Market Assistant at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Band:             3
Department:   Programs
Reports To:     Markets Officer

Job Ref Code: MAD060319

Full JD Link:    https://bit.ly/2H8IPdx

Job Summary:

You will assist emergency programming field activities by working directly with local partners and community members in support of Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work to serve the poor and vulnerable. Your service and community interpersonal skills contribute to projects that benefit local communities that consistently applies best practices and continuously works towards improving its impact.

Job Responsibilities:

• Support programming activities at the field level, including beneficiary identification and verification; cash, voucher, and in-kind distributions; and post-distribution interviews contributing to ensuring quality implementation.
• Contribute to ensuring accountability to project beneficiaries and local stakeholders
• Support the monitoring of project activities at the field level, per the M&E plan through collection of data.
• Support community mobilization efforts through communication and information sharing with project beneficiaries at the community level.
• In coordination with the project team support capacity building events for community volunteers.

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma required.
• Some work or volunteer experience in supporting community development and mobilization.

Personal Skills

• Observation and active listening skills
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with diverse groups
• Proactive, results-oriented and service-oriented
• At least 1 years’ experience in project implementation preferably with an NGO
• Excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communication skills in English
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and to organize and prioritize a variety of initiatives
• Proficiency in MS office application such as word, excel, PowerPoint and outlook
• Team-oriented and strong interpersonal skills

Required Language: Fluency in English and Fluency in Hausa required

Required Travel: This position will require frequent travel to program activity sites