Community Liaison Team Leader at Mines Advisory Group (MAG International)

Responsibilities:

• Provide support and advice to the PM regarding current and future CL activities and tasks for Borno State.
• Provides guidance to CL teams through the management of the PM.
• Support implementation of new program activities and development of CL in new program areas.
• Support the implementation and review of QA/QC procedures for CL
• Conduct regular M&E of CL activities and ensure that recommendations from monitoring visits are acted upon
• Provides support to MAG’s Community Focal Points
• Deliver relevant CL training to new CL staff
• Provide support to and participate in the recruitment of new CL staff
• Support the planning, collection and sharing of case studies
• Support MAG during joint assessments with NGOs that require CL input/expertise
• Support design and implementation of MRE activities as required
• Communicate and coordinate with MAG PM regarding CL/MRE issues
• Ensure information/requests circulated from the PM are responded to and/or circulated to the relevant CL staff.
• Report CL related work/issue to PM as required
• Report the CL activities on a daily basis.

Essential requirements:

• Should be an indigen of Borno state and should provide proof of indigeneity.
• Previous experience of using participatory techniques to gather information in at-risk communities
• Previous experience of carrying out community-based education activities or similar
• University Degree in the field of Sociology, Education or any other related area
• of Experience in overseeing and managing field-based staff and supporting work planning processes
• Experience of data gathering, management and analysis including the development of data gathering mechanisms and tools
• Experience of working with rural communities from a variety of different ethnic groups.
• Good communication and team work skills
• Computer literacy
• Hausa, Kanuri and English language skills.