Program Assistant - Trafficking in Person (Volunteer) at Care Best Initiative (CBI) - 2 Openings

Care Best Initiative (CBI) is a fast-growing, woman-led, and youth-driven Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) founded in 2019 and presently operational in states within North-East, Nigeria. Our objectives are to save lives, alleviate the suffering of children, women, and other vulnerable people; and maintain human dignity during and in the aftermath of man-made crises and natural disasters; as well as to prevent and strengthen preparedness for the occurrence of such situations; and to promote the right of children, women and vulnerable people in the society. Our actions are multi-sectorial inclined, gender-sensitive, and socially inclusive.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Program Assistant - Trafficking in Person

Location: Bauchi
Employment Type: Volunteer
Duration: 6 months (extendable)
Slots: 2 Openings

Core Functions / Responsibilities

• Inception report, including detailed Work plan and methodology (training slides and participant workbook)
• Facilitate training, for key partners working with returned migrants to strengthen their capacity on different research methodologies, including conducting and implementation of KAP studies using standard approach.
• Conduct brainstorming session with team and other stakeholders to develop research questions, methodology, and data collection tools for operational research.
• Provide supervision to and coordinate trained partners to pilot the operational research tools developed;
• Analyze findings of pilot research and share draft report
• Share a final report incorporating feedback from the CBI project team.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned
• Provide supervision to trained partners and NGOs to pilot the operational research tools developed. Also, with the analysis and report writing – Coordinate and supervise pilot research.
• Final report – Training report and the pilot Research report (including executive summary).

Required Qualifications and Experience
Education:

• Advanced Degree in Social Sciences, Research, Statistics, Economics, and/or Monitoring and Evaluation
• 0 - 2 years or more of experience in conducting evaluations and large-scale qualitative and quantitative studies with international organizations focused on trafficking in persons and or/ smuggling of migrants.

Experience:

• Demonstrated Knowledge/experience in developing training curriculum and facilitating trainings on research and conducting KAP studies.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting published migration related research, preferably on the prevention of trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Previous working experience in the West African region or Nigeria desirable.
• Computer proficiency, including with data analysis software MS Office Microsoft tools and ability to take notes/drafts and produce high-quality written reports.
• Motivated, committed, responsible, and able to work independently with limited direct supervision.

Competencies:

• General knowledge of issues pertaining to persons of concern to CBI and CBI’s protection mandate. Inter-personal and communication skills with team work attitude.
• Excellent analytical and writing skills.
• Strategic planning, monitoring and evaluation.
• Flexibility to work in a diverse multicultural team Ability and willingness to work under tight deadlines and with fluid objectives - patience, flexibility and perseverance are key
• Strong coordination, communication and advocacy skills
• Understanding of programmatic reporting
• Understanding of protection, human rights and humanitarian principles
• Understanding of project design, management and implementation of field-based protection programs.

Languages:

• Fluency in oral and written English; knowledge of multiple languages advantageous.

Application Closing Date
21st July, 2022.