LGA Coordinator – Shaki West at Evidence Action – Shaki West, Oyo

Evidence Action is recruiting a full-time LGA Coordinator for Shaki West, Oyo State. Under the State Coordinator, the successful candidate will organise and monitor IDG activities and connect health authorities, participating facilities, community ambassadors and other programme stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate planned IDG activities across assigned wards and health facilities and report implementation barriers to the State Coordinator.
• Engage immunisation teams, primary healthcare coordinators and local government health personnel, attending relevant coordination meetings.
• Help facilities collect, verify and submit caregiver data, resolve missing or duplicate records and follow up on digital reminder delivery issues.
• Support selection, orientation and monitoring of vaccination community ambassadors; maintain their registers and capture community feedback.
• Help organise caregiver outreach and approved incentive activities, including transport assistance or SQ-LNS integration where these interventions apply.
• Coordinate community mobilisation and the dissemination of accurate, approved childhood immunisation messages.
• Visit facilities and communities to monitor progress, indicators, data completeness, reminder delivery, community activity and barriers to immunisation.
• Submit weekly updates and periodic reports, document lessons and risks, and protect caregiver information under confidentiality and data-protection rules.
• Provide practical programme guidance to ambassadors and maintain constructive relationships with health facilities and government teams.

Requirements

• ND, HND or bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Community Health, Health Education, Social Sciences, Development Studies or a related discipline.
• At least one year of experience in community-based programme implementation, immunisation, primary healthcare, health promotion or development work.
• Experience engaging community groups or volunteers and collecting and reporting programme data.
• Good communication, organisation, stakeholder management and basic digital skills, including smartphones, Word, Excel and email.
• Knowledge of local government health structures, mobile data collection, immunisation or maternal and child health activities is advantageous.
• Familiarity with Shaki West, relevant local-language skills and training in mobilisation, health promotion or monitoring and evaluation are additional advantages.