Accountability Assistant at Catholic Relief Services 188 views8 applications


Project Background:

The Accountability Assistant will work with the hotline assistant, the MEAL-Accountability Officer, project teams and community mobilizers to ensure strong Beneficiary Feedback and Response Mechanisms (BFRM) are put in place in the various programs of North East Nigeria. S/he will be responsible for managing and monitoring beneficiary feedback on a daily basis and will prepare analysis reports presenting general trends to be shared with project teams.

Under the supervision of the MEAL-Accountability Officer, the Accountability Assistant will categorize the feedback received, record beneficiary them in the database, transmit the feedbacks to the adequate team, follow up advancement with the teams, update the database, and provide oversight to ensure entry of accurate and complete feedback data on a daily basis. Additional responsibility includes participation to project team meeting to share learnings from beneficiary feedbacks and the management /archiving of physical beneficiary feedback data collected through paper forms.

The Accountability Assistant will collaborate with the MEAL-Accountability Officer, CRS North Nigeria project staff and community mobilizers to ensure establishment of sound communications strategies with target communities regarding how to share feedback on CRS project implementation. The Accountability Assistant will also ensure that timely and adequate response (answer or action) is given to every feedback received by following up with the project teams and ensuring the database is always up to date.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Assign a category to the feedbacks received from the hotline and through community-based mechanism (staff, community meetings, suggestion boxes, etc…)
  • Assign a ticket number to each feedback and enter feedbacks in the database
  • Regularly transmit feedbacks to the adequate teams
  • Prepare weekly and monthly reports presenting the learnings from the feedback received, per project
  • Participate in teams’ meeting to share the trends and learning from the feedbacks
  • Follow up regularly with the teams on the advancement of feedback responses
  • Regularly update the database by adding the response implemented and close feedbacks when an adequate response has been given
  • Ensure all feedback collected from beneficiaries are kept confidential and timely/accurate response is given back to them
  • Support CRS and partner to document and respond to all community feedback received
  • Support the MEAL-Accountability Officer to facilitate orientation, training and awareness sessions on beneficiary feedback mechanism to CRS and partner staffs as required.

Qualifications and Skills:

  • Bachelor degree in social science or any relevant field such as law, administration or management.
  • At least 1-year full time experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning, preferably with an international NGO.
  • Demonstrated experience in database management.
  • Must have excellent research and facilitation skills, including developing and leading community meetings, Focused Group Discussions etc.
  • Good knowledge of computer software such as MS Office and Excel.
  • Demonstrate commitment to gender responsive programming.
  • Excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communication skills.
  • Team-oriented and strong interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure and to organize and prioritize a variety of initiatives.
  • Demonstrable experience working with Information and Communication Technologies (software and hardware).

Note, this position is contingent upon funding.

How to apply:

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should download the application form using this link http://goo.gl/8OOQcp and send with a detailed 3-page resume in a single file word document [email protected] The position title and location must be expressly stated as the subject of the email quoting reference number: ACAS1710

Applications must reach us on or before COB Tuesday, June 28, 2017. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Equal Opportunity:

“CRS is an equal –opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, etc. Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.

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Catholic Relief Services was founded in 1943 by the Catholic Bishops of the United States to serve World War II survivors in Europe. Since then, we have expanded in size to reach more than 100 million people in 101 countries on five continents.

Our mission is to assist impoverished and disadvantaged people overseas, working in the spirit of Catholic social teaching to promote the sacredness of human life and the dignity of the human person. Although our mission is rooted in the Catholic faith, our operations serve people based solely on need, regardless of their race, religion or ethnicity. Within the United States, CRS engages Catholics to live their faith in solidarity with the poor and suffering people of the world.

CRS is motivated by the example of Jesus Christ to ease suffering, provide development assistance, and foster charity and justice. We are committed to a set of Guiding Principles and hold ourselves accountable to each other for them.

Watch what happens when little miracles touch the lives of the most vulnerable people around the world. Witness the lifesaving help and hope provided by Catholic Relief Services. Take a look at just how far your heart can reach.

As the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States, CRS is governed by a board of directors comprising clergy, most of them bishops elected by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as religious and Catholic lay men and women.

CRS maintains strict standards of efficiency, accountability and transparency: 93% of our expenditures go directly to programs.

CRS' commitment to Catholic teaching

Catholic Relief Services is a manifestation of love for our brothers and sisters around the globe by the Catholic community of the United States. We protect, defend and advance human life around the world by directly meeting basic needs and advocating solutions to injustice. CRS is a pro-life organization dedicated to preserving the sacredness and dignity of human life from conception to natural death. Every aspect of our work is to help life flourish. We are resolute in our commitment to the Church and its teaching.

As a part of the Universal Church, we work with local Catholic institutions around the world. As a Catholic agency that provides assistance to people in need in 101 countries without regard to race, religion or nationality, we also participate in humanitarian initiatives undertaken by a range of groups, including governments, other faith communities and secular institutions. Although some positions and practices of these institutions are not always consistent with the full range of Catholic teaching, CRS' work with these institutions always focuses only on activities that are fully consistent with Catholic teachings.

CRS employs Catholics as well as non-Catholics. Membership in professional associations enables our staff to obtain information and technological advances that best prepare us to serve those in our care—and we do so in full accordance with Catholic teachings. Our staff members also belong to coalitions that extend the reach of services to poor people who often live in remote areas where CRS does not operate. These coalitions give CRS a platform to present effective methods and procedures that demonstrate the efficacy of Catholic approaches to health and family planning. These are our opportunities to make space in the public sphere for the Catholic viewpoint and to witness to our faith.

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Project Background:

The Accountability Assistant will work with the hotline assistant, the MEAL-Accountability Officer, project teams and community mobilizers to ensure strong Beneficiary Feedback and Response Mechanisms (BFRM) are put in place in the various programs of North East Nigeria. S/he will be responsible for managing and monitoring beneficiary feedback on a daily basis and will prepare analysis reports presenting general trends to be shared with project teams.

Under the supervision of the MEAL-Accountability Officer, the Accountability Assistant will categorize the feedback received, record beneficiary them in the database, transmit the feedbacks to the adequate team, follow up advancement with the teams, update the database, and provide oversight to ensure entry of accurate and complete feedback data on a daily basis. Additional responsibility includes participation to project team meeting to share learnings from beneficiary feedbacks and the management /archiving of physical beneficiary feedback data collected through paper forms.

The Accountability Assistant will collaborate with the MEAL-Accountability Officer, CRS North Nigeria project staff and community mobilizers to ensure establishment of sound communications strategies with target communities regarding how to share feedback on CRS project implementation. The Accountability Assistant will also ensure that timely and adequate response (answer or action) is given to every feedback received by following up with the project teams and ensuring the database is always up to date.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Assign a category to the feedbacks received from the hotline and through community-based mechanism (staff, community meetings, suggestion boxes, etc…)
  • Assign a ticket number to each feedback and enter feedbacks in the database
  • Regularly transmit feedbacks to the adequate teams
  • Prepare weekly and monthly reports presenting the learnings from the feedback received, per project
  • Participate in teams’ meeting to share the trends and learning from the feedbacks
  • Follow up regularly with the teams on the advancement of feedback responses
  • Regularly update the database by adding the response implemented and close feedbacks when an adequate response has been given
  • Ensure all feedback collected from beneficiaries are kept confidential and timely/accurate response is given back to them
  • Support CRS and partner to document and respond to all community feedback received
  • Support the MEAL-Accountability Officer to facilitate orientation, training and awareness sessions on beneficiary feedback mechanism to CRS and partner staffs as required.

Qualifications and Skills:

  • Bachelor degree in social science or any relevant field such as law, administration or management.
  • At least 1-year full time experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning, preferably with an international NGO.
  • Demonstrated experience in database management.
  • Must have excellent research and facilitation skills, including developing and leading community meetings, Focused Group Discussions etc.
  • Good knowledge of computer software such as MS Office and Excel.
  • Demonstrate commitment to gender responsive programming.
  • Excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communication skills.
  • Team-oriented and strong interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work effectively under pressure and to organize and prioritize a variety of initiatives.
  • Demonstrable experience working with Information and Communication Technologies (software and hardware).

Note, this position is contingent upon funding.

How to apply:

How to Apply:

Interested candidates should download the application form using this link http://goo.gl/8OOQcp and send with a detailed 3-page resume in a single file word document [email protected] The position title and location must be expressly stated as the subject of the email quoting reference number: ACAS1710

Applications must reach us on or before COB Tuesday, June 28, 2017. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Equal Opportunity:

“CRS is an equal –opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, etc. Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.

2017-06-28

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