Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Yobe, Nigeria
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Social Cohesion Assistant.
CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries without regard to race, religion or nationality.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the day-to-day implementation of social cohesion activities and capacity improvements of the programme (both at the administrative level and in the field), including oversight of community-based staff
- Identify technical support needs of partners and facilitate capacity building training and other supports to programme partners on social accountability
- Support engagement with local governments, community members, and displaced communities on activities to improve local governance and service delivery, as well as advance peace-building initiatives
- Support efforts to increase community participation in local peacebuilding and conflict prevention towards building a more cohesive community
- Plan and implement activities to support a stabilisation-enabling environment, such as social reconciliation, trauma-healing activities, or any other activity that fosters a willingness to engage in peace building
- Work closely with other STaR and CRS staff to liaise with community members, including displaced communities, to draft community led disaster risk management plans, local economic development plans incorporaing peace message
- Ensure coordination of CRS social cohesion activities with similar initiatives funded by other donors/implemented by government MDAs/various stakeholders
- In coordination with the MEAL officer, ensure timely and quality capturing of MEAL data on social cohesion project component
- Ensure timely completion of project performance tools including detailed implementation plans and indicator tracking tables as it relates to social cohesion activities and deliverables
- Provide regular support to social cohesion officer (using standardised formats) for weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting on implementation of social cohesion activities to the STaR leadership, CRS Nigeria leadership and the donor as directed by the programme manager
Requirements
- HND/bachelor’s degree in Natural Sciences, Administration and other related fields
- Experienced working in an office environment in a clerical or administrative role (experience with a local or international NGO a plus)
- Experience with typing/word processing, data entry into online databases and forms, and working with various office equipment
- Experience in using MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and information management systems
To apply and for more information, click here.
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