Liaison Officer at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International
Employment Nigeria
21-Feb-2017
BORNO ,
Administrative
NGO
Action Against Hunger | ACF-International - We work to save lives by combating hunger and diseases that threaten the lives of vulnerable communities
POSITION : Community Liaison Officer
Description
- The Community Liaison Officer will primarily be responsible to the Field Coordinator (FieldCo) for the active involvement of community's, Ministries, non-governmental organizations (NGO), Community-Based Organizations (CBO) and other social partners, by liaison, training and sensitizing communities for the identification, formulation and implementation of AAH programs in a bid to contribute to the eradication of extreme hunger, malnutrition and poverty in Northern Nigeria.
Objectives
- Raise awareness and knowledge about AAH mandate, activities and principles
- Raise awareness about humanitarian principles
- Developing public relations programmes to educate the general public and community members about the AAH program activities to support active community participation and ownership.
- Creation and provision of awareness materials to community’s, local authorities, non-governmental organizations (NGO), Community-Based Organizations (CBO) and other social partners
- Awareness presentation design and delivery to community’s, local authorities, non-governmental organizations (NGO), Community-Based Organizations (CBO) and other social partners
- Assisting with the organization of required community meetings and other participatory consultations.
- Collaborate with the S&SM as communities become safer for return of IDP's to establish a relation with that communities leader for future coordination as AAH expands its program support
- Coordinate with local authorities, partners and other program stakeholders AAH mandate
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Sociology or Rural Development or in a related field with at least 3 years' relevant project experience working with rural communities.
- Minimum two years' work experience in humanitarian contexts, with at least 1 year in conflict/insecure contexts.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive.
- Excellent team player.
- Previous experience with Community Liaison management duties.
- Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word).
- Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
- Fluency in English, Hausa and Kanuri.
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Commitment to AAH mission, values and policy.
Preferred Skills and Experience:
- Previous experience with AAH.
- Administrative competence would be an asset.
How To Apply
Candidates should submit their applications to:recruitment.ng@acf-international.org with position applied for as the subject
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