Field based position in Antananarivo, Madagascar.
July2023. Full time, 12 months.
To coordinate the overall implementation of activities of the Community Engagement Team by managing the Community Engagement Focal Points and teams in each base. To contribute to the elaboration, testing and rollout of community engagement strategies as part of the Community Engagement Leadership team.To ensure the overall quality and coordination of Community engagement activities in line with the multisectoral approach of Medair’s health, nutrition and WASH projects.
Emergency health, nutrition, protection and WASH projects targeting displaced, war affected and vulnerable populations in north-east Congo. Key components of the Community Engagement strategy for Medair include approaches aimed at increasing community participation, accountability, and ownership to improve public health outcomes and longterm behavior changes. Community engagement activities have a strong focus on behavior change communication implemented at the household and community level,  to positively change social and core behaviour of beneficiaries and communities and to directly reduce morbidity and mortality of children under 5 years of age and pregnant and lactating women in all project areas where Medair DRC implements its programme. Medair’s teams work with Community Health Volunteers or Care Group Volunteers, depending on the approach selected for the intervention zone.Â
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Coordination
Health and Hygiene promotion
Project Management
Logistics and finance
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This job description covers the main tasks that are anticipated. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary.
What is the ROC and why is it required?
All new deploying international staff to Medair’s country programmes (and other roles which require field travel) should be fully vaccinated with a WHO-approved COVID vaccine, supported with a COVID vaccination certificate as evidence.
Tagged as: Madagascar, Medair
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