COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATOR
Job Description
Title: COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATOR
Company Name: Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ HSC Desirable
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Prepare material and deliver health education sessions, messages and topics addressed to different populations regarding hygiene, diseases and prevention.
∎ Ensure all the patients and caretakers are well informed, according to protocols, about health related issues and services provided.
∎ Monitor health situation and living conditions of the population by conducting nutritional screening, collecting information related to food security, checking vaccination status of children, looking actively for any defaulters in programs that require this type of research, collecting information on number of people arriving or leaving the community, births and deaths in the community, etc.
∎ Identify people with medical problems, contact with medical team and report for immediate transfer if needed. He/she has to inform to the line manager about any problem encountered (population, equipment, material…).
∎ Report to line manager of all results of screening and visits on a regular basis.
∎ MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities
∎ Carrying out Hygiene Promotion Sessions in the camp at a household level.
∎ Monitoring & Data collection from Watsan activities as necessary.
∎ Household messaging as required during the implementation of WatSan projects.
∎ Ensuring the availability and correct usage of all material and equipment.
∎ Liaise with community leaders and other sectors and agencies working locally.
∎ Assist in defaulter tracing as required.
∎ Report any hygiene related observations from the community to the Hygiene Promotion Manager in order to improve the outcome of hygiene promotion campaigns.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Minimum 1 year experience in Health Promotion.
∎ English desirable, Bangla and Chittagonian essential.
∎ Competences:
∎ Results
∎ Teamwork
∎ Flexibility
∎ Commitment
∎ Service
∎ Stress Management
Application Deadline: July 13, 2019
Company Information:
∎ Medecins Sans Frontieres/ Doctors Without Borders (MSF)
∎ Business : Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization working in many countries worldwide. MSF has been working in Bangladesh since 1992. MSF was awarded the prestigious `Nobel Peace Prize` in 1999 for its pioneering humanitarian activities since 1971 in several continents.
Category: NGO/Development
Read Before Apply: All incomplete applications or those not clearly labelled will be rejected.Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews/testing.Application documents are non-returnable; please do not submit original documents.No applications will be accepted after the deadline.Only Bangladesh citizens will be considered for this position.No monetary, goods or service offers, nor favoritism, will be tolerated in a recruitment process. MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts. Any illicit solicitations can be reported to the justice system. MSF reserves the right to refuse any candidate having benefited from such acts and will stop collaboration with any workers involved in such acts.We advise candidates to update their professional profile on Bd.jobs with all relevant information.
