Targeting Assistants at Plan International

ROLE PURPOSE

• To be responsible to conduct beneficiary profiling exercise which is aimed at updating and refining the list of households and beneficiaries in camps and host community through a verification process  to account for deaths and births of beneficiary household members to eliminate non-valid SCOPE details of beneficiaries that have left the camps and also to set up and management of help desk during targeting/profiling to attend to issues of inclusion/exclusion errors that may arise from the targeting process.

DIMENSIONS OF THE ROLE

• The Targeting Assistants will work as part of emergency response unit in Michika & Madagali in beneficiary profiling/Targeting and Management of complaints of Inclusion and Exclusion errors that may arise from targeting exercise.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Classify households according to their level of vulnerability and ensure that food assistance is targeted to households based on their vulnerability.
• Involved in Community-based preliminary registration with possible household “door to door.
• Establish community registration or targeting committee and ensure are good representative for the community.
• Establish a Community registration/targeting committee to based on the village context and establish valid and also establish (primary, secondary and exclusion criteria).
• Ensure all the processes are dully recorded and publicly announced to all households within the community
• Receive feedback/complaints from project participants and community members
• Training of community targeting committee on how to use targeting criteria.
• Provide the registration format/forms to establish the draft registration master list

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent preferably in Social Sciences, Development Studies, Nutrition, Agriculture or other relevant discipline and evidence of NYSC discharge certificate

Skills & Knowledge

• At least 1year practical work experience in similar role.
• Team player
• Ability to communicate in English, Hausa and Key language from Michika & Madagali
• Basic programmatic and administrative skills
• Communicates clearly and effectively
• Possesses good report writing skills
• Passion for learning and development.
• Good computer literacy skills.
• Ability to work with good initiative and meeting deadlines
• Ability and willingness to stay at the deep field level

Desirable

• Managing UNWFP-funded projects is preferable.
• Experience in community Mobilization.
• Strong communication skills: oral, written and presentation skills.
• Strong leadership, team building, conflict resolution and ability to deliver PLAN’s strategic objectives.
• Extremely flexible, and have the ability to cope with stressful situations
• Facilitate the development and scheduling of volunteer outreach activities