Community Assistants at New Foundation for Displaced Persons (NFDP)

Borno

New Foundation for Displaced Persons (NFDP) is a non- governmental organization established under the Nigeria law dedicated to providing crucial support to individuals displaced by insurgency and crises to survival, recover and rebuild their lives.

Experience: 2 years

Location: Borno

Role Purpose

  • The Community Mobilization Assistant will provide technical, programmatic, and administrative support.
  • The assistant will work closely with the project technical staff and the community to ensure all project activities run smoothly.
  • The Assistant will support the state programme teams in planning and programme implementation of the community capacity and mobilization component.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Technical, Programmatic, and Administrative Support:

  • Contribute to technical work related to community capacity strengthening, including strategies, toolkits, communication materials,
  • Participate in the drafting and implementation of approved work plans
  • Mobilize community-based groups, including WDCs, VDCs, community influencers and opinion leaders.
  • Promote community participation and inclusion so as to encourage community ownership over activities implemented;
  • Monitor project events and stakeholder’s activities in coordination with project technical leads and capture success stories, to effectively capture lessons learnt on the ground from the projects;
  • Provide weekly field reports, capturing activities progress, lessons learned as well as general situation and community updates and needs; and collaborate with relevant teams to ensure documentation of all community mobilization and M&E activities;
  • Assist with the establishment and maintenance of effective relationships at the State level with health partners, implementing partners, State MOHs and other key stakeholders.

Qualifications

Essential:

  • Level of Education – First degree BSc/BA/HND/NCE or national diploma in Communications, Journalism, Social Work, Psychology, Health, or related Social Science field.
  • Minimum of 2 years’ experience working with donor-funded projects in related tasks
  • Prior work experience in community engagement in Northern Nigeria.
  • Working Knowledge of MS Office Packages and database software and applications
  • Well-organized, with ability to track multiple activities and deadlines
  • Ability to work successfully in a cross-cultural, team-based environment
  • Fluent English language skills (written and verbal).
  • Commitment to the values, mission, of NFDP.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to New Foundation for Displaced Persons (NFDP) on forms.gle to apply

 

Closing date: 24 August, 2025