Health Promoter Community Engagement Supervisor (Khartoum) – MSF Belgium

Job Description

Organization	Medecins sans Frontieres Belgium
Job Title	Health Promoter Community Engagement Supervisor
Location	Khartoum
Section/Unit	Medical and Paramedica
No. of Post	1
Salary	Level 7/ 1309.34 USD
Supervisor	Medical Activity Manager
Closing Date	03 June 2025

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 procedures.

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 the systematic collection, encoding, and reporting of community feedback and rumours.
• 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 the HPCE Manager).
• Contribute to the community mapping. 
• Monitoring: Ensure the availability of the data collection tools, the data encoding in the database, and the quality check.
• Monitoring: Contribute to the analysis of the monitoring data and look for adjustments (in collaboration with HPCE manager), monthly reporting (MMR, sitrep,…).

Team management:

• Contribute to the 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 coaching.
• Ensure the planning and practical organisation of the activities for the HP team (HP roster).
• Ensure the organisation of regular HP team meetings.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

• Contribute to the development and adaptation of the hospital’s health promotion strategy and align it with MSF principles and local health needs.
• Plan, organize, and supervise the daily implementation of health promotion activities in the hospital (e.g., waiting areas, wards, OPD clinics).
• Ensure health promotion activities are integrated with medical services and other relevant sectors (e.g., WASH, nutrition).
• Develop and deliver training sessions for the Ministry of Health staff on key health topics, communication techniques, data collection, and humanitarian principles. 
•  Ensure adherence to MSF policies and values, protocols, and guidelines by all team members

Minimum Qualification, Skills, and Experience Required:

Education	Desirable: bachelor diploma in social sciences, social work, behavioural sciences, public health, community health, nursing. Essential: secondary school diploma.
Experience	Essential: At least 2 years’ experience in: • health promotion  • team management experience  • program implementation. Experience with qualitative methodology is highly desirable.
Languages	Mission language essential; local language desirable
Knowledge	Essential computer literacy (Word, Excel)
Competencies	Results and Quality Orientation L2 Teamwork and Cooperation L2 Behavioural Flexibility L2 to MSF Principles L2 Stress Management L3

How to Apply

Interested candidates are requested to send their applications with documents (Updated CV, Educational certificates, work experience certificates, previous employers’ references, and a copy of their national ID)

Via hand delivery of the application through HAC, Umdurman, or Basahir Teaching Hospital 

  NOTE:            Please note that MSF will only accept applications and CVs submitted in the English language. Only shortlisted candidates will be called.