- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification BA/BSc/HND
- Experience 2 years
- Location Kebbi
- Job Field NGO/Non-Profit 
ALTH Promoter (Community Engagement Supervisor) at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)
ALTH Promoter (Community Engagement Supervisor)
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:
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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)
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to Medecins Sans Frontieres on docs.google.com to apply

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