Health Promoter, IEC Officer at Medecins Sans Frontieres

Main Objective and Responsibility of the Position

• Implement Health Promotion/IEC (Information, Education, Communication)activities with patients and local population to raise their knowledge and skills on relevant medical topics

General Accountabilities

• Inform patients and communities about MSF and services it provides.
• According to medical priorities, deliver information to the patients and community on specific health topics
• Implement activities of health education and awareness (sessions in schools, churches, community), under the indications and supervision of the HP Supervisor.
• Under the guide of HP Supervisor, assess the impact of activities (with questions, verifications and behaviors observations), and report problems, success and constraints to him/her.
• Collect all type of information related to specific health and living conditions of the population, in particular to identify the most vulnerable populations to target.
• Report to HP Supervisor: activities, problems met, strengths and constraints.
• For OCBA: Establish and maintain contacts with social partners, including other NGO’s, governmental health services that can provide answers to social problems.
• For OCBA: Keep education and communication areas clean and tidy and professional materials available.
• For OCBA:Participate in creation of any material needed for the activities of information, education and communication

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

• Participate in creating community and key Stake holder mapping in collaboration with the HPS and HP manager guided by community members.
• In partnership with the HP supervisor ,plan and organized the weeks awareness and community engagement sessions with key community members .
• Participate in daily planning and feedback sessions re daily activites,
• Collaborate with the anthro team on collecting data throght the different research methods.
• Plan and follow up visits with Community members according to planned community eengagement strategy , feeding back daily to the HPS.
• To work closely with multidisciplinary teams that will inform our practise.
• To perform quality admin dutuies in relation to recording and reporting of dats.
• Attend trainings and ensure effective communication skills are used when relating to Community groups/ individuals.
• Ensure a person centred and community based approach is incoprated in to all communication.
• Ensure all MSF protocols and principles are adhered to including confiendiality when gathering data.
• To adhere to details outlined in rapid assessment and the strategy.
• To report to HPS and HP Manager re challenges in the Community.
• Work with the teams to ensure approriate IEC materials are used and using clear language that will not be misiterpreted by the communities

Requirements (Qualifications / Experience / Knowledge)
Education:

• Educational Degree or Diploma in Social Science, Social Communication, Nurse or Teaching / Education

Experience:

• Preferable previous experience in teaching, nursing or social work, community mobilization

Languages:

• Local language essential, English language highly desirable

Knowledge:

• Computer literacy

Competencies:

• Results, Teamwork, Flexibility, Commitment to MSF principles, Service, Stress Management