Community Support Worker / Psychosocial Social Animator at Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI) - 4 Openings

COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale is an Italian humanitarian non-governmental organization founded in Milan in 1965. COOPI aims to help the world’s poorest to improve their access to healthcare, food, and financial security, and to overcome their special vulnerability to wars, civil conflicts and natural disasters. For 50 years of long-term support and constant presence in the field, COOPI has been engaged in breaking the cycle of poverty and responding to specific emergencies in numerous sectors, including Food Security, Humanitarian Aid, Health, Socio-Economical Services, Water and Sanitation, Disaster Risk Reduction, Human Rights, Education and Training, Migrations and Sustainable Energy.

COOPI started its operations in North-East Nigeria in July 2014 to carry out a rapid evaluation of the most relevant constraints suffered by the Internally Displaced People (IDPs) displaced by the food crisis and the Boko Haram insurgency in the Lake Chad Basin. The COOPI Nigeria Field Office is located in Sokoto State, in order to cover intervention LGAs in Sokoto State and to provide direct assistance to the IDPs and their hosting communities, through a multi-sectorial program covering Food Security, Disaster Risk Reduction, Social protection, Early Recovery, and Livelihoods, Nutrition and Child Protection interventions. COOPI's capacity to respond to the humanitarian situation in the country is confirmed by its experience in providing humanitarian aid in more than 27 other Countries around the World, in over 50 years of operations.

TheBHA (Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance) project, “Integrated “Emergency Response to the Displaced Population in Zamfara, Sokoto, and Katsina States, Northwest Nigeria” Depending on fund availability will be carried out by a consortium led by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in collaboration with the Alliance for International Medical Action (Alima), Cooperazione Internazionale (COOPI), and Life Helpers Initiative (LHI), aims to leverage each partner’s expertise to provide immediate humanitarian assistance to internally displaced people populations through the area-based approach. Under theBHA (Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance) project, COOPI will be implementing WASH, Protection, and Multi-purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) activities inSokoto state covering Goronyo and Rabah Local Government Area. The consortium will provide immediate humanitarian assistance to displaced populations in IDP camps, through an area-based approach and integrated multisectoral intervention in health, nutrition, WASH, MPCA, and protection, in Zamfara, Sokoto, and Katsina states through a coordinated approach with the state government and other key actors in North West Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Community Support Worker / Psychosocial Social Animator

Locations: Rabah and Goronyo  - Sokoto
Employment Type: Full-time
Reports directly to: Child Protection Officer
Reports indirectly to: Protection Sector Lead/Deputy Project Manager
Starting Date: ASAP
Contract duration: 3 Months with possible extension. Working Condition: 100% Field Based
Slots: 4

Job Summary

• The Community Support Worker/Psychosocial Support (PSS) Animator will support the implementation of the Protection and psychosocial Support activities, WASH activities and CFF activities in the project locations.

Main Duties / Responsibilities Protection Sector
Under the direct supervision of theChild Protection Officer and indirectly to the Protection Sector Lead and Deputy Project Manager and in collaboration with Protection Assistants and other collaborators of the projects and of the Base, he/she will;

• Support the PSS Counselor and outreach team (case workers and case worker supervisor) in mapping and assessing children to attend PSS activities.
• Register and enroll children in psychosocial support activities
• Work directly with children, carrying out psychosocial activities.
• Plan, organize and run activities with children while facilitate and encourage the participation of all children
• Work in compliance with and respect of the principles of Child Protection and confidentiality, working with IDPs and host communities with sensitivity
• Carry out awareness sessions on child rights in the community, IDPs camps, primary schools, Child Friendly Spaces, Youth Clubs
• Facilitate peer and groups support
• Conduct life skills and art therapy training for teenagers (Adolescent and Youth 13 to 18 Years)
• Conduct parent-child communication sessions with parents and teachers.
• Plan, organize and run activities with children while facilitate and encourage the participation of all registered children.
• Deal with difficult behavior (conflict, aggressiveness, power drunk and introversion) and understand the reason behind the behavior to positively communicate with the situation.
• Ensure that children under his / her Responsibility are not exposed to any form of harm or stress during the activities.
• Put in place protection / child protection activities with children and adult according to the workplan
• Organizes recreational activities and community events to promote access to education and child’s rights Candidate (Education, Training, Competences, Skills), with a special focus on IDP children.
• Performs any other necessary action related to the position to achieve the objectives of the project and of COOPI in Nigeria if requested by the Team Leader
• Upholds COOPI’s mission and Charter of Values;
• Follows and enforces all COOPI codes of conduct and policies (globally and in-country);
• Perform any other action related with the position needed to achieve the objectives of the projects and of COOPI Nigeria if requested by his/her supervisor.
• Main Duties / Responsibilities WASH Sector

Other functions that might be required of from the CSW includes;

• The community support worker to support the WASH Team during training in the field in IDP camps project locations
• To support the WASH Team during NFI’s registration and distribution
• To support in the mobilization of beneficiaries in the field for the smooth implementation of WASH activities
• To support in the activities of hygiene promotion among beneficiaries in the IDP camps / project communities
• To support the WASH Team in field level supervision in the IDP camps / project communities
• Main Duties / Responsibilities MPCA Sector
• The community support workers to support the CFF Team on beneficiaries targeting and verification
• To support the CFF Team on awareness raising and sensitization of beneficiaries in IDP Camps/project communities
• To monitor cash disbursement in IDP Camps/project communities.
• To support the team in tracking beneficiary complaints.
• To support the team in regular coordination meeting with CBTCs and other relevant stakeholders

Qualifications

• A minimum of National (ND) / National Certificate of Education (NCE) from any relevant discipline.
• Desired Experience: At least 2 years of relevant work experience in INGO/NGO. Experience working in the field of protection (child protection and GBV) in emegency settings.
• A deep knowledge of the context and project communities
• Ability to coordinate, organize and mobilize
• Ability to communicate in the local language
• Must be based in Goronyo and Rabah LGAs and a TEAM PLAYER.

Application Closing Date
4th July, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Note

• Applications shall be reviewed on a rolling basis, and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.