Outreach Officer at Medecins du Monde (MdM)

Medecins du Monde (MdM) is an international humanitarian organization whose mission is to provide medical care for the most vulnerable populations, the world over, including France. It seeks to stimulate voluntary commitment from doctors, other health care providers, and from those whose expertise in other fields is needed for its activities, to enlist all competent support required for the achievement of its projects, and to seek at all times to encourage close working relationships with populations in its care. MdM operating in Nigeria, Borno state since October 2016.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Outreach Officer

Location: Katsina
Employment Type: Full-Time

Responsibilities
Program activities:

• Design the weekly and monthly activities plan for the Health Education program, in collaboration with the relevant personnel in the program team.
•  Liaise with Nutrition, SRH and PHC colleagues to ensure required aspects of their departments are incorporated into the activities
• Lead on the management of IEC materials for the Health Education activities, soliciting materials internally and externally from relevant stakeholders
• Contribute to organising the health education training (Health, Immunization, CMAM, IYCF, ANC, PNC and FP). 
• Responsible for counselling individuals, groups, families, and/or communities regarding issues including Mental Health, GBV, Nutrition and Sexual Reproductive Health. 
• Provide on-the-job training to the community mobilisers on the field. 
• Organize regular meeting with the community leaders 
• Together with other medical staff contribute in the development and designing of the new tools in case of needs 
• Ensure that all materials given are well managed 
• Responsible for organizing referrals from community to the health facilities
• Assist with the design of the activities for the Health Education Program, facilitating group workshops, door to door visits etc.
• Design and lead the implementation of protection and community outreach activities (including but not limited to key messages dissemination, awareness-raising initiatives, households surveys, protection case identification, referrals and follow-up)
• Set up the community outreach network in the assigned catchment area supported by the organisation
• Provide an appropriate support to identified malnutrition cases, protection cases and cases with urgent needs through internal and external referral pathways
• Design communication materials to support community outreach activities

Team management:

• Manage the schedule of the community Mobilisers and submit the plan for the coming week to the Health Program Manager for approval.
• Conduct weekly meeting for all Community Mobilisers ensuring timely feedback from their field activities reaches the senior management.
• Follow up and ensure the presence of each community mobiliser in the field. 
• Ensure that every community mobiliser follow their job description.
• Contribute to managing the misunderstanding between community leaders. 
• Ensure that mobilizers properly handle confidential information and that information collected by community outreach workers is properly reported.
• Provide training and guidance to community mobilizers on outreach best practices

Reporting and attendance to different meetings:

• Attend the program weekly meeting.
• In case of need, attend to the meetings requested by the Health Program Manager.
• Write the minutes of meetings. 
• Share all issues noticed in the field with the Medical Supervisors and to the Health Program Manager.
• Contribute to the weekly and monthly health education data analysis and provide regularly the weekly program report
• Compile and analyses data from community outreach activities to identify trends and improve programming

Logistics & Administration:

• Define the needs in materials and tools required to conduct trainings and outreach activities with the medical supervisor and Health program Manager
• Organize and coordinate training sessions: venue, attendees, and support materials.
• Regularly monitor current stock of outreach materials and supplies; anticipate needs for replenishment based on planned activities; request additional supplies proactively to avoid stockouts and disruptions

Others:

• Establish good relationship with the different stakeholders in order to have a smooth implementation of the MdM project.
• Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality healthcare services.
• Immediately inform the security focal point in case of any security problem in the field.
• Adhere to the MdM field protocols on security.
• Set up the community outreach network in the assigned catchment area supported by the organisation
• Provide an appropriate support to identified malnutrition cases, protection cases and cases with urgent needs through internal and external referral pathways
• Represent MdM at coordination meetings with Borno state Risk Communication pillar heads and other stakeholders

Salary
N300,000 - N400,000 / month.

Application Closing Date
18th September, 2024.