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The document calls for volunteers to fill Field Assistant Supervisor positions in Potiskum and Nangere. The roles would involve supervising screening and registration of vulnerable households for food assistance, facilitating supplemental nutrition for at-risk groups, supporting mobilization and sensitization activities, and conducting monitoring. Applicants should have a social science degree or equivalent experience, be able to communicate in English and the local language, and have skills in areas like child protection, community work, and computers. Save the Children aims to ensure no child dies needlessly, all children learn, and violence is not tolerated by 2030. Applications are due by September 12th and should be submitted as a single PDF file by email.

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Call For Volunteer - Field Assistant Supervisor

The document calls for volunteers to fill Field Assistant Supervisor positions in Potiskum and Nangere. The roles would involve supervising screening and registration of vulnerable households for food assistance, facilitating supplemental nutrition for at-risk groups, supporting mobilization and sensitization activities, and conducting monitoring. Applicants should have a social science degree or equivalent experience, be able to communicate in English and the local language, and have skills in areas like child protection, community work, and computers. Save the Children aims to ensure no child dies needlessly, all children learn, and violence is not tolerated by 2030. Applications are due by September 12th and should be submitted as a single PDF file by email.

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CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

Suitable applicants are invited for the position listed below.


Position Location
Field Assistant Supervisor Potiskum and Nangere

Field Assistant Supervisor

ROLE:
To enable vulnerable and food insecure HHs with Children Under 5, Pregnant, lactating
women and adolescent girls to curb the immediate hunger and nutrition needs, while
building resilience, reducing the use of negative coping strategies.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities


The Field Assistant Supervisors will be required to:
• Supervise the MUAC Screening, selection and registration of identified project
participant who met the eligibility criteria for Food assistance.
• Facilitate and support the Identification of households with additional nutrition
needs (Children under 5, pregnant and lactating women (PLW) starting from
their first trimester) to received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance SNA to
ensure consumption of nutrient adequate diets.
• Support the mobilization and sensitization of the project participant for the
Monthly Food Assistance and SNA voucher redemption.
• Support and facilitate the dissemination of key messages on Maternal Infant
and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) to promote age-appropriate
complementary feeding practice and Hygiene promotion message
dissemination.
• Mobilize the Field Assistant to attend Monthly feedback meetings (Data
Validation)
• Facilitate Post Distribution Monitoring (PDM) for the Food assistance and
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance distributed at the communities, and carry
out any other duties that may be assigned.
General:
• Comply with Save the Children policies and practices with respect to child
protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other
relevant policies and procedures.
Core Behaviours
Understanding humanitarian contexts and application of humanitarian principles:
• Ensures that programme goals and activities uphold the principles of the key
national and international humanitarian frameworks, codes, and commitments.
• Integrates beneficiary accountability principles into the approach.
• Participates in disaster coordination mechanisms and interagency cooperation.
Operating safely and securely:

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• Identifies and communicates risks and threats and minimises these for oneself
and the agency.
• Takes measures to do no harm and to minimise risks for partners and the
communities.
• Reduces vulnerability by complying with safety and security protocols set by
the organisation.
• Demonstrates an understanding of wider UN/NGO security coordination and
how the organisation can benefit from, and contribute to, those mechanisms.
Managing yourself in a pressured and changing environment:
• Remains effective and retains perspective in the face of difficult or demanding
situations.
• Demonstrates personal integrity by using one’s position responsibly and fairly.
• Maintains ethical and professional behaviour 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.
• Addresses difficult situations and makes tough decisions confidently and
calmly.
• Considers the wider impact of decisions to be made in the short and long-term.
• Continuously provides feedback and updates to achieve improved results.
• Coordinates with stakeholders to avoid duplication and maximise resources.
• Documents lessons learned and applied them to future projects.
Maintaining and developing collaborative relationships:
• Actively listens to different perspectives and experiences of stakeholders.
• Actively participates in networks to access and contribute to good practice.
• 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:
• Builds own awareness of the bigger global picture by using a broad range of
sources to gather data.
• 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.

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• 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.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, AND ATTRIBUTES


• Degree/ Diploma in social work / social sciences or equivalent.
• Previous experience in an organization setting or other local and international
NGOs
• Most be an indigene or person living in that community.
• Ability to read and write / communicate in English and local language of the
community.
• Good understanding of child protection and community-based approaches.
• Computer knowledge is an added advantage.
• Proven technical skills and intellectual capacity
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Be able to prioritize tasks.
• Ability to work under pressure, with little or no supervision
• Experience with community development, working with children and schools.
• Very good communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to think critically and to recommend good solutions to problems.
• Strong Organizational skills.
• Ability to conduct outreach at the community level. solving.
• Commitment to Save the Children’s Child Policy
The organization

We employ approximately 17,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in
over 60 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better
healthcare, education, and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the
highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by
2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday.

• All children learn from a quality basic education and that.

• Violence against children is no longer tolerated.

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a
crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and
offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive
workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

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How to Apply?

Online applications –Kindly submit your Resume, Cover Letter, Certificates, Indigene
Certificate and other form of ID to this email [email protected]
indicating the position and location as the subject of the email.

Job Opening date: 07th September 2023

Application Deadline: 12th September 2023

Please make sure all files are merged in a single PDF format file and not more than
4mb.

SCI 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 SCI reserves the right to complete the recruitment before the closing date.

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