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: Health Promoter and Community Engagement Officer
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Contract
Responsibitlies
- Conduct stakeholder mapping and community entry activities, including engagement with traditional leaders, religious leaders, women groups, youth groups, and existing WASH committees.
- Lead community introductory meetings to explain project objectives, borehole rehabilitation scope, and community responsibilities.
- Conduct community rapid assessments through FGDs, KIIs, observations to understand community behaviours, water access challenges, usage patterns, and sustainability concerns.
- Conduct social mapping of existing water points, vulnerable locations, and high-risk areas.
- Conduct community awareness sessions on safe water practices, disease prevention, borehole protection, and community ownership.
- Support formation and strengthening of inclusive WASH Committees (WASHCOMs), ensuring representation from women, youth, IDPs and other vulnerable groups.
- Facilitate development of community water use and maintenance agreements, establishment of maintenance mechanisms and transparent management of maintenance funds.
- Promote community participation during borehole DMR (diagnostic, maintenance and rehabilitation).
- In close collaboration with EH supervisor, train and mentor THE Water point Committee (WPC) members on borehole operation, preventive maintenance and accountability mechanisms.
- Support borehole handover processes and reinforce community ownership, roles, and responsibilities.
- Conduct follow-up visits and sessions to support WTC functionality and address governance challenges.
- Establish and strengthen community feedback mechanisms, including suggestion channels and regular dialogue sessions.
- Support community-based monitoring of borehole functionality, water use, repairs, and maintenance activities.
- Document lessons learned, success stories, challenges, and best practices for sharing with WASH partners and stakeholders.
- To propose IR for HP resources needed
- Monitor key indicators including borehole functionality, WPC performance, community satisfaction, and sustainability outcomes.
- Report to line manager: activities, problems met, strengths and constraints.
Qualifications
- Interested candidates should possess an HND / Bachelor`s Degree with 2 years experience.
Application Closing Date
4th August, 2026.
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