Médecins Sans Frontières is a private, non-profit international humanitarian organization dedicated to providing medical assistance to populations in crisis, without discrimination and regardless of race, religion, gender, creed, or political affiliation. Kano project has been run by MSF WACA since 2020.
POST SUMMARY
Title Job : Health Promoter Community Engagement Supervisor
Location: Kano
Contract: Fixed Term
THE MAIN PURPOSE
With the support and guidance of the Project Medical Referent, responsible for implementing the HPCE strategy/workplan, with community participation, and supervising the HPCE activities and HP teams working in the communities or the health facilities, according to the project objectives.
MSF values, standards and procedures.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES (non-exhaustive list)
- HPCE strategy, activities and monitoring:
- Actively contribute to the design/adaptation of the HPCE strategy/workplan.
- Lead and follow up on the implementation of the HPCE strategy / workplan, according to the chronogram.
- Support participatory approaches and regular patient/community consultations before and during implementation of the HPCE strategy.
- Organizing health awareness sessions for MSF’s medical and non-medical staff
- Support in the design of health education materials and participatory methods, applying the right process (pretesting, validation of content, translation).
- Contribute to rapid assessments and surveys.
- Actively support in the systematic collection, encoding and reporting of community feedback and rumours.
- Support the implementation of community-based surveillance (data collection, active case finding, tracing, linkage to care.
- Responsible for the planning and organization of community meetings (in collaboration with HPCE Manager).
- Contribute to the community mapping.
- Moniloring: Ensure the availability of the data collection lools: the dala encoding in the data base and the quality check.
- Monitoring: Contribute to the analysis of the monitoring data and look for adjustement (in collaboration with HPCE manager), monthly reporting (MMR, sitrep….).
Team management:
- Contribute to evaluation of the HP team (with the HPCE manager).
- Contribute to the development plan for the HP team.
- Training: Contribute to the needs assessment, design and implementation of training for the HP team, in collaboration with the HPCE manager.
- Organize regular and systematic supervision of the HP activities and provide on the job coaching
- Ensure the planning and practical organisation of the activities for the HP team (HP roaster).
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Ensure the organisation of regular HP team meetings.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
Education: Desirable: bachelor diploma in social sciences, social work, behavioural sciences, public health, community health, nursing. Essential: secondary school diploma.
Experience: Essential: At least 2 years’ experience in health promotion, team management experience, program implementation. Experience qualitative methodology is highly desirable.
Computer Literacy: Computer proficiency (word and excel) is required.
Languages: English and Hausa required.
Competencies and Qualities: Results and Quality Orientation, Team management skills, Training skills, Organisational skills, Stress Management, Negotiation skills at community level. Autonomous and initiative taking, Strong IT skills (excel, word), Reporting skills, Skills in participatory approaches, Strategic / analytical skills are desirable
REMUNERATION
According to the MSF WACA salary scale (Level 7) in Nigeria.
Application Deadline : 11th June 2026
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Interested and Qualified candidates should use link below to Apply.
CLICK HERE TO APPLY
Please note that non-compliance or Late application will NOT be considered.
Only successful applicants will be called for a written test and interview.
Attention!
Female candidates and people with disability who meet the requirements are strongly encouraged to apply.
No monetary transactions, neither demands of favours in kind, nor other types of favouritism will be tolerated in the recruitment process. MSF reserves the right to refuse the hiring of a candidate who has benefitted from such acts.
All illicit demands of these types may be pursued through the judicial system
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