Turkey: Health and Hygiene Promotor

Key Responsibilities and Account-abilities:

· Attend initial and follow-up trainings on health and psychosocial topics. Actively participate in training and other MRFS events.

· Attend weekly meetings in order to report information, attend training, and receive instructions regarding activities in the local community.

· Coordinate with Regional HHP Officer and MRFS staff regarding HHP activities and responsibilities.

· Collect basic demographic data on the community, including trends related to health and social service needs.

· Disseminate health and psychosocial education to community members at the supported PHC clinics, by conducting home visits, giving group education events, and/or performing outreach in the community.

· Provide basic psychological support to vulnerable beneficiaries in the community.

· Act as the link between the MRFS’s multidisciplinary team and the affected population at community level by reporting community comments or complaints, and by spreading information and performing community mobilization.

· Gather data and report it on a weekly basis as well as during periodic surveys and help feed back findings to stakeholders and the community.

· Record data on routine activities and Health/Psychosocial conditions and forward it to the Field HHPs supervisor.

· Help identify key health/MH practices to be addressed and help to plan and carry out appropriate activities to promote safe practices, including:

• Communication activities such as community meetings, drama, information campaigns, use of educational materials etc.

· Ensure that these activities are conducted to a high standard and are in line with MRFS’s organisational ethos and code of conduct.

· Encourage the participation of community members throughout health promotion activities.

· Use resources effectively and with care.

· Establish community mapping, links with other services and referral mechanisms.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Some prior knowledge of health, teaching, or community development preferable.
• Strong communication skills.
• Good listening skills.
• Sensitivity to the needs and priorities of different sectors of the community.
• Trust and wide acceptance by the community.
• Diplomacy, tact, and negotiating skills.
• Good literacy, numeracy, and record keeping skills.
• Knowledge of Turkish language preferable if operating in Turkey.
• Strong desire to assist in health and community outreach.
• Ability to spend 10 + hours per week in training and education as needed.
• Expect to stay in target community for foreseeable future.

Applications should include a detailed CV and a cover letter should be submitted in English with the subject title to following email address, respectively:

hr-urfa@internationalmedicalcorps.org