Background

Center for Child Care and Human Development (C3HD) is a Child Centered and Women Focused (CCWF) nongovernmental, non-tribal, non-religious and non-profitable organization established and registered with state in 2017 and later registered as a non-profit organization with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC).  

C3HD was established to respond to the needs of the most vulnerable communities and especially women and children, and those affected by conflict and insurgency through maximizing contributions to Health care and wellbeing, Education, WASH and inequality, Protection (GBV and CP), Peace Building, and Economic recovery and Livelihood.

C3HD is striving for an all-inclusive community and human development for all, including populations who are marginalized, underserved or affected by conflict or insurgency, catering to their health and wellbeing. We have a mission of striving to transform the lives women and children on the edges of society and help them regain and pursue their dreams for sustainable development.

C3HD acts as an agent for change. For 5 years and in 4 states, we help women and children to overcome the massive problem they face through reducing inequality in accessing health services and education, responding to violence, and promoting food security, empowerment, peace and building their resilience to respond to future hardships. We employ “the protective communities’ approach” to our programming’s by mainstreaming safeguarding and protection in our activities.

We put women and girls in the center of our work because we know that we cannot promote sustainable development until all people have equal rights and opportunities. In the communities we work, we strive to reduce inequality while building women and children’s resilience so that they can withstand and adequately respond to future challenges.

Length of Contract: 1 Year   

Reporting to: Programs Officer   

Job Title: Community Mobilizer  

Locations: Damaturu and Potiskum – Yobe State 

No of Positions: 12 (6 in Damaturu and 6 in Potiskum)   Employment Type: Contract  

Job Summary   

Community Mobilizers will mobilize and facilitate active participation of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), and their communities to participate in planning, monitoring and implementation and evaluation of community development initiatives. Build the capacity of AGYW, families and communities to collectively engage local leaders on identified issues.   

   Role:   

• To support the implementation of SRH/HIV activities, and maintain effective and appropriate community engagement on all project activities in communities in the Girls Access Project locations.  
• The post will involve coordination with beneficiaries and project team.   

Major Responsibilities 

Project Management:

• Mobilize adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) to form ‘Girls for Girls (G4G) groups’ for awareness raising and encourage greater self-reliance among young women and adolescent girls in the project communities.  
• Utilize participatory methodology and other education techniques to assist communities in developing community-driven HIV and AIDS prevention and response plans in encouraging prevention of new HIV infections. 
• Conduct HIV Testing, counselling and referral services to beneficiaries 
• Participate in periodic medical outreach to communities and provide services including condom distribution, HIV education and sensitization. 
• Provide life skills and positive parenting sessions to participant beneficiaries at community level. 
• Support in MEAL data collection and reporting through site visits and other support as needed.  
• Conduct periodic participatory monitoring and evaluation with project beneficiaries and communities.  
• Facilitate the sharing of project and relevant information obtained with households and communities, and other stakeholders through feedback mechanism.  
• Ensure project implementation is aligned to targets as directed by project manager or officers. 
• Constantly update beneficiaries and communities on project activities and progress  

Any other duties assigned.

General:

Comply with C3HD’s policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.    

Core Behaviors    

• Ensures that programme goals and activities uphold the principles of the key national and international humanitarian law, frameworks, codes and commitments. 
• Integrates beneficiary accountability principles into the approach (AAP). 
• Understanding humanitarian contexts and application of humanitarian principles. 

Operating safely and securely:   

• Identifies and communicates risk and threats and minimizes these for oneself and the agency. 
• Takes measures to do no harm and to minimize risks for beneficiaries and the communities.   
• Reduces vulnerability by complying with safety and security protocols set by the organization

Managing yourself in a pressured and changing environment:   

• Remains effective and retains perspective in the face of difficult or demanding situations.    
• Maintains ethical and professional behavior in accordance with relevant codes of conduct. 
• Plans, prioritizes and performs tasks well under pressure. 
• Takes responsibility for own work and for the impact of own actions. 

Achieving results effectively:    

• Ensures efficient and transparent use of resources in accordance with internal controls. 
• Considers the wider impact of decisions to be made in the short and long-term.      
• Continuously provides feedback and updates to achieve improved results   •  Addresses difficult situations and makes tough decisions confidently and calmly 
• Documents lessons learned and share with line manager.    

Maintaining and developing collaborative relationships:    

• Actively listens to different perspectives and experiences of stakeholders    
• Establishes and maintains clear communication and dialogue with disaster and conflict affected people and other stakeholders    
• Establishes clear objectives with teams and individuals and monitors progress and performance

Leadership: Action; Thinking; Self; Inspiring; Developing Others:    

• Demonstrates approachability and trust by listening carefully to others and valuing their contribution, and making others feel comfortable by being open and honest about their thoughts and feelings    
• Effectively influences others by understanding their interests and showing how they will be met by own preferred solution    
• Gives constructive feedback to enhance capabilities and responsibilities to another for the purpose of his/her development    
• Demonstrates self-development and management by taking responsibility for own development, and actively seeking out feedback to better understand their own strengths and weaknesses    

Makes positive statements about work    

Key Requirements   

• Bachelor Degree in relevant discipline with 1 year working experience or 1-2years working experience on HIV/AIDS– National Diploma / NCE in relevant discipline.
• Must be a retired Civil Servant, Public Servant or Private worker.
• Respected by local people and leaders and known to be conscientious.
• Good Written & Verbal Communication & Interpersonal Skill Level.
• You have good interpersonal skills and ability to work with teams.
• Good Written & Verbal Communication.
• Language Requirements – speaking local languages –English and Hausa.
• Must live within the project LGAs.

Application Opening Date: 27^th April, 2024

Closing Date: 12^th May, 2024

Interested and qualified candidates should send their comprehensive CV and Cover Letter ONLY as one attachment explaining suitability for the job in (MS Word or PDF document): address and send their applications to the “Head of Programs, Center for Child Care and Human Development” via: [email protected] using the Job Title and location as the subject of the email. 

Note   

• Only application submitted together with the completed competency form shall be review for shortlisting.  

C3HD is an Equal opportunities employer, as such women and candidates living with disability are strongly encouraged to apply.  

C3HD does NOT request prospective volunteers to pay any money for recruitment. We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.    

Due to the urgency of filling the position, application would be reviewed on rolling basis C3HD reserves the right to complete the recruitment before the closing date.