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The IRC has been present in Nigeria since 2012 when the organization responded to flooding in Kogi state. In February 2014 the IRC moved into Adamawa State in NE Nigeria to provide humanitarian interventions through a multi-sectoral, integrated approach for conflict affected populations. IRC Nigeria now operates a country office in Abuja and field offices in Mubi and Yola of Adamawa State, Maiduguri, Monguno and Gwoza of Borno state and Damatru of Yobe State. Currently, IRC Nigeria implements programs primary health care, nutrition, environmental health, women’s protection and empowerment, protection, child protection, education, food security & livelihoods.

In response to the new IDP influx displaced from Kukawa local government, the IRC will be providing emergency reproductive health package according to the MISP for the new IDP influx and host communities.

RH Community Mobilization Assistant

Sector: Health

Employment Category: Fixed Term

Employment Type: Full-Time

Open to Expatriates: No

Location: Monguno, Nigeria

Job Overview/Summary: The community Mobilization assistant’s is responsible for the following major roles

The implementation of educational and promotional activities as well as conducting all community awareness / mobilization activities related to Reproductive Health (RH) for women, girls, men and boys in Gwoza/Monguno LGA of Borno State. He / she will supervise a network of community volunteers and traditional birth attendants and work closely with the other members of the reproductive health and GBV team.

Design and lead efforts to improve community awareness and acceptance of reproductive health services. Implement community mobilization efforts to improve women, girls, men and boys’ access to and use of reproductive health services.

Major Responsibilities: Under the technical supervision of Reproductive Health officer- Community Mobilization and the direct supervision of the CWC Integration Officer the responsibilities of the Community Mobilizer includes but are not limited to the following:

Community Activities:

  • Conducts assessments and surveys in the community to identify trends and needs
  • Participation in the design, plan and input to the work-plans, based on identified trends and needs.
  • Implementation of community mobilization activities to specifically access “hard to reach” and vulnerable beneficiaries.
  • Organize culturally sensitive educational and promotional activities to raise awareness on RH topics/services, including:
  • Family Planning
  • Mother and Neonatal health, Antenatal Care, and Postnatal Care ,
  • Awareness of STIs and infection prevention
  • Referral and guidance for survivors of sexual assault.
  • Contribute to the development of a variety of health education material and tools to fit the context.
  • Mobilize the community, women and girls, women’s groups, community groups etc. to increase RH awareness and service utilization, together with RH and GBV teams.
  • Liaise with midwives and community health workers to track and monitor women/clients targeted by the program.
  • Ensure the safe and confidential referral of identified survivors of sexual assault to GBV services.
  • Organize meetings with community representatives, and target groups as needed.
  • Engage community leaders, stake holders and influential members of the community in creating awareness and community support for Reproductive Health.
  • Participate in the recruitment of community health volunteers, traditional birth attendants, Peer educators and Men champions
  • Training of community health volunteers, Traditional birth attendants, Peer Educators and Men champions on RH topics/service promotion, hygiene promotion, waste management, infection prevention etc.
  • Supervise community volunteers and traditional birth attendants during planned community activities.
  • Participate in community workshops, meetings or any discussions on reproductive health.
  • Participate in the development and translation of all messages in the most appropriate language.
  • Active participation in the regular RH/WPE meetings.
  • Coordinating and implanting Community Mobilization activities in work locations
  • Identify advocacy concerns, Initiate and coordinate advocacy actions
  • Liaise with community leaders, community health workers, government agencies, IRC sectors, Partners to organize training and capacity building on RH services
  • Communicate all obstacles/Problems to respective supervisor for further action.
  • Follow-up on training/sensitization/meetings conducted to ensure implementation of plans

Monitoring Responsibilities:

  • Keep record of all the health education/promotional sessions (disaggregated by gender/ age/ IDP/Host etc).
  • Compile weekly summary of community mobilization activities
  • Responsible for compiling timely monthly community mobilization activity reports and data compilation.
  • Other Duties:
  • Ensure that all distribution of community mobilization items are done in a timely manner according to distribution plan with relevant supporting documentations
  • Keep a record of distributed/used materials and provides a monthly stock report.
  • Any other assigned task by supervisors
  • Confidentiality:
  • Ensure non-disclosure of any information whatsoever about practices and IRC activities to any other person or organization without permission, except in the normal performance of the service

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to:  CWC Integration Officer
Position directly supervises:  Community Volunteers and Traditional Birth Attendants

Indirect Reporting: RH Community Mobilization Officer
Other Internal and/or external contacts:

Internal: WPE Community Mobilizers, Case Workers and Midwives

External:  Community Leaders/Stakeholders

Qualifications

Education: Qualified Health Educator, Nurse or midwife, Community Health Extension Worker

Work Experience:

  • University or Higher Diploma/Degree in Health Education, Social Sciences, Nursing or                                   Community Health.
  • Or Secondary Certificate with at least a minimum of four years of experience working with local communities.
  • At least 2 years’ experience working in a health education/promotion and community project, with displaced population is a plus.
  • Familiarity with the local context: language, culture, etc.
  • Sensitivity and diplomacy to  provide education on a variety of sensitive RH topics

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

  • Good communication skills
  • Basic computer Literacy: Word and Excel
  • Ability to work in an environment with limited resources with poor living conditions and difficult situations
  •  Able to work remains productive in a team and under difficult and high pressure situations with the ability to prioritize effectively, and respects and adheres to deadlines

Language Skills:  Spoken and written English and local language (Hausa, Kanuri, Shuwa, Fulfulde, Gwoza)

Standards of Professional Conduct: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Code of Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.  In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others.

Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances.

 Working Environment

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

Since October 2012, the IRC has been responding to humanitarian needs of Nigerians. The IRC initially intervened in response to floods that affected over 7 million people across the country, destroying harvest and damaging homes. The IRC is currently implementing programs in Health, Protection, WASH, Nutrition, Food Security, and Women’s Protection and Empowerment (WPE) in Adamawa and Borno States in North-Eastern Nigeria.

The IRC is dedicated to making women and adolescent girls healthier from the earliest phase of acute crises (a target group most vulnerable during crisis) and implements evidence-based reproductive health interventions in line with the SPHERE-standard Minimum Initial Service Package for Reproductive Health in Crises (MISP). The goal is to ensure that the IRC’s health responses in emergencies include the core package of Reproductive Health (RH) services in its interventions.

The IRC’s Reproductive Health (RH) program is currently implementing (MISP) for RH in 4 health care centers in MMC and Jere LGAs and 1 IDP camp clinic. In addition the program is starting up an emergency mobile programming outside of these areas of Maiduguri in coordination with the WPE team. The focus of this program is to provide quality comprehensive RH and WPE services to conflict-affected women and girls in a timely manner. In addition to the mobile program, the WPE and RH joint mobile teams will be in charge of rapid assessments and rapid response. The mobile teams will be focused in the newly opened LGAs and emergency areas previously inaccessible due to conflict and insecurity. These teams will provide life-saving services to populations outside of Maiduguri, who have not had access to services in approximately 3 years.

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The IRC has been present in Nigeria since 2012 when the organization responded to flooding in Kogi state. In February 2014 the IRC moved into Adamawa State in NE Nigeria to provide humanitarian interventions through a multi-sectoral, integrated approach for conflict affected populations. IRC Nigeria now operates a country office in Abuja and field offices in Mubi and Yola of Adamawa State, Maiduguri, Monguno and Gwoza of Borno state and Damatru of Yobe State. Currently, IRC Nigeria implements programs primary health care, nutrition, environmental health, women’s protection and empowerment, protection, child protection, education, food security & livelihoods.

In response to the new IDP influx displaced from Kukawa local government, the IRC will be providing emergency reproductive health package according to the MISP for the new IDP influx and host communities.

RH Community Mobilization Assistant

Sector: Health

Employment Category: Fixed Term

Employment Type: Full-Time

Open to Expatriates: No

Location: Monguno, Nigeria

Job Overview/Summary: The community Mobilization assistant’s is responsible for the following major roles

The implementation of educational and promotional activities as well as conducting all community awareness / mobilization activities related to Reproductive Health (RH) for women, girls, men and boys in Gwoza/Monguno LGA of Borno State. He / she will supervise a network of community volunteers and traditional birth attendants and work closely with the other members of the reproductive health and GBV team.

Design and lead efforts to improve community awareness and acceptance of reproductive health services. Implement community mobilization efforts to improve women, girls, men and boys’ access to and use of reproductive health services.

Major Responsibilities: Under the technical supervision of Reproductive Health officer- Community Mobilization and the direct supervision of the CWC Integration Officer the responsibilities of the Community Mobilizer includes but are not limited to the following:

Community Activities:

  • Conducts assessments and surveys in the community to identify trends and needs
  • Participation in the design, plan and input to the work-plans, based on identified trends and needs.
  • Implementation of community mobilization activities to specifically access “hard to reach” and vulnerable beneficiaries.
  • Organize culturally sensitive educational and promotional activities to raise awareness on RH topics/services, including:
  • Family Planning
  • Mother and Neonatal health, Antenatal Care, and Postnatal Care ,
  • Awareness of STIs and infection prevention
  • Referral and guidance for survivors of sexual assault.
  • Contribute to the development of a variety of health education material and tools to fit the context.
  • Mobilize the community, women and girls, women’s groups, community groups etc. to increase RH awareness and service utilization, together with RH and GBV teams.
  • Liaise with midwives and community health workers to track and monitor women/clients targeted by the program.
  • Ensure the safe and confidential referral of identified survivors of sexual assault to GBV services.
  • Organize meetings with community representatives, and target groups as needed.
  • Engage community leaders, stake holders and influential members of the community in creating awareness and community support for Reproductive Health.
  • Participate in the recruitment of community health volunteers, traditional birth attendants, Peer educators and Men champions
  • Training of community health volunteers, Traditional birth attendants, Peer Educators and Men champions on RH topics/service promotion, hygiene promotion, waste management, infection prevention etc.
  • Supervise community volunteers and traditional birth attendants during planned community activities.
  • Participate in community workshops, meetings or any discussions on reproductive health.
  • Participate in the development and translation of all messages in the most appropriate language.
  • Active participation in the regular RH/WPE meetings.
  • Coordinating and implanting Community Mobilization activities in work locations
  • Identify advocacy concerns, Initiate and coordinate advocacy actions
  • Liaise with community leaders, community health workers, government agencies, IRC sectors, Partners to organize training and capacity building on RH services
  • Communicate all obstacles/Problems to respective supervisor for further action.
  • Follow-up on training/sensitization/meetings conducted to ensure implementation of plans

Monitoring Responsibilities:

  • Keep record of all the health education/promotional sessions (disaggregated by gender/ age/ IDP/Host etc).
  • Compile weekly summary of community mobilization activities
  • Responsible for compiling timely monthly community mobilization activity reports and data compilation.
  • Other Duties:
  • Ensure that all distribution of community mobilization items are done in a timely manner according to distribution plan with relevant supporting documentations
  • Keep a record of distributed/used materials and provides a monthly stock report.
  • Any other assigned task by supervisors
  • Confidentiality:
  • Ensure non-disclosure of any information whatsoever about practices and IRC activities to any other person or organization without permission, except in the normal performance of the service

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to:  CWC Integration Officer Position directly supervises:  Community Volunteers and Traditional Birth Attendants

Indirect Reporting: RH Community Mobilization Officer Other Internal and/or external contacts:

Internal: WPE Community Mobilizers, Case Workers and Midwives

External:  Community Leaders/Stakeholders

Qualifications

Education: Qualified Health Educator, Nurse or midwife, Community Health Extension Worker

Work Experience:

  • University or Higher Diploma/Degree in Health Education, Social Sciences, Nursing or                                   Community Health.
  • Or Secondary Certificate with at least a minimum of four years of experience working with local communities.
  • At least 2 years’ experience working in a health education/promotion and community project, with displaced population is a plus.
  • Familiarity with the local context: language, culture, etc.
  • Sensitivity and diplomacy to  provide education on a variety of sensitive RH topics

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

  • Good communication skills
  • Basic computer Literacy: Word and Excel
  • Ability to work in an environment with limited resources with poor living conditions and difficult situations
  •  Able to work remains productive in a team and under difficult and high pressure situations with the ability to prioritize effectively, and respects and adheres to deadlines

Language Skills:  Spoken and written English and local language (Hausa, Kanuri, Shuwa, Fulfulde, Gwoza)

Standards of Professional Conduct: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Code of Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.  In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others.

Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances.

 Working Environment

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

2019-08-17

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