Health Promoter IEC Officer at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

Main Purpose

Implement Health Promotion/IEC (Information, Education, Communication) activities with patients and local population to raise their knowledge and skills on relevant medical topics.

Accountabilities

• 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.
• Establish and maintain contacts with social partners, including other NGO’s, governmental health services that can provide answers to social problems.
• Keep education and communication areas clean and tidy and professional materials available.
• Participate in creation of any material needed for the activities of information, education and communication.

MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities

• Ensure Voluntary peer educators are implementing activities of health education and awareness (sessions in Youth friendly center,Outreaches,Inreaches in the facilities and community), under the indications and supervision of the HP Supervisor.
• Provide supportive supervision to the peer educators in the youth-friendly facility and community, utilising the approved tools and guidelines for supervision.
• Facilitating qualitative data collection methods in collaboration with peer educators to identify the needs, challenges, and knowledge gaps of youths in facilities and communities we are working. (FGD, interviews, and responses) Assure accurate data gathering, compiling, and reporting during peer-led activities in youthfriendly facilities, outreach and in-reach programmes, and other peer educators-led health promotion activities in the community.
• Report to HP Supervisor: activities, problems met, achievements and challenges.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with social partners in the relevant wards and subcounties, including CBOs and governmental health services (CHEW/CHV, Youth Focal Person, etc.)
• Participate in the development of contextualised health education materials required for information, education, and communication activities.

Requirements

Education

• Education level in social science, social communication, nurse or teaching It is necessary a internal MSF training on health messages

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in health promotion activities, teaching, nursing or social work, community mobilization
• Experience with MSF preferably or with other INGO
• Essential: working experience with AYKPs is a plus

Languages

• English and Kiswahili

Knowledge

• Computer literacy

Competencies

• Results
• Teamwork
• Flexibility
• Commitment
• Service
• Stress Management