Community Liaison Officer(Borno) at Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Contract type: National contract
Slot: 7 Openings

The Position

• The CL Officer reports to the CL Team Leader. His/her main responsibility is to carry out the EORE and NTS activities planned by the CL Team Leader and NTS manager in the areas defined by the task orders.
• He/She is responsible for the deployment of the daily EORE sessions but also to gather the relevant information to Identify and mobilize local targeted communities for NTS tasks.

Key Roles

• Assist Community Liaison team leader in the identification of areas for NTS processes
• Assist the Community liaison team leader, NTS manager & RE Advisor in the planning of NTS & EORE tasks
• Identify and mobilize local targeted communities for NTS tasks base on allocated Task Order or reported suspected hazardous areas
• Implement NTS & EORE processes in compliance with relevant SOPs and guidelines, including desk research, individual interviews, focus group discussions, key stakeholder’s interviews and reporting
• Provide basic risk education to affected communities and recommend more advanced risk education intervention by the Risk Education team whenever needed
• Conduct Mine Risk & IED risk Education activities and sessions as required
• Deliver RE & IED training alongside other DRC/DDG activities in the communities, ensuring close coordination, collaboration and programmatic synergies
• Be familiar with and follow all safety SOPs in Nigeria and communicate any change on the security situation to the NTS Supervisor and Safety team
• Establish and maintain working relations with local authorities and communities
• All other responsibilities included into the approved NTS/EORE SOP.

Key Requirements
Education:

• University degree in Social Science or tertiary education in any other relevant field will be a recommendation.

Experience and technical competencies:

• Certificate/Accreditation of participation in a Non-Technical Survey Training (ToT) by recognized INGO.
• Certificate/Accreditation of participation in a Mine Risk Education (or similar) Training (ToT) by recognized INGO.
• Knowledge of local communities; actual inhabitants of these areas are preferred
• Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information
• Ability to gather information using new technologies and APPs.
• Previous experience in conducting interviews and surveys
• At least 2 years of proven previous experience in risk education
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent ability to work in team.

Desirable:

• Proven communication, interpersonal and facilitation skills Proven MRE, NTS and IED knowledge is essential
• Proven experience in addressing groups of people an advantage
• Fluency in Hausa and Kanuri

Conditions

• Availability: ASAP
• Salary and conditions: In accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment;
• The income will be subject to statutory deductions as per applicable Nigeria laws. The employee is responsible for the tax returns.

DRC as an Employer/Benefits
By working in DRC, you will be joining a global workforce of around 8000 employees in 40 countries. We pride ourselves on our:

• Professionalism, impact & expertise
• Humanitarian approach & the work we do
• Purpose, meaningfulness & own contribution
• Culture, values & strong leadership
• Fair compensation & continuous development.