Health Promoter Supervisor at Medecins Sans Frontieres

Location: Shinkafi, Zamfara
Contract Period: Six Months
Contract: 208 working hours per month
Possibility of extension: Yes
Gross Monthly Salary - According to MSF National Salary Scale
Level: 7

Main Purpose

• In close collaboration with the HP-IEC Activity Manager, implement and supervise 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

Job Description

• In close collaboration with the HP manager, participate in the definition and update of the HP/IEC strategy and identifying indicators in order to monitor HP activities, results, and achievements.
•  Support the HP manager in organizing and carrying out assessments and researches on the impact of HP activities and identifying and reporting the constraints, difficulties or strength points of the HP strategy both within and outside the medical structures in order to reinforce the link between the communities and the project
• Provide support in selecting and developing quality pedagogical communication strategies towards the community.
• Plan information campaigns, including targets, objectives, methods and goals in order to increase awareness among the targeted population.
• Inform, according to protocols, community members and identified risk groups (prisons, army, sexual workers, etc.) about health-related issues
• Organize health awareness sessions for MSF's medical and non-medical staff
• Identify key actors (local authorities, local NGOs, traditional healers, formal or informal authorities) and being the focal point for networking in order to support the dissemination of health information of the targeted population, and be the point of reference for the relationship building and networking with these subjects.
• Organize, train, and supervise the HP team in terms of planning and organizing their work, supporting, evaluating, coaching of personnel, collecting reports, reporting the activities of each health worker and regularly visiting communities that are under his/her responsibility
• Supervise, 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
• Ensure cleanliness of IEC (information, education and communication) areas
• Collect and report to the medical team any information linked to the health situation of the population and the patient

Requirements
Education:

• Essential- Essential Degree in Social Sciences or Education / Pedagogy / or Social Work / Sociology

Experience:

• Essential two (2) years working experience with MSF/ other NGOs

Language:

• English and Hausa are mandatory; Other languages are desirable

Knowledge:

• Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet)