Volunteer, Program at Evidence Action

Evidence Action's mission is to fill the gap between what is effective in global health and development and what is implemented at scale. One of our flagship programs is the Deworm the World Initiative, which envisions a world where all at-risk children have improved health, increased access to education and better livelihoods potential as a result of being free of intestinal worms.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Volunteer, Program

Location: Lagos
Job type: Temporary

Description

• This position will support the Deworm the World (DtW) program implementation in Lagos state.
• Working closely with the Senior Program Manager South West zone, the Volunteer will support and contribute to the smooth execution of program activities in the state while contributing to other assigned zonal related tasks and duties.
• The Volunteer will be a fast learner and flexible individual who is able to multi-task and complete assigned tasks timely. S/he will have strong interpersonal skills, and a good team spirit to function well in a matrix environment.

Duties and responsibilities

• Support program related meetings and training at all levels
• Support the smooth implementation and roll-out of the program activity cascade during each round of school deworming in Lagos state.
• Documentation of program meeting and training reports and communications such as success stories, case studies etc.
• Maintain close attention to detail to ensure that program timelines are adhered to and all milestones such as training, meetings, and distribution of materials are supported on time.
• Work collaboratively with other team members - operations/ logistics, finance, and MLE to resolve program related requests such as training needs requests, failed payments etc.
• Support timely collation, validation and submission of treatment data after each program activity in the state.
• Support the state team with timely retirement of all deworming activity, deliverables and payments in Lagos state.
• Perform any other program related duties and tasks as may be required and assigned by the Senior Program Manager.

Qualifications

• HND or Bachelor's Degree in any related field
• 1-2 years’ related work experience
• Excellent organizational and time management skills;
• Must be a fast learner with strong multitasking ability
• Strong oral and written communication skills;
• Attention to detail;
• Team spirit
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing workloads

Salary & Benefits
Non Management - I

Application Closing Date
3rd September, 2023, at 11:59 pm GMT.

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

Note

• All applicants must send a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages). Both must be in English. 
• DRC provides equal opportunity in employment and prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability. 
• DRC encourages all applicants to apply and does not practice any discrimination in any recruitment process.
• However, all applicants shall take into consideration that DRC cannot offer an international work contract to a citizen of the country of assignment (in this specific case, Nigeria)
• Applications submitted after the closing date stated above will not be considered.