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HEALTH PROMOTER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUPERVISOR
Medecins sans Frontieres Spain

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) - Spain is an independent international medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid in more than 60 countries to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters or exclusion from healthcare.

 

Sudan | MSF medical and humanitarian aid

 


 Salary: 1309 USD
 Section/Unit: Medical and Paramedical
 Grade Level: 7
 Supervisor: Project Medical Referent / HPCE advisor
 No. of Post: 1
 Duty Station: River Nile - Atbara ad Project Sites
 Closing Date: 15 Dec 2024

 
 Background:

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:

EducationEssential University bachelor's degree in social sciences, social work, behavioral sciences, public health, community health, nursing.
ExperienceEssential : 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
KnowledgeBasic competencies in word and excel are essential.
Competencies

Results and Quality Orientation

Team management skills

Training skills

Organizational skills

Stress 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


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)


Test and interview will be carried out in English.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.


Opening date : 09/12/2024                                                                                                                                                             Closing date : 15/12/2024


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.







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