Community Mobilizers (Mobile Clinic) - Maiduguri at Medecins Du Monde

Medecins Du Monde - For more than 30 years, Medecins Du Monde, a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations at home and abroad. It has continued to highlight obstacles that exist in accessing health care and has secured sustainable improvements in health-for-all policies. Those working for this independent organisation do not solely dispense care and treatment but condemn violations of human dignity and rights and fight to improve matters for populations living in precarious situations. MdM currently works in 40 countries across all continents where it focuses on 4 priority areas: caring for the health of migrants and displaced persons, promoting sexual and reproductive health, combating HIV and reducing the harm and risks associated with drug use, crises and conflicts.

SUMMARY

Ensure the implementation of community mobilization activities and directly or indirectly lead/supervise local teams (MdM or partners).

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Planning and implementing capacity building activities
• Training, providing technical supervision and advice to teams (MdM or partners) and community organisations 
• Developing community dynamics, facilitating, and mediating
• Identifying community organisations and/or the organisational potential of the community
• Building and maintaining the relationship with the community
• Involving the community in the design of programmes and activities
• Evaluating the impact of activities on the community, improving knowledge, changing practices
• Contributing to the development, review, and adaptation of tools
• Contributing to needs’ assessments
• Collecting information and data. Compiling, communicating, and participating in analyses
• Drafting activity reports, contributing to the evaluation and capitalisation report
• Contributing to advocacy work, promoting community issues and their acceptance
• Management:
  • Managing and leading a team (information, setting objectives, monitoring activities, managing leave, recruitment, discipline, security, training, skills management)
  • Planning and monitoring activities and implementing corrective action where necessary
  • Advising, arbitrating, and supporting measures to be taken in the event of difficulties, malfunctions and/or incidents
     

SKILLS

• Understand methods and tools to develop leadership, promote empowerment and strengthen the capacity of a community
• Understand the theme (SRH, HR, MHPSH, PHC, etc.)
• Good communication skills and public speaking skills. Ability to adapt behaviour to the target audience
• Draft professional documents, organise, classify, communicate 
• Build relationships, negotiate, develop, and maintain networks. Communicate information, know how to judge what information to share with whom
• Assess the impact of actions and adjust them accordingly 
• Understand the target audience (value systems, codes and practices, medical and medico-social issues, socio-economic and health environment), know how to understand a cultural context, create a bond of trust and how to incorporate that into activities
• Being from the target community is considered an additional advantage for the job
• Work in a multi-disciplinary team
• Be flexible and adaptable; understand and accept changes in the environment regarding people, tasks, work decisions, policies, etc.
• Speak the language of the target audience 
• Use distancing techniques
• Management:
  • Take decisions and arbitrate
  • Define objectives and performance indicators
  • Organise, plan, and distribute the workload
  • Communicate
  • Assess and develop skills

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

• Only successful applicants will be called for the next steps and are obligated to disclose any information about family member(s) currently in the employment with MDM-France in any location. 
• No monetary transactions, neither demands of favors in kind, nor other types of favoritism will be tolerated in the MDM recruitment process.
• MDM reserves the right to refuse hiring a candidate having benefitted from any such acts. All illicit demands may be pursued through the judicial system.
• MDM is an equal opportunity employer and encourages any Nigerian citizen to apply irrespective of race, gender, religion, creed, political affiliation.
• Dual Employment is considered gross misconduct and hence not acceptable.
• MDM reserves the right to cancel any step or whole of the recruitment process at any stage.
• MDM France takes this opportunity to thank all potential candidates for their application.
• Candidates are required to submit references upon application.

DISCLAIMER: Please note that MdM does not engage in or accept bribes in exchange for job opportunities. Any attempts to offer or accept bribes will result in immediate disqualification from the recruitment process."

Due to the nature of this role we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and the role might be filled and closed before the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.

Method of Application