Community Liason Officer at Mines Advisory Group (MAG International) ? Abuja & Borno

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Company: Location: Nigeria

State: Job type: Full-Time Job category: 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.

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Position Below Job Title: Community Liason Officer Locations: Abuja & Borno Line managed by: Community Liaison Team Lead (CLTL) Location: Borno, with travel across LGAs of North East as security conditions permit Important Notice: Position is subject to funds availability Overview Of Rol The Community Liaison Officer (CLO) will implement community liaison activities across the Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Borno State in accordance with MAG Nigeria?s SOPs and guidelines, local and international standards, as well as MAG global technical standards. Under the guidance of CL management, the CLO will engage with communities and stakeholders in a participatory manner, and work closely with their team and other MAG departments to ensure that community liaison activities are relevant, of high quality, innovative, and seamlessly integrated into all MAG operations.

Responsibilities Liaise with communities, traditional leaders, local authorities, NGOs, INGOs, and other relevant stakeholders to gather information that will support MAG?s operational planning using interviews, meetings, community mapping and other participatory approaches

Carry out Contamination Baseline Assessments and non-technical surveys to identify suspected or confirmed hazardous areas, recommend further action, and produce related reports and sketch maps

Gather information relating to accidents and survivors of explosive ordnance or SALW, and produce related reports and referrals

Deliver adapted, inclusive and participatory Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) and Small Arms and Light Weapons Risk Education (SALW RE) to targeted groups as needed, ensuring that all participants have a good understanding of risks and mitigation strategies

Deliver risk education training and support to community focal points, leaders and/or teachers where relevant and provide follow up monitoring and support

Gather data relating to the impact of MAG?s work through relevant reports and case studies/success stories

Contribute to the process of developing, designing, and field-testing CL methodologies, materials, processes, procedures and tools as required

Submit clear, legible, accurate and timely reports and documentations to CL Team Leader and management

Maintain and care for all equipment issued by MAG, and ensure to use them efficiently and as appropriate for activity implementation

Coordinate daily with the CL Team Leader, and report immediately any security incidents, significant change in context or deployment plans, and non-compliance concerns

Uphold MAG policies, procedures and guidelines ? notably on CL, safety and security, and safeguarding ? and work towards achieving programme objectives

Represent MAG with communities, partners and/or other stakeholders as required Person Specification Essential Experience Previous experience in carrying out awareness or community-based education activities or similar

Previous experience in data reporting and/or using participatory techniques to gather information in at-risk communities.

Relevant experience in community-based facilitation and community mobilisation

Experience of developing good relationships with people and working in a participatory manner with groups of different ages, statuses, and backgrounds

Previous experience living and working in a cross-cultural, multi-sector team environment in Northeast Nigeria

Experience working with rural communities from a variety of different ethnic groups.

Desirable Experience

Previous experience in Humanitarian Mine action

Experience in data analysis including the development of data-gathering mechanisms and tools.

Experience using mapping equipment and platforms such as GPS, range finders, Google Earth, etc.

Essential Skills And Knowledge Language Proficiency: Fluent in English and either Kanuri or Hausa.

Interpersonal Abilities: Strong interpersonal skills, capable of building effective relationships and maintaining effective communication with diverse community groups and stakeholders.

Presentation Skills: Excellent presentation skills, with the ability to engage and captivate an audience.

IT Skills: Proficient in Ms Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint

Organizational Competence: Outstanding organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines effectively.

Essential Aptitude Teamwork and development driven: Ability to work well with teammates