Peer Educator at Society for Family Health (SFH)

Ref Id: sfh-95908
Contract Duration: 4 Months

Job Role
The successful candidates will perform the following functions:

• Carry out community familiarisation, mobilise peers and venue selection for sessions.
• Take in the lead in community advocacy activities for parents and guardians.
• Provide support in developing a monthly work plan.
• Manage and provide technical assistance to peers during the sessions.
• Achieve weekly/monthly outreach targets.
• Compile, validate and report data on session activities.
• Carry out any other responsibility as may be assigned.

Qualifications/Experience

• A minimum of a National Diploma (ND) in Social/Behavioural Sciences or a related field of study.
• A minimum of one (1) year experience in community and health-related interventions, especially in behaviour change communication and management of health-related plans.
• Experience in advocacy / IPC will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrate ability and competency in working with local communities and community leaders.
• The successful candidate must be a resident in the state/community of implementation.
• He/She must be able to speak the local language of the intervention state (Igbo/Hausa/Yoruba).
• He/She must be conversant with the norms and values of the community.

Skills and Competencies:

• Good report writing skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Advocacy Skills
• Good interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office applications including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint