Community Contact Tracers - Ebola Virus Disease

The volunteers will support IOM Uganda Ebola response activities in border districts by conducting community risk communication, disseminating prevention messages and strengthening links between communities and public-health response teams.

Department: Migration Health Division, IOM Uganda

• Conduct household visits, community dialogues and outreach at markets and transit points
• Share Ebola prevention, safe care-seeking and anti-stigma messages
• Disseminate standard information, education and communication materials
• Adapt messages to local languages and community contexts
• Support community-based disease surveillance and timely reporting
• Strengthen referral links between communities and rapid response teams

• Specialisation in social sciences, medicine, health sciences, community health, public health or a related field
• At least one year of national-level professional experience in emergency response and coordination or humanitarian health assistance
• Excellent oral, written, drafting, formulation and reporting skills
• Computer literacy including Microsoft Office, email and internet

• Volunteer assignment via UNV
• Duty stations are rural districts with modest living conditions and basic services
• Volunteers should be prepared for multicultural field conditions