Neem Institute – We are a professional development, training and research institute. Focused on capacity building, strategic communications and the use of applied research.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Reintegration Specialist
Location: Borno
Job Description
- The Candidate will be responsible for implementing the organisation’s Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programme.
- To succeed in this role, the successful candidate will need to have a proven ability to build relationships with key institutional stakeholders at the government, security and community levels.
- The candidate will coordinate all programme activities which will include leading a team of specialists in providing reintegration services and designing implementation and evaluation tools to guide the delivery of the project.
- The job will involve the reinsertion, rehabilitation and reintegration of high risk individuals.
The Reintegration Specialist’s main responsibilities include:
- Maintaining records of progress and providing written reports and statistics to funding sources and other regulatory agencies.
- Conducting group counseling for program participants
- Monitoring programs/projects to assess progress, identify bottlenecks and potential problems and take timely decisions to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for timely resolution
- Carrying out community engagements to ensure buy-in from the stakeholders
- Coordinating programme initiatives on returns and reintegration with other stakeholders, and develop inter-agency synergies and complementarities, supporting a common vision and implementation approach;
- Documenting each participant’s progress and maintaining all files and information in a confidential manner.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Master’s Degree or equivalent in International Development, Humanitarian Affairs, Conflict Resolution, International Relations or other relevant Social Science disciplines.
Experience:
- Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in the management of reintegration, rehabilitation or community development;
- Experience working with displaced populations; particularly the socio-economic reintegration of returnees or other groups;
- Experience working in conflict and post conflict settings.
- Proven capacity of and experience in team building;
- Project Management experience required
- Must possess excellent administrative, verbal and written communication skills.
- Previous experience working with security services or the military necessary
- Strong interpersonal skills
Language Requirements:
- Fluency in written and spoken English;
- Fluency in spoken Hausa
- Kanuri language ability would be a great advantage.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: belsuk@neeminstitute.com.ng using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
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