The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is a global humanitarian and advocacy organisation that finds, removes and destroys landmines, cluster munitions and unexploded bombs from places affected by conflict.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: State Coordinator Officer
Locations: Benue and Katsina
Employment type: Full time
Overview of Role
- The State Coordinator will provide management and coordination to all partner activities and lead on community Liaison activities across Katsina and Benue States.
- The state coordinators will provide a consistent approach to community liaison and risk education that is in conformance with MAG Nigeria SOPs and guidelines, MAG global policies and in compliance with international standards.
- S/he shall also ensure that the reporting and management structures are reviewed on an ongoing basis to ensure maximum effectiveness and programme consistency.
- S/he will work closely with the Community Liaison Manager and Local Partners to ensure that community activities are of a high standard, innovative and well-integrated within all MAG operations.
Responsibilities
- Provide support and advice to the local partner and stakeholder regarding current and future WAM activities and tasks in the respective sates State.
- Provides guidance to local teams through the management of the WAM activities.
- Support implementation of new program activities and development of community-level activities with local partners in new program areas.
- Conduct regular M&E of Community-Level activities and ensure that recommendations from monitoring visits are acted upon
- Provides support to MAG’s Community Focal Points
- Deliver relevant community-level trainings to community educators
- Provide support to partners and participate in the recruitment of community educators
- Support the planning, collection, and sharing of case studies
- Support MAG during joint assessments with NGOs that require community-level input
- Support design and implementation of WAM activities in their respective states as required
- Ensure information/requests circulated from the CLM are responded to and/or circulated to the relevant field teams.
Qualifications, Experience, and Attributes
- HND / University Degree in the field of Sociology, Education or any other related area
- of Experience in overseeing and managing field-based staff and supporting work planning processes
- Experience in data gathering, management, and analysis including the development of data gathering mechanisms and tools
- Experience of working with rural communities from a variety of different ethnic groups.
- Good communication and teamwork skills
- Computer literacy
- Knowledge of local language in Katsina or Benue and English language skills.
Essential Requirements:
- Previous experience of using participatory techniques to gather information in at-risk communities
- Previous experience of carrying out community-based education activities or similar
- Experience in data gathering, management, and analysis including the development of data gathering mechanisms and tools
- Experience of working with rural communities from a variety of different ethnic groups.
- Good communication and teamwork skills
- Computer literacy
- Knowledge of local language in Katsina or Benue and English language skills.
Application Closing Date
24th May, 2021.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected] using the job title as the subject of the email.
More Information
- Job City Benue, Katsina