Community Mobilization Assistant Job at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

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Job Title: Community Mobilization Assistant

Company: Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Job Type: Full Time

Qualification: OND BA/BSc/HND  

Location: Borno, Jigawa, Nigeria

Job Field: Administration / Secretarial   NGO/Non-Profit  Agriculture/Agro-Allied   Medical / Health  

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Action Against Hunger | ACF-International works to save lives by combating hunger and diseases that threaten the lives of vulnerable communities, through nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy.

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Position Overview: – Provides support in the implementation, organisation, follow-up and reporting of community mobilization activities of the ACF  program in close collaboration with the Nutrition and Health Officer and ACF LGA Supervisors. The Community Mobilization Assistant implements and supervises the activities in the communities to strengthen coverage of nutrition awareness through CMAM, IYCF and WASH activities.

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Specific Objectives:  – Undertake Community Mobilization Activities in collaboration with the Health Facility staff. Support the health facilities with Nutrition Awareness  trainings. To participate actively in IYCF,WASH and other nutrition related activities in the community

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Qualifications:

• Diploma in Health/Nutrition related sciences with a major in Community Mobilization preferred; combination of work experience and sufficiently related areas of study may be accepted in lieu

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Essential Skills and Experience:

• Strategic thinking, planning, reporting and communication skills

• Fluent in English and Hausa; other regional languages an asset; solid literacy skills in English

• Interpersonal skills – able to work with diverse stakeholders and partners effectively

• Precision and exactitude

• Basic computer literacy

• Good capacity to work in a team

• Knowledge of admission criteria and Nigeria CMAM protocol

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Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Resident of community area (LGA) of work, networks within community

• Previous NGO experience in a similar setting

• Proficiency with local languages (Kanuri, Fulani)

• Knowledge of arithmetic to make anthropometric measurements and statistics.

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