Communication and Advocacy Officer – AIRE Project – Sénégal – M/F 300 views0 applications


THE ALIMA ASSOCIATION

ALIMA’S ETHOS: ALIMA’s purpose is to save lives and provide care for the most vulnerable populations, without any discrimination based on identity, religion or politics, through actions based on proximity, innovation, and the alliance of organizations and individuals.

We act with humanity and impartiality in accordance with universal medical ethics. To gain access to patients, we undertake to act in a neutral and independent manner.

Our CHARTER defines the VALUES and PRINCIPLES of our action:

  1. Patient First – Patient centered medical care
  2. Revolutionizing humanitarian medicine through research
  3. Responsibility and freedom: encourage decision-making by those closest to patients
  4. Commitment to a dynamic of continuous quality improvement
  5. Creating a climate of trust among colleagues
  6. Collective intelligence

CARING – INNOVATING – TOGETHER:

Since its creation in 2009, ALIMA has treated more than 3 million patients and today deploys its operations in 11 African countries . In 2018 we developed 41 humanitarian medical response projects to meet the needs of populations affected by conflicts, epidemics and extreme poverty. All of these projects are carried out in support to national authorities through nearly 330 health facilities (including 28 hospitals and 300 health facilities). Whenever possible We work in partnership with local NGOs to ensure that our patients benefit from the best and most relevant expertise wherever it is, whether within their own country or in the rest of the world. In addition, to improve the humanitarian response, We are carrying out operational and clinical research projects particularly in the field of the fight against malnutrition and hemorrhagic viral fevers.

ALIMA’S TEAM: more than 1800 people are currently working for ALIMA. The field teams, closest to the patients, receive their support from coordination teams generally based in the countries’ capitals. These receive support from the 3 desk teams and the emergency and opening team based at the operational headquarters in Dakar, Senegal. The Paris and New York teams are actively working to raise funds and represent ALIMA. The rest of the ALIMA Galaxy includes individuals and partner teams working on behalf of other organizations such as medical NGOs BEFEN, ALERT Health, SOS Doctors / KEEOGO, AMCP, research organizations PACCI and INSERM, Bordeaux or Copenhagen Universities, the INGO Solidarités International and many others.

ALIMA, INSERM (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research), the Ivorian research institute PAC-Ci (Ivory Coast ANRS Cooperation Program) and the ISPED (Public Health Institute for Epidemiology and Development at the University of Bordeaux) created the Clinical and Operational Research Alliance (CORAL) partnership entity in 2016. CORAL has both the scientific expertise of clinical and epidemiologic research combined with operational medical capability to advance the development of prevention and treatment of common diseases, diagnoses and vaccines for the most lethal diseases. The purpose of this platform is to conduct sound research that will provide high-quality evidence leading to improved practices that will save populations directly at risk, as well as to anticipate potential crises.

In addition to CORAL, ALIMA is also partnering with other academic institutions: Oxford, NIH, Yale School of Public Health, Toronto SickKids Hospital.

COUNTRIES WHERE WE WORK IN 2020: Mali, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Guinea, South Sudan, Mauritania.

THE WORK WE DO covers: Primary and Secondary Health Care, with a main focus on children and women – including treatment and prevention of acute malnutrition, maternal health, mental health, response to epidemics (Ebola, Cholera, Measles, Dengue, Lassa Fever), surgery, displaced populations, and gender based violence.

GOVERNANCE ALIMA is governed by a Board of Directors of 10 elected positions and 4 co-opted positions from representatives of West African partner NGOs.

PRESENTATION OF THE AIRE PROJECT

Today, in low/middle income countries, 80% of the reasons for paediatric consultations at the health centre level is fever – the lack of diagnostic tools in health centres means that too often health workers are unable to identify danger signs, which gives rise to 3 major problems :

● 35-50% of children (depending on the country) presenting with fever and danger signs that warrant hospitalization are not referred to hospital and die.

● A strong increase in antibiotic resistance due to over-prescription of antibiotics (excluding malaria, 90% of children are prescribed antibiotics at the time of consultation)

● A waste of resources (anti-malaria, antibiotics)

The AIRE project aims to introduce the use of pulse oximeters at the level of paediatric primary health consultations in order to reduce mortality linked to the misidentification of respiratory distress in children under 5 years old in 4 West African countries (Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Guinea). While pulse oximeters are widely used in high-income countries to identify hypoxemia, their use is not yet widespread in low-resource countries and is not integrated into IMCI Integrated Management of Childhood Illness at this stage. The AIRE project is built around 3 specific objectives aiming at :

(1) Ensuring the implementation of this tool in about 200 primary health centres selected in 8 districts of 4 West African countries (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea) ;

(2) Assessing the feasibility and impact of the intervention (qualitative and quantitative studies) ;

(3) Ensuring the scaling up and transition of the project (dissemination and advocacy).

The 39-month project is being financed by UNITAID to the tune of $14.9 million.

The project is carried out in consortium with the NGOs Solthis (implementation in Niger), Terre des hommes (implementation in Burkina Faso and 1 district in Mali). The scientific evaluation is carried out by teams from the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm). ALIMA which is responsible for the implementation of the general activities of the project, the proper conduct of operations, financial management and field implementation in Guinea and Mali.

POSITION LOCATION : Dakar, Operational Headquarters of ALIMA with 20% travel (Mali, Niger, Burkina, Guinea, others)

FUNCTIONAL AND HIERARCHICAL LINKS

· He/She reports to the AIRE Project and the Communication Manager.

· He/She collaborates with all other departments at ALIMA Headquaters

CORE BUSINESS

MAJOR OBJECTIVES

1- Communication

· Develop and implement an overall communication plan for the project

· Establish and maintain a dedicated project website, including resources and tools related to pulse oximetry and project results.

· Ensure external communication on the project to ensure its visibility and develop written and multimedia content to enhance its impact : creation of a visual identity, a graphic charter, promotional videos, case studies, blog posts, social network coverage, newsletter, press releases, brochures, etc. in partnership with the Dakar Communication team.

· Organize events (conferences, symposia, workshops…) and press visits around the AIRE project.

· Ensure communication on national, regional and international events in which the project is involved.

· Coordinate communication activities with PATH and consortium partners

· Support country teams in communication activities, including the organisation of national communication events/dissemination of project results (assistance in the development of the communication plan in each country, selection of providers…).

· Develop Print and Digital communication tools on the program and for ALIMA’s supports (website, social networks, events). Produce an image bank relating to the AIRE project for ALIMA and its partners (contractualisation and accompaniment of photographers, cameramen in the field) in collaboration with the Communication team

2- Transition

· Develop and implement a project transition plan and stakeholder engagement strategy (governments, donors, civil society organizations, WHO, UNICEF, etc.).

· Provide technical support to country teams in the development of transition plans and stakeholder engagement strategies in each project country

· Produce key messages based on project results and develop a portfolio of case studies to inform external project communications, advocacy for transition funding, and the introduction of pulse oximeters in the sub-region.

· Identify and ensure contact with actors such as IMCI networks in the sub-region.

· Coordinate the organization of communication events/dissemination of results and promotion of the introduction of pulse oximetry in national IMCI protocols in the sub-region (programmes, guests, logistics, relations with agencies and suppliers, the press, etc.).

· Contribute to advocacy through the mobilization of local associations at the country and sub-regional levels.

· All the activities related to communication and advocacy of the AIRE project must be carried out to the maximum in an eco-responsible and environmentally friendly way.

· The list of tasks is not exhaustive. Communication and Advocacy Officer may be required to perform other duties as required.

REQUESTED SKILLS

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

o Higher education in project development/management, political science, school of communication or equivalent;

o Previous experience in the field of institutional and scientific communication of at least 5 years;

o Previous advocacy/communication experience on humanitarian or public health medical projects in West Africa.

Technical skills

o Excellent command of computer tools, Google Suite is mandatory,**

o Excellent writing skills,**

Language skills

o Fluency (written and oral) in French and English is mandatory.

Qualifications/skills

o Ability to work in a team ;

o Ability to work in unstable and versatile security environments

o Excellent writing skills in French and English ;

o Rigour and respect of deadlines.

CONDITIONS

Type of contract: fixed-term contract under Senegalese law for two years, renewable.

Duration of the project: 39 months

Net salary : approximately EUR 2,200 (variable according to family situation)

Ancillary travel expenses & Return ticket from place of recruitment to place of assumption of post paid by ALIMA

Other charges covered

  • Single airline ticket : For the employee’s return to the employee’s normal place of residence within the applicable ceilings.
  • Family Plane Ticket : For the return of the employee and each of his or her dependents to the place of usual residence according to the ceilings in effect.
  • Tuition Fees: Coverage of tuition fees for each child up to the age of 18 years, according to the current ceilings.
  • Medical & Repatriation Insurance for the employee and his dependents.
  • Starting date : As soon as possible

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The Alliance for International Medical Action, ALIMA, offers a new way of collaboration between humanitarian organizations. ALIMA puts network and strengthens national NGOs of humanitarian medicine to implement demanding care projects both in the quality of medicine in the number of patients treated. These projects are both in humanitarian emergencies and in chronic crisis contexts that require the development of medium-term projects.

ALIMA’s innovative operational approach and research programmes deepen the impact of our humanitarian work and help us save as many lives as possible. The funds entrusted to ALIMA allow us to:

Treat more patients and save even more lives by providing high-quality medical care that is adapted to each humanitarian crisis;

Offer improved treatments in ongoing medical crises such as malaria, acute malnutrition and associated illnesses. We also deliver comprehensive and systematic paediatric treatment programmes to reduce infant and child mortality;

Invest in medical innovation by using research to improve what we do in humanitarian crises, we seek to deliver sustainable medical solutions to people who wouldn’t otherwise have access to treatment.

“In Niger, ALIMA and BEFEN have developed strategies that get mums to participate in screening their children for malnutrition. This strategy has identified sick children at an earlier stage and significantly reduced the numbers who are hospitalized. In 2015, they treated nearly 50,000 severely malnourished children”. Amadou Alzouma, programme officer of the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO)

“Today we have amassed one hundred years’ experience in humanitarian aid. The contexts are evolving and with them the needs of the populations. Operational research is paramount for finding solutions to increasingly complex health problems”. Dr Moumouni Kinda, ALIMA programme officer

ALIMA brings together stakeholders committed to serving the health of the most vulnerable. Together they are inventing a new kind of emergency humanitarian medicine for the 21st century. ALIMA develops innovative approaches designed to fill the gap between medical needs in crisis situations and the responses of the humanitarian aid system. This approach is based on four principles: proximity, alliance, quality, and research.

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THE ALIMA ASSOCIATION

ALIMA’S ETHOS: ALIMA’s purpose is to save lives and provide care for the most vulnerable populations, without any discrimination based on identity, religion or politics, through actions based on proximity, innovation, and the alliance of organizations and individuals.

We act with humanity and impartiality in accordance with universal medical ethics. To gain access to patients, we undertake to act in a neutral and independent manner.

Our CHARTER defines the VALUES and PRINCIPLES of our action:

  1. Patient First – Patient centered medical care
  2. Revolutionizing humanitarian medicine through research
  3. Responsibility and freedom: encourage decision-making by those closest to patients
  4. Commitment to a dynamic of continuous quality improvement
  5. Creating a climate of trust among colleagues
  6. Collective intelligence

CARING - INNOVATING - TOGETHER:

Since its creation in 2009, ALIMA has treated more than 3 million patients and today deploys its operations in 11 African countries . In 2018 we developed 41 humanitarian medical response projects to meet the needs of populations affected by conflicts, epidemics and extreme poverty. All of these projects are carried out in support to national authorities through nearly 330 health facilities (including 28 hospitals and 300 health facilities). Whenever possible We work in partnership with local NGOs to ensure that our patients benefit from the best and most relevant expertise wherever it is, whether within their own country or in the rest of the world. In addition, to improve the humanitarian response, We are carrying out operational and clinical research projects particularly in the field of the fight against malnutrition and hemorrhagic viral fevers.

ALIMA’S TEAM: more than 1800 people are currently working for ALIMA. The field teams, closest to the patients, receive their support from coordination teams generally based in the countries’ capitals. These receive support from the 3 desk teams and the emergency and opening team based at the operational headquarters in Dakar, Senegal. The Paris and New York teams are actively working to raise funds and represent ALIMA. The rest of the ALIMA Galaxy includes individuals and partner teams working on behalf of other organizations such as medical NGOs BEFEN, ALERT Health, SOS Doctors / KEEOGO, AMCP, research organizations PACCI and INSERM, Bordeaux or Copenhagen Universities, the INGO Solidarités International and many others.

ALIMA, INSERM (French National Institute of Health and Medical Research), the Ivorian research institute PAC-Ci (Ivory Coast ANRS Cooperation Program) and the ISPED (Public Health Institute for Epidemiology and Development at the University of Bordeaux) created the Clinical and Operational Research Alliance (CORAL) partnership entity in 2016. CORAL has both the scientific expertise of clinical and epidemiologic research combined with operational medical capability to advance the development of prevention and treatment of common diseases, diagnoses and vaccines for the most lethal diseases. The purpose of this platform is to conduct sound research that will provide high-quality evidence leading to improved practices that will save populations directly at risk, as well as to anticipate potential crises.

In addition to CORAL, ALIMA is also partnering with other academic institutions: Oxford, NIH, Yale School of Public Health, Toronto SickKids Hospital.

COUNTRIES WHERE WE WORK IN 2020: Mali, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Guinea, South Sudan, Mauritania.

THE WORK WE DO covers: Primary and Secondary Health Care, with a main focus on children and women - including treatment and prevention of acute malnutrition, maternal health, mental health, response to epidemics (Ebola, Cholera, Measles, Dengue, Lassa Fever), surgery, displaced populations, and gender based violence.

GOVERNANCE ALIMA is governed by a Board of Directors of 10 elected positions and 4 co-opted positions from representatives of West African partner NGOs.

PRESENTATION OF THE AIRE PROJECT

Today, in low/middle income countries, 80% of the reasons for paediatric consultations at the health centre level is fever - the lack of diagnostic tools in health centres means that too often health workers are unable to identify danger signs, which gives rise to 3 major problems :

● 35-50% of children (depending on the country) presenting with fever and danger signs that warrant hospitalization are not referred to hospital and die.

● A strong increase in antibiotic resistance due to over-prescription of antibiotics (excluding malaria, 90% of children are prescribed antibiotics at the time of consultation)

● A waste of resources (anti-malaria, antibiotics)

The AIRE project aims to introduce the use of pulse oximeters at the level of paediatric primary health consultations in order to reduce mortality linked to the misidentification of respiratory distress in children under 5 years old in 4 West African countries (Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Guinea). While pulse oximeters are widely used in high-income countries to identify hypoxemia, their use is not yet widespread in low-resource countries and is not integrated into IMCI Integrated Management of Childhood Illness at this stage. The AIRE project is built around 3 specific objectives aiming at :

(1) Ensuring the implementation of this tool in about 200 primary health centres selected in 8 districts of 4 West African countries (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea) ;

(2) Assessing the feasibility and impact of the intervention (qualitative and quantitative studies) ;

(3) Ensuring the scaling up and transition of the project (dissemination and advocacy).

The 39-month project is being financed by UNITAID to the tune of $14.9 million.

The project is carried out in consortium with the NGOs Solthis (implementation in Niger), Terre des hommes (implementation in Burkina Faso and 1 district in Mali). The scientific evaluation is carried out by teams from the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm). ALIMA which is responsible for the implementation of the general activities of the project, the proper conduct of operations, financial management and field implementation in Guinea and Mali.

POSITION LOCATION : Dakar, Operational Headquarters of ALIMA with 20% travel (Mali, Niger, Burkina, Guinea, others)

FUNCTIONAL AND HIERARCHICAL LINKS

· He/She reports to the AIRE Project and the Communication Manager.

· He/She collaborates with all other departments at ALIMA Headquaters

CORE BUSINESS

MAJOR OBJECTIVES

1- Communication

· Develop and implement an overall communication plan for the project

· Establish and maintain a dedicated project website, including resources and tools related to pulse oximetry and project results.

· Ensure external communication on the project to ensure its visibility and develop written and multimedia content to enhance its impact : creation of a visual identity, a graphic charter, promotional videos, case studies, blog posts, social network coverage, newsletter, press releases, brochures, etc. in partnership with the Dakar Communication team.

· Organize events (conferences, symposia, workshops...) and press visits around the AIRE project.

· Ensure communication on national, regional and international events in which the project is involved.

· Coordinate communication activities with PATH and consortium partners

· Support country teams in communication activities, including the organisation of national communication events/dissemination of project results (assistance in the development of the communication plan in each country, selection of providers...).

· Develop Print and Digital communication tools on the program and for ALIMA's supports (website, social networks, events). Produce an image bank relating to the AIRE project for ALIMA and its partners (contractualisation and accompaniment of photographers, cameramen in the field) in collaboration with the Communication team

2- Transition

· Develop and implement a project transition plan and stakeholder engagement strategy (governments, donors, civil society organizations, WHO, UNICEF, etc.).

· Provide technical support to country teams in the development of transition plans and stakeholder engagement strategies in each project country

· Produce key messages based on project results and develop a portfolio of case studies to inform external project communications, advocacy for transition funding, and the introduction of pulse oximeters in the sub-region.

· Identify and ensure contact with actors such as IMCI networks in the sub-region.

· Coordinate the organization of communication events/dissemination of results and promotion of the introduction of pulse oximetry in national IMCI protocols in the sub-region (programmes, guests, logistics, relations with agencies and suppliers, the press, etc.).

· Contribute to advocacy through the mobilization of local associations at the country and sub-regional levels.

· All the activities related to communication and advocacy of the AIRE project must be carried out to the maximum in an eco-responsible and environmentally friendly way.

· The list of tasks is not exhaustive. Communication and Advocacy Officer may be required to perform other duties as required.

REQUESTED SKILLS

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

o Higher education in project development/management, political science, school of communication or equivalent;

o Previous experience in the field of institutional and scientific communication of at least 5 years;

o Previous advocacy/communication experience on humanitarian or public health medical projects in West Africa.

Technical skills

o Excellent command of computer tools, Google Suite is mandatory,**

o Excellent writing skills,**

Language skills

o Fluency (written and oral) in French and English is mandatory.

Qualifications/skills

o Ability to work in a team ;

o Ability to work in unstable and versatile security environments

o Excellent writing skills in French and English ;

o Rigour and respect of deadlines.

CONDITIONS

Type of contract: fixed-term contract under Senegalese law for two years, renewable.

Duration of the project: 39 months

Net salary : approximately EUR 2,200 (variable according to family situation)

Ancillary travel expenses & Return ticket from place of recruitment to place of assumption of post paid by ALIMA

Other charges covered

  • Single airline ticket : For the employee's return to the employee's normal place of residence within the applicable ceilings.
  • Family Plane Ticket : For the return of the employee and each of his or her dependents to the place of usual residence according to the ceilings in effect.
  • Tuition Fees: Coverage of tuition fees for each child up to the age of 18 years, according to the current ceilings.
  • Medical & Repatriation Insurance for the employee and his dependents.
  • Starting date : As soon as possible

2020-10-09

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