Complaints and Feedbacks Mechanisms Intern Nigeria Maiduguri

Provide service support through community feedback and reporting.

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Overview

Provide service support through community feedback and reporting.

You have:

  • Experience in facilitation for different category of people
  • Experience in handling phone calls with dignity and respect to callers
  • Previous experience working in complex and volatile context
  • Minimum qualification of secondary school certificate
  • Fluency in English, Hausa, and any local languages within the community
  • Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
  • Understanding of the community profile, local cultures, traditional and religious structures
  • Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
  • Evidence of significant involvement with the communities is an added advantage
  • Ability to translate English to any local languages

The Community Feedback Mechanism Intern provides service support to the country programme by collecting feedback from communities and reporting concerns that may arise. The role supports the implementation of Community Feedback Mechanism activities involving community engagement and accountability, including answering NRC hotline calls, recording complaints and feedback, and documenting and sharing feedback received through the CFM Toll‑free line for swift action taking.

The position supports the monitoring and strengthening of the use of referral systems within the community and ensures confidentiality in collecting and documenting feedback from the community. The Intern regularly updates herself/himself with NRC projects, policies and procedures, particularly in relation to complaints and feedback, and supports understanding and briefing of staff and others on NRC Nigeria CFM Accountability Mechanism.

Working closely with community leaders, beneficiaries, and the CFM team, the Intern supports routine CFM activities, community engagement meetings, participation meetings, information sharing, mobilisation of community members, and collection and upload of data from the field through CFM data tools, contributing to accountability and strengthening referral pathways.

Qualifications

Professional Competencies

  • Experience in facilitation for different category of people
  • Experience in handling phone calls with dignity and respect to callers
  • Previous experience working in complex and volatile context
  • Document results related to the position’s responsibilities
  • Knowledge of English and other local languages.

Context / Specific Skills, Knowledge and Experience

  • Minimum qualification of secondary school certificate
  • Must have excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
  • Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
  • Understanding of the community profile, local cultures, traditional and religious structures
  • Fluency in English, Hausa, and any local languages within the community
  • Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
  • Evidence of significant involvement with the communities is an added advantage.

Behavioural Competencies

  • Handling insecure environment
  • Confidential
  • Integrity
  • Planning and delivering results
  • Empowering and building trust
  • Communicating with impact and respect
  • Highest standards of ethics and integrity.

Responsibilities

Role and Responsibilities

Generic Responsibilities

  • Adhere to NRC policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines
  • Assist with the implementation of the support function portfolio according to plan of action
  • Promote and share ideas for improvement of the support function
  • Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with advocacy strategy
  • Collect CFM data and document it
  • Involve and inform communities and community leaders about NRCs activities to ensure accountability
  • Ensure confidentiality in collecting and documenting feedback from the community
  • Perform any other duties as requested by the Supervisor
  • Ability to translate English to any local languages
  • Ensure the monitoring and strengthening of the use of referral system within the community
  • Experience from working as community support staff in a humanitarian/recovery context is an added advantage.

Specific Responsibilities

  • Answer NRC hotline calls and record complaints/feedback applying the templates prepared for that purpose
  • Document and share feedback received through the CFM Toll‑free line with the CFM Coordinator for swift action taking
  • Ensure confidentiality of all information received is upheld and respected
  • Regularly update herself/himself with NRC projects to understand thematic and operational areas
  • Understand well and brief staff and others on NRC Nigeria CFM Accountability Mechanism
  • Regularly update herself/himself with NRC policies and procedures particularly in relation to complaints and feedback
  • Assist in the implementation of all CFM activities involving community engagement
  • Establish, strengthen and maintain relations with community stakeholders, local leaders and beneficiaries
  • Collection and upload of data from the field through CFM data tools
  • Assist in mobilisation of community members through community leaders for activities
  • Work closely with community leaders and beneficiaries under the supervision of the CFM Officer to ensure accountability
  • Support routine CFM activities across all program locations
  • Engage with community to identify protection and accountability issues and report same for immediate and necessary action, thereby strengthening the referral pathway.

Potential interview questions

Can you describe a time when you successfully facilitated a meeting or discussion among diverse groups? The interviewer wants to assess your facilitation skills and ability to engage with different stakeholders. Share an example where you engaged different groups, explaining your approach and the outcome.
How do you ensure confidentiality when handling sensitive information from community members? The interviewer is gauging your understanding of confidentiality in sensitive situations. Pro members can see the explanation.
Give an example of how you have documented and shared feedback or complaints effectively in the past. Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Describe a challenging situation you encountered while working in a community and how you handled it. Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
What strategies do you use to engage community leaders and ensure their support for your initiatives? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
How do you keep yourself updated about the projects and procedures relevant to your role? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Can you discuss a time when you had to adapt your communication style for different audiences? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
What do you believe are the key elements of a successful community feedback mechanism? Pro members can see the explanation. Pro members can see the explanation.
Added 3 months ago - Updated 3 months ago - Source: nrc.no