Save the Children is a leading international organization helping children in need around the world. First established in the UK in 1919, separate national organizations have been set up in more than twenty-eight countries, sharing the aim of improving the lives of children through education, health care and economic opportunities, as well as emergency aid in cases of natural disasters, war and conflict.

In Nigeria, Save the Children has been working since 2001. The early focus was on getting children actively involved in shaping the decisions that affect their lives. Today, Save the Children is working in seven federal states - Zamfara, Yobe, Jigawa, Katsina, Kano, Bauchi and Kaduna - focusing on providing basic healthcare and protecting children.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Accountability Coordinator
Location: Borno
Job Type: Full-time
Scope of Role

• The Accountability Coordinator is primary responsible for Accountability Mechanisms in all projects under the response
• S/he will lead output monitoring and quality monitoring of the projects
• S/he is responsible for coordinating and providing technical assistance to the Rohingya project teams in the areas of monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning
• S/he will provide technical support at the field level in order to ensure quality implementation of the interventions
• This person is responsible for synchronizing the MEAL plan between Projects of Rohingya Response program in line with SCiBD plan and response strategy
• S/he is responsible for supporting development and implementation of MEAL plan for ongoing and new projects. S/he will support capacity development of SC & partner staff in field of MEAL.

Key Areas of Accountability
Developing/Strengthening Accountability System:

• Undertake responsibility for the roll-out of the Accountability system in SCI’s programmes and partners
• Ensure that area operations and project staff understand the various steps and tools for the Accountability system and that this is used consistently across projects / areas
• Lead in Accountability tools development and record keeping systems for CfMs, in collaboration with the MEAL and the programme team
• Coordinate and participate with AAP-CWC WG to ensure that summary of complaints and feedback are shared and referred to.

Monitoring and Accountability:

• Lead in maintaining, updating, consolidating and cleaning the Accountability database. Ensure data quality across data collected from the different complaints and feedback mechanisms (CfM) within SCI and partners
• Lead in consolidating sector and/or project complaints for the output tracker, reports and MEAL update
• Lead in the consolidation and validation of KPI 19 in collaboration with MEAL and programme team
• Provide support to the project management in developing reports (through data collected and analysed) ensuring that complaints and feedback from community facilitates change in quality/implementation of programmes
• Collaborate with MEAL and Programme team, to conduct focus group discussions, post distribution monitoring, child participatory activities to gather affected community’s satisfaction; and
• Liaise with programme teams and Community Mobilization team to develop information sharing and community engagement strategies, to ensure stronger accountability to beneficiary communities

Quality Benchmarks:

• To conduct quality monitoring of programme activities, measured against the quality benchmark on Accountability (MEAL Systems Quality Benchmarks), ensuring a functional, safe and appropriate mechanisms

Capacity Building:

• Contribute at the field level towards the creation of an organisational culture that promotes Accountability to Affected Population and child participation
• Support on program and partners staff capacity to handle complaints and feedback and sharing of information and child participation.

Partner Accountability Mechanism:

• Ensure partners’ documentation of complaints and feedback
• Ensure that partners’ complaints and feedback mechanisms are reflected in SCI database and reports
• Orient and mentor partner staff particularly MEAL staff on handling complaints and feedback

Documentation and Dissemination:

• Support reporting to donors by providing analysis and trends on information, complaints and feedback to programme managers on a timely basis;
• Ensure that Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Accountability reports (including inputs from Community Mobilization team) include accurate key data summaries and brief narrative descriptors of critical analysis and issues as well as project specific information
• Support other reporting processes as required.

Coordination:

• Coordinate and communicate with community mobilization team and programme staff on CfM, participation and information sharing activities
• Maintain liaison with MEAL unit colleagues of PDQ department
• Coordinate with CO Accountability team on hotline complaints and feedback and its timely closure

Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
• High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
• Holds self and others accountable

Ambition:

• Creating best-in-class EA function
• Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively

Collaboration:

• Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Designing more effective admin and data management systems
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Skills & Experience

• Minimum of a First Degree qualification
• 3-5 years’ experience in M&E positions and/or program experience in field data collection in emergencies
• Detailed knowledge on Accountability and Participation systems/frameworks
• Experience in establishing complaints and feedback mechanisms including child friendly mechanisms
• Experience in at least one of the following sectors: Nutrition, Child Protection, Education and WASH.
• Good understanding of routine data quality checks/validation
• Have experience and/or knowledge about working with children on research issues and is aware of the local legal and child protection systems.
• Experience in survey and qualitative interviewing, including supervising field data collection teams and writing research reports/case studies
• Proficiency in mobile data collection tools design and deployment
• Advance knowledge Microsoft Office Suite, especially MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Ability to assess problems and recommend solutions
• Experience in participating on Working groups or Cluster meetings

Desirable:

• Experience of working in a post conflict environment/refugee/IDP situation
• Project management experience
• Ability to work as part of a team, Flexibility, adaptability, and patience
• Ability to work under pressure often to strict deadlines

How to Apply
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Job Title: MEAL/Accountability Assistant
Location: Borno
Job type: Full-time
Role Purpose

• The MEAL Assistant will be a part of the MEAL team.
• He/she will assist the MEAL team with activities, including data collection, coordination with the response programmes; assisting with planning field visits and assessments.
• S/he will support in gathering feedback and complaints from the affected population in the different accountability mechanisms (e.g. focus group discussions, child participatory activities, post-distribution monitoring).

Key Areas of Accountability
Monitoring and Accountability:

• Assist in programme updates for the response management and internal information sharing
• Assist MEAL officer with data collection processes if needed
• Conduct field monitoring visits (including the use of the Quality benchmark/monitoring checklist) and facilitating focus group discussions
• Assist with the implementation of programme evaluations (data collection)
• Support MEAL in conducting assessments as needed
• Responsible for handling, documenting, confidentiality and security of all informational resource related to feedback and complaints from beneficiaries
• Support Complaints and Feedback Mechanism, including communicating responses to complainants; liaise with programmes and operations to ensure prompt follow-up on feedback and complaints received
• Documentation and Dissemination:
• Contribute in preparing weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on MEAL
• Prepare field visit report and do debriefing and action planning with relevant staff

Quality Benchmarks:

• To conduct quality monitoring of programme activities, measured against international standards and using participatory methodologies (including child-friendly methodologies) and the quality benchmarks
• Coordination:
• Coordinate and communicate with MEAL and relevant programme staff regarding feedback and complaints
• Maintain liaison with MEAL unit and programme particularly field coordination/community mobilization team

Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
• High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
• Holds self and others accountable

Ambition:

• Creating best-in-class EA function
• Future-orientated thinks pro-actively

Collaboration:

• Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Designing more effective admin and data management systems
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates the highest levels of integrity

Skills & Experience
Essential:

• Minimum qualification, First degree in relevant field
• Minimum 1-year post NYSC experience
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Listening skills
• Problem analysis and problem-solving
• Proficient in relevant computer applications
• Ability to work in a team with flexibility to undertake the challenging task and adapt to different working conditions.
• Good spoken, reading and writing skills in English with the ability to produce a quality report
• Kanuri proficiency is a must

Desirable:

• Have experience and/or knowledge about working with children on research issues and is aware of the local legal and child protection systems.
• Ability to work as part of a team, Flexibility, adaptability, and patience
• Ability to work under pressure often to strict deadlines

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: Consultant - Participatory Gender and Child Protection Assessment Specialist
Location: Borno
Purpose of the Consultancy

• This position will lead the joint Gender Equality Analysis and Child Protection Risk and Vulnerability Analysis for 2 projects. The primary objective of this joint assessment is to identify the different needs, interests, capacities, risks and vulnerabilities of women, girls, boys and men particularly in relation to their protection from conflict-related violence
• This will be through gathering qualitative and quantitative data and information through a participatory and gender-sensitive approach (including with children) in order to provide both a gender equality and protection analysis for prioritization of issues in terms of improving the protective environment for boys, girls, men, women, adolescent boys and girls
• The incumbent will identify the principle gaps as well as the aggravating factors of the situation.

Key Areas of Accountability

• Responsible for  the design, planning, implementation, analysis and reporting of a quality, cost-effective and timely joint gender equality and CP assessment
• Working closely with the Borno team, CO and member TAs to develop a structured and coordinated joint assessment
• Develop the assessment framework, methodologies, action plan, process, and tools in collaboration with the CO, Borno and members for their technical inputs
• Work with the MEAL manager and Borno CP team to select appropriate data collectors (being mindful of the skills and personality needed for a participatory assessment with children and gender equality considerations)
• Work with MEAL Manager to train and supervise the team and data collectors to ensure they get proper orientation and tasks are clearly understood, including training on gender equality and the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) among adults.
• Ensure commitment to ethical standards and practices in gender equality, PSEA, and child safeguarding by the assessment team and thorough assessment methodology.
• Support development of data entry, processing and data analysis templates and formats.
• Ensure necessary materials, equipment needed, and timeline for the assessment, permission to travel to sites and other logistics are arranged and obtained on time.
• Provide technical support and supervise each step and phase of the assessment
• Deliver a draft report after collection of raw data to present key findings CO/Members
• Deliver Final Report with key findings and recommendations and present to the NWG

Key Deliverables to be defined jointly by SCUK, SCC TA and CO/Borno:

• The proposed framework, methodology and timeline for the joint assessment
• A set of joint assessment tools (including child participatory activities) with a child protection and gender equality focus
• Training for data collectors on the joint assessment tools, core gender equality concepts, and PSEA
• Data analysis report of initial key findings
• Final joint assessment report with key recommendation for  IHA gender equality framework and  child protection programming with full database and analysis

Key Outputs / Deliverables of Consultancy
At the end of the consultancy engagement, the consultant is expected to deliver the following outputs:

• A report of the consultancy, key findings and recommendations
• Presentation of finding from the field to project team and SLT
• Child Safeguarding: The consultant will be expected to comply with Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct; details of these policies will be provided at the start of the consultancy.

Consultant Specification

• 5-8 years of experience in research and/or MEAL
• Proven track record in designing and conducting  successful Child Protection and Gender equality needs analyses in an emergency, protracted emergencies, similar contexts
• Experience with PSEA
• Experience of developing gender-sensitive tools (including child participatory activities) with emphasis on Child Protection and Gender Equality
• Experience in consulting girls and boys on issues relating to child protection and gender equality
• Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
• Demonstrated monitoring and evaluation skills
• Basic skills and experience in sampling methodologies
• Willingness to travel and carry out fieldwork in Borno for a minimum of three weeks
• Attach most recent consultancy report.

Desired Skills:

• Good facilitation and cross-functional leadership skills
• Advanced computer proficiency

Attitude:

• To work in a team
• To protect children in conflict
• To be non-discriminatory and gender sensitive

Fee Structure:

• All applicants to include daily rates.

How to Apply
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Job Title: Education Programme Manager
Location: Borno
Job Type: Full-time
Scope of Role

• The Education Manager will act as the operational and technical lead on all education-related matters for the Northeast Humanitarian Response.
• He/she will be expected, with limited support, to lead on education-related assessments, programme implementation and closely work with the head of Education on to inform new programme design and implementation at proposal and strategy level, as well as support on fundraising, recruitment and procurement, liaising and linking with other sectors as appropriate.
• In addition, the Manager will oversee the monitoring & evaluation of educational activities and take the lead on the education cluster coordination. 
• The Education Manager will also be expected to play a leadership role within a response team, supporting and building the capacity of colleagues.

Key Areas of Accountability
Programme Support:

• The Education Manager, working with the Response Team will:
  • Expand the Education Program Strategy for Northeast Nigeria;
  • Prepare and oversee programme implementation to ensure timely delivery of programme activities, including monitoring against log frames and budget, individual performance management work plans, identifying programme supplies needs and coordinating with the logistics team to put in place a sensible phased procurement plan.
  • Programmes to develop and implement may include:
    • Literacy and Numeracy/ Remedial or catch-up Education programming
    • Creation of additional learning spaces to serve the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) and host community members.
    • Outreach meetings in the camps and host communities (specifically targeting children/youth, parents, caregivers, other duty bearers) to build a better understanding of family/community priorities and responsibilities for education.
    • Teacher education/ training workshops on pedagogy, Literacy, Numeracy and Wellbeing as per the SCI Quality Education framework.
    • Comprehensive School Safety to ensure that children are learning from a safe and protective environment.
  • Works closely with SCI teams across various departments (Program operations, MEAL, Advocacy and Communications) to ensure a unified Education Strategic vision
  • In close collaboration with other sector Managers, ensure Education Strategy efficiently integrates with other sector approaches, ensuring holistic child development across sectoral lines (Child Protection, Child Rights Governance, Livelihoods, WASH etc.)
  • Contribute to and ensure quality implementation for education programmes and donor reports are in compliance with internal Save the Children requirements and any relevant external donor requirements.
  • Works closely with the HR team, lead in identifying Education staffing needs (national and international) and ensure rapid recruitment, induction and training of new staff
  • Ensure child participation principles are institutionalized within education programming.
  • Ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Sphere Standards, INEE and Red Cross Code of Conduct.

Operational Planning:

• Provide humanitarian level lead in planning, development of detailed implementation plans, phased budgets, implementation, monitoring, documentation and reporting for an education program.
• Overseeing the implementation and budget performance in line with the program plans and budgets.
• Effectively support the program staff and partners in developing annual plans, in line with education Program design and Save the Children International planning guidelines.
• Support staff and partners to ensure that education Program implementation is to the desired standards and on time.
• Provide guidance to the partners through the planning processes to develop plans that are cost-effective and in line with education Program funding.

Finance and Budget Management:

• Manage the Program budget in coordination with the team leader and Finance Manager.
• Overseeing the budget performance to ensure that program implementation is on course as per the detailed implementation plans and phased budgets.
• Support the Program implementation teams with budget monitoring and reporting.
• Ensure that the budget monitoring reports are responded to in time and with accurate information.
• Working closely with education Program teams, to ensure that partners are well guided, supported and their capacity built-in sound financial management procedures.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting:

• Lead on technical education assessments in coordination with other SC thematic areas and other external sector agencies, ensuring assessment findings are documented and that all assessments include a specific analysis of children’s needs.
• Develop education program monitoring tools and work with the M&E and Assessment Officer to monitor education programming; Working closely with the Monitoring & Evaluation team put in place a sector M & E plan, ensuring this links to reporting requirements, and capacity build technical field staff in carrying out the work.
• Take the initiative in documenting lessons learnt, best practice and case studies to shape in-country strategies and programme approaches, and contribute to broader sector learning.
• Prepare timely programme and donor reports on program activities in compliance with internal SC requirements and any relevant external donor requirements.
• Put in place Education accountability mechanisms, ensuring that feedback is incorporated into programme design and learning disseminated to the wider sector.

Fundraising and advocacy:

• In coordination with Awards Management Unit, lead on fundraising for the Education and integrated programming, including the development of high-quality concept notes and proposals, and engagement with donors’ technical advisers
• Implement the girl education campaign strategy;

Partner Development and Management:

• Participate in the partner’s capacity assessment and identify capacity building needs for the education Programming:
• Develop with the partner’s detailed implementation/work plans and phased budgets.
• Provide capacity building and support in implementation and quality by partners.
• Monitor and follow up the implementation of the agreed work plan and budget to ensure that the program objectives are being realized in accordance to the program and partnership agreement and take the necessary actions for any identified deviations.
• Undertaking partners’ capacity assessment in order to identify capacity gaps and areas of support that the partners will require for effective implementation of the program.
• Undertake visits to the partners on both programmatic and operational support.
• Ensure timely, accurate and high quality financial and programmatic reporting by the partners and take corrective actions for any non-compliance by the partners.

Save the Children is a dual mandate organisation and as such the Education Manager is also expected to support the ongoing development work of the Nigeria CO as the workload and needs allow.

Qualifications and Experience
Essential:

• Postgraduate degree in Education or other relevant degrees with minimum of 5 years relevant working experience or 7 years’ relevant working experience for a graduate holder.
• Substantial experience of working in humanitarian programs or in fragile states
• Skills and experience in the education sector
• Previous experience of managing a team
• Previous experience of programme management across multiple locations
• Commitment to, a thorough understanding of, and able to train staff in participation and accountability approaches
• Demonstrated experience in leading assessment activities and of designing, managing, monitoring and evaluating education programmes
• Demonstrated ability to set up monitoring & evaluation systems.
• Experience of senior level representation, including Cluster coordination
• Experience of developing and negotiating successful partnerships with institutional donors
• Ability to write a clear and well-argued assessment and program reports
• Excellent communication skills with a high level of written and spoken English
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
• Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support.

Desirable:

• Experience of urban programming
• Language skills in Hausa or Kanuri

Skills and Behaviours (our Values and Practice)
Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same

Collaboration:

• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
• Builds and maintains effective relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity and different people’s perspectives, able to work cross-culturally.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Cuts away bureaucracy and encourages an entrepreneurial approach

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, builds trust and confidence
• Displays consistent excellent judgement.

How to Apply
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Job Title: Head of Health & Child Survival
Location: Abuja
Role Purpose

• As a member of the Extended Senior Management Team (ESMT), the Head of Health & Child Survival is responsible for leading the growth and management of the Nigeria country program’s health portfolio, as well as providing strategic leadership and ensuring program quality.
• S/he will anticipate appropriate opportunities for funding in-line with SCI’s strategy, and ensure effective partnerships with members and donor agencies, federal government agencies, and the private sector, towards achieving SCI Health & Child Survival program objectives.
• The Head of Health & Child Survival will lead the programming team in this sector with clear planning and priorities, and monitor and evaluate progress against those plans.

Key Areas of Accountability
Strategic Leadership and Program Quality:

• Ensure a Nigeria Health Strategy is developed and regularly updated to guide SCI’s direction in the health sector, ensuring that this strategy is innovative and aligned with SCI’s strategies and policies;
• Ensure that all Save the Children activities relating to health and child survival are effectively and efficiently contributing to strategic objectives, and that results are achieved as per expected technical quality standards;
• Oversee, in collaboration with the health teams, periodic technical reviews and manage changes in program direction and focus in collaboration with partners, donors, and SCI technical experts;
• Ensure that SCI Nigeria health programs are developed within the framework of Integral Human Development (IHD) and complementary to/aligned with other programs, including government;
• Ensure effective gender-mainstreaming across the health program in both programming and management;
• In collaboration with the programming and project-specific teams, ensure development of high quality training materials, delivery of quality training, technical assistance, and administrative and financial support to all partner agencies, including the selection and coordination of consultants;
• Promote the use of quality improvement, data-informed decision making and evidence-based practices (or sound practices where evidence is limited) among health program staff and partners.

Growth and Representation:

• Coordinate planning, prepositioning, partnership negotiations, and proposal development processes for health opportunities in compliance with SCI’ best practices and guidance in collaboration with the Head of Unit- Business Development;
• Ensure high quality, logical project design in new proposals;
• Establish, maintain, and strengthen relationships with potential and existing donors;
• Draft, and/or finalize communication materials, as necessary, to be shared during donor and/or partner meetings to ensure visibility of SCI’s health programs in Nigeria;
• Maintain and strengthen partnership, collaboration and communication with the Federal Ministry of Health and Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Welfare Development, National Planning Commission, and other relevant government programs where appropriate;
• Maintain and strengthen partnership, collaboration, and communication with Members as related to health and child survival activities.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) and Knowledge Management:

• Promote effective knowledge management within the health program and across sectors;
• Collaborate with appropriate Regional and HQ Advisors to promote program quality and sharing of learning and identify relevant innovations;
• Work collaboratively across all sectors to ensure integration, complementarity, and learning;
• In collaboration with the programming team, provide guidance and oversight to partners and other collaborating agencies to ensure that lessons of sound practice are documented and disseminated;
• In collaboration with the head of MEAL, oversee the development and management of the CO’s monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) system for the health program;
• Ensure data is analysed to measure project performance and identify areas of improvement. Ensure that learning is incorporated into evolving program plans;
• Collaborate with Regional and Headquarters technical staff to identify and implement appropriate electronic data collection solutions to improve timeliness and quality of M&E and reporting.

Management and Administration:

• Promote coordination and cooperation between health programs and operations staff including working closely with the Director PDQ to ensure stewardship of resources and appropriate budget management of projects, collaboration in forecasting, and other business processes;
• Ensure accurate and timely management and reporting on financial and material resources as it relates to health programming;
• Ensure staff compliance with all SCI administrative and operational procedures and policies, as well as applicable donor regulations;
• Approve program expenditures, budget adjustments, and cost modification requests to donors per agency policies and procedures and donor regulations;
• Assist with the development of the Annual Programming Plan and provide overall leadership to the development of the health budgets.

Human Resource Management:

• Lead, manage, and supervise the health programming team staff directly or indirectly according to the CO structure; 
• Conduct periodic reviews of staff performance in keeping with SCI’s performance management system and mentor staff to ensure high levels of motivation, commitment, capacity, and teamwork;
• Ensure and build  high quality staff at all levels.

Qualifications and Experience

• Preferred candidates MUST have a minimum Master's Degree or Doctorate in International Development or a relevant technical area such as Public Health, Medicine, or related field.
• Minimum ten years of international development experience managing and implementing complex programs in developing countries.
• Demonstrated capacity and experience with institutional strengthening of local civil society and government agencies.
• Experience leading business development, including proposal development, project design, and coordination, positioning with strong negotiation skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of key donor regulations.
• Proven leadership and inter-personal skills and ability to build and motivate diverse and talented teams.
• Proven experience in building and maintaining institutional linkages and relationships required.
• Demonstrated commitment to improving gender equality and gender responsiveness in programming and operations.
• Cultural sensitivity, patience and flexibility.
• Demonstrated personal accountability and driven to serve others.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office products.
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally and representing SCI as required.

Skills & Abilities:

• The ideal candidate possesses excellent planning, research, and analytical skills, attention to detail and the ability to work cost†effectively and efficiently;
• Strong written and oral communication and presentation skills;
• Proven leadership ability and collaborative approach to finding solutions;
• Achieving quality work, and delivering outcomes and materials on time in a changing, fast†paced, deadline†driven environment.

How to Apply
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Job Title: Community Mobilization and Behaviour Change Communication Officer
Location: Zamfara, Nigeria
Reports to: State Team Leader
Role Purpose

• The Community Mobilization and Behaviour Change Communication Officer will be responsible for the coordination, monitoring and supervision of the community based promotion and mobilization activities related to the infant and young child feeding and Nutrition BC.

Key Areas of Accountability
Organise Stakeholders participation, sensitisation and advocacy:

• Coordinating the development of communications materials and participate in their review and comment on print and electronic media materials including scripts, posters, leaflets, video/audio recordings
• Ensure strong link with state, local government and community stakeholders
• Work closely with Health and Nutrition Advisor to design and deliver communications interventions that facilitate behaviour change amongst target groups across the focal LGAs
• Support and mentor community mobilization assistants to carry out their activities on community sensitization, mobilization, IYCF and Nutrition BCC activities
• Lead on planning and implementation of feedback mechanisms with leaders, communities and beneficiaries
• Keep records of supervision and actions taken from own activities and activities of the CMA
• Link with other organisations present in the area for coordination and sharing lessons learned.
• Plan logistics and materials needs for the activities to be carried out
• Be responsible for the strengthening and coordination of complain and response mechanism (CRM) activities working with the CRM coordinator
• Relationship building negotiation and problem solving with authorities, communities and Mobilizers/Volunteers
• Work with the Advocacy and mobilization Advisor, State team leader (STL) and other technical program staff to conduct BCC needs assessment and assist with designing, pre-testing and finalizing drafts of BCC materials under the guidance and direction of the social protection advisor

Monitoring and evaluation of Community Mobilisation and Nutrition BCC activities:

• Prepare a monthly plan or field activities
• Ensure timely collection, compilation and analysis of quality data as well as production of quantitative and qualitative reports regarding all CM activities (by SC staff and CV)
• Produce case studies related to CM, at least one per quarter or as per line manager’s request
• Identify the problems in the implementation process and propose solutions
• Evaluate regularly the impact of the activities and propose changes for improvement
• Prepare activities’ reports

Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
• High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
• Holds self and others accountable

Ambition:

• Creating best-in-class EA function
• Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively

Collaboration:

• Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Designing more effective admin systems
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Skills & Experience
Administrative & General Skills:

• At least 3 years of experience on community mobilization
• Previous experience with other local and international NGOs
• Experience in Nutrition and community based programmes,
• Computer literacy (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)
• Fluency in English and Hausa, spoken and written
• Ability to work in partnership with government and other NGO’s staff
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work within a team setting
• Independence, adaptability and flexibility
• Excellent comunicación skills

Working Conditions:

• Ability and willingness to travel to projects and stay in basic conditions when necessary

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Note

• Applicants are advised that Save the Children International does not require any payment or expense during the entire recruitment process. Any request in this direction should be immediately reported as it is contrary to the values and practices of our organization.
• Due to the volume of applications received, Save the Children may not provide feedback to all applicants. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, as applications will be reviewed as received. Save the Children reserves the right to change the closing date, if considered necessary.