Community Health Educator at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - Belgium

Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, international organisation. The organisation is made up mainly of doctors and health sector workers and is also open to all other professions which might help in achieving its aims. Médecins Sans Frontières provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict. They do so irrespective of race, religion, creed or political convictions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Community Health Educator

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Contract

Responsibilities

• Strengthening the link between the community and MSF programs and activities
• Promote MSF ICCM services through mobilization, referrals and strengthening linkage to care
• Conduct home visit/follow up of referrals from ICCM, ATFC and ITFC Support defaulter tracing (nutrition, vaccination, ANC) Assist in community mapping
• Conduct daily health education sessions in the selected communities about MSF and different medical thematics with the target population
• Organize and conduct routine meeting/capacity building sessions with the community leaders, community key people like e.g TBAs, youth and women group etc. in the target communities in collaboration with HP supervisor
• Establish and maintain strong relationship with the communities where MSF operates
• Participant in celebrating of specific health days in the communities.
• Participant in community-based surveillance during outbreaks
• Participate in mass vaccination and other seasonal outreach activities and campaigns
• Screening children for malnutrition in the community and referring them to the nearest OTPs in the catchment communities
• Report to line manager of any constrain and results of activities on a regular basis.
• Collect community concerns, rumors, and feedback Support Community Feedback Mechanisms and Share feedback with MSF teams for program adaptation
• Support the HP activities of ATFC/ITFC/SRH whenever need arises

Requirements

• Interested candidates should possess relevant an OND, BEd, or HND qualification with at least 2 years of experience.

Application Closing Date
8th March, 2026.