Field Senior Prevention Officer at The MENTOR Initiative

Key tasks and responsibilities:

Expected Key Results

Provide support to the Senior Prevention Officer for the achievement of the following results:

• Training and capacity-building of Indoor Residual Spray (IRS) and Survey teams to implement impactful and successful VBD Campaigns
• To provide timely and regular updates on progress of IRS Campaigns, IEC, entomological and any other related activities in all the target areas in Borno state
• Proper documentation of various project activities including timely reporting and dissemination 
• Maintaining fruitful coordination between The MENTOR Initiative and important stakeholders in the project areas

Key tasks and responsibilities

• To manage rapid assessment visits to the sites selected for the IRS Campaign and manage other planning activities.
• To train teams on and conduct population sampling and surveys as required.
• To arrange/conduct base line and end line surveys in all the designated areas and data compilation.
• To maintain records of all IRS equipment and insecticide in the MENTOR office and prepositioning at target sites.
• To keep relevant ministries and stakeholders informed about the IRS Campaign and other activities and ensure that relevant documents are signed by The MENTOR Initiative and Community Focal Persons.
• To monitor IRS Campaign activities using MENTOR M&E check-list and data tools and compiling results.
• Ensure M&E plans are in place for all indicators and review their relevance and effectiveness at capturing key program data.
• To organize, assist, and facilitate trainings of IRS teams and any VBD trainings and to ensure that the Prevention Officers and ME Officer are able to undertake quality trainings to IRS teams or VBD teams.
• To organize the development of standard IEC materials and also to organize and facilitate trainings for community Mobilizers on proper IEC/BCC.
• Ensure that mechanisms are in place and effectively used to measure effectiveness and impact of IEC/BCC interventions.
• To ensure the accurately compilation of daily program data received from the Prevention officers, submit it to Prevention Coordinator and or Field Manager on timely basis.
• To build strong relation with MoH, all relevant partner organizations and community stakeholders.
• In coordination with the logistician, to ensure that all IRS and entomological equipment and materials are properly maintained and stored under good conditions.
• To conduct/supervise the entomological activities on regular basis or as assigned by Prevention coordinator.
• With close liaison with Prevention Coordinator and Field Manager fully participate in the quarterly and final reports writing in reference to the expected indicators of the prevention activities log-frames.
• To provide timely prevention monthly work-plan that shall be evaluated with the corresponding activities at the end of the relevant month.
• Ensure the data is properly organized and secured.
• Collect malaria data from MOH to compare the impact of IRS in the target locations.
• Cross check all the databases with hard data before sending to Mentor base office.
• Any other related tasks assigned by the line manager or the Country Director.

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences, Public Health, Environmental Sciences or Social sciences.

Requirement:

• 2 to 3 years of Previous NGO and/or work experience related to health and or logistic at community level
• Able to work as part of an established team with excellent communication skills, team builder, flexible, adaptable
• Good computer skills
• Conduct all activities in honest and trustworthy manner in the best interest of The MENTOR Initiative and the target community

Safeguarding & Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:

The Mentor Initiative applies zero tolerance to the exploitation, sexual abuse and mistreatment of women, children and all others, and mobilizes all its staff in the implementation of its global policy. The Mentor Initiative will contact previous employers of applicants to determine if they have had a history of violating codes of conduct relating to sexual harassment, exploitation or abuse and fraud.

Female candidates are HIGHLY encouraged to apply