Location: Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi

Accountabilities
HPCE Strategy, Activities and Monitoring:

• Actively contribute to the design/adaptation of the HPCE strategy/workplan.
• Lead and follow up on implementation of the HPCE strategy/workplan according to the chronogram.
• Support participatory approaches and regular patient/community consultations before and during implementation.
• Organize health awareness sessions for MSF medical and non-medical staff.
• Support design of health education materials and participatory methods (pretesting, validation, translation).
• Contribute to rapid assessments and surveys.
• Support systematic collection, encoding, and reporting of community feedback and rumours.
• Support implementation of community-based surveillance (data collection, case finding, tracing, linkage to care).
• Plan and organize community meetings (with HPCE Manager).
• Contribute to community mapping.
• Ensure availability of data collection tools, encoding, and quality checks.
• Contribute to data analysis and adjustments (with HPCE Manager) and prepare monthly reports (MMR, sitrep, etc.).

Team Management:

• Contribute to evaluation of the HP team (with HPCE Manager).
• Support development plan for HP team.
• Assess training needs, design, and implement HP team training (with HPCE Manager).
• Supervise HP activities and provide on-the-job coaching.
• Plan and organize HP team activities (HP roster).
• Organize regular HP team meetings.

Specific Accountabilities:

• Mentor, coach, and supervise HP-IEC Officer (ICCM), CHEs, and ICCM CORPs per project objectives.
• Supervise and mentor HP-IEC Officer (ICCM), CHEs, and ICCM CORPs on health promotion and community engagement.
• Identify, organize, and conduct HP trainings for ICCM CORPs and MSF HP staff (with HPCE Manager).
• Manage leave plans for HP-IEC Officer (ICCM).
• Conduct performance evaluations for HP-IEC Officer (ICCM) (with HPCE Manager).
• Ensure HP-IEC Officer (ICCM) and ICCM CORPs use MSF-approved tools per protocol.

Community Engagement and Coordination:

• Identify and map key actors in ICCM sites and communities.
• Coordinate and lead meetings with community gatekeepers and key actors (formal/informal authorities).
• Serve as focal point for networking with these actors.

Implementation of HP Activities in ICCM:

• Implement and monitor HP activities (hand washing, health education, mapping, ORS/food/ITN demonstrations).
• Plan and share weekly movement plans (with ICCM Supervisor).
• Conduct health awareness sessions in the community, TFCs, and among MSF staff.
• Participate in HP and ICCM meetings.
• Conduct qualitative HP assessments and surveys.
• Lead ICCM service promotion, social mobilization, and acceptance (with ICCM CORPs and community mobilizers).

Data Collection and Analysis:

• Collect, clean, and share ICCM (HP) data with HPCE Manager and Data Supervisor.
• Contribute to analysis and reporting of HP data (monthly, quarterly, annual).

Community Feedback and Relations:

• Gather community perceptions, needs, and feedback to ensure activities are community-friendly and accepted.
• Collect, collate, and share feedback and rumours with PMR, HPCE Manager, and FC.
• Share regular updates on activities, data, feedback, and suggestions in monthly meetings (community, MSF staff, ICCM team).

Security and Operations:

• Provide regular updates and feedback to the operations team on security in Kebbi State.

Note:

• The above list is non-exhaustive and may be updated as activities evolve.

Minimum Required Skills and Qualifications
Education:

• Essential: Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Education, Community Health, or Behavioural Sciences.

Experience:

• Essential: Minimum 2 years’ experience in health promotion, team management, and program implementation.
• Familiarity with local health systems, cultural practices, and public health challenges.
• Ability to train and mentor frontline health workers (e.g., health promoters, community health).
• Desirable: Experience in qualitative methodology and/or with MSF or other INGOs.

Languages:

• Essential: Local languages (Hausa, Fulani, Suru).
• Desirable: English (mission language).

Technical Skills;

• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Competencies:

• Results and Quality Orientation (L2)
• Teamwork and Cooperation (L2)
• Behavioural Flexibility (L2)
• Commitment to MSF Principles (L2)