HEALTH PROMOTER SUPERVISOR

Job Description

Job Description

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.

Other tasks include, but are not limited to:

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.

Participate in project reporting system including weekly punto info, sitrep and montly medical report Supevise the heatlh promotion activities in the hospital

Participate in MSF listen program

Ensuring implamention of outreach activities per annual plan Supporting Desentraze model of care (DMC) with medical team

Organize and plan community engagement by inviting regular meeting for community Participating explore/emergency need assesment in the community

Represent/participate MSF in the humanitarian sector meetings in Baidoa

Engage with humanitarian actors on specific topics of malnutrition, health facility management, Supporting nutrition program with medical team

Follow up new IDP arrivals coming different camps in baidoa with actors and report. Follow up on additional demographic surveillance (community level: deaths, births, migration in/out, disease outbreaks, etc) with the support of the field epidemiologist

Engage with 7surveillance districts in SWS context, and engage with autorities on administrative matters. Organize a monthly meeting with community leaders; report on main findings on regular basis

Support access for referal services from DMC sites and other districts on the next level of health services

Skills and Qualifications

How to apply
If you meet the above requirements, please email your CV & motivation letter , Certificate as a single file no later than 14th July 2024 under the subject “HEALTH PROMOTER SUPERVISOR -BAIDOA” to: jobs@somalia.msf.org.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

(MSF is an equal Employer and does not charge any application/recruitment or training)