Health Promoter Supervisor

Main purpose Manages Health Promoters /Community Health Workers / social worker. Implement and supervise educational campaigns to increase awareness of the targeted population to promote prevention and treatment of diseases in the project area, in close collaboration with the Activity Manager. Accountabilities -          In close collaboration with the medical activity manager: participation to the definition and update of the HP strategy. -          In close collaboration with the medical activity manager: identify indicators in order to monitor HP activities, results, achievement and use the concrete tools to measure and follow up those activities. -          Supervise, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required. -          Organize, train, and supervise the team of Health Promotion in terms of:                 Planning and organization (catchment areas, schedule of activities, visits, etc); manage HR related matters  of his/her team (Holidays, absences, objectives and evaluation)                      Support, evaluation and coaching of team;                 Visiting regularly communities that are under his/her responsibility;                 Support in elaboration/improvement of materials and identification of strategies for delivering clear, precise information to the community. -          Reporting (collect and compile reports of supervised health workers and report the activities of the team) -          Support the medical activity manager in organize and carry out assessment and research on the impact of HP activities. -          Collect and report to the medical team and mental health team  any information linked to the health situation of the population and patients; -          Organize health awareness session for the MSF’s staff (medical and non-medical) -          To identify key actors (local authorities, local NGOs, traditional healers, formal or informal authorities) to support the dissemination of health information of the target population, and be the point of reference for the relation and networking with these subjects. -          Identify constraints, difficulties or strength point of the HP strategy inside and outside the medical structures, and report it to the HP Activity Manager, to reinforce the link between the communities and the project. -          Identify, design and research for pedagogical material and illustrative tools useful for the activities in order to improve quality and clarity of the messages. -          Plan information campaigns, which include setting targets, objectives, methods and goals in order to increase awareness among the targeted population.