SFCG Community Mobilizer Jobs 2021 – Nigeria NGO Jobs. SFCG Nigeria programme looking for “Community Mobilizer”. Applicants with a University degree may apply on or before 30 September 2021.
Search for Common Ground is an international non-governmental organization that works to end violent conflict and build healthy, safe, and just societies. It is the largest such organization dedicated to peace building, with offices in over 30 countries and a media reach of roughly 40 million people.
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SFCG Community Mobilizer Jobs 2021
The SFCG has published a job vacancy announcement on 25 September 2021 for qualified Nigeria’s to fill in the vacant post of Community Mobilizer to be based in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
| Recruiter | Search for Common Ground (SFCG) |
| Position | Community Mobilizer |
| Location | Maiduguri, Nigeria |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | University degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum of 2 years |
| Application Deadline | 30 September 2021 |
SFCG Job Vacancy 2021
Job Purpose: The Community Mobilizer role is to mobilise and facilitate active participation and dialogue of target populations, including beneficiary children, caregivers, community and religious leaders, and other key men and women in target communities, to participate in the implementation of project activities within the “Supporting the Socio-Economic Reintegration of Children Associated with Armed Groups, and other vulnerable children, in North East Nigeria” project.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Conduct community entry engagement sessions to ensure the project aims and objectives are communicated across communities, and that the communities are engaged from the outset and throughout the project.
- Contribute to detailed planning and implementation of mobilization on Search activities in collaboration with the Security Manager. Ensure regular communication with education and enterprise teams.
- Identify and mobilise participants for various project activities such as community dialogues among others.
- Assist the project team to develop IEC and visibility related materials by ensuring voices from communities are captured. Support promoting Search acceptance within the target communities.
- Support feedback mechanism within the project to ensure voices from direct beneficiaries and wider community are continuously shared, captured, and fed into project activities.
- Develop and maintain a network of external contacts with key individuals in the government, NGO sector, civil society and media.
- With the support of Senior Community Mobilization Officers, facilitate community meetings and dialogues to identify key community needs that can be addressed through the community strengthening initiatives; support the implementation and monitoring of these initiatives.
- Keep abreast of local context and the security situation, and provide feedback in a timely manner.
- Draft activity and monthly reports.
- Represent Search in relevant community and interagency stakeholders meetings and any other meetings that may be assigned by the supervisor.
- Complete any other task relevant to the position as requested by the supervisor.
Qualification:
- University degree or equivalent in Social Science, Education, Psychology, or a related field.
Experience:
- Minimum of 2 years experience in the field of community work, particularly with children.
- Experience working with Children Associated with Armed Groups, and other vulnerable children.
- Experiencing coordinating activities within a large project.
Other Relevant Requirements:
- Familiarity with principles including the best interest of the child, do no harm, humanitarian principles, amongst others.
- Strong cross cultural communication and interpersonal skills.
- Highly organised and systematic, with excellent attention to detail.
- Experience working in emergency settings
- Experience working in different communities in Borno State
- Experience working with refugees, IDPs, host communities, and other vulnerable populations
- Excellent analytical and writing skills
- Knowledge of a local language (Hausa, Kanuri, Shuwa) a must
Desirable:
- Good analytical, problem solving and project planning skills.
- Ability to prioritise, plan, organise workflow to tight timeframes, handle multiple tasks, and be flexible with changing priorities.
- Community oriented and respect for local culture.
- Good IT skills, particularly with MS Office – Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint.
- Strong command of both written and spoken English.
- Holds self and others to account to deliver on agreed goals and standards of behaviour.
- Demonstrates a high degree of professionalism/integrity.
- Provides good administrative and logistical support to team.
- Strong attitude towards teamwork and collaboration.
- Actively seeks support in addressing difficulties in execution of duties.
- Strategic thinking and effective contribution to own work and organisational development.
- Sound judgment and decision-making in complex situations.
- Strong emotional intelligence including self-awareness.
- Leads by example to motivate high performance of others.
- Strong commitment to continuous learning.
Other Details
- Contract Type: Full Time
- Selection Process: Interview
- Salary: negotiable
- Application Process: Online
How to Apply SFCG Community Mobilizer Jobs 2021
Interested candidates should send the following to our Career Portal.
Current resume
Cover Letter (which includes expectations of compensation and projected start date)
Please compile your writing sample and resume into one document as the system only has the functionality to upload two documents per application. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.
Only applicants invited for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please. Please see our website www.sfcg.org for full details of our work.
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| Official Website | www.sfcg.org |
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