Purpose of the Role:

• Gender Champions, under direct supervision of the Gender Technical Officer, is responsible for supporting gender mainstreaming practices; and leading activities that support gender equality, enhance protection of community members and raise their awareness on key GBV topics. The Gender Champions will support the Gender Officer to deliver gender mainstreaming training, including referral pathways to DEC and partner staff’s support community health workers to deliver awareness raising sessions on health, gender, protection and GBV topics in the safe spaces and through outreach. Will lead the preparations for special days celebrations and unstructured sessions in the safe spaces with women, men, girls and children.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides advice and supports to the Project Team to ensure that all project activities are implemented with gender sensitive integrated approaches, with the needs of women, girls, boys and men considered.
• Supports the program team in establishing a gender-sensitive accountability and referral mechanism for beneficiaries.
• Ensures close interaction with the M&E team and assists in data collection, compiling lessons learned, establishing indicators to support knowledge sharing
• Builds up a collaborative network of peers, government agencies and local NGOs engaged in issues related to gender, coordinates and collaborates on research, programming and advocacy.
• Supports Gender Officer in preparing training materials and providing training for project staff on gender mainstreaming
• Advocates on behalf of clients and make direct interventions with local authorities (e.g. phone calls, letters or meetings) or other organizations (NGOs) or international organizations.
• Assists in providing group sessions on gender equality, GBV, protection topics and other NGOs providing services in the communities.
• Providing door to door awareness raising on gender, GBV, child marriage and all other protection related topics.
• Assists in supervising the community health workers and conducts meetings with them regularly (based on need).
• Provides weekly work plans and reports to supervisor outlining caseload and movements
• Documents best practices and lessons learned.
• Develops and maintains effective working relationships with relevant stakeholders including partner organizations, community structures and service providers.
• Identifies and reports success stories.
• Performs other duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications and Experience for the position:

• Bachelor’s Degree/HND in law, Social Science, Administration or any related field.
• At least two years’ experience in gender programming including Protection or GBV and women’s economic empowerment.
• Commitment to enhancing human rights and gender equality.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications, particularly Excel, word processing, and database packages.
• Ability to work under pressure, independently and in a team environment.

Other requirements for the Job role:

• Good interpersonal skills, good communication, organizational & analytical skills & ability to work well in a team.

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Purpose of the Role:

Case Managers are responsible for coordinating support and services for individuals (beneficiaries) who need help such as pregnant women, nursing mothers, adolescent girls, and malnourished children. Their main job is to identify needs, connect people to appropriate services, and follow up to make sure they get the help they need.

• Increase access to and consumption of healthy diets among household members, particularly women of reproductive age and children under 15.
•  Increase resilience of households to price shocks and economic stresses that impact nutritional outcomes
•  Increase resilience of households to climate change-related shocks that impact their nutritional outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identifies People Who Need Help (malnourished children, pregnant women not attending antenatal care, survivors of gender-based violence, families with food insecurity or medical needs) with Nutrition Champions and Health Workers.
• Assesses the needs of vulnerable groups by interviewing people or families to understand their health conditions, nutrition status, social support, economic challenges, gender and protection risks.
• Develops a plan of action linking vulnerable people to a health facility, enrolling children in a feeding program, referring to psychosocial supportandconnecting families to food support or livelihood services.
• Acts as a bridge between communities and service providers by referring clients to the right facilities, helping them understand what services are available and making sure they can access the service (e.g., arranging transport).
• Visits or calls clients regularly to monitor progress, ensures they are receiving services and adjusts the care plan if needed.
•  Keeps detailed, confidential records for each client and prepares reports for their supervisors to help track the impact of the project.
• Works closely with Nutrition Champions, health workers, community volunteers, and local leaders to strengthen the support system around the clients.
• Conducts community stakeholders’ engagement across implementing communities.
• Works closely with National Populations Commission to facilitate birth registrations for children under 5.
• Engages with Primary Health Care focal person to coordinate linkages between community led initiatives and the facilities.
• Participates in monthly review meetings with other Case Managers/Nutrition Champions.

Qualifications and Experience for the position:

• Diploma or bachelor’s degree in health sciences, Social Work, Nutrition, Nursing, Public Health, or a related field.
• Minimum of 1–2 years of experience in community-based programming or case management, preferably in nutrition or health projects.
• Good understanding of maternal and child nutrition and community health systems.
• Experience working in humanitarian or development settings.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and data management skills.
• Fluency in English and the local language(s) spoken in the areas of implementation.
• Previous Case Management experience for health, nutrition interventions.

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