Vacancy: Community Health Worker Supervisor @ Medecins Sans Frontieres Belgium Closing: 30/Sept/2021

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Community Health Worker Supervisor
Medecins Sans Frontieres Belgium

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) translates to Doctors without Borders. We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - bound together by our charter. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of impartiality, independence and neutrality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation.

MSF was founded in 1971 in Paris by a group of journalists and doctors. Today, we are a worldwide movement of nearly 65,000 people.

www.msf.org/belgium

Vacancy No: 160921_7

Section/Unit: MSF Belgium - El Damazine

Grade Level: 4

Supervisor: Project Medical Referent

No. of Post: 1

Duty Station: El Damazine

Duration: n/a

Closing Date: 30 Sept 2021

Background:

In May 2020 MSF signed for 06 moths a Technical agreement with MoH authorities to work in DAMAZIN hospital, specifically in the Nutrition ward and do possible intervention outside of the city, considering that the population is quite vulnerable to Malaria, Malnutrition and lack of access to health services. Due a delayed arrival of MSF TEAM members in the project and short TA assignment, only part of objectives has been delivered. MSF also changed the intention from a short assignment in BNS to a long term commitment for 2022/2023 and 2024.

Considering that there are conflicts along the Ethiopian border and clashes in Kassala and Red Sea state to the north-east, so there are chances to have some refugees in Blue Nile state but unlikely inside of Damazin area. The military actors signed a peace agreement in BNS, except SPLM-N. This situation brings no access to BNS’s south part, where it is expected to have a huge movement of IDPs/Refugees from Maban Area – South Sudan. As this Maban area is still assisted from South Sudan access and there is an uncertainty about when SPLM will sign the peace agreement, MSF team in DAMAZIN can find more areas to make assessments, especially areas around Kirmuk (Sudan’s side), according to the permission given by authorities and local leaders. One of biggest challenge is to access the areas during the raining season, when the needs are higher.

Duties and responsibilities:

In close collaboration with the HP IEC Activities Manager, implementing and supervising educational campaigns according to MSF values, standards and procedures in order to increase awareness of the targeted population and to promote prevention and treatment of diseases in the project area

In close collaboration with the HP manager, participating in the definition and update of the HP/IEC strategy and identifying indicators in order to monitor HP activities, results, and achievements. Supporting the HP manager in organizing and carrying out assessments and research on the impact of HP activities and identifying and reporting the constraints, difficulties or strength points of the HP strategy inside and outside the medical structures in order to reinforce the link between the communities and the project
Providing support in selecting and developing quality pedagogical communication strategies towards the community. Planning information campaigns, including targets, objectives, methods and goals in order to increase awareness among the targeted population.
Informing, according to protocols, community members and identified risk groups (prisons, army, sexual workers, etc.) about health related issues
Organizing health awareness sessions for MSF's medical and non-medical staff
Identifying key actors (local authorities, local NGOs, traditional healers, formal or informal authorities) and being the focal point for the networking in order to support the dissemination of health information of the target population, and be the point of reference for the relation and networking with these subjects.
Organizing, training, and supervising the HP team in terms of planning and organizing their work, supporting, evaluating and coaching of personnel, collecting reports and reporting the activities of each health worker and regularly visiting communities that are under his/her responsibility
Supervising, in close collaboration with the HR department, the HR associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required
Ensuring cleanliness of IEC (information, education and communication) areas
Collecting and reporting to the medical team any information linked to the health situation of the population and the patient

Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:

Education	Essential diploma in social sciences or education/pedagogy / or social work
Experience	Essential working experience in MSF in health promotion activities, or training-education activities

Language

Arabic - English