Job Position for Community Mobilizer
Job Title: Community Mobilizer
Organization: The Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)
Location: Kaita LGA, Katsina State, Nigeria
Employment Type: Fixed-Term Contract (3 months, with possibility of renewal)
Reports To: Katsina Outreach Manager & OptiMA Manager
Application Deadline: September 6, 2026
About the Role
ALIMA Nigeria is seeking a qualified, proactive, and dedicated Community Mobilizer to support the implementation of the OptiMA and GiveWell community strategies in Kaita LGA.
The primary focus of this position is to drive community engagement, facilitate early identification and referral of children suffering from acute malnutrition, promote Family MUAC, trace missed visits and non-respondents, maintain community feedback mechanisms, uphold safeguarding standards, and monitor proper usage of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) and Preventive Peanut-based Nutrition (PPN).
Key Responsibilities
Community Mobilization & Strategy: Implement structured community engagement activities across 10 operational zones. Maintain updated community maps to identify low-coverage areas, geographic barriers, and priority villages.
Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate community meetings, dialogue sessions, and awareness campaigns targeting caregivers, fathers, grandmothers, religious leaders, and key local stakeholders.
Screening & Case Finding: Support active case finding, community screening, Family MUAC campaigns, and mobile clinic activities to ensure prompt referral and linkage to care.
Capacity Building: Conduct and support initial training and refresher sessions on Family MUAC. Provide coaching and ongoing supervision to community volunteers.
Patient Tracing & Follow-Up: Coordinate phone contacts and home visits to trace high-risk cases, missed visits, defaulters, and non-respondents, ensuring all outcomes are documented accurately.
RUTF & PPN Safeguarding: Promote proper household usage of RUTF/PPN. Monitor, verify, and immediately report any suspected cases of product diversion, sale, or sharing through designated channels.
Accountability & Safeguarding: Drive local adoption of community feedback mechanisms, complaint handling systems, Safeguarding policies, and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) standards.
Data Management & Reporting: Maintain precise documentation, including line lists, monitoring records, and field reports. Work collaboratively with Nutrition, M&E, Pharmacy, PSEA, and clinical teams.
Qualifications & Experience
Required:
Education: Secondary School Diploma or equivalent.
Experience: Minimum 2 years of relevant work experience in community mobilization, health promotion, or social work.
Skills & Competencies:
Demonstrated background in volunteer tracking, community mapping, and household visits.
Fluency in Hausa (essential) and working proficiency in English (essential).
Basic computer literacy (Microsoft Word and Excel).
Strong negotiation, facilitation, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Deep commitment to integrity, confidentiality, and respectful community interaction.
Preferred / Advantageous:
Education: Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Community Health, Social Work, Nursing, Nutrition, or Social/Behavioral Sciences.
Experience:
Prior work with humanitarian non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Direct experience in nutrition interventions, CMAM, OptiMA, Family MUAC, and RUTF tracking.
Experience utilizing digital data collection platforms (e.g., ODK, CommCare).
Working Conditions & Key Information
Travel: Position requires frequent field travel to remote villages, Primary Health Care Centers (PHCC), Outpatient Therapeutic Program (OTP) centers, and mobile clinic catchments within Kaita LGA.
Context: Candidates must be adaptable and willing to work effectively in a fluid, fast-paced humanitarian operational context.
Diversity: Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should complete the official online application form at:
Please note: Only full applications submitted before the deadline will be considered. Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
