Community Mobilization Assistant

Locations: Yola South, Yola North, Fufore, Girie, Demsa, Numan, and Lamurde - Adamawa
Employment Type: Contract
Project: Cash Transfer Project
Contract Duration: Six (6) Months
Reports To: Cash Transfer/Community Mobilization Coordinator

Position Summary

• The Community Mobilization Assistant will support the Cash Transfer/Community Mobilization Coordinator in planning, coordinating, and implementing community mobilization and cash transfer activities throughout the project duration.
• The position holder will serve as the primary field focal person within the assigned LGA, ensuring effective community engagement, beneficiary sensitization, registration, cash distribution support, complaint management, and post-distribution monitoring while maintaining compliance with donor and organizational standards.

Key Responsibilities
The Community Mobilization Assistant shall be responsible for, but not limited to, the following:
Community Engagement and Stakeholder Coordination:

• Mobilize communities and key stakeholders
• Maintain relationships with community leaders, local authorities, and partners
• Promote community participation and ownership throughout the project.
• conduct sensitization sessions on MPCA

Beneficiary Identification and Data Management:

• Ensure transparent beneficiary selection, registration, verification, and household data collection processes while ensuring data accuracy, quality, confidentiality, and validation of beneficiary lists.

Accountability, Safeguarding, and Protection:

• Manage feedback and complaints mechanisms
• Uphold safeguarding standards (PSEA, Child Protection, and GBV risk mitigation) and ensure inclusion of vulnerable groups.
• Promote Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP),

Field Monitoring, Reporting, and Documentation:

• Oversee post-distribution monitoring, document lessons learned and success stories
• Submit timely weekly and monthly reports.
• Report incidents and safeguarding concerns,

Project Implementation and Compliance Support:

• Represent LESGO professionally and ensure compliance with organizational policies, donor requirements, and humanitarian principles.
• Participate in project planning and review meetings,
• Support cash transfer activities and beneficiary communication,

Other Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with LESGO policies, donor requirements, and humanitarian principles.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Cash Transfer/Community Mobilization Coordinator or Project Manager.

Qualifications and Experience

• Previous experience working with NGOs or community-based organizations is highly desirable.
• Diploma, National Diploma (ND), Higher National Diploma (HND), or bachelor’s degree in social sciences, Community Development, Public Administration, Development Studies, Sociology, Education, or a related field.
• Residents of the respective duty LGAs are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Experience in beneficiary registration, community engagement, and field data collection is an added advantage.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in humanitarian or development programming, preferably involving community mobilization, cash and voucher assistance (CVA), livelihoods, food security, or emergency response.

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Strong community mobilization and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and travel extensively within the assigned LGA.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse communities and stakeholders.
• Fluency in English is required; knowledge of Hausa and other local languages spoken in the assigned LGA is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), PSEA, safeguarding, and humanitarian principles.
• Good report writing and documentation skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with integrity.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and mobile data collection platforms (e.g., KoboToolbox, ODK, or CommCare) is an added advantage.
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills.

Core Values:
Successful candidates must demonstrate commitment to:

• Respect and Inclusion
• Humanitarian Principles.
• Integrity and Accountability
• Safeguarding and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA)
• Teamwork and Collaboration
• Transparency
• Community Participation

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Application Instructions
Click the link above to submit the following in one (1) PDF document:

• A recent and detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV)/Résumé (maximum of two (2) pages), including the names and contact details of at least three (3) professional referees.
• A cover letter (maximum of one (1) page) addressed to the Hiring Manager.

Note

• LESGO does not charge any fee at any stage of the recruitment process.
• Any attempt to influence the recruitment process or provide false information will result in disqualification.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Equal Opportunity

• LESGO maintains zero tolerance for fraud, corruption, sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEAH), child abuse, and all other forms of misconduct. Successful candidates will be required to comply with LESGO's Code of Conduct, Safeguarding, PSEA, and Anti-Fraud policies.
• Employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, gender, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, or any other status protected by applicable law.
• Grassroot Life Saving Outreach (LESGO) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workforce. Qualified women, persons with disabilities, and candidates from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.