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Job Title: Project Manager – Nigerian Joint Response 4
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Job Description
- The role The Project Manager-Nigerian Joint Response 4 will be based in Maiduguri and work under the supervision of the Deputy Team Leader (DTL) – Programme Operations and in collaboration with the Nigeria Joint Response (NJR) Consortium Coordinator, to provide technical guidance, manage the project team, ensure monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning, and quality implementation of the project.
- He/she will also lead on effective financial and operational management of the project.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential:
- Extensive experience working (including in a management role) in a complex country programs in an emergency response or fragile state
- Previous experience of managing program teams in large-scale first phase emergency response is essential
- Experience managing, monitoring and reporting on grants from institutional donors
Education:
- M.A / M.Sc level (or equivalent field experience) in the Applied Sciences including in the domain of Economics, Agriculture, Nutrition, Development Studies and any other related domain
- Experience with M&E, and implementing learning and beneficiary accountability in a large complex program
- Experience of negotiating, developing and implementing successful partnerships with multiple stakeholders
- Proven ability to influence change at operational and strategic levels
- Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
- A high level of written and spoken English
- The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
- Commitment to the aims and values of Save the Children (SC). In particular, a good understanding of the SC’s mandate and child-focus, and the ability to ensure this always underpins the support we provide
Desirable:
- At least 5 years of humanitarian experience
- Previous experience working in NE Nigeria
Deadline: 23rd December, 2017.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letter and up-to-date CV’s, as a single document, to: E.Hamdain.02360.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.
Locations:
AbujaProject Summary
The Child Development Grant Programme (CDGP) is a DFID Funded program that provides an unconditional cash transfer of 4,000 NGN per month to pregnant women and women with children under the age of two (2) in Zamfara and Jigawa. It is delivered in partnership with Action Against Hunger (AAH)). The programme is being implemented in close collaboration with state governments and is aimed at reducing the prevalence of stunting and improving food security. The overall anticipated outcome is: A scalable programme showing how cash transfers can bring cost-effective immediate and long-term food security and nutrition benefits to eligible households with young children in poor communities in northern Nigeria:
- Output 1: Secure payments mechanism providing regular, timely cash transfers to pregnant women and women with under-2s
- Output 2: Effective system for mobilisation, targeting and delivering complementary interventions established.
- Output 3: Enhanced government capacities for and engagement in managing social protection and cash transfers in focus states.
- Output 4: Evidence of cash transfer modalities and impacts provided to policymakers and practitioners at State and Federal levels.
DFID, SCI and AAH, through the CDGP, aim to secure increased political and institutional commitment by the Zamfara and Jigawa state governments to implement effective state-wide social protection to deliver improved nutrition, food security and poverty reduction for women and children at scale.
The CDGP is accompanied by an independent evaluation that will provide rigorous evidence on impact that will be used at a variety of stages through the life of the programme to influence Zamfara and Jigawa state governments to adopt and scale up state-wide the approaches used in CDGP. The programme also aims to inform the design and roll out of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) and specifically their flagship programme, National Social Safety Net programme (NSSNP).
Objective and Overview of the Consultancy
- The CDGP was designed as a learning programme expected to produce evidence of programme impact as well as deliver lessons on how the programme delivery could be strengthened.
- In this universally targeted programme it is expected that communities that are benefitting from the programme would have residents that are disabled and eligible to enrol in the CDGP.
- Mainstreaming disability was not a part of the programme design but it is now recognised that not doing so may lead to the unintended exclusion of people living with disabilities or limit their participation in various programme activities.
- Address this, CDGP is looking for a partner to lead in this consultancy.
The objectives of the consultancy are to:
- Conduct an assessment of disability in the program in both states. The assessment would include adults and children in our programme areas and would use the Washington Group of Questions (modified to the Nigerian environment) for the adults, and child development milestones for children
- Conduct mapping in the five LGAs to enable CDGP to refer beneficiaries for addressing identified needs that are disability specific
- Train SCI Country Office and CDGP staff on disability and build capacity
- Potentially there may be an opportunity for a fourth objective which is to support NSSNP in designing and integrating disability in their program.
Expected Deliverables
- A working definition of Disability in CDGP Assessment report
- Frameworks for assessing and managing beneficiaries living with disabilities
- A training that will cover the main objectives of the disability framework
- Pilot training/workshop.
Tasks & Timeline for Proposed Work
- The work should commence by 3rd January, 2018 and is expected to be completed by 21st February, 2018.
Key Competencies
- At least 5 years’ experience developing programmes that mainstream disabilities ideally in an international development context
- 5 years’ experience working with CSOs of People Living with Disabilities
- Experience in resource development and training
Deadline: 6th January, 2018.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Location:
BornoThe Role
- The Project Manager will be based in Maiduguri and work under the supervision of the Deputy Team Leader (DTL) – Programme Operations to provide technical guidance, manage the project team, ensure monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning, and quality implementation of the OFDA project.
- He/she will also lead on effective financial and operational management of the project.
Qualifications and experience
Essential:
- MA / MSc level (or equivalent field experience) in Agriculture, Rural Development, Development Studies and other relevant qualifications
- Extensive experience of working within a senior management role within a complex country programme in an emergency response or fragile state
- Previous experience of managing programme teams in large-scale first phase emergency response is essential
- Experience of M&E and beneficiary accountability systems in large complex programmes
- Experience of developing and negotiating successful partnerships with institutional donors
- Proven ability to influence change at an operational and strategic level
- Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
- A high level of written and spoken English
- The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
- Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support
Desirable:
- At least 5 years of humanitarian experience
- Previous experience working in NE Nigeria
Deadline: 23rd December 2017.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
Job Title: Project Coordinator-Nigerian Joint Response Phase 4 (PC_NJR4)
Location: Nigeria
The Role
- The Consortium Coordinator would work under the supervision of SC’s Humanitarian Director and in collaboration with SC Netherlands and relevant colleagues in partner NJR INGOs, to provide oversight, ensure complementarity, collaborative impact and reduced duplication, manage joint and collaborative activities, ensure monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning, and quality implementation of the program.
- S/he will also lead on effective financial and operational management of the coordination work plan and budget.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential:
- Extensive experience working (including in a management role) in complex country programs in an emergency response or fragile state
- Previous experience of managing teams in large-scale emergency response
- Previous experience in a similar role
- Education: MA / MSc level (or equivalent field experience) in the applied and aid-related sciences
- Experience with M&E, and implementing learning and beneficiary accountability in a large complex program as well as reporting on grants from institutional donors
- Experience of negotiating, developing and implementing successful partnerships with multiple stakeholders
- Proven ability to influence change at an operational and strategic levels
- Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
- A high level of written and spoken English
- The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
- Commitment to the aims and values of Save the Children (SC). In particular, a good understanding of the SC’s mandate and child-focus, and the ability to ensure this always underpins the support provided.
Desirable:
- At least 5 years of humanitarian experience
- Previous experience working in NE Nigeria
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
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