© Pierre-Yves Bernard/MSF
Working as Health Promotion Manager in the field
As a Health Promotion & Community Engagement (HPCE) Manager, you play a vital role in supporting patients and populations empowerment and participation.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for the design/development of a regular updated HPCE strategy, activities, tools and monitoring system. Accountable of budget planning
- Follow up and support the HPCE supervisor on the implementation of the HPCE strategy (workplan, according to the chronogram; tool creation; training)
- Ensure participatory approaches and patient/community consultation before and during implementation of the HPCE strategy
- Ensure that the right process is followed for the design of the health education materials and participatory methods (pre-testing, validation of content, translation)
- Provide technical input and support to situation analysis (rapid assessments/surveys/rumors-feedback monitoring) and ensure final reporting and information sharing with the project team
- Supervision of the implementation of the community-based surveillance (data collection, active case finding, linkage to care, tracing)
- Support the HPCE supervisors on the organization of community meetings
- Contribute to the updated community mapping
- Capitalization: document on lessons learned and capitalize on experiences
- Ensure regular collaboration with other supervisors / managers
- Responsible for the development plan for the HPCE team, based on the needs assessment, as well for the follow up in capacity building through training, coaching, community of practice events
- Managing and supervision of the quality of the HPCE activities done by the HPCE team at field level
- Responsible for the recruitment and evaluation process for HP profiles (in collaboration with HR department)
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, behavioral sciences, public health, orientation health promotion / community health (or nursing diploma in community health), or equivalent relevant experience
- 2 years working experience in related jobs outside your country or within MSF
- Experience in using qualitative methodology
- Experience in strategy design, implementation and monitoring
- Fluency in English and/or French
- IT skills
- Available for a minimum of six months
General skills
- Commitment to MSF’s work and values
- Strong team player
- Willingness to work in all kinds of contexts worldwide, including unstable areas
- Ability to thrive in a multicultural environment and demonstrate commitment and support for diversity, inclusive and non-discriminatory attitudes and behaviors
- Responsible behavior that contributes to the safety and integrity of everyone - prevent, report, and refuse any abusive behavior and/or behavior that goes against MSF's values
- Flexible and able to manage stress
- Self-driven with a solution-oriented approach
- Ability to train others
Assets
- Experience in a medical environment
- People management experience
- Knowledge of qualitative data treatment software like NVivo, graphics editing software (like Photoshop) and/or other softwares (such as KOBO Collect, OsMand, QGIS).
- Any additional languages are an asset (Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Russian)
Depending on our activities and needs, your responsibilities may be adapted and evolve. You will not face these challenges alone; other MSF team members (both international and locally hired staff) will support you.
We encourage applications from people of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, backgrounds, religions, beliefs, abilities and all other characteristics of diversity.
MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo reference and criminal record checks.
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