Mercy Corps Program Officer – COVID-19 Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs

Mercy Corps Program Officer – COVID-19 Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs. Mercy Corps Nigeria looking for “Program Officer – COVID-19”. Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree may apply on or before 11 November 2022.

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Mercy Corps Program Officer – COVID-19 Jobs 2022

The Mercy Corps has published a job vacancy announcement on 05 November 2022 for qualified Nigeria’s to fill in the vacant post of Program Officer – COVID-19 to be based in Damaturu, Nigeria.

Recruiter	Mercy Corps
Position	Program Officer – COVID-19
Location	Damaturu, Nigeria
Country	Nigeria
Total Vacant Post	N/A
Qualification	Bachelor’s degree
Experience Required	2 years
Application Deadline	11 November 2022

Mercy Corps Job Vacancy 2022

General Position Summary: The Program Officer will support the Program Manager to oversee the efficient implementation of activities, working closely with key stakeholders in government, health, media and communities. He/She must have a good understanding of deploying social behaviour change communications (SBC) for the implementation of effective risk communication and community engagement. He/She will work with the Program Manager to identify new opportunities for mainstreaming SBC for the acceptance and uptake of the COVID-19 Vaccine uptake in the targeted communities.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Support the Program Manager to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake and trust between community members, leaders and health workers in collaboration with CARE and key stakeholders including the State Ministry of Health and community committees.
• Work with the MEL Officer to conduct relevant assessments and monitoring of implementation to ensure interventions meet the program goals.
• Engage and conduct community stakeholders’ sensitization on the program activities and approaches. Mobilize targeted beneficiaries /participants to fully engage in the program to realize 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 relations to sensitization, action planning and involvement in learning sessions.
• Support the documentation of weekly/monthly implementation progress report and impact highlights with the Program 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 on proven approaches to inform implementation.
• Ensure all interventions adhere to Mercy Corps’ Gender Policy, Do No Harm principles, and beneficiary accountability standards.
• Ensure that program implementation is responsive to communities and partners and consistent with Mercy Corps’ relevant program 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 program implementation.

Qualification & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, public administration, development studies or other relevant fields from a recognized university.
• 2 years of work experience with a local or international NGO working with marginalized communities with community engagement or COVID/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 is required.
• Proficiency in computer use particularly Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) is preferred.
• Strong interpersonal, writing, and oral presentation skills in English is a requirement. Knowledge of Kanuri and Hausa is required while other local languages are an added advantage.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, strong leadership and proven team building experience, ability to meet deadlines and work independently is required.
• Willingness to spend much time in the field and work closely with program target groups.

Other Details

• Contract Type: Full Time
• Selection Process: Interview
• Salary: negotiable
• Application Process: Online

How to Apply Mercy Corps Program Officer – COVID-19 Jobs 2022

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The Closing Date: 11 November 2022

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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