Job Description
- Application Deadline: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT
- Position: Feedback, Complaints and Response Mechanism (FCRM) Assistant
- Job Type Contract
- Qualification BA/BSc/HND
- Experience 1 - 5 years
- Location Borno
- City Maiduguri
- Job Field NGO/Non-Profit 
Location: Maiduguri, Borno State (with frequent travel to project sites)
Contract Type: Fixed-Term (5 months, renewable subject to funding and performance)
Reporting to: MEAL Officer
Job Field: Programs
About the Role
Elela-Care Humanitarian and Development Organization (ECM) is seeking dynamic and committed individuals to strengthen our accountability systems through the Feedback, Complaints and Response Mechanism (FCRM). The FCRM Assistants will play a key role in ensuring that beneficiaries, communities, and stakeholders can safely provide feedback, raise complaints, and receive timely responses, in line with humanitarian standards and donor requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and maintain all FCRM channels (hotline, suggestion boxes, community meetings, WhatsApp, and digital platforms).
- Register, document, track, and follow up on all feedback and complaints received from beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries.
- Conduct community sensitization and awareness sessions on FCRM, safeguarding, and referral pathways.
- Support awareness sessions to ensure communities understand their rights, entitlements, and available OTP and nutrition services.
- Monitor trends in feedback related to nutrition services (including OTP) and provide regular reports to management.
- Ensure FCRM is accessible, inclusive, and safe for all groups (women, children, persons with disabilities, and marginalized populations).
- Support timely resolution of complaints and provide feedback to complainants.
- Prepare weekly and monthly FCRM reports and dashboards for management and donors.
- Collaborate with the MEAL team to analyse trends and recommend improvements to programming.
- Uphold strict confidentiality and adhere to ECM’s Safeguarding and PSEAH policies at all times.
Requirements
- Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences, Development Studies, or any related field.
- Minimum of 1 year experience in accountability, MEAL, protection, or community engagement in a humanitarian setting.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (Hausa and Kanuri language proficiency is a strong advantage).
- Good report-writing and basic computer skills (MS Word, Excel).
- Strong commitment to humanitarian principles, gender sensitivity, and safeguarding.
- Willingness to travel frequently to field locations.