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Main Purpose

• Implement gynaecological and obstetrician procedures, performing any other prior treatment required, during or immediately after a woman has given birth in order to improve women’s reproductive health and to reduce pregnancy, delivery and neonatology risks.
• This will be done in accordance with MSF policies, protocols and universal hygiene standards and in multidisciplinary collaboration with other medical doctors and midwife services,

Job Description

• Provide health care related to gynecology and obstetrics to patients, including prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
• Ensure the implementation of MSF clinical policies, tools, guidelines and protocols related to gynecology and obstetrics in order to minimize clinical risk and to extend best reproductive practices.
• In collaboration with other medical colleagues, carry out the collection of quantitative gynecological data and ensure exhaustive use of management tools in order to improve gynecological results and to share knowledge among other field specialists.
• Plan and supervise the HR associated processes (recruitment, training, performance evaluation, development and internal/external communication) of the gynecological staff in order to ensure both an efficient sizing and the amount of knowledge required, to improve people’s capabilities and their active participation in influencing the targeted population using preventive practices. This will be done in close coordination with the HR department.
• Supervise the maintenance and running of the gynecological equipment and drug consumption, preparing new orders when required and ensuring its rational use as well as that pharmacy stock levels are permanently updated and available. This will be done in cooperation with the pharmacist and logistic staff, the management,
• Provide health care related to gynecology and obstetrics to patients in the project, including prevention, diagnosis and treatment
• Provide emergency obstetric care in the maternity: 
• Daily ward rounds in maternity with the medical and midwifery teams
• Ensure new admissions are assessed and receive an appropriate management
• Assist in management of complicated deliveries and care of pathologies.
• Assess patients requiring any procedure e.g. instrumental delivery, intrauterine aspiration / curettage, caesarean section. Prepare them for theatre in conjunction with maternity and OT staff including informed consent of patient and care giver
• Ensure clear documentation and communication of the patient’s status is done by all members of the team
• Participate to the on-call roster and provide support and bed side training to the member of the team on duty
• Daily rounds and management of ICU patients in collaboration with the expat med Anesthetist
• Participate in the ward round in hospitalization (annex) .
• Perform in OT 
• Share the tasks with national GPs in management of obstetric patients; support clinical thinking and decision making, ensure safe management, and coach GPs. 
• Work in collaboration with obstetrics consultants from Kano teaching hospital (AKTH) and expatriate OBGYN.
• Ensure in collaboration with medical activity manager/MTL the implementation of MSF clinical policies, tools, guidelines and protocols related to gynecology and obstetrics in order to minimize clinical risk and to extend best reproductive practices.
• In collaboration with other medical colleagues, carry out the collection of quantitative gynecological data and ensure exhaustive use of management tools in order to improve gynecological results and to share knowledge among other field specialists.
• Participate in the maternal mortality review process / Nearmiss (record in the dedicated tool, analysis and presentation)
• Can be involve in the Plan and supervision of the HR associated processes (recruitment, training, performance evaluation, development and internal/external communication) of the gynecological staff or other staffs in order to ensure both an efficient sizing and the amount of knowledge required, to improve people’s capabilities and their active participation in influencing the targeted population using preventive practices. This will be done in close coordination with the HR department.
• Participate in collaboration with the Nurse Activity Manager and the Midwife manager the maintenance and running of the gynecological equipment and drug consumption, preparing new orders when required and ensuring its rational use as well as that pharmacy stock levels are permanently updated and available.
• In addition to the tasks mentioned above, the person may be required to perform other duties assigned by the Medical team leader, the project coordinator or the coordination according to the needs of the mission.

Requirements
Education:

• Essential, Gynecology specialist diploma.

Experience:

• Essential at least 2-year certified work experience in Gynaecology
• Desirable previous experience with MSF or other NGO’s in developing countries

Languages:

• Englishlanguage essential and local working language would be an asset.

Knowledge:

• Essential computer literacy (word, excel)

Competencies:

• Results and Quality Orientation L2
• Teamwork and Cooperation L2
• Behavioural Flexibility L2
• To MSF Principles L2
• Stress Management L3

Contract

• Contract in Jahun, 208 working hours per month and roster flexibility required
• Worker will be requested according to project needs. Availability for 12-hour shifts, night or day is required.

Remuneration

• According to MSF France salary grid plus 13th month allowance equivalent to 1 month of gross salary.

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Job Description

• We are looking to fill one (1) Health Promoter Community Engagement Supervisor position in our Sokoto Noma & Emergency Response Project.
• With the support and guidance of the HPCE Manager, responsible for implementing the HPCE strategy/workplan, with community participation, and supervising the HPCE activities and HP teams working in the communities or the health facilities, according to the project objectives, MSF values, standards and procedures.

General Accountabilities
HPCE strategy, activities and monitoring:

• Actively contribute to the design/adaptation of the HPCE strategy / work plan.
• Lead and follow up on the implementation of the HPCE strategy / work plan, according to the chronogram.
• Support participatory approaches and regular patient/community consultations before and during implementation of the HPCE strategy.
• Organizing health awareness sessions for MSF's medical and non-medical staff
• Support in the design of health education materials and participatory methods, applying the right process (pretesting, validation of content, translation).
• Contribute to rapid assessments and surveys.
• Actively support in the systematic collection, encoding and reporting of community feedback and rumours.
• Support the implementation of community-based surveillance (data collection, active case finding, tracing, linkage to care.
• Responsible for the planning and organization of community meetings (in collaboration with HPCE Manager).
• Contribute to the community mapping.
• Monitoring: Ensure the availability of the data collection tools; the data encoding in the database and the quality check.
• Monitoring: Contribute to the analysis of the monitoring data and look for adjustment (in collaboration with HPCE manager), monthly reporting (MMR, sitrep,)

Team management:

• Contribute to evaluation of the HP team (with the HPCE manager).
• Contribute to the development plan for the HP team.
• Training: Contribute to the needs assessment, design and implementation of training for the HP team, in collaboration with the HPCE manager.
• Organize regular and systematic supervision of the HP activities and provide on the job coaching.
• Ensure the planning and practical organization of the activities for the HP team (HP roaster).
• Ensure the organization of regular HP team meetings

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize and supervise the implementation of all health promotion activities in the NOMA,SSH (ITFC) Children Hospital and Outreach according to the project’s outreach strategy
• Establish strong community engagement platforms with stakeholders at all levels of service de-livery and ensure that traditional leaders, patients and the general community take a leading role in improving their health.
• Coordinate the review/adaptation/development of all IEC materials for NOMA,ITFC, ATFC including pretesting and translation to local language with technical support from HPCE Flying Manager
• On weekly basis, liaise with the NAM outreach to identify and discuss challenges encountered with NOMA,ITFC,ATFC patients and Community (poor adherence to treatment including missed appointments etc.) in order to establish solution for resolving the issues.
• Be responsible for the daily functional management of the Health Promotion department and at-tend meetings, trainings, workshops as requested with support from the NAM outreach and HPCE Flying Manager.
• Identify challenges faced by the NOMA and Malnourished patients in the community and proactively engage with community members through focal and key persons to jointly find appropriate solutions
• Report to direct supervisor on any issue affecting the quality of care for NOMA and malnutrition patients on regular basis
• Support the community based surveillance and context and security analysis.
• Support Rapid need assessment in the project.
• Regularly visit the community with the team to supervise the community health promotion activities and remote manage areas where in accessible by focal person.
• Stablish communication and maintain and network other MSF section (with in HP team)
• Collect and report community feedback, rumour, miss information to line manager(Ops)

Supervision:

• Plan and organize supervision and mentorship of focal persons in implementation of all health promotion activities during emergencies, including the support offered to NOMA and malnutrition patients to ensure continuum of care.
• Organize regular follow ups of phone calls made by focal persons in tracking the NOMA and malnutrition patients as part of remote management strategy and ensure all issues are dis-cussed, actions agreed and implemented.
• Check and monitor checklists used by focal persons in following up NOMA patients including adherence to treatment and provide mentorship on all technical issues in health promotion
• Organize monthly meetings with focal persons to share challenges and discuss possible solutions in order to improve the health status of NOMA and malnutrition patient and overall health promotion interventions in the community

Training:

• Organize training of community stakeholders on NOMA and malnutrition with support from the NAM outreach and Flying HPCE Manager.
• Ensure development of action plan in each training session with a focus on early identification and prevention of NOMA and monitor the implementation with stakeholders/training participants
• Organize health promotion materials for participants and orient them on how to effectively use the materials during health promotion activities and FGD in the community.

Data management/Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Track, consolidate and report on a weekly basis to the Line Manager data of NOMA cases followed up, sensitization and awareness meetings conducted, surveillance, outbreak investigations, data from DSNOs and referrals made
• Develop a weekly community visits/follow-up plan integrating all the current medical needs of NOMA, malnutrition patients and surveillance and submit to the NAM outreach
• Organize weekly feedback sessions with focal persons, smoothly address all the health promotion issues and seek support from the NAM outreach on medical issues identified
• Compile and submit weekly and monthly reports to the Line Manager.

Collaboration:

• Collaborate with the NAM Outreach and focal persons on daily basis and ensure support to all medical needs identified for the best interest of the NOMA and malnutrition patients and during emergencies.
• In collaboration with NAM outreach and focal persons, organize the pick-up of NOMA patients from the community to the Hospital during surgical interventions.
• In collaboration with ITFC team to organize and plan health promotion activities on based on the correct priority.
• Ensure smooth and consistent collaboration with stakeholders including Ministry of Health staff in health promotion activities in the community- and PHC.
• Support and collaborate with the emergency response unit (NERU) during emergency interventions, assessments and surveillance.
• Flexibility in undertaking assigned tasks, due to the changing nature of MSF operations

Requirements
Education:

• Essential: Secondary school diploma
• Desirable: Bachelor diploma in social sciences, social work, behavioural sciences, public health, community health, nursing.

Experience:

• Essential: At least 2 years of experience in INGO and 1 year MSF experience, health promotion, team management experience, program implementation.
• Experience in qualitative methodology is highly desirable.

Languages:

• Mission language and local language essential

Knowledge:

• Basic competencies in word and excel are essential.

Competencies:

• Results and Quality Orientation, Team management skills, Training skills, Organisational skills, Stress Management, Negotiation skills at community level, Autonomous and initiative taking, Strong IT skills (excel, word), Reporting skills, Skills in participatory approaches, Strategic/analytical skills are desirable.