HEALTH PROMOTER IEC OFFICER

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF – Doctors Without Borders) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural or man-made disasters to populations in danger in more than 70 countries.

Duration: 2 months

Workplace:

This is a mobile position based in Kyiv coordination office and to travel to different locations.

Main purpose: 

Deliver health promotion, risk communication, and community engagement to vulnerable populations affected by extreme cold, power outages, and winter-related service disruptions in Kyiv. Focus on preventing winter illnesses and injuries and improving access to essential services.

Context Specific Accountabilities

• Participate in winter assessments and rapid response activities; collect all type of information related to specific health and living conditions of the population, in particular to identify the most vulnerable populations to target.
• Conduct outreach in communities, high-rise block buildings, collective centres, warming (“invincibility”) points, and home settings and deliver IEC related to winter risks, including cold exposure safety, hypothermia, burns, carbon monoxide poisoning, and respiratory illness
• Facilitate group sessions, info meetings, and one-on-one guidance to disseminate clear, accurate health messages on safe heating, energy use, ventilation, and cold-weather protection.
• Support awareness on when and where to seek medical care, MHPSS, protection and winterization services during winter emergency.
• Refer individuals to health, mental health, protection, and winterization services using established referral pathways.
• Identify community health concerns and barriers to accessing services during winter emergencies.
• Coordinate with health, social, MHPSS and emergency response teams.
• Establish and maintain contacts with social partners, including other NGO’s, governmental health services that can provide answers to social problems.
• Support service mapping updates related to winter health services in Kyiv.
• Assist with distribution of IEC materials and winter NFIs
• Collect and record health promotion activity data and contribute to weekly situation reports (SitReps) and activity reports

Education

• Degree in either social science, social communication, nurse, public health or
  teaching.

Experience

Minimum 2 years preferable previous experience in teaching, nursing or social
work, community mobilization.
• Experience in humanitarian or emergency settings preferred.
• Experience with MSF or other NGOs, desirable.

Languages              

• Essential English and Ukrainian

Knowledge

• Computer literacy

Competencies

• Strong communication skills
• Results
• Teamwork
• Flexibility
• Commitment
• Service
• Stress Management

Monthly gross salary 50 000 UAH.

The interested candidates should submit their application in English before 30.01.2026 (No cover letter, just a CV)  Subject: HEALTH PROMOTER IEC OFFICER

Start of contract: Asap

Please note that Medecins Sans Frontieres reserves the right to close this vacancy prior to the application deadline if a suitable candidate is identified.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.