Community Outreach Assistant at Life at Best Development Initiative

Location:  Mafa, Konduga and Bama LGAs of Borno State Northeast Nigeria

COMMUNITY OUTREACH ASSISTANT

• Conduct surveys and assessments in the communities and provide feedback and suggestions for developing the protection program.
• Identify protection issues at the community level in linkage with the Sr PRoL officers.
• Sensitize the population on their rights and access to services.
• Deliver information sessions on protection, rights and entitlements, and other issues as required.
•  Identify protection needs in the field and provide on-site counselling to persons of concern, in coordination with the Sr Officers
•  Create positive relations with the community through regular meetings and informal discussions for identifying and addressing protection needs and issues.
•  Conduct a regular service mapping.
• Ensure information for self-referrals and safe referrals to other services are duly access to community members.
•  Communicate about services available within LABDI and in the communities.
•  Identify themes requiring the organization of awareness-raising.
• Support conducting Focus Groups discussions and interviews.
•  Assists the Sr officers and manager in identifying, training, and supporting volunteers (e.g. community focal points)
•   Supervise and provide technical support and training to volunteers and monitor their activities.
• Maintain open and professional relationships with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing supervision and guidance to enable teams to complete their tasks successfully.
•   Liaise with community leaders and other sectors and agencies working locally
•  Provide weekly reports on the progress of outreach activities.

Accountability:

• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Life at Best Development Initiative values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance, and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for life at best development initiative, engages and motivates others.
• Future orientated, thinks strategically.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
• Values diversity sees it as a source of competitive strength.
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.