HEALTH PROMOTER SUPERVISOR At Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) – MAIDUGURI

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. Médecins Sans Frontiéres provides assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict. They do so irrespective of race, religion, creed or political convictions. www.msf.org

The following vacancy is open to all residents of Nigeria.

Contract Period: Indefinite

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

1. In close collaboration with the HP manager, participating in the definition and update of the HP/IEC strategy and identifying indicators in order to monitor HP activities, results, and achievements. Supporting the HP manager in organizing and carrying out assessments and research on the impact of HP activities and identifying and reporting the constraints, difficulties or strength points of the HP strategy inside and outside the medical structures in order to reinforce the link between the communities and the project
2. Providing support in selecting and developing quality pedagogical communication strategies towards the community. Planning information campaigns, including targets, objectives, methods and goals in order to increase awareness among the targeted population.
3. Informing, according to protocols, community members and identified risk groups (prisons, army, sexual workers, etc.) about health-related issues
4. Organizing health awareness sessions for MSF^Is medical and non-medical staff
5. Identifying key actors (local authorities, local NGOs, traditional healers, formal or informal authorities) and being the focal point for the networking in order to support the dissemination of health information of the target population and be the point of reference for the relation and networking with these subjects.
6. Organizing, training, and supervising the HP team in terms of planning and organizing their work, supporting, evaluating and coaching of personnel, collecting reports and reporting the activities of each health worker and regularly visiting communities that are under his/her responsibility
7. Supervising, 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
8. Ensuring cleanliness of IEC (information, education and communication) areas
9. Collecting and reporting to the medical team any information linked to the health situation of the population and the patient.

Minimum Required Skills and Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Education (Health) or other Social science essential.

• Experience: Minimum I-year experience with MSF in health promotion activities, other INGO/NGO or Private institution.
• Demonstrable experience in supervising and training others in a team setting.
• Languages: English essential. Local language (Hausa, Kanuri) desirable.
• Knowledge: Basic computer literacy skills desirable.
• Competencies: Results and Quality Orientated, Teamwork and Cooperation, Behavioural Flexibility, Commitment to MSF Principles, Stress Management.

MSF is an equal opportunity employer, both men and women are encouraged to apply.

Interested candidates should submit their application, including cover letter, resume and copy of relevant certificates. Only through email at: [email protected]

• Subject: “Application for the Health Promoter Supervisor”
• Deadline:             10^th December 2021

Please note only short-listed candidates will be notified and invited for interview; MSF Belgium takes this opportunity to thank all potential candidates for their application.