Health Promoter IEC Officer at Medecins Sans Frontieres

Job Description

• Implement Health Promotion/IEC (Information, Education, and Communication) activities with patients and local population to raise their knowledge and skills on relevant medical topics
• Job Type: Short term Contracts (with different end dates)
• Duty Station: Sokoto Mass Vaccination Campaign, Sokoto

Responsibilities

• 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 activities,
• Collaborate with the anthro team on collecting data through the different research methods.
• Plan and follow up visits with Community members according to planned community engagement strategy, feeding back daily to the HPS.
• To work closely with multidisciplinary teams that will inform our practice
• To perform quality admin duties in relation to recording and reporting of dates.
• Attend trainings and ensure effective communication skills are used when relating to Community groups/ individuals.
• Ensure a person centered and community based approach is incorporated in to all communication.
• Ensure all MSF protocols and principles are adhered to including confidentiality when gathering data.
• To adhere to details outlined in rapid assessment and the strategy.
• To report to HPS and HP Manager challenges in the Community.
• Work with the teams to ensure appropriate IEC materials are used and using clear language that will not be misinterpreted by the communities

Requirements

• Educational degree or diploma in social science, social communication, nurse or teaching/education
• Preferable previous experience in teaching, nursing or social work, community mobilization
• Local language essential, English language highly desirable
• Computer literacy
• Results, Teamwork, Flexibility, Commitment to MSF principles, Service, Stress Management.