Health Promotion Officer

Location: Hebron

JOB PROFILE

MSF Spain is looking for a skilled Health Promotion Officer in Hebron to help us 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 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.
• For OCBA: Establish and maintain contacts with social partners, including other NGO’s, governmental health services that can provide answers to social problems.
• For OCBA: Keep education and communication areas clean and tidy and professional materials available.
• For OCBA:Participate in creation of any material needed for the activities of information, education and communication.    
• Refer patients to the MHPSS and SW team according 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 organisations, NGO’s, CBO’s etc.
• Under the indications of HPS compile information regarding assessments- satisfaction surveys, understanding surveys, rumour tracking etc in collaboration with HPS.
• Take care of materials and equipment in order to ensure continuity of activities.
• Collect and aggregate reports of CHE’s and support HPS in supervision of CHE’s.
• Support provision of health education and awareness sessions during mobile clinic visits.
• Support HPS in the planning of CHE activities in Hebron, follow up and reporting.
• Participate in HP meetings and provide reports of activities.

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Education

•             Education level in social science, social communication, nurse or teaching

•             It is necessary a internal MSF training on health messages

Experience 

Resident

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

Languages                      

Arabic essential, EN desirable

Knowledge

Computer literacy

Competencies

•             Results

•             Teamwork

•             Flexibility

•             Commitment

•             Service

•             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 

HEALTH PROMOTION OFFICER

The deadline for application is 1/1/2024.

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