Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) - Health Promotion & Community Engagement Manager

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. MSF offers assistance to people based on need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. MSF is therefore guided by the principles of neutrality and impartiality. These principles must apply to all MSF staff.

Job Title: Health Promotion & Community Engagement Manager (HPCE Manager)

Direct Reports: Project Medical Referent

Location: Liwale, Lindi

MAIN PURPOSE

Overall responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of the Health Promotion & Community Engagement (HPCE) program in MSF project, as well strengthening community action and being the responsible for capacity building of the HP team, according to MSF principles, protocols, and standards.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

HPCE strategy, activities and monitoring:

• Responsible for the design/development of a regular updated HPCE strategy, activities, tools and monitoring system. Accountable of budget planning.
• Follow up and support the HP supervisor on the implementation of the HPCE strategy (workplan, according to the chronogram; tool creation; training)
• Ensure participatory approaches and patient/community consultation before and during implementation of the HPCE strategy.
• Ensuring that the right process is followed for the design the health education materials and participatory methods. (pretesting, validation of content, translation)
• Provide technical input and support to situation analysis (Rapid assessments/surveys / rumours-feedback monitoring) and ensure final reporting and information sharing with the project team.
• Supervision of the implementation of the community-based surveillance (data collection, active case finding, linkage to care, tracing)
• Support the HP supervisors on the organization of community meetings.
• Contribute to the updated community mapping (community mapping, stakeholders, GIS etc.)
• Ensure and regularly sharing with PC and medical team on updates regarding community mapping.
• Capitalisation: document on lessons learned and capitalize on experiences (handover report, end of mission report, capitalisation report)
• Ensure regular collaboration with other supervisors / managers (SRH, MH, NAM, MAM, Social Work, EH/WASH, LogM, Admin)

HP Capacity Building and Supervision

• Responsible for the development plan for the HP team, based on the needs assessment (evaluation), as well for the follow up in capacity building through training, coaching, community of practice events.
• Managing and supervision of the quality of the HPCE activities done by the HPCE team at field level (based on a supervision checklist). (e.g. Participatory methods and pedagogical techniques, active listening, use of tools, preparation /organisation)
• Responsible of the recruitment and evaluation process for HP profiles (in collaboration with HR department).

Context Specific Accountabilities:

• Following the COPRO chronogram, the HP team to provide the planned strategic activities. (f.i. ICCM implementation, SV sensitization, strengthen referral pathway, GBS-study, PNC follow up supports, etc.)
• Follow-up on CHW attendance in collaboration with MoH and HP / CE MoH counterparts (community coordinator, health promotion coordinator). Ensure smooth collaboration between MSF and MoH for HP, community and outreach activities.
• Co-coordinate with MoH-counterpart regular trainings, meetings, events for CHWs and community key-members.
• Lead collaboration with stakeholders (e.g. for blood donations, Focus Group Discussions, mothers’ clubs, etc.) to ensure strong community support for health promotion activities.
• Regularly update and maintain a dynamic actor and community mapping for all HP activities to ensure clear roles and coordination.
• Implement regular patients’ satisfaction surveys (PREM) and feedback mechanisms, to improve quality of care as well as patient’s and populations’ partnership.
• Visit regularly each peripheral MSF supporting facilities to support HP supervisors and maintain positive relationship with stakeholders.
• Collaborate with the PMR and medical data supervisor to ensure proper data collection for all HP activities, analyze the data, and submit reports on time (sitreps, capitalization reports, rapid qualitative assessments, etc.).
• Support the on-boarding of new HP staff. Prepare and provide the briefing and orientation for smooth integration within the team. Ensure that job specifics (JD) for each staff are understood.

Minimum Educational Qualification:

• Essential: Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, behavioral sciences, public health, orientation health promotion / community health (or nursing diploma in community health).
• Desirable: Master’s degree in any social sciences.

Experience:

• Essential: 2 years working experience in related jobs (managing health promotion programs), desirably with an experience outside your country or within MSF.
• Experience in using qualitative methodology is essential.
• Experience in strategy design, implementation and monitoring is a must.

Knowledge:

• Basic windows environment is a must.
• Knowledge of qualitative data treatment software like NVivo, graphics editing software (like photoshop) and/or others software’s (such as KOBO Collect, OsMand, QGIS) is an added value.

Languages:

• Mission language (English) and local language essential (Swahili)

Competencies:

• Strong strategic / analytical skills
• People management and development skills
• Team work and cooperation
• Results and quality oriented
• Commitment to MSF Principles
• Behavioral flexibility

This job description may be amended in line with the activities or evolution of the Mission.

Women, or any person feeling like being part of a minority is encouraged to apply. MSF is dedicated to fostering a safe work environment with zero tolerance for any form of abuse.

APPLICATION DETAILS

All interested candidates shall submit their motivation letter, CV and copy of relevant professional certificates not later than Tuesday, 13th January 2026 at 8:00 AM. Please quote the job title on the email subject “HPCE MANAGER”.

Please send your application to the email address MSFCH-Tanzania-Recruitment@geneva.msf.org.

The applications can also be submitted at MSF offices situated at Mikocheni B, Daima street House no 16 Dar es Salaam, or in Nduta Refugees Camp, Kibondo District or MSF Guest House Kibondo or at MSF office situated in Liwale, Lindi.

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At MSF, we are committed to an inclusive culture that encourages and supports the diverse voices of our staff members. We strive to create workplaces where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas, and experiences work together for the social mission of MSF to create better outcomes for the patients and the communities we work with. We welcome applications from individuals of all genders, ages, sexual orientations, ethnicities, background, religions, beliefs, ability status, and all other diversity characteristics.

MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo reference checks.

Please note that applying to MSF is free of charge, MSF does not charge applicants to consider their application.

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