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Médecins Sans Frontières – Switzerland (MSF-Swiss) is a medical, humanitarian, impartial and international non-profit organization. MSF provides exclusively humanitarian and medical assistance to populations in need, without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, philosophy, or politics and is independent of any political, religious, military or economic power.

At MSF Switzerland, we are committed to an inclusive culture that supports and amplifies the diverse voices of our staff members. We strive to create workplaces where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas, and experiences work together to advance MSF's social mission and create better outcomes for our patients and the communities we work with.

We understand that some people may hesitate to apply for employment if they don't meet all listed job requirements. Research shows that this is especially true for women. If you believe your profile is a good match for this position, we invite you to apply even if you don’t fulfil every listed qualification. 

We encourage applications from individuals of all genders, ages, ethnicities, backgrounds, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics. 

MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment.

MSF-Swiss is seeking to employ 1 (one) qualified candidate in the Khartoum Project for the position of Health Promotion and Community Engagement (HPCE) Manager.

Main Purpose of the position:

To coordinate and support Health Promotion and Community Engagement activities across the mission, ensuring that patients and communities are treated as active partners in MSF health interventions. The role strengthens dialogue, feedback, and community trust so that MSF services are accessible, acceptable, and well used, particularly during outbreaks and emergencies.

Responsibilities

HPCE strategy, activities and monitoring

• Responsible for the design/development of a regular updated HPCE strategy, activities, tools and monitoring system. 
• Follow up and support the HP supervisor on the implementation of the HPCE strategy. 
• Ensure participatory approaches and patient/community consultation before and during implementation of the HPCE strategy.
• Ensuring that the right process is followed for the design the health education materials and participatory methods. 
• Provide technical input and support to situation analysis (Rapid assessments/surveys / rumor-feedback monitoring) and ensure final reporting and information sharing with the project team.
• Supervision of the implementation of community-based surveillance. 
• Support the HP supervisors on the organization of community meetings. 
• Contribute to the updated community mapping (community mapping, stakeholders, GIS etc.)
• Ensure and regularly sharing with Project Coordinator and medical team on updates regarding community mapping. 
• Capitalization: document on lessons learned and capitalize on experiences.
• Ensure regular collaboration with other supervisors/managers.

HP capacity building and supervision

• Responsible for the development plan for the HP team, based on the needs assessment.  
• Managing and supervision of the quality of the HPCE activities done by the HPCE team at field level.
• Responsible for the evaluation process for HP profiles (in collaboration with HR department).

Outbreak Preparedness & Response

• Support mission‑wide HP/CE coordination during outbreaks and public health emergencies, in collaboration with Medical, WASH, IPC, and Epidemiology teams.
• Ensure communities receive clear and understandable information on: Disease risks and danger signs, Preventive measures, Where and how to access treatment.
• Monitor community perceptions during outbreaks and contribute to risk communication adaptation.

Support to Medical Activities

• Nutrition: Support community acceptability of screening and treatment for acute malnutrition through dialogue with caregivers.
• Sexual & Reproductive Health (SRH): Support respectful, indirect awareness of SRH and sexual violence survivor services in coordination with Medical and Mental Health teams.
• Infection Prevention & Facility Education: Support patient and caretaker education on hygiene, infection prevention, waste management, and patient pathways.

Tools, Materials & Guidance

• Support the development and adaptation of health promotion and IEC materials to local language, literacy levels, and cultural context.
• Ensure HP teams use simple guidance and tools for community dialogue and feedback documentation.
• Contribute local insights to improve the quality and relevance of HP/CE approaches.
• Strengthen the collaboration with Mental Health Activities through all the mission projects.

Coordination & Reporting

• Participate in medical coordination meeting at mission and project level as requested.
• Share brief, practical summaries of key community issues and actions taken.
• Coordinate with MoH counterparts and partners to support aligned and acceptable messaging, while maintaining MSF’s accountability to communities.

Qualifications and requirements

Education: 

• Essential: Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, behavioural sciences, public health, orientation health promotion / community health (or nursing diploma in community health). 
• Desirable: Master’s degree in any social sciences.

Experience: 

• Essential: 2 years’ working experience in related jobs (managing health promotion programs) inside or outside your country or within MSF or NGO.
• Desirable: Experience in MSF or other NGOs.
• Experience in health promotion or community engagement, preferably in humanitarian or emergency settings.
• Experience in emergency response is an asset.
• Good understanding of local culture, languages, and community dynamics.
• Experience working with government health staff or community structures

Language: Essential: Fluent Arabic (oral and written), working knowledge of English.

Knowledge: 

• Basic windows environment is a must. 
• Knowledge of qualitative data treatment software like NVivo, graphics editing software (like photoshop) and/or others software’s, (such as KOBO Collect, OsMand, QGIS) is an added value.

Competencies:

• Strong strategic and analytical skills 
• People Management and Development 
• Ability to work with diverse teams and communities
• Teamwork and Cooperation 
• Results and Quality Orientation 
• Commitment to MSF Principles 
• Behavioural Flexibility

All applications should at the minimum include:

• Complete CV, detailing the applicant’s education, professional experience
• Accurate contact information (candidate’s primary and secondary phone number)
• Cover letter detailing your motivation for this specific position
• Copy of the National identification document (National Number/national ID/Passport)
• Copies of relevant diplomas and certificates mentioned in the CV
• Contact information of previous employer(s) and other references

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

Applications for this position can exclusively be summited via Sudanjob.net. Candidates are required to fill a Google Form with their information and submit their documents via the same form to be considered.

The application deadline for this position is 4 March 2026 at 23:59pm. Any submissions after this deadline will not be considered.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. In this recruitment process, candidates will have to pass a written test and an interview.

The protection of your personal data is important to MSF. By submitting your application, you consent to MSF using your data only for the recruitment process, to have all the necessary information and documents to proceed with the recruitment, validate your application, and select the most suitable candidate. Your data will be treated confidentially and will be destroyed after 12 months. Only those involved in the recruitment process have access to it. MSF does not sell your data under any circumstances.

In order to apply for this position, please fill in the form and upload the documents using this link: https://forms.gle/Ki2XLRLzXMQ4PLtm7