Job Opportunities: COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION ANIMATOR. Action Against Hunger is a non-profit organization

YA-NUT-07023-004

Job offer (emergency)
Action Contre La Faim – Cameroon

Action Contre la Faim is an international, non-political, non-confessional and non-profit Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) .
For our operations in Cameroon, we are urgently looking for:
A “COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION” ANIMATOR (RICE) CHOLERA
IN OBALA

 




 

Base of attachment:
Number of positions: 01
Contract duration: 4 months
Start date:
07/10/2023
Supervised by: Cholera Supervisor
Yaoundé

 

I. PURPOSE OF THE JOB
Monitor the implementation and control of community activities in the
obala health districts in a cholera epidemic and ensure the maintenance of its dynamism.
II. MISSIONS OF THE POSITION:
Mission 1: Participate in the maintenance and organization of the community network
Tasks:
 Participates in the identification (and/or replacement) of community relays in the areas
of intervention
 Informs, sensitizes the communities of the health facilities concerned for the
understanding of cholera and community ownership;
 Maintains contact with the communities mainly with the community leaders
in order to make the community network dynamic and sends back any useful information to the
hierarchy (team leader supervisor)
 Conducts interviews with the community leaders and conducts household surveys;
 Ensures the census of households affected by cholera cases
 Ensures the dynamism and motivation of community relays as needed;
 Strengthens contacts and the information system between community relays at
village level, voluntary associations that conduct cholera awareness and at
health center level;

 

 

 Creates and maintains contacts with administrative, health and customary authorities Mission 2: Support and supervise the screening and referral of suspected cholera
cases at community level and the installation and maintenance of handwashing points Tasks:  Strengthen the capacities of community actors (community relays,) by organizing training sessions on cholera;

 Supervise the implementation by community actors of screening,
referral, home visit activities and ensure the quality of these activities and the proper use of
tools;
 Supervises the activities of community relays, analyzes the problems encountered and finds
appropriate solutions.
Job offer (emergency)
Action Contre La Faim – Cameroun
 Supervises and analyzes the data of screenings, referrals and home visits reported
by the community relays: consistency between referred by the community and those admitted by
the UTC (treatment units of cholera).
 Ensures the orientation of relays for the active search of cases, contacts, households
neighbors to ensure the distribution of cholera kits to their households (CATI methodology).
 Set up, communicate on its correct use to the community relays and the
population of the villages and supervise the maintenance of the hand washing points
 Ensure the organization and regular holding of monthly meetings between the
community relays and the staff health centers and participate in them.
 Involves health center managers in the supervision of community relays and
assists them during training sessions for community relays.
 Produces training, supervision and screening reports and forwards them to the
cholera supervisor
 Support the cholera supervisor in cholera training for community health workers
Mission 3: Ensure the effective collection of community mobilization data
Tasks:
 Ensure monthly meetings with RC/CS, CS volunteers and members of
associations community volunteers to collect data, analyze the situation of
the epidemic and exchange information with the Head of the Health Center for the
search for solutions to the problems encountered of a community nature related to cholera but
also to other infectious diseases;
 Collects screening data, and transmits it to the Cholera Supervisor
 Writes the summary report for each monthly meeting organized and presents the
results during the ACF team meeting
 Identifies weaknesses/dysfunctions in data collection and proposes solutions
to improve the quality of program data;
 Reports the difficulties encountered to the Cholera Supervisor;
Mission 4: Participate in the implementation of health/
nutrition awareness activities
Tasks:
 Organize and monitor IEC/BCC sessions on cholera (and other waterborne diseases with
epidemic potential) within the community;
 In conjunction with the Cholera Supervisor, participates in defining the content of messages to
raise awareness according to the context;
 Identifies other possible communication channels;
 Participates in the descents of the mobile caravan, for mobile cinema sessions on
cholera (modes of transmission, prevention, treatment, etc.)
 Provides community relays with image boxes and ensures the proper
use of these during awareness sessions.
This list is not exhaustive
III. AREAS OF INTERVENTION
 OBALA and its surroundings
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IV. PROFILE
Diploma / Level of studies / Professional Experience
 Baccalaureate level and / or CAP diploma in the fields of health / / WASH / epidemics and / or
social sciences and/or community development/mobilization.
Skills required
 1 year minimum of experience in the field of community mobilization.
 Knowledge of community animation methods
 Knowledge of WASH and health: basic notion in waterborne diseases with
epidemic potential
 Ability to facilitate training for adults, adolescents and children and to speak in public
 Experience in the distribution of WASH kits
 Fluency in local languages ​​(various)
 Fluency in French ( read, written, spoken)
Required qualities:
 Team spirit – Excellent interpersonal skills – Dynamism – Pedagogue – Ability to
make proposals and take initiatives-honest-respectful of
community traditions and customs.
 – Physically able to travel in the field (90% travel time
in the field)

 RECRUITMENT

PROCEDURE
Action Contre la Faim includes 3 key stages:
1. A pre-selection based on the file submitted (only candidates whose skills
and experience match the profile described in the offer are selected for the written test)
2. A technical test written
3. An oral interview
For each stage, only the selected candidates are contacted.

Applications (including a CV, a cover letter, as well as references) must be
submitted ONLY by following the link: https://cutt.ly/HwuFt18l

By indicating the title of the position and the reference YA-NUT -07023 -004 in the subject of the email.
Applications must be sent before July 06, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
NB: Given the urgency of recruitment, please note that applications will be processed as
they are sent. Therefore, ACF reserves the right to deactivate the
application link before the indicated deadline, if it considers that it has received enough relevant application profiles
.
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Applications are made for the attention of: Head of Resources Department
Humanities, Action Against Hunger Cameroon
Only selected candidates will be contacted by Action Against Hunger in order to carry out tests
and interviews.
The candidate must:
– Commit to respecting and applying ACF’s gender policy
– Integrate the gender approach into activities
Contribute to a working environment that takes into account the specificities of each other and avoids
any discrimination .
ACF believes that everyone with whom it comes into contact regardless of age,
gender identity, disability, ethnic origin or any other ground of
discrimination has the right to be protected from any form of harm, abuse, neglect and
operating. ACF will not tolerate abuse and exploitation by staff,
Related Personnel, Partners or Suppliers.
The candidate must respect ACF’s Safeguarding-PSEA policy, enforce it and
apply it for the duration of the contract.

FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED.
“ACF RECRUITMENTS ARE FREE”
ACF WILL NEVER ASK FOR MONEY AS PART OF A RECRUITMENT
PROCESS

 

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