Market Assistant at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Ref Code: MA210318
Location: Gubio - Borno

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Under the leadership of the Market Officer (MO), and with guidance from the Borno Program Manager, the Market Assistant (MA) is responsible for the daily project activities in her/his geographic location, while maintaining relationships with vendors and beneficiaries.

Specific Job Responsibilities
The MA’s specific responsibilities will include the following:

• Undertake market visits at the point of disbursement to ensure that progress is made as per project plan
• Assist MO in e-voucher distribution process as well as extend support to beneficiaries and vendors, as necessary
• Ensure that feedback from beneficiaries on project implementation is regularly documented, shared and addressed through the appropriate channel
• Facilitate and actively engage in data collection activities such as PDM, price monitoring and ensure that quality standard is maintained where data is collected by market CMs
• Conduct regular monitoring of project implementation and report on challenges for timely action
• Provide support during beneficiary identification, registration and verification using standard tools
• Support MO to ensure community sensitization across all interventions is conducted before e-voucher disbursement
• Assist the market and MEAL team in card distribution for project beneficiaries
• Assist procurement/MEAL officer for identification of vendors and market actors to participate in the e-voucher activities
• Carry out regular vendor training and refresher activities
• Support Mo to plan and facilitate meetings with stakeholders and beneficiaries and sharing project information with relevant local authorities
• Any other task assigned by supervisor
• Travel: Willingness to travel about 70% of the time.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor degree in Social Sciences, Community Development or any other relevant field
• At least 1 years’ experience in project implementation preferably with an NGO
• Proficiency in MS office application such as word, excel, PowerPoint and outlook
• Demonstrated experience in data collection
• Proven experience in group discussions and other participatory methods
• Demonstrated commitment to gender responsive programming.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communication skills in English
• Ability to speak local languages - Kanuri and Hausa - is a must
• Team-oriented and strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and to organize and prioritize a variety of initiatives
• Willingness to travel about 70% of the time.