Deadline: Ongoing
Location: Borno, Nigeria.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Health Governance Assistant.
The IRC is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development non-governmental organisation.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the successful delivery of project and PDIA approaches
- Build own capacity on the PDIA approach, process, and tools (capacity strengthening will be provided by the governance technical advisor)
- Support logistical preparations for project activities, working in close collaboration with the health governance officer, IRC supply chain, and IRC finance teams
- Provide direct administrative support to the team, including copying, dissemination of documents, assisting the preparation of procurement-related documents, tracking purchase and payment requests
- Lead community engagement activities, including community mobilisation and facilitation of community-based sessions
- Communicate with the team/partners
- Collect information, compile data, produce reports, and organise files as requested by supervisor
- Document the process of PDIA and collect relevant information as per guidance received from the SRMNH research and innovation lead and the SRHR research and innovation manager
- Facilitate the organisation of key informant interviews and focus group discussions between project research staff and facility staff/community members/project staff
- Ensure adherence to monitoring and evaluation guidelines, frameworks and indicators for the project
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Community Development, Public Administration, Law, International Development, Project Management, or a related field
- Two years, minimum, of professional humanitarian/development experience
- Experience with community engagement and participatory processes, including previous facilitation of group work with relevant populations, active participation in community groups, and experience with capacity building or training exercises
- Strong presentation skills and writing ability
- Ability to solve complex problems through a reciprocal and consultative approach
- Experience working with government actors and/or community leaders
- Fluency in written and spoken English, as well as Hausa and/or Kanuri
To apply and for more information, click here.
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