Community Mobilization Officer at Action Against Hunger | ACF Nigeria LTD/GTE

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Department: Programmes - Health and Nutrition
Starting date: As Soon As Possible
Direct Line Manager: Nutrition and Health Sector Manager

Objective 1

• Provide support to the Project Manager to implement mobilization activities throughout the project implementation stages.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Develop a community mobilization and sensitization strategy document for effective program delivery.
• Responsible for the implementation of mobilization activities at the LGA level in line with the work plan to adhere to the deadlines.
• To coordinate with LGA officials to share plan and implementation of the Health and WASH activities.
• Provide training and orientation to the target communities regarding the HeRoN project ( Health and WASH) and other mobilization activities part of the project.
• Provide guidelines and training to assistants for effective community mobilization at the LGA level.
• Contribute to detailed planning and implementation of mobilization on Nutrition, Health & WASH in collaboration and assistance of the Sector Managers.
• Help to identify methods of community mobilization that enhance partnership & coordination with government official and local communities, internal integration within sectors and programs (Health, Nutrition, WASH,  etc.)
• Identify areas of cross-program linkages within AAH programs in assigned LGA to ensure program quality and adherence to program objectives, including respect of AAH technical guidelines, systems, and established deadlines.
• Support the reinforcement and coordination of regular project monitoring activities, i.e. baseline, PDM, end line, etc.
• Provide support to line manager in budget forecasting, detailed work planning, monthly and quarterly reporting.
• Assist the Sector Managers and PM in preparing internal and external reports for AAH and the community, including case studies and success stories.

Objective 2

• Manage community mobilization Assistants within the project to ensure compliance, technical quality, and coherence in all AAH mobilization, training, and IEC material Building.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Develop the project exit strategy procedure and properly communicate the content to all the stakeholders.
• Establish a good community relationship that will facilitate project acceptability and community participation in relevant activities as required by the project design.
• Follow up with the local traditional leaders and community volunteers to ensure compliance with the set action plans and rules for the community work.
• Ensure constant engagement with community volunteers and give them necessary support in the field and report this to the office.
• Follow up the community volunteers and be sure that they are conducting the agreed activities.
• In close coordination with community mobilization field assistant and Nutrition/Health and WASH team in the review and lead technical assessments, training manuals and design IEC material for AAH program.
• Provide regular support to the project manager to implement the filed activities at the community level.
• Provide regular input for the tools based on findings at field level to ensure that technical standards, guidelines, and methodologies are communicated and understood.

Objective 3

• Ensure tracking and reporting of activities under community mobilization of all components of the project (Health and WASH).

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Share reports and finding on a weekly basis to provide help in the compilation of quality reports with an overview of activities and contextual updates, and quantitative indicator follow-up and submit to supervisor for consolidation.
• Share day to day challenges and will suggest mitigation to the project team.
• Assist the Project Manager in reviewing community mobilization activities, budget and then follow up with Logistics and field assistants to ensure adherence to work plan.
• Support Project Manager through the Sector Manager to ensure timely submission of PRs, car/ staff movement plans on a weekly basis.
• Ensure that all project-related data and information shared are correct, updated, organized, properly documented and accessible to the supervisor.
• Facilitate and support systematic monitoring and evaluation of the Project activities.
• Contribute to developing monthly updates on activities for the project team as well as contribute to the development of donor reports.

Objective 4

• Participate in regular internal and external coordination for the project at LGA level and at the state level when required.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with AAH support departments and AAH sector departments with the help of PM to ensure a common approach and sharing of information.
• Represent AAH with local authorities, partners and other program stakeholders at LGA level with the consent of CM supervisor.
• Undertake additional coordination as requested by the PM.
• Area mapping through PRA tool.
• List of villages preparation with population/village (triangulation of secondary data on demography)
• Preparation of list of intervention locations within the project axis

Position Requirements
Qualifications:

• HND / Bachelor's Degree in Community Health Extension, Public Health and other related qualifications.
• Minimum 2 years of work experience in humanitarian contexts, with at least 2 years in conflict/insecure contexts.
• He/she must have experience in Nutrition/Health and WASH programming and community engagement.

Skills and Experience
Essential:

• Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions like long-distance walking to screening sites
• Capacity to supervise and coach.
• Ability to work in an environment where there are physical discomforts associated with a change in weather or discomforts associated with noise, dust or dirt
• Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive.
• Excellent team, budget and project management, and representation competencies

Preferred:

• Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
• Fluency in English and Hausa
• Commitment to AAH mission, values, and policy.
• A resident of community area (LGA) of work, networks within the community)
• Proficiency with local languages
• Previous NGO experience managing mobilization in different interventions (i.e.FSL, WASH, and Nutrition).
• Report writing skills

Basic Salary

• 211,441 per month