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Health Promotion Officer job description
A ready advert for a Health Promotion Officer job in Libya, in Arabic and English. Post it on jobs.ly and edit it to fit your organization.
About the job
We are looking for a health promotion officer to plan and run health awareness campaigns in communities, schools and health centres, so people know how to protect themselves from disease and when to seek care.
Duties and responsibilities
- Set health awareness priorities based on health data and community needs
- Plan and run awareness campaigns, such as on vaccination and the prevention of infectious and chronic diseases
- Prepare health messages and materials in plain language suited to the target groups
- Run awareness sessions in schools, health centres and residential areas
- Train community health workers and volunteers to deliver health messages
- Coordinate campaigns and outbreak response with health centres and the National Centre for Disease Control
- Track health rumours and misinformation and respond to them
- Measure the effect of awareness work on health knowledge and practices and write reports
Working conditions
- Field visits to communities, schools and health centres
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in public health, nursing or health education
- 3 to 6 years of experience in health education or community health awareness
The years of experience follow the level you choose when posting.
Skills
- Health education
- Behaviour change communication
- Campaign planning
- Developing educational materials
- Session facilitation
- Public health
- Community engagement
Preferred
- Experience with vaccination campaigns or outbreak response
- Skill in designing simple visual materials
- Experience in health awareness work on social media
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