Community Engagement Officer - Nigeria Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) at Palladium Group

Purpose of Position:  

• The Community Engagement Officer will be a member of the technical team.
• They will provide technical, administrative, and monitoring support for SCALE Components 4 and 5 activities. The objective of Component 4 is to Counter Trafficking in Persons. 
• The Objective of Component 5 is to support sector strengthening and advocacy for Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) and Child and Early Forced Marriage (CEFM). 

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Supports with implementing project interventions, including training, coaching, and mentoring for the components.
• Supports project efforts towards strengthening the capacity of CSOs/BMOs and relevant stakeholders to conduct policy advocacy, improve service provision, enhance referral systems, and strengthen networking to counter trafficking in persons and curb SGBV and CEFM.
• Manages and engages with project resource partners, clusters, and service delivery partners on implementation of project activities on behalf of the team. 
• Provides technical support and offers innovative approaches to activity design and implementation, with a focus on community engagement and inclusion efforts that promote ownership and local sustainability of project ideals.
• Supports with refining and implementing project approach for CTIP, SGBV, CEFM and related sectoral issues.
• Represents the components in events and activities and develops reports of participation.    
• Supports generation of monthly and quarterly reports, including success stories, and tracking progress on workplan, targets, and indicators.  
• Supports documentation and report writing for the team.
• Works with SCALE Program Associate to maintain technical filing systems for the technical team.  
• Supports technical team to track and process payments for project partners and event participants.
• Maintains smooth relationships with all SCALE teams, partners and stakeholders.  
• Provides secretarial, administrative, and logistical support for meetings and other project events.  
• Other tasks as deemed necessary by the technical team. 

Additional job responsibilities

• The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Required Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in social sciences, arts, administration, knowledge management, or related field. 
• Relevant progressive experience in program management, partner management, monitoring, evaluation and learning, and office operations/administration. 
• Competency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint required. 
• Ability to maintain financial records and prepare financial reports.  
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills are required. 
• Ability to take initiative, work independently, and to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines. 
• Strong oral/written communication skills in English.  
• Experience with USAID-funded governance programs highly desired.