Health Promoter/ IEC Officer

MSF Spain is looking for a skilled  Health Promotion Officer/IEC in Hebron to implement Health Promotion/IEC (Information, Education, Communication)activities with patients and local population to raise their knowledge and skills on relevant medical topics

We expect you to share our humanitarian values to offer assistance to people based on need and irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. In MSF we treat our beneficiaries with dignity, and with respect for their cultural and religious beliefs.

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 Health Promotion Supervisor (HPS).
• Refer patients to the Mental Health Pyscho Social Support (MHPSS) and Socal Work (SW) team according to criteria.
• Identify avenues for health education and promotional activities, mobile clinics, and other HP-related activities.
• Identify actors working in the community for networking with other organizations, NGOs, CBOs, etc.
• Under the indications of HPS, compile information regarding assessments—satisfaction surveys, understanding surveys, rumor tracking, etc in collaboration with HPS.
• Take care of materials and equipment in order to ensure continuity of activities.
• Collect and aggregate reports of Community Health Educators (CHE)s and support HPS in the supervision of CHEs.
• Support the provision of health education and awareness sessions during mobile clinic visits and in the communities.
• Support HPS in the planning of CHE activities in Hebron, follow-up, and reporting.
• Participate in HP meetings and provide reports of activities.
• Collect community health data in KOBO in collaboration with EPI.
• Supervise and train Community Health Worker (CHW)s.
• Prepare the monthly CHW meeting.
• Conduct a quarterly inventory of Community Engagement Health Promotion (CEHP) materials and identify material needs.

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Education

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

Experience

• Preferable previous experience in teaching, nursing or social work, community mobilization (for OCBA, at least two years).

Languages                      

Arabic essential, English desirable.

Competencies

• Results and Quality Orientation 
• Teamwork and Cooperation 
• Behavioural Flexibility 
• Commitment to MSF Principles 
• Stress Management 

Conditions

We require all applicants to write a cover letter containing an introduction of yourself, explaining why you are applying for the position, and explaining why you think you are suitable for the position. Failure of submitting this letter would make the application invalid and the application would not be considered.

All documents of application must be in English.

Please submit your CV and a cover letter including aforementioned instructions in English 

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The deadline for application is 03/03/2025.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for technical test and interview.

All the steps of the recruitment will be done in ENGLISH.

In order to submit your application via Google Forms, you shall have a GMAIL account. If you do not have one, you shall create a GMAIL Account