Graduate Market Assistant at Catholic Relief Services (CRS) - 2 Positions

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an international non-governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world. CRS programs assist persons on the basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality. CRS works through local church and non-church partners to implement its programs, therefore, strengthening and building the capacity of these partner organizations is fundamental to programs in every country in which CRS operates.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Market Assistant

Ref Code: MA210318
Location: Gubio - Borno
Slot: 2

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Under the leadership of the Market Officer (MO), and with guidance from the Borno Program Manager, the Market Assistant (MA) is responsible for the daily project activities in her/his geographic location, while maintaining relationships with vendors and beneficiaries.

Specific Job Responsibilities
The MA’s specific responsibilities will include the following:

• Undertake market visits at the point of disbursement to ensure that progress is made as per project plan
• Assist MO in e-voucher distribution process as well as extend support to beneficiaries and vendors, as necessary
• Ensure that feedback from beneficiaries on project implementation is regularly documented, shared and addressed through the appropriate channel
• Facilitate and actively engage in data collection activities such as PDM, price monitoring and ensure that quality standard is maintained where data is collected by market CMs
• Conduct regular monitoring of project implementation and report on challenges for timely action
• Provide support during beneficiary identification, registration and verification using standard tools
• Support MO to ensure community sensitization across all interventions is conducted before e-voucher disbursement
• Assist the market and MEAL team in card distribution for project beneficiaries
• Assist procurement/MEAL officer for identification of vendors and market actors to participate in the e-voucher activities
• Carry out regular vendor training and refresher activities
• Support Mo to plan and facilitate meetings with stakeholders and beneficiaries and sharing project information with relevant local authorities
• Any other task assigned by supervisor
• Travel: Willingness to travel about 70% of the time.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor degree in Social Sciences, Community Development or any other relevant field
• At least 1 years’ experience in project implementation preferably with an NGO
• Proficiency in MS office application such as word, excel, PowerPoint and outlook
• Demonstrated experience in data collection
• Proven experience in group discussions and other participatory methods
• Demonstrated commitment to gender responsive programming.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communication skills in English
• Ability to speak local languages - Kanuri and Hausa - is a must
• Team-oriented and strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and to organize and prioritize a variety of initiatives
• Willingness to travel about 70% of the time.

Application Closing Date
3rd April, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should download the "Application Form Below" and send with a detailed 3-page resume in a single file word document to: [email protected] The position title must be expressly stated as the subject of the email quoting reference number MA210318. E.g Market Assistant ECHO MA210318.

Click here to download Application Form (MS Word)