IEC Health Promotion Manager: Butterworth Project INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL

IEC Health Promotion Manager: Butterworth Project INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL 

Job Location                :   Butterworth ,  Eastern Cape, South Africa 

Duration                      :   12 months  

Start Date                    :  15 October 2024 

About MSF

Doctors without Borders South Africa Mission NPC is a Global network of principled professionals who specialise in medical humanitarian work driven by our common humanity and guided by medical ethics. We work together in teams, small and large, to respond to the medical needs of people affected by conflict,disaster,epidemics and those excluded from healthcare.

Doctors without Border seeks to employ a suitable candidate to coordinate and monitor all the IEC(Information, Education, Communication) Health Promotion activities in the project and promoting MSF services according to MSF principles, protocols and standards in order to increase the knowledge of the target population around their health, the support of preventive activities and the collaboration to improve the services.

Accountabilities

• Defining and updating the HP/IEC strategy and related activities through annual project and budget plan (objectives, target population, campaigns, messages, activities, specific actions, etc.). 

• Assessing knowledge of the target group on a health risk and analysing the context (local culture, traditions, habits, health perception) to adapt health activities and support the social mapping (villages, populations, actors), Identifying indicators in order to monitor HP activities results and achievement and using the concrete tools to measure and follow up those activities

• Assessing, developing and adapting IEC/HP materials according to the needs of the project. Ensuring content and format have been pre-tested with target groups in order to ensure the adequacy, relevance, full understanding of the messages. Leading focus-group discussions with target groups in order to ensure the adequacy, relevance, broadcasting and full awareness of the messages, ensuring they are worded in a pedagogic manner

• Liaising with other relevant actors (national and International NGO’s, authorities) also involved in prevention activities, analysing interventions and building cooperative relationships and advocacy, in order to enhance the influence of the campaigns and messages and to improve awareness among the targeted population; 

• Ensuring regular collaboration and coordination with the MSF medical team, to guarantee that the HP is part of medical activities and contribute to the medical objectives of the project

• Knowing protocol(s) for Sexually Gender Based Violence (SGBV) and ensuring its application. Identifies possible victims of SGBV and referring them to the medical team for treatment according to protocol(s)

• Supervising the IEC/HP team and their activities, in and outside health facilities, reporting difficulties and progress as well as adapting format and content when necessary. Planning and supervising the HR associated processes (recruitment, training, evaluation, development and internal communication) of the IEC / HP staff of the project. This will be done in close coordination with the HR department, the administration manager and project coordinator and according to MSF vision, values and procedures. 

• Ensuring that HP/IEC participates in counselling services when needed, specially including Prevention Parent to Child Transmission (PPTCT) and Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VTC) 

• Participating in the monthly reports according to guidelines (Sit-Reps, statistical reports, etc.) 
   

Responsibilities         

IEC/HP Strategy Design and Implementation:

• Participate in the design or update of the project’s IEC HP strategy - ensure HP cycle steps, starting from HP situation analysis to designing & planning, implementing, monitoring, adapting HP interventions in the project

• Define and adapt the annual project’s IEC HP budget with the relevant HP strategy and related activities (e.g. identify objectives, target population, campaigns, key messages, services, specific actions, etc.)

• Manage and supervise IEC HP team and their activities in the project’s catchment areas

• Developing and updating the IEC/HP strategy and related activities through annual project and budget plan (objectives, target population, campaigns, messages, activities, specific actions, etc.), as well as based on the findings from the rapid HP assessments 

Qualitative Rapid / Needs Assessments:

• Prepare periodic rapid HP  assessments plan for the target population consulting the Department of Health (DoH) with reference to its Differentiated Service Delivery DSD related to primary health care (facility and community) level prevention and management of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) models of care programme

• Regularly conduct HP assessments to have a better understanding of the context and updated information about the knowledge and perceptions of the target group on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and their health seeking behaviour; and analysing the context (local culture, traditions, habits, health perception) to adapt health activities and support the social mapping (villages, populations, actors)

Collaborations:

• Working with the Nurse Activity Manager (NAM) be the lead in the communication and engagement with traditional leaders, NGOs, CBOs and the municipality to identify sites to roll out DSD models of care, to reinforce community networks and referrals. Regularly meet with them for feedback 

• Ensuring regular collaboration and coordination with the NAM , and the EAM to guarantee that the HP is part of medical activities and contributes to the medical objectives of the project including the research objectives

Community Engagement:

• Develop strategies that ensure engagement with stakeholders, CBOs, patients for sustainability of the Project activities

• Capitalize the community engagement experience.

•                   Assist with organizing meetings, conferences, trainings and workshops with CBOs/CSOs and other key stakeholders 

• Assessing, developing, and adapting IEC/HP materials including digital according to NCDs and HIV/TB needs using/taking into consideration DoH and relevant stakeholder material as a reference

Digital Health Promotion:

• Support the setup, implementation and follow up of DHP interventions such as campaigns or other use of social media platforms to reach a broader/specific population & communities where we work (with regards to NCDs, HIV/TB and of interest health related topics)

• Support Digital HP Officer in implementation and assessment of relevant social media campaigns in line with the HP Strategy

Capacity-Building (Training and Mentoring):

• Train & supporting the HP team and DoH staff (WBOTs, CHWs, nursing staff) in rolling out the HP activities

• Develop training plans with CBOs and DoH for capacitation of Community Health Workers in implementation of HP activities.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Identification and creation of indicators, to monitor HP activities, results and achievement and use the concrete tools to measure and follow up those activities. Close collaboration and Working with the Epidemiology Activity Manager (EAM) create a monitoring and evaluation tool for the activities

• Monitor implementation of HP activities in line with the standard HP indicators.

• Ensure monthly / quarterly and annual IEC/HP reports compilation and submission

Requirements: 

Job Advantages and Career Opportunities: 

1. Experience in a well-known and professionally recognized international medical humanitarian organization 

1. Salary package comparable to other non-profit organizations 

1. 100% health insurance coverage  

1. 10% pension contribution towards the employer fund 

TO APPLY: Please email a one-page motivation letter, your comprehensive CV with details of 2 contactable referees to:  msfocb-butterworth-hrfin@brussels.msf.org

Closing date: 04 October 2024  

Doctors Without Borders South Africa Mission NPC reserves the right not to make an appointment if a suitable candidate cannot be found.   While we thank all interested applicants, further communication will only be limited to short-listed candidates.