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Health Promoters work on projects to develop strategies that address a wide range of health issues, ensuring communities receive essential health education and support. They are a direct link to the community outside the walls of the hospital and play a vital role in ensuring that MSF projects are accessible and relevant to the communities they serve. From organising health awareness sessions and designing educational materials, to leading the implementation of health promotion and community engagement strategies and supervising teams on the ground. This is a diverse and exciting role in support of our humanitarian and medical response.
Job Responsibility:
Implement health promotion and educational and informational activities to raise awareness among patients and the local community on relevant medical topics
Lead the implementation of the health promotion and community engagement strategy/work plan with community participation
Inform patients and communities about MSF and the services we provide
Supervise health promotion and community engagement activities and health promotion teams in communities or health facilities
Organise health awareness sessions for MSF staff
Support the design of health education materials and participatory methods
Contribute to rapid assessments, surveys, and community feedback collection
Organise community meetings and contribute to community mapping
Ensure availability and quality of data collection tools and encoding
Contribute to team evaluation, development plans, and training needs assessment
Provide regular supervision and on-the-job coaching to the health promotion team
Organise regular health promotion team meetings
Requirements:
Education in social sciences, social communication, nursing, or teaching
Bachelor's diploma in social sciences, social work, behavioural sciences, public health, community health, nursing (desirable)
Previous experience in teaching, nursing, social work, or community mobilisation
At least two years of experience in health promotion and team management
Proficiency in local and programme languages
Computer literacy and basic competencies in Word and Excel