Health Promoter Supervisor at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - French

Medecins Sans Frontieres is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in crisis, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, gender, creed or political affiliation.

We are recruiting to fill the position below for our project in Calabar:

Job Title: Health Promoter Supervisor

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Contract: 208 working hours per month and roster flexibility required

Main Purpose

• 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

Job Description

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Requirements
Education:

• University Degree in Social Sciences or Education / Pedagogy or Social Work or any Medical and Paramedical Degree (Essential).

Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years working experience in MSF (1 year minimum) in health promotion activities, or training-education activities(Essential).

Language:

• Fluent English (oral and written English), Hausa, Kanuri

Knowledge:

• Basic computer skills (Desirable).

Competencies:

• Results and Quality Orientation - L2
• Teamwork and Cooperation - L2
• Behavioural Flexibility - L2
• Commitment to MSF Principles - L2 
• Stress Management - L3

Remuneration
Monthly Gross salary according to MSFF salary scale, plus 13th month allowance equivalent to 1 month of gross salary

Application Closing Date
14th March, 2022.