Health Promoter Community Engagement Officer

M decins Sans Fronti res (MSF), is an International Humanitarian Organization providing medical aid to populations in distress, victims of natural and man-made disasters and victims of armed conflict, regardless of race, religion and political believes. For more information, visit our Arabic website, www.msf-me.org M decins Sans Fronti res Belgium is looking for Yemeni nationals to recruit for the following position: HEALTH PROMOTER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER - Location: Aden project office - Contract duration: six-month renewable - Contract type: Fixed-Term Contract, full time contract - Reporting to: HPCE Supervisor Main Purpose: Leads and supervises Community Health Worker (CHW) teams to deliver integrated health education, surveillance, case management and community engagement activities, ensuring effective collaboration with medical teams and stakeholders to promote health-seeking behavior and holistic patient care. Key of responsibilities: A. Health Education & Service Promotion - Leads the development, testing and delivery of community health education materials and activities, supervising CHW teams and ensuring effective patient counseling, health talks and digital HP implementation. B. Situation Analysis & Feedback - Conducts rapid assessments and systematic collection of community feedback/rumours, encoding data and flagging critical issues (red flags, security, health-seeking behaviour) to project coordination. C. Social Networking & Community Engagement - Builds and maintains strategic relationships with community leaders, partners (NGOs, government health services, TBAs) and stakeholders, leading community meetings and maintaining updated community mapping. D. Community-Based Surveillance - Oversees CHW community surveillance activities (active/passive case finding, linkage to care, tracing), ensuring accurate data collection, encoding and database management when approved and operationally ready. E. Community Case Management - Coordinates community participation in case management initiatives, providing supervision, training and coaching to CHWs to ensure effective implementation. F. Supportive Environments - Develops stigma reduction and supportive community spaces (friendly spaces, youth clubs, health committees, anti-stigma campaigns) to foster enabling environments for health-seeking behaviour. G. Team Management - Plans, organizes and supervises CHW team activities and meetings in collaboration with HPCE supervisor, ensuring effective team performance and coordination.If necessary, supporting the department in other areas related to patient management (sending samples, tracking specific drugs with the Ministry of Health and others). - According to the national staff health policy, following up on patients (MSF staff) referred to the selected hospitals. Evaluate/validate/schedule (in communication with medical coordination) needed services outside the framework agreement. MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities 1. Planning and implementation of HPCE activities - Develop and implement weekly HPCE activity plans across health facitlities, communities and mobile outreach locations, in collaboration with the HPCE supervisor. - Organize CHEs deployment and ensure the implementation of HPCE activities according to identified priorities. 2. CHEs supervision and capacity building - Provide day-to-day guidance, supportive supervison and practical training sessions to CHEs - Monitor CHEs performance, identify capacity-building needs, and ensure appropriate use of HP materials and tools 3. Community engagement - Establish and maintain regular communication with community leaders, representatives and other relevant stakeholders. - Maintain updated communtiy stakeholder mapping and facilitate community participation in HPCE activities. 4. Monitoring and reporting - Ensure timely and accurate completion of CHEs daily/weekly activity sheets, attendance records, and other HPCE montoring tools. - Consolidate and review activity data, prepare regular reports, and identify gaps requiring corrective action. - Conduct field observations and provide practical recommendations to improve the quality of HPCE interventions and share with HPCE Supervisor. - Ensure the systematic collection, documentation, and reporting of community feedback, including complaints, suggestions, misconceptions, and rumours, and follow up on assigned actions in coordination with the HPCE Supervisor. 5. Coordination and collaboration - Maintain regular coordination with medical team, mobile outreach teams, and other relevant departments to ensure integration of HPCE into healthcare activities. - Support the implementation of the HP strategy and contribute to continuous improvement of the activities. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILL REQUIREMENT Education: - Desirable: Bachelor diploma in social sciences, social work, behavioural sciences, public health, community health, nursing. - Essential: Secondary school diploma. Experience: - Preferable previous experience in health promotion / patient education and community based activities (minimum 1 year with MSF or other NGOs) - Desirable: Experience in team supervision. Languages: English (B1 independent user of mission working language) and Arabic.

M decins sans Fronti res Aden Project Application Information : - Candidates should submit their CV, Cover Letter, ID and copies of diplomas/certificates in English at the following email address: MSFOCB-Aden-Jobs@brussels.msf.org using REFERRAL FOCAL POINT as the email subject line. - All application documents must be attached directly to the email in PDF, DOC, or DOCX format. Links to documents, online storage platforms, or shared folders will not be accepted. - MSF strongly encourages women to apply. - Please note that applications with missing required documents will NOT BE CONSIDERED. - Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. - MSF welcomes applications from people with disabilities and is committed to an inclusive recruitment process. - MSF does not charge fees or accept any money during the entire recruitment process. - Selected candidate will undergo reference and security checks at the end of recruitment process. Deadline for submitting applications is on 27 October 2026, 12:00 noon