Community Mobilization Officer 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.

Action Against Hunger  is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Community Mobilization Officer

Location: Damaturu, Yobe

Job Description:
The Community Mobilization Officer provides support in the implementation, organisation, follow-up and reporting of community mobilization activities of the CMAM program in close collaboration with the SMOH/LGA and ACF LGA Officers. She/he implements and supervises the activities in the communities to strengthen coverage of CMAM, IYCF and WASH activities.

Summary of Key Objectives:

• Undertake Community Mobilization Activities in collaboration with the Health Facility staff. Organize sensitization meetings with community leaders, village heads, community elders, traditional leaders; Undertake community mapping and other similar exercises; and Promote integration of WASH and nutrition activities.
• Support the health facilities with active case findings, defaulter tracking & follow-up. Conduct regular/refresher trainings for the CVs on CMAM, IYCF and WASH, and ensure that the CVs identifies active SAM cases in the community and refer them to the nearest health facilities
• Participate actively in IYCF and WASH activities in the community. Ensure that IYCF mother support groups are formed according to the plan; and Set up regular health education sessions in the community in consultation with key nutrition & WASH staff

Qualifications & Essential Skills

• Diploma in Health/Nutrition related sciences with a major in Community Mobilization preferred; combination of work experience and sufficiently related areas of study may be accepted in lieu
• Strategic thinking, planning, reporting and communication skills
• Fluent in English and Hausa; other regional languages an asset; solid literacy skills in English
• Interpersonal skills – able to work with diverse stakeholders and partners effectively
• Precision and exactitude
• Basic computer literacy
• Good capacity to work in a team
• Knowledge of admission criteria and Nigeria CMAM protocol

Preferred:

• Resident of community area (LGA) of work, networks within community
• Previous NGO experience in a similar setting
• Proficiency with local languages (Kanouri, Fulani)
• Knowledge of arithmetic to make anthropometric measurements and statistics

Application Closing Date
9th November, 2014

Method of Application
Interested candidates should forward their CV's together with their Cover Letter as an email attachment to the following email address to: [email protected]
Applicants should indicate in the subject title of their forwarding mail, the title of the position they are applying for.

Note: Please do not attach your certificates to the application email. Any application received after Sunday, 9th November 2014 will not be considered.