Community Mobilization Assistants at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Action Against Hunger | ACF-International works to save lives by combating hunger and diseases that threaten the lives of vulnerable communities, through nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Community Mobilization Assistant

Location: Borno

Position Overview

• The Community Mobilization Supervisor will primarily be responsible for implementation of community mobilization in all the projects including WSAH, Nutrition and food security and livelihoods to provide IDP and vulnerable host households with all relevant information, training and orientations related to the projects in assigned LGA and nutrition behavior change communication training in a bid to contribute to the eradication of extreme hunger, malnutrition and poverty in Northern Nigeria.

Specific Objectives

• Provide support to ACF’s community mobilization supervisor to implement mobilization activities in ACF program in North East at LGA level.
• Manage community mobilization field teams within sector to ensure compliance, technical quality and coherence in all ACF mobilization, training and IEC material Building.
• Ensure tracking and reporting of activities under community mobilization of all sector (FSL, WASH and Nutrition).
• Participate in regular internal and external coordination for the program at LGA level and at state level when required.

Qualifications

• Degree in FSL or wash, nut related studies e.g. agro-economy, natural resource management, anthropology, public health engineering, nutrition etc.
• Minimum 2 years work experience in humanitarian contexts, with at least 1 year in conflict/insecure contexts.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive.
• Excellent team representation competencies.
• Previous experience with Community Mobilization programming.
• One year relevant work experience.
• Microsoft Office Skills.
• Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
• Fluency in local languages.
• Commitment to ACF mission, values and policy.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Previous experience of mobilization in different interventions (i.e. cash transfers, wash, Nutrition).
• Previous experience with ACF.
• Experience implementing programming on behalf of donor (i.e. USAID, ECHO, DFID, CIDA) funded activities.
• Fluency in Hausa or Kanuri.

Application Closing Date
19th February, 2017.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their applications to: [email protected]

Note

• To be considered, applications must include a CV and letter of interest, and indicate the full position title and location in the email subject line. For example, “Community Mobilization Assistant - Borno”.
• Also note that any application received without these specifications will not be considered.
• Only shortlisted candidate will be contacted.
• Qualified women and men are encouraged to apply.