Community Health Worker - Nabatiyeh - Activity Rate 100%

Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in 1971. Today, MSF provides independent, impartial assistance in more than 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, and exclusion from health care or natural disasters..

MSF is committed to achieving diversity, equity, and inclusion within its workforce irrespective of gender, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, culture, religious and ethnic backgrounds. All job applications will be treated in strictest confidence.

Starting date: ASAP

Type of contract: Fixed-term contract, 100% Activity rate, renewable if needed.

Updated competitive salary package with benefits including allowances, medical coverage, and paid leaves.

Working hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Place of work: Nabatiyeh

Salary: LBP 84 766 166

Scope of responsibility:

The community mobilizer and community health worker will provide information and health education messages at the community level and will strengthen the link between the community and the MSF health structures.

Function responsibilities include:

• 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.

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          

Essential: Previous experience of at least 1 year in similar or relevant positions.

Desirable: Previous experience with MSF or other local and/or international NGOs.

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 Community Health Worker training(s).

Desirable: Previous experience in data collection in the community.

Competencies  

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