Community Outreach Officer (Damboa) at Medecins Du Monde

Program activities

• Design the weekly and monthly activity plan for Health Education, in collaboration with the relevant personnel in the program team.
•  Liaise with Nutrition, SRH, GBV, MHPSS and PHC colleagues to ensure required aspects of their departments are incorporated into the activities.
• In collaboration with the IEC TA, manage IEC materials for the Health Education activities, soliciting materials internally and externally from relevant stakeholders.
• Contribute to organizing the health education trainings (Health, Immunization, IYCF, ANC, PNC and FP).
• Responsible for counselling individuals, groups, families, or communities regarding issues including mental health, GBV, Nutrition and Sexual Reproductive Health.
•  Provide on the job training for Community Mobilizers on the field.
• Organize regular meeting with the community leaders
• Together with other medical staff contribute to the development and design of new tools in case of needs.
• Responsible for organizing referral from community to the health facilities.
• Assist with the design of activities for health education program; facilitating group workshops, door to door visits etc.
• Work together with MdM local partners to achieve community mobilization activities

Team management

• Responsible for the recruitment of Community Mobilizers in line with the MDM HR policy.
• Develop and manage the schedule of Community Mobilizers and submit the plan for the coming week to the Health Program Manager for approval
• Conduct weekly meeting/on the job training for all Community Mobilizers and ensure timely feedbacks from the field activities reach the senior management.
• Follow up and ensure the presence of each community worker in the field.
• Ensure that every Community Mobilizer follow their Job description.
• Contribute to the management of misunderstanding between community leaders 

Reporting and attendance to different meetings 

• Attend the weekly program meeting.
• Conduct focused group discussions and submit report to the health program manager.
• In case of need, attend to the meetings requested by the health program manager and IEC TA.
• Write the minutes of meetings when required.
• Share all issues noticed in the field with the medical supervisors and the health program manager.
• Ensure weekly and monthly health education data are analyzed, and submit up-to-date weekly and monthly outreach program report.
• Participate in donor reporting where required

OTHERS:

• Establish good relationship with the different stakeholders in order to have a smooth implementation of MdM project
• Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality services
• Inform immediately the security focal point in case of any security problem in the field
• Adhere to MDM field protocols on security

Because of the emergency relief nature of MDM’s work, working hours may be irregular and employees are expected to be flexible in their approach to working hours under emergency conditions.

He/she works under the supervision of the Health Program Manager with technical support from the IEC TA.