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:
Competencies:
- Results, Teamwork, Flexibility, Commitment to MSF principles, Service, Stress Management
- 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