DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS INDIA
Vacancy Announcement
Community Health Educator (OCBA Asia Mission)
Doctors Without Borders India (DWBI)/Médecins Sans Frontières provides medical assistance during natural and manmade disasters through establishment of healthcare centres, implementing medical programs for critical illnesses on its own or with partners, working for creating medical awareness and capacity building and carry out/sponsor research to provide strategic input on relevant medical treatment options in India.
DWBI offers assistance to people in need, irrespective of race, religion, gender or political affiliation.
GENERAL:
Location: Zokhawthar, Champhai (Mizoram)
Number of positions available: 1 (full-time position)
Availability: 4 Months (extendable based on operational needs)
Starting date: ASAP
Last application date: 27th October 2026
Benefits:
• Salary: INR 30,250 gross/month (non-negotiable)
• 30 days annual leave; 12 days of National Holidays (all leave types will be pro-rated based on hire date); Sick leaves are as per the Medical guidelines of DWBI
• 13th month salary benefit (pro-rated based on hire date)
• Contributions made for statutory benefit programs such as Provident Fund
• Accidental insurance cover for employee
• DWBI provides medical reimbursement for employees and their dependents as per DWBI’s health care policy
• A stimulating, professional environment in an international organization
Main purpose of Post:
CHEs ensure a strong link between community members and DWBI services, supporting a people-centred approach. They help promote health, identify needs, collect community feedback, support surveillance, facilitate access to care, and contribute to building supportive and safe environments
Functional and Hierarchical Lines:
The position is hierarchically and functionally answerable to Health Promotion and Community Engagement (HPCE) Manager respectively.
Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
A. Health Education, Service Promotion and Social Mobilisation
1. Provide health education and promote DWBI services within communities and health facilities.
2. Conduct health talks, community dialogues, mobilisation activities and support outreach campaigns (vaccination, screening, distributions, etc.).
3. Conduct social mobilisation to support mass vaccination campaigns, distributions or other activities.
B. Community Feedback & Situation Analysis
1. Collect and report community feedback (security concerns, rumours, service perceptions, needs, red flags).
2. Support basic data collection (surveys or other project tools).
C. Social Networking & Mapping
1. Support community mapping (villages, stakeholders, gathering points, geographic routes).
2. Build and maintain links with community leaders, service providers and social actors.
D. Community-Based Surveillance & Linkage to Care
1. Participate in routine data collection on morbidity, mortality, births, deaths and population movements.
2. Support case finding (symptom screening, MUAC, RDT, vaccination status checks, etc.).
3. Facilitate referrals and guide community members to DWBI services.
4. Participate in tracing (missed appointments, lost-to-follow-up, defaulters, contacts).
E. Community Case Management (Depending on project and training)
1. Support diagnosis and treatment of malaria, diarrhea, respiratory infections, malnutrition, etc.
2. Identify and communicate needs related to SRH, MH, WATSAN, protection/SGBV and other health topics.
3. Facilitate referrals to higher levels of care and contribute to data collection and follow-up.
F. Supportive Community Activities
1. Support activities creating supportive environments (youth clubs, support groups, recreational activities, community committees).
2. Participate in stigma-reduction initiatives (anti-stigma campaigns, testimonies, storytelling).
Some other Accountabilities:
DWBI Clinic
• To conduct health awareness activities such as health service orientation, hand hygiene, personal hygiene, the use of bed nets and vector control, the importance of vaccination, the importance of breastfeeding, Sexual Violence and mental health care and improve health-seeking behaviours to the patients and or their attendants presenting to the DWBI clinic waiting area. This could be done through leaflets, pictures, and interaction with the patients and or their attendants, but always respecting local customs.
• Conduct patients exit satisfaction survey in the clinic according to the schedule of activities.
• Person recruited will be based in Zokhawthar and monitor the activities around the area.
• Carry out sensitization sessions through participatory teaching methods on various health-related topics. Community:
• To conduct health awareness activities such as health service orientation (including Sexual Violence and mental health services), hand hygiene, personal hygiene, the use of bed nets and vector control, the importance of vaccination, the importance of breastfeeding, improve health-seeking behaviours in the community and refugee camps. This could be done through leaflets, pictures, and interaction with population, but always respecting local customs.
• Carry out mobilization on community engagement with key actors in the community.
• Carry out sensitization sessions through participatory teaching methods on various health-related topics.
• In close collaboration with the project coordinator support, liaise between DWBI and community in regards of health-related and humanitarian needs in the community.
• Provide regular contact with community leaders and key people in the field to gather information on local context and practices that may impact/affect the activities and ensure DWBI’s acceptance.
• Support other health-related activities in the community and refugee camps such as health survey/screening, and health promotion activities.
• Carry out regular community surveillance on malaria, measles, community births and deaths, population movement in community and refugee camps.
• Check vaccination status of children of population and refer them to the subcentre, if needed.
Reporting:
• Provide daily health and contextual update to the HPCE Manager regarding their activities in the clinic and the community.
• Ensure maintain confidentiality regarding all information observed or registered.
• Inform HPCE Manager about any possible serious problem or complication during meetings with the population in and/or outside the clinic.
• Inform HPCE Manager of any problems that might be linked their work as a Community Health Educator.
Note that. The responsibilities mentioned above are not exhaustive and other tasks can be added in accordance with the needs of the project.
Requirements:
Education:
• Literacy essential. An internal DWBI training on health messages will be necessary. A certain level of knowledge in medical/health or in education is preferable
Experience:
• Desirable working experience as a Community Health Worker or Community Health Educator.
Languages:
• Mission language (English) and local language (Mizo & Tedim/ Zomi) compulsory (both speaking and writing) and to speak or understand Burmese will be an added advantage
Knowledge
• Essential computer literacy (word, excel and internet
Competencies
• Results
• Teamwork
• Flexibility
• Commitment
• Stress management
Please send your CV and motivation/cover letter (in a single PDF file only), stating your motivation and what can you contribute to the position, with the subject Ref: Community Health Educator to msfe-mizoram-hr-assist@barcelona.msf.org on or before 27th October 2026
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Doctors Without Borders is an equal opportunity employer