Community Liaison Manager at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Position Overview:
The Community Liaison Manager will primarily be responsible to the Field Coordinator (FieldCo) for the active involvement of community’s, Ministries, non-governmental organizations (NGO), Community-Based Organizations (CBO) and other social partners, by liaison, training and sensitizing communities for the identification, formulation and implementation of AAH programs in a bid to contribute to the eradication of extreme hunger, malnutrition and poverty in Northern Nigeria

Specific Objectives: 

• Raise awareness and knowledge about AAH mandate, activities and principles
• Raise awareness about humanitarian principles
• Develop formal/informal network with stakeholders, IDP’s and population in close coordination with the S&SM, FieldCo and PM.
• Developing public relations programmes to educate the general public and community members about the AAH program activities to support active community participation and ownership.
• Creation and provision of awareness materials to community’s, Ministries, non-governmental organizations (NGO), Community-Based Organizations (CBO) and other social partners
• Awareness presentation design and delivery to community’s, Ministries, non-governmental organizations (NGO), Community-Based Organizations (CBO) and other social partners
• Coordinate with local authorities, partners and other program stakeholders AAH mandate
• Represent AAH at State Emergency Working groups (OCHA, INGO Consortium) when required by the Field Coordinator.
• Collaborate with the S&SM as communities become safer for return of IDP’s to establish a relation with that communities leader for future coordination as AAH expands its program support
• Undertake additional coordination as requested by the CD and FieldCo

Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology or Rural Development or in a related field with at least 5 years’ relevant project experience working with rural communities
Minimum 3 years’ work experience in humanitarian contexts, with at least 1 year in conflict/insecure contexts.

Essential Skills and Experience:

•  Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive
• Excellent team player
• Previous experience with Community Liaison management duties
• Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word)
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
• Fluency in English
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Commitment to AAH mission, values and policy

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Previous experience with AAH
• Fluency in Hausa or Kanuri
• Administrative and management competence would be an asset