Community Based Facilitator / Advisor at Forward in Action for Education, Poverty and Malnutrition (12 Openings)

Forward in Action for Education, Poverty and Malnutrition (FAcE-PaM) is a not-for profit Non-Governmental organization duly registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in 1998 with registration number 11444.

Our conception priority focus areas at inception were Education, Poverty and Malnutrition. Consequent to expanding needs and intervening challenges, we responded to them, leading to expansion of our areas of intervention and engagement. Although we have never lost focus, but over time, we have either been initiating or implementing (mostly in partnership or with support of donors) programs especially in the areas of Education, Peace Studies and Practice, Peace building and Conflict Management, Mediation, Promotion of peaceful elections, Gender and Disability issues, Water and Sanitation, Nutrition, Health (especially reproductive and public health), Orphans and Vulnerable Children, Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance, Capacity Building and Mentoring of NGOs, CSOs, CDAs, etc.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Community Based Facilitator / Advisor

Locations: Jahun, Ringim, Kafin Hausa, Dutse, Kiyawa, Birnin kudu, Hadeja and kaugama - Jigawa and Argungu, Bunza, Birnin Kebbi and Suru - Kebbi
Employment Type: Contact (Duration: 6 months)
Project: CASCADE Project
Reports to: Agriculture and Livelihood Officer
Supervises: None

Job Description

• The Community-Based Facilitators/Advisors will provide advisory services to project participants and will be saddled with other responsibilities that are related to the following project objectives:
• Increase access to and consumption of healthy diets among household members, particularly women of reproductive age and children under 15.
• Increase the resilience of households to price shocks and economic stresses that impact nutritional outcomes
• Increase the resilience of households to climate change-related shocks that impact their nutritional status outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Support Agricultural Livelihood Officers to identify and train Producer Groups, Processing
• Enterprises / Cooperatives on Improved cottage agro-processing technologies in CASCADE implementing States.
• Support Agricultural Livelihood Officers to organise practical demonstrations and simulations on agro-- processing best practices in the targeted communities.
• Support Agricultural Livelihood Officers in the acquisition to provide the Women/Youths, Cooperatives,
• VSLA with the appropriate training Kits.
• Lead on Community and stakeholders’ mobilisations.
• Support nutrition-sensitive, agribusiness capacity and need assessments for cooperatives.
• Facilitate technology transfer on improved production of selected value chains.
• Support participants in training in basic small business management skills.
• Document activity report of the training proceedings, lessons learnt and recommendations for scaling up of the activity.
• Support mobilisation/demand generations.
• Participate in demand stimulation activities by marketing various agribusiness products.
• Provide Business-to-Business (B2B) linkages for input traders, Agri-Processors.
• Provide some basic agri-business, veterinary advisory, and service for smallholder farmers.
• Support in linking smallholder farmers to financial service providers.
• Provide advisory services to smallholder farmers on business skills development, homestead gardens, demo/model farms, etc.
• Monitor cooperative and enterprise activities and report to Field Officers.
• Conduct case management and follow up on Small Holder Farmers (SHFs), farms, processors, business sites and activities.
• Keep business records and transactions of various enterprises/cooperatives.
• Reports on all activities conducted by the CASCADE Agricultural Livelihood Officers.
• Actively involved in generating demand for products.

Requirements

• Candidates must possess a minimum qualification of NCE/ND Certificate. A degree will be an added advantage.
• Must have worked with them previously for the Nutrition, Livelihood, and Agribusiness project participants as
• Community Facilitators/Village Agents, Community-Based Facilities for more than 6 months with a good record of group/cooperative management.
• Must be living within the project implementation areas.
• Must have undergone Farmer Field and Business School, on Good Agronomic Practices (GAP), Farmer
• Business School (FBS), Climate Smart Agriculture, Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA),
• Cooperative Business School methodology and Protection mainstreaming training.
• Must possess strong facilitation/presentation skills.
• Must be able to communicate in the local languages, Hausa, English, etc.
• Must be knowledgeable in small business initiatives.
• Must have a valid account number and National means of identification, Tax identification Number, etc, the subject of the email.

Application Closing Date
8th September, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Only resident of Jigawa & Kebbi State would be considered.