LGA Facilitator, SBC - Polio at Nina Jojer Limited in Katsina

Position Overview

• In 2020, Nigeria was proclaimed Wild Polio Virus (WPV)-free for possessing gone without any WPV cases for over four years. However, Nigeria is experiencing outbreaks of Circulating Variant Poliovirus type 2 (cVPV2) due to low Standard procedure Immunization coverage and population immunity.
• In 2018, Nigeria skilled a key outbreak top to about 34 cases. To interrupt the cVPV2, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) in partnership with associates possesses ensured the entire organizing, execution, and supervising of the Polio eradication programme in 19 northern states and a few Southern states where the spread was documented.
• As of 2018, the number of cases reduced to 18, however, about 4.3 million children in Nigeria are still unimmunized (18%, MICS/NICS 2021). Standard procedure Immunization effectiveness in Nigeria possesses remained suboptimal for over 10 years, with only one in five (20%) children aged 12-24 months fully vaccinated according to the national immunization timetable in Nigeria (NDHS 2024).
• Community-related mobilization is a critical part in Standard procedure Immunization and Supplementary Immunization marketing for Polio vaccination and other vaccines.
• The UNICEF established Voluntary assistant Group Mobilizers (VCM) network is one of the efficient and productive group systems assisting 11 elevated-risk states in Northern Nigeria, operating closely with group participants, caregivers, and wider networks to advance vaccination.
• These voluntary assistants arrange group dialogues, and compound sessions, track newborns and children under five years for polio and standard procedure immunization and refer pregnant women to Health Facilities for Antenatal Care.
• The network also plays a vital function in progressing consolidation as they assist other sectors which includes nutrition and child protection, with the potentials to do more.
• The network is monitored by a team of Facilitators at the LGA and State levels for quality dispatch of program interventions.
• The relation of State and LGA Facilitators possess been instrumental in optimizing public involvement and mobilizing assist for the interruption of cVPV2 in the states, supporting to reduction in cases over the final year, with Zamfara state successfully interrupting the virus.
• The Facilitators assist standard procedure supervising of the programme, through helpful oversight, on the position mentoring and strengthen capacity of the network in participatory facilitation, recordkeeping and status updates competencies. They also assist rapid survey execution to produce additional data, national level evaluate, organizing, and skills development events for VCM network members.
• The State Facilitators will be located in the State with regular trips to the LGA, wards, and settlements, offering general monitoring of the LGA facilitators in addition to the VCM systems in the allocated cluster of LGAs. Organize and oversee Polio/RI and other sectoral SBC initiatives at the cluster level.
• He/ She will oversee the day- to-day execution of initiatives across UNICEF-helped execution sites. He/ She will also oversee the day-to-day activities of the LGAF and Voluntary assistant Group Mobilizers (VCM) network, particularly concentrating on making sure quality execution and status updates.
• The State facilitator will play a prominent position in supervising and status updates on the evolving humanitarian circumstance inside the state and LGAs, empowering UNICEF and associates to adjust and take action promptly and accordingly to the evolving condition.
• In the circumstance of rising insecurity with the site delivers a means for programme supervising to guarantee the servicing & maintenance of the quality of execution and business continuity according to national and international procedures in addition to an self-sufficient layer of responsibility.

Marketing Assist & Execution:

• Assist the organizing, synchronization, and execution of Polio and Non-Polio SIAs which includes NIPDs, IBRA, OBRs, Measles, Malaria SMC, and other community health marketing.
• Participate all pre-marketing State Development of Trainers (SToT) and coordinate cascade at the LGA and ward levels.
• Engage in community-related mobilization organizing sessions with the Health Teacher and other ACSM actors to formulate and execute marketing strategies.
• Ensure mobilization and group sensitization initiatives begin a minimum of two weeks before marketing, guided by the VCM network and other asset groups.
• Oversee H2H teams during marketing, offering on-the-position mentoring as needed.
• Participate all marketing evaluate sessions at the ward and LGA levels to recognize and settle key hurdles.
• Organize post-marketing violation and child-absent sweep initiatives using validated line lists.
• Guarantee promptness collection, collation, and entry of precise marketing community-related data to the state.
• Development of post marketing documentation and advancement strategy (NC/missed children solution strategize reaching missed settlements) putting into circumstance the LGA quantitative and qualitative indicators.

Public involvement & Support:

• Assist consistent group mapping exercises to recognize underserved groups, hard-to-reach zones, and key information exchange channels.
• Coordinate group dialogues, compound sessions, and sensitization sessions with current CRGs using IPC plans to handle violation and vaccine hesitancy.
• Assist the LGA Health Teacher in organizing Support visits to traditional/religious key stakeholders, Education secretaries, security officers, women’s groups, and other primary stakeholders to secure buy in and assist for immunization and other key community health marketing/activity.
• Jointly collaborate with the LGA ACSM team strategy and execute visibility initiatives which includes flag-offs, rallies, road shows, market storms, magiji shows and group declarations for boosted consciousness.
• Collaborate with the LGA ACSM team to formulate and circulate targeted, segmented, culturally and religiously sensitive messages and use local media to enhance the messages together with State authorized jingles.
• Advance male participation in immunization/health initiatives through the fathers for Good Health (F4H) group and other male influencers.
• Assist the LGA Health teacher and guarantee promptness allocation and proper placement of IEC materials across wards for most effective visibility during marketing and RI sessions.
• Collaborate with Ward Development Panels (WDCs), CRGs and LGA teams to strengthen local health operational structures.

Other Duties:

Carry out any other obligations as allocated by the manager or state-level facilitators to assist project targets and ensure efficient group mobilization.

Outputs Anticipated Result:

• A thorough work strategy at the beginning of the agreement and every month work strategies thereafter.
• Exchanging and uploading data to ODK and other data resources at accepted timelines.
• Every month premium quality documentation of initiatives, results, purpose documentation, and assist to other status updates upon demand.
• One end-of-agreement premium quality documentation, which includes thorough handover notes, was fulfilled to SBC and the State Facilitator.

Anticipated Outcomes:

• Public involvement strategy executed at LGA and ward levels by all participants.
• Facilitation of execution of State and LGA Community-related Mobilization and Elevated-risk Business Strategies (HROP).
• Voluntary assistant Ward Supervisors, PSGs (where relevant), and Voluntary assistant Group Mobilizers are monitored, trained, and capacity strengthened through reliable collaboration and executive guidance.
• Vaccination obstacles are recognized, evaluated, and overcome by community-related mobilization groups and key influencers, and the number of missed children and violation is reduced.
• LGA SBC bundles on health, polio, standard procedure immunization, WASH, education and nutrition, and child protection are conceptualize and executed.
• Polio and RI, and non-polio SIAs M&E (Monitoring and evaluation) documentation are accessible at the State, Site Workspace, and Abuja levels.
• Payment to other documentation made and divided upon demand. The primary results will be: 1. Quality execution of all Polio and non-polio IPDs/Supplemental Immunization Initiatives reduces (to almost zero) missed children (nonconforming or absent) and zero-dose children. 2. Boosted dedication from LGA authorities, Traditional Key stakeholders, and Religious Key stakeholders through regular LGA Facilitator response and relation on all SBC initiatives for UNICEF programs 3. Community-related mobilization operating groups and panels at LGAs, and ward hold scheduled meetings and use community-related mobilization data to strategize track, and execute SBC interventions in polio, standard procedure immunization, health, nutrition, education, WASH, and child protection. 4. Upgraded use of community-related and Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) data in SBC planning process and organizing by the LGA team, which includes Community-related Mobilization Operating Group members through technical inputs

Qualifications Education:

Academic qualification in community-related sciences, information exchange, community health, group nutrition, social advancement, or associated technical site.

Language:

Fluency in English; expertise in the local language of the responsibility station is a requirement.

Work expertise:

• A minimum of 3-5 years of progressively in charge specialist work expertise at the State/ LGA level in programme organizing, management, supervising, and assessment in immunization programs.
• Expertise in community-related mobilization, support, and information exchange in health- associated programs, which includes polio eradication marketing, development/skills development, and team building.
• Robust participatory facilitation and interpersonal verbal abilities - - - Ongoing expertise in development concerns, plans in addition to programming rules and standardized processes in international development teamwork Verified ability to envision, create, strategize and implement creative thoughts and impart expertise and technology competencies.
• Exhibited capability to operate in diverse workplace and establish harmonious and efficient operating connections both within and outside the company.