Vacancy!! State Coordinator Officer at The Mines Advisory Group (MAG)

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