Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Health Education, Community Development, Sociology, Psychology, Communications, or a related social science field.
  
• At least 2 years of experience in community mobilization, preferably in a humanitarian setting.
  
• Experience in Nutrition, Health, and/or WASH programmes, with strong community engagement skills.
  
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse groups and as part of a team.
  
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with community members, local leaders, government stakeholders, and partner organizations.
  
• Good organizational skills, proficiency in MS Office, and fluency in English; knowledge of Hausa and/or Kanuri is an added advantage.
  

• Develop a community mobilization and sensitization plan for effective program delivery.
  
• Implement the mobilization activities at LGA level in line with the work plans while adhering to deadlines
  
• Provide training, orientation to the target communities regarding the nutrition project and other mobilization activities part of the project.
  
• Provide guideline and training to assistants for effective community mobilization at the LGA level.
  
• Contribute to detailed planning and implementation of mobilization on Nutrition and health in collaboration and assistance of the Programme Manager.
  

• Support the health authorities at LGA and ward development committees on identification and selection process of CHIPS agents.
  
• With support from Health and Nutrition PM and assistant Community Mobilization Officers and in consultation with Ward Development Committees (WDCs), religious and community leaders, respective health workers, recruit community promoters, select care group volunteers.
  
• Participate with line/technical managers in developing job description of care group promoters and volunteers
  
• Participate with line manager/technical managers in developing criteria for selection of care group promoters, care group volunteers from the community level
  

• Develop training plan for CHIPS agents, Community engagement focal persons and CHIPS supervisors at ward level in collaboration with the LGA CHIPS focal person;
  
• Organize and facilitate trainings for community promoters and health workers on care group modules & lesson plans;
  
• Prepare budget plan for trainings, logistic requirement, financial requirement according to existing procedures and share with Health and Nutrition PM for necessary support;
  
• Provide regular technical supervision visit and on job coaching support to assistant community mobilization officers and community promoters in conducting community demand creation activities and care group sessions; reporting of care group activities etc;
  

• Develop care group implementation work plan with support from line manager and assistant community mobilization teams for the LGA and share with line manager;
  
• Develop and share LGA budget planning in line with the project internal budget and reviewed work plan on a monthly and quarterly basis; share with line manager;
  
• Support community mobilization teams (Assistant CMO, Promoters) in preparing monthly action plans for each team member in line with care group implementation work plan;
  
• With support from CM teams, prepare weekly movement plan and share with line manager/Logistic
  
• Identify needs of materials well in advance and share with H&N PM for preparing PR;
  

• Maintain database of health facility, catchment population, # of community promoters by health facility, # of care groups by health facility and # of community volunteers by health facility at the LGA level
  
• Maintain database of community promoters and care group volunteers with their contact information and/or alternative contact information at LGA level
  
• Archive all finalized LGA work plan, monthly action plans, updated data bases related to care group activities at LGA level