HP Supervisor
Work Location: Dagahaley Refugee camp, Garissa County
Start date: ASAP
Length of contract: 12 months fixed term contract (with
3 months’ probation period) renewable based on performance
Application deadline: 13th of March 2023
The selected candidate
will be reporting to the IECHP Manager.
MSF is a
humanitarian medical organization providing emergency medical aid to
populations in need.
Main Purpose
In close collaboration
with the HP IEC Activities Manager, implementing and supervising educational
campaigns according to MSF values, standards and procedures in order to
increase awareness of the targeted population and to promote prevention and
treatment of diseases in the project area.
Accountabilities
- In
close collaboration with the HP 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.
- Organizing,
training, and supervising the HP team 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
MSF Section/Context
Specific Accountabilities
- Follow
up of patients reported as non-respondents to interventions i.e. chronic
patients that are not compliant with drugs, children in nutrition program
that are not responding with RATF and mothers enrolled in high risk clinic
to further engage them on; drug compliance, individual birth plan (IBP),
observing appointment date, identify decision making and counselling on
hospital delivery.
- Inter-linkage
with other departments to ensure timely information sharing, discuss day
to day emerging issues and identified gaps that affects performance
indicators.
- Participates
and supervise activities of public health importance, health action days
and events that will have impact on community i.e. campaigns, research,
MSF population census and community clean-up campaign
- Daily
community diagnose by carrying out disease surveillance, assess
sanitation, identify vulnerable people with health risks within the
community and provide on job training for CHWs and TBAs with in the blocks.
- Ensure
the monthly meetings is taken place as planned, and action points are
shared to the hierarchical responsible.
- Organizing,
training, and supervising the community health workers team in terms of
planning and organizing their work, participating in training and
evaluating its needs, regularly visiting communities under his/her
responsibility, elaborating relevant material and establishing adequate
strategies for delivering the focused information to the community.
- Ensuring
delivery of information to community regarding hygiene, diseases and its
prevention, using proper tools and informing communities about MSF and the
services it provides
- Monitoring,
collecting and reporting to the medical team any information linked to the
living conditions and the health situation of the population (e.g. food
security, vaccination status, nutritional situation, detection of medical
needs of the population, number of people arriving or leaving the
community, births and deaths in the community, vaccination status of
children, etc.).
- Maintaining
confidentiality regarding all information observed or registered.
- Reporting
to line manager or medical team if there are people with medical problems,
any difficulties that the CHWs might encounter during meetings with the
population and any loss or damage of MSF materials and equipment
- Organize,
plan and chair daily morning meeting for the CHWs and TBAs.
- Monitoring
of CHWs/TBAs performance, preparing CHWs/TBAs leave plan, collection and
compilation of CHWs/TBAs daily and weekly report, Participating CHWs/TBAs
evaluations/appraisal
- Participation
in community health action days i.e. Malezi bora, nutrition survey,
breastfeeding week, world aids day, mental health day and polio/measles
campaigns, community clean-up campaign and MSF population
census/survey/interviews.
- Timely
feedback sharing on program referrals and tracing of absentees/defaulters
from all the programs and wards
- Provide
on job training for the CHWs and TBAs by following them to the blocks and
giving supportive supervision
- Maintaining
high vigilance and alerting the medical team on outbreak of Notifiable
disease within the camp
Education
- Essential
diploma in social sciences or education/pedagogy /or social work
Experience
- Essential
working experience in MSF (1 year minimum) in health promotion activities,
or training-education activities.
Languages
- Mission
language (English) and local language essential (Kiswahili and Somali)
Knowledge
- Desirable
basic computer skills
Competencies
- People
Management / Commitment / Flexibility / Results/ Teamwork
How to Apply
If you meet the above
requirements, please provide all the document required : – CV / Cover letter / Diploma, certificates / ID
Card
And submit your
application through the the link below:
OR
In the dedicated
application mail box in DAGAHALEY MSF OFFICE .
Please mark the envelope with :
“HP SUPERVISOR – FEB 2023”
to:
HR Department
MSF Dagahaley refugee camp
Deadline for submisison of
applications 13th of March 2023
Female candidates are
highly encouraged to apply
We apologize that due to
the volume of application we receive only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
(MSF is an equal Employer and does not charge any
application/recruitment or training fee)
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