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Since 1979, we have helped people grappling with the toughest hardships survive - and then thrive. That’s the heart of our approach: We help communities turn crisis into opportunity. Throughout our history, Mercy Corps has demonstrated innovation, timeliness and the ability to adapt quickly to changing realities.
The Community Volunteer will serve on the GIRL-H program as Community Mentor and Private Service Provider (PSP) and will be responsible for providing support and guidance to GIRL-H participants who seek a safe and inclusive environment. The position of Community Volunteer requires strong communication, basic financial literacy, and interpersonal skills, as they will need to build professional and healthy rapport with the program participants and establish a trusting relationship among the group members.
The Community Volunteer is someone who has some understanding of the unique challenges faced by marginalized and underrepresented participants and implementing communities, and should be able to offer culturally sensitive advice and resources to participants.
The Community Volunteer will be based in the local government area (LGA) of implementation and support the GIRL-H Program as follows:
Location of Assignment for the Community Volunteer:
The Community Volunteer will be residents and familiar with Alimosho, Epe, Kosofe, Shomolu, Ojo LGAs of Lagos State - to ease their engagements with the community stakeholders and participants, and to enable them to speedily respond to support needs of the participants as they arise.
Number of Community Volunteers to be Engaged:
The GIRL-H Program in Lagos State will engage the services of a total of eighty (80) Community Volunteers with the following breakdown: Alimosho LGA -16 persons, Epe - 16 persons, Kosofe – 16 persons, Shomolu – 16 persons, and Ojo – 16 persons.
Working Hours and Contract Duration:
Each Community Volunteer will be expected to work for 9 hours per day, two (2) days a week, eight (8) days a month. The total duration of engaging each Community Volunteer will be six (6) months.
Level of Efforts (LoE) and Reporting:
The Community Volunteer’s tasks will be coordinated by Mercy Corps’ Lagos-based GIRL-H’s Program Officer and supported by the Program Assistants. All assigned tasks must be completed in line with the contract and approved workplan. The contract period for each Community Volunteer is six (6) months and expected to fall between March to September 2024, except when an amendment is made.
Payment Terms
Qualifications and Selection Criteria
Application documents to be submitted:
Kindly include the preferred location in the subject of your application e.g., “Application for Community Volunteer, Epe LGA”, “Application for Community Volunteer, Alimosho LGA”, etc.
All CVs and Cover Letters should be sent to ng-quotations@mercycorps.org
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