Job Vacancy at Medecins Du Monde

Medecins Du Monde or Doctors of the World, is an international humanitarian non-profit organization that provides emergency and long-term medical care to vulnerable populations while advocating for equal access to Healthcare worldwide.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:


Job Title: Community Mobilization Supervisor

Location: Maiduguri
Length of Contract: 6 Months
Possibility of Extension: Yes
Starting Date:  Asap

Job Tasks
Program Activities:

• Design the weekly and monthly activities plan for the Health Education programme, in collaboration with the relevant personnel in the programme team
• Liaise with Nutrition, SRH and PHC colleagues to ensure required aspects of their departments are incorporated into the activities
• Lead on the management of IEC materials for the Health Education activities, soliciting materials internally and externally from relevant stakeholders
• Contribute to organize the health education trainings (Health, Immunization, IYCF, ANC, PNC and FP).
• Responsible for Counsel individuals, groups, families, or communities regarding issues including mental health, GBV, Nutrition and Sexual Reproductive Health, physical abuse.
• Provide the ongoing training to the community mobilisers on the field.
• Organize regular meeting with the community leaders
• Together with MDM other medical staff contribute in the development and designing of the new tools in case of needs
• Ensure that all materials giving are well managed
• Responsible for organizing referral from community to the health facilities
• Assist with the design of the activities for the Health Education Programme, facilitating group workshops, door to door visits etc.

Team Management:

• Recruit the team of Community Mobilisers in line with MDM HR policies
• Manage the schedule of the community Mobilisers and submit the plan for the coming week to the Health Programme Coordinator for approval
• Conduct weekly meeting for all Community Mobilisers ensuring timely feedback from their field activities reaches the senior management
• Follow up and ensure  the presence of each community workers on the field
• Ensure that every community mobiliser follow their Job description
• Contribute to manage the misunderstanding between community leaders

Reporting and Attendance to Different Meetings:

• Attend the program weekly meeting
• In case of need attend to the meetings requested  by the health program coordinator
• Write the minute of  meetings
• Share all issues noticed in the field with the medical supervisors and to the health program coordinator
• Contribute to the weekly and monthly health education data analyze and provide regularly the weekly program report.

Others:

• Establish good relationship with the different stakeholders in order to have a smooth implementation of MdM project
• Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality services
• Inform immediately the security focal point in case of any security problem in the field
• Adhere to MDM field protocols on security

Profile Required

• Degree in Health Education
• Experience in similar position (management) for at least 1 year
• Experience in the non-profit sector
• Good knowledge in social mobilization
• Capacities in team management
• Strong sense of responsibilities and organization skills
• Languages (spoken and written): Required fluency in Hausa, Kanuri and English (other local languages as asset)
• Excellent computer skills
• Experience conducting trainings
• Flexibility
• Team player

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: recruitment.nigeria@medecinsdumonde.net  Ensure to place “Community Mobilization Supervisor” in the subject line

Note

• We’ll pay attention only to the complete files in English.
• Our process of selection include some written tests and oral interviews
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted