Workshop Assistant at Malaria Consortium

Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising in the comprehensive prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among vulnerable and underprivileged populations. We increasingly find that our work on malaria can be effectively integrated with other similar public health interventions for greater impact and therefore expanded our remit to include child health and neglected tropical disease interventions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Workshop Assistant 

Location: Kebbi

Job Purpose

• The purpose is to engage Workshop Assistants to provide support for the Kaduna State Cascade Trainings of Personnels: Health facility workers (23 Workshop persons: 1 per LGA), Community drug distributors and Town Announcers. (46 Workshop Assistants: 2 per LGA) are required for during these trainings.

Scope of Assignment
Specific activities of workshop Assistant:

• Ensure all participants are recorded on the attendance (E-attendance or hard copy attendance).
• Take photograph of training sessions.
• Set up and operate IT equipment for smooth running of the meeting.
• Do other assigned duties for the smooth running of the workshop.
• Liaise with caterers to keep to feeding times and distribution accordingly.
• Distribute workshop materials to participants as necessary.

Deliverables
The successful candidate will deliver the following items:

• Completed and validated participant’s/facilitators attendance list (hard copies and soft copies)
• Collated and validated bank details of facilitator/ participants (both hard and soft copy).
• Typed in excel format the list of participants with bank account details.
• E-copy of training pictures with consent obtained.
• At the end of the assignment, provide a summary of the tasks and responsibilities handled by the Workshop Assistant during the training.

Person Specifications
Essential qualifications:

• A minimum of HND / B.Sc. in any discipline.
• Experience in providing administrative support for workshops and trainings.
• Ability to take notes of meeting.

Skills and competencies:

• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills are required.
• Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team and to handle multiple priorities is required
• Strong command of Microsoft office suites (Ms Word, Ms PowerPoint, Ms Excel and Ms Project packages).

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply

Application Deadline 16th April, 2025.

Note

• For this position, previous working experience with MC and in SMC are added advantages.
• Kindly note that applicants who do not follow this specification will be disqualified.
• Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Kindly note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and as a result, the process may conclude before the advertised deadline. Therefore, early applications are highly encouraged.
• Malaria Consortium does not accept or ask for payment during recruitment. We also would not accept hardcopy CVs; all applications should be sent through the above link