- Addressing the needs of youth at affected by displacement and at risk of criminality and radicalisation
- Enhancing community safety and conflict mediation capacities, and facilitating community-security provider dialogue
- Reducing the risks associated with mines, explosive remnants of war (ERW) and Improvised Explosive Devices (IED)
- Overall programme management responsibility for integrated DRC/DDG EU programme (livelihoods, community safety, youth engagement, mine/ERW risk education) ensuring timely and quality programme Delivery
- Plan, implement and monitor activities in regard to DDG’s activities in Nigeria.
- Co-ordinate and work with relevant state-level government authorities, local government institutions, non-governmental organisations, community-based organisations and local communities in order to ensure the smooth execution of programme activities.
- Lead DDG programme implementation and development
- Promote the integration of DRC and DDG programming in Nigeria
- Oversee the roll-out of DDG activities throughout DRC/DDG offices in northeastern Nigeria.
- Monitor and advise field staff in programme Delivery.
- Maintain working relationships with DDG’s other programmes in the wider West Africa/Sahel region to exchange experience and ideas.
- In association with DRC/DDG support staff, carry out budget monitoring on a regular basis, including compliance with minimum DRC/DDG and donor requirements and ensuring that
- Keep the CD informed at all times of programmatic updates and potential fundraising / project ideas and initiatives.
- Provide strong leadership to the regional programme, with oversight and management of DDG expatriate staff (in particular the DDG Mine Action Manager and the DDG AVR Manager), M&E Manager (as it relates to DDG work) and national staff executing DDG programming in Nigeria
- Provide oversight to the work of DRC Livelihood Manager, where relevant within the framework of joint programming
- Ensure the ongoing formal and informal appraisal/evaluation of staff performance, including follow up on Results Contracts and annual written appraisals of the DDG programme staff
- In close collaboration with Safety Advisor, reporting to the DRC/DDG CD for Nigeria, ensure adherence to security procedures, ensuring a minimum of 91% MOSS compliance of all field locations, monitoring developments in the security situation, developing contingency plans etc.
- Ensure proper and timely financial and narrative donor reporting in compliance with internal and external reporting requirements including procurement.
- Regular reporting to DRC/DDG Regional Office and HQ as required
- In coordination with the CD, act as representative for the DRC/DDG programme in Nigeria towards government authorities, donors, partners, UN agencies and international and local NGOs and various local co-ordination forums.
- In coordination with the DDG RM and CD, take lead on the process of securing funds for DDG’s activities. This includes any liaison and contact with the donor and national stakeholders.
- In consultation with the Country Director, liaison with relevant government authorities, donors, partners, UN agencies and international and local NGOs and various local co-ordination forums.
- Identifying new programming opportunities and writing concept notes and proposals
- Liaising with donor representatives in the region and in Abuja as required
- Guided by the DRC Programme Handbook, Operations Handbook, AVR Framework and handbooks, and DDG Mine Action SOPs, the DDG Country Manager must continuously monitor and develop relevant accountability initiatives in the field as well as strengthening the effort to document the impact of DRC/DDG’s activities.
- Ensure compliance with the guidelines, policies, procedures and values of DRC/DDG.
- Proven experience with programme management (planning, implementation and monitoring) from a complex and fragile environment, preferably in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Proven experience working on AVR and/or mine action programming and implementation.
- Experience working with donors and external relations
- Strong on liaison and networking with national stakeholders, both on a national and local level.
- Excellent in verbal and written communication skills in English (writing reports and proposals).
- Proven ability to mentor and coach others. Staff management is important in this position.
- Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy.
- The capacity and willingness to be flexible and accommodating in difficult and insecure circumstances.
- MA/MSc level in a relevant discipline from an internationally recognised university.
- Experience working with national partners and capacity building projects.
- Prior M&E experience and the capability of working with data collection, analysis and report writing.
DDG is part of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), which is a humanitarian, non-governmental, non-profit organisation founded in 1956 that works in more than 35 countries throughout the world. We are the largest humanitarian NGO in Denmark and consistently ranked as one of the world’s best NGOs according to Global_Geneva.
We fulfil our mandate by providing direct assistance to conflict-affected populations – refugees, internally displaced people and host communities in the conflict areas of the world. We also advocate on behalf of conflict-affected populations globally on the basis of humanitarian principles and the Human Rights Declaration. Our work and long-term strategies are guided by our five core values: Humanitarian approach – Respect – Independence & neutrality – Inclusion – Honesty & transparency.
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