POOL OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS

• Accountabilities:

• Collect and report (to IEC/HP Supervisor) specific information related to his/her community: perception of the sickness, food security, vaccination status of children, perception of the services, constraints and strengths, vulnerability, level of information, living conditions and risks related.
• Deliver information to his/her community on specific health topics and about MSF, the services it provides.
• Consolidate the link between his/her community and the MSF services; give advice how to better involve his/her community in the activities of awareness and prevention; indicate possible local actors or local NGOs and community project which could be involved in awareness activities at a local level.
• Support the mapping of the territory and population: schools, churches, villages, gathering points; support and facilitate relations with local authorities of his/her community, where requested by the IEC/HP Supervisor; support MSF in the defaulter tracing activities.
• Report to HP Supervisor: activities, problems met, strengths and constraints;
• Move from house-to-house as per micro plan.
• Organize group sessions within the community.
• Explains to the public basic general information on cholera:
  • Prevention measures (e.g., handwashing, food hygiene, water treatment methods; precautions concerning defecation).
  • Symptoms of cholera and action to be taken in the event of “rice water” diarrhea.
• Explains to the public targeted information depending on the context:
  • Place and date of vaccination in the event of a mass vaccination campaign and information on the vaccination (who? how? advantages and limits, etc.).
• Listens and answers the public’s questions and concerns. Depending on the context:
  • Sensitive subjects (e.g., changing funeral rites).
  • Rumors that complicate the measures set up to eradicate the outbreak.
  • Other general or specific concerns of the population (e.g., implementation of a new cholera facility in a neighborhood).
• Manages materials for health promotion activities.
• Regularly reports to the Head of CHW on routine activities carried out and the difficulties encountered

• Requirements:

Education

• Essential: Lebanese Baccalaureate Certificate of Secondary Education issued by the Lebanese Ministry of Education and Higher Education (شهادة البكالوريا اللبنانية للتعليم الثانوي صادرة من وزارة التربية والتعليم العالي اللبنانية)

Experience

• Desirable: Previous experience in data collection in the community.
• Desirable: Previous experience in performing cholera campaign.

Languages                            

• Essential: Full professional proficiency using the Arabic Language
• Desirable: Proficiency in English and French at any level

Knowledge

• Essential: Basic knowledge of mathematics and proficiency with measuring equipment.
• Desirable: Completion of and/or attendance in previous CHW training(s).

Competencies

• Commitment to MSF Principles L1
• Behavioural Flexibility L2
• Stress Management L1
• Results and Quality Orientation L1
• Teamwork and Cooperation L2

Interested applicants are requested to submit their application on the following link https://forms.gle/Q39mGD8sNQnhHzcg7, or scanning the below QR code, by Wednesday July 24th, 2024, as deadline.

 Only selected applicant will be contacted for a test and an interview if successful.

Beirut, July 18th, 2024

Médecins Sans Frontières / HR department