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Job description
Job Description:
Organization
Médecins Sans Frontières Spain
Job Title
HEALTH PROMOTER SUPERVISOR
Location
NORTH KORDOFAN – EL OBEID
Section/Unit
MEDICAL & PARAMEDICAL
No. of Post
1
Grade Level
7
SALARY
1595 USD
Supervisor
HPCE MANAGER
Closing Date
24 August 2026
We are seeking motivated professionals who will implement the HPCE strategy / work plan, 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.
Duties and Responsibilities:
In close collaboration with the CEHP 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
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.
Informing, according to protocols, community members and identified risk groups (prisons, army, sexual workers, etc.) about health-related issues
Organizing health awareness sessions for MSF’s medical and non-medical staff
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.
Contribute to the community mapping.
Organizing, training, and supervising the HPOs 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
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
Ensuring cleanliness of IEC (information, education and communication) areas
Collecting and reporting to the medical team any information linked to the health situation of the population and the patient
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.
Monitoring: Ensure the availability of the data collection tools; the data encoding in the data base 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, …).
MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities
Provide the necessary information about MSF and the services provided to the population and different community leaders.
Preserve the confidentiality of information collected or recorded.
Work collaboratively with the National or international NGO partner to maximize the impact of the CEHP activities, capacity-building opportunities , and communication for the improvement of the relationship.
Conduct training for HPO’s and CHWs based on needs and gaps identified.
Immediately report to the CEHP manager or the medical team in the following cases:
Challenges encountered by HPOs and CHWs during meetings with the population within or outside health centers
Unusual movement of the population
Epidemiological surveillance alerts, both indicator-based and event-based
Develop strategies so that the population can have access to the service offered by MSF and that the needs of the community are known
Approach different services to find out about medical issues in order to adapt awareness messages
As required, support community-led hygiene/clean-up campaigns via capacity building and liaison with the MSF multidisciplinary team regarding capacity to support the main area of work of the HP supervisor, which will be community and IPC at hospital level, and can be organized by NAM/MAM/MDWM.
Collect and report to the CEHP Manager specific information related to the health of the community, including perception of the disease / mental health / sexual violence, food security, epidemiological surveillance, vaccination status of children, perception of MSF services, constraints and strengths, vulnerability, level of information, living conditions and risks linked to the lack of good health conditions.
Work collaboratively with the RRT members(Public Health Officer) to provide support regarding linking to the community for the alerts, barriers to accessing services as it relates to epidemic-prone diseases, community engagement for trust-building, and any patient follow-up.
Ensuring strong links with informal authorities at community level (imams, traditional healers, TBA’s, etc), regular meetings with them. Create/Maintain knowledge bank about anthropological health practices, ideas related to health and diseases, stigmas, barriers to health care, behaviour change, and any other relevant information.
Provides the necessary support to his team to achieve the project objectives
Other activities identified according to operational needs
Qualification, Skills, and Experience Required:
Education
Essential: bachelor diploma in social sciences, socia
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