Job offers, Yaoundé
Action Against Hunger – Cameroon

Base of attachment: Yaoundé
Number of positions: 04
Contract duration: 4 months
Start date: 07/03/2023
Supervised by: Cholera Supervisor

 

 

YA-NUT -06023-003
Action Against Hunger is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO.) International,
apolitical, non-confessional and non-profit.
For our operations in Cameroon, we are looking for:
A CHOLERA “COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION” ANIMATOR
I. PURPOSE OF THE POST
Monitor the implementation and control of community activities in the health districts
of Yaoundé / central region 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.
 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 (cholera treatment units).
 Ensures the orientation of relays for the active search for cases, contacts, neighboring households
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
 Supports the cholera supervisor in cholera training for community health workers
Mission 3: Ensure the effective collection of community mobilization data
Tasks:
 Ensure the monthly meetings with RC/CS, CS volunteers and members of
community voluntary associations to collect data, analyze the situation of
the epidemic and exchange information with the Head of the Health Center to
find solutions to community problems related to cholera but
also to other infectious diseases;
 Collects screening data, and transmits them 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 the messages to be
sensitized 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. ZONES OF INTERVENTION
Yaoundé and its surroundings2
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 development / community mobilization.
Required Skills
 1 year minimum of experience in the field of community mobilization.
 Knowledge of animation methods in the community
 Knowledge of WASH and health: basic notion of waterborne diseases with
epidemic potential
 Ability to animate training sessions for adults, adolescents and children and to speak in public
 Experience in the distribution of WASH kits
 Mastery of local languages ​​(various)
 Mastery of French (read, written, spoken)
Required qualities:
 Team spirit- Excellent interpersonal skills – Dynamism – Pedagogue – Ability to
formulate proposals and take initiatives- honest-respectful of the traditions and
customs of the communities.
 – Physically fit to travel in the field (90% travel time
in the field)
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RECRUITMENT PROCEDURE

The Action Against Hunger recruitment procedure includes 3 key stages:
1. A pre-selection based on the file submitted ( only candidates whose skills
and experience correspond to the profile described in the offer are selected for the written test)
2. A written technical test
3. An oral interview
For each stage, only the selected candidates are contacted.

Applications (including CV, cover letter, and references) should be
submitted ONLY by following the link: https://cutt.ly/fwt1xg8m

By indicating the job title and the reference YA-NUT -06023-003 in the subject of the email.
Applications must be sent before June 28, 2023 at 5:30 p.m.3
Applications are made for the attention of: Head of the
Human Resources Department, Action Against Hunger
Cameroon 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, of abuse, neglect and
exploitation. 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 PROCESS OF
RECRUITMENT

 

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