Deadline: 11 November, 2022
Location: Damaturu, Yobe State, Nigeria
Mercy Corps is seeking applications from eligible candidates for the role of Programme Officer.
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Responsibilities
- Support the programme manager to increase Covid-19 vaccine uptake and trust between community members, leaders and health workers
- Work with the MEL officer to conduct relevant assessments and monitoring of implementation to ensure interventions meet the programme goals
- Engage and conduct community stakeholders’ sensitisation on the programme activities and approaches
- Mobilise targeted beneficiaries/participants to fully engage in the programme to realise the intended objectives
- Lead on logistics and training plans for community leaders and community health workers to provide clarity on vaccine product safety, efficacy and dosing regimens, and access points/requirements for vaccination
- Coordinate and track the activities of the community resilience groups and local governance structures, especially with relation to sensitisation, action planning and involvement in learning sessions
- Support the documentation of weekly/monthly implementation progress reports and impact highlights with the programme manager
- Participate in all strategic planning meetings and activities, gathering and sharing relevant information with all relevant actors
- Participate in relevant coordination platforms and forums, with Mercy Corps and national technical working groups to share learnings and leverage proven approaches to inform implementation
- Ensure all interventions adhere to Mercy Corps’ gender policy
- Ensure that programme implementation is responsive to communities and partners and consistent with Mercy Corps’ relevant programme guidelines, principles, values, quality standards and strategic plan
- Promote and contribute to the integration and mainstreaming of conflict sensitivity, gender and other pertinent cross-cutting issues into programme implementation
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Public Administration, Development Studies or a related field
- Two years of work experience with a local or international NGO working with marginalised communities with community engagement or Covid-19/health-related programming
- Proven experience in capacity building, coordinating activities, developing plans and drafting reports
- Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills and capacity to maintain relations with community leaders
- Experience in building and maintaining strong/productive relations
- Proficiency in computer use, particularly Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Strong interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills in English
- Knowledge of Kanuri and Hausa
- Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, strong leadership and proven team-building experience
- Ability to meet deadlines and work independently
- Willingness to spend much time in the field and work closely with programme target groups
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