candidates are requested to submit their application to the HAC Office in Aldamer, in sealed envelope mentioning (MSF Spain – application for HEALTH PROMOTER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUPERVISOR)
MSF is a civil society initiative that brings together individuals committed to the assistance of other human beings in crisis. As such MSF is by choice an association. Each individual working with MSF does it out of conviction and is ready to uphold the values and principles of MSF. MSF OCBA is a people-focused humanitarian organization that offers a diverse, collaborative, and inclusive work environment. We believe this approach enhances our work and we are committed to equity in employment. We embrace diverse backgrounds of people working together to exhibit their passion in action for the social mission of MSF. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence. MSF provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, teamwork, integrity and a healthy balance of work and life. MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of harassment, including sexual harassment and discrimination. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo reference checks.
Test and interview will be carried out in English.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
Opening date : 09/12/2024 Closing date : 16/12/2024
