Action Against Hunger | ACF-International works to save lives by combating hunger and diseases
that threaten the lives of vulnerable communities, through nutrition, food security, water and sanitation, health and advocacy.
Action Against Hunger | ACF-International is recruiting competent individuals into the following positions below:
Job Title: Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) Deputy Program Manager
Details:
The FSL Deputy Program Manager will primarily be responsible for implementing the Livelihood sub sector of the Humanitarian multi-sectorial rapid response mechanism (RRM) program in Yobe state, Nigeria implemented by ACF and funded by USAID. Livelihood restoration sub sector aims to protect and restore livelihoods of people affected by insurgency in Yobe State through the replacement or rehabilitation of pre-existing livelihood assets and inputs, through cash based interventions and the capacity building to improve skills or production in pre-existing livelihood assets.
Summary of Key Objectives:
Provide support to the ACF’s RRM Specialist to implement the program successfully, harmonizing and developing technical approach, and ensuring that the technical standards, guidelines and methodologies developed are applied.
Manage field teams within livelihood sub sector to ensure compliance, technical quality and coherence in all FSL interventions.
Ensure tracking and reporting of technical activities under Livelihood subsector.
Recruitment, capacity building and coaching of field staff within livelihood sub sector.
Provide support to FSL Coordinator to implement FSL strategy.
Qualifications & Essential Skills:
Essential
Degree in FSL related studies e.g. agro-economy, natural resource management, anthropology, etc.
Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive
Excellent team, budget and project management and representation competencies
Previous experience with food security and livelihoods programming.
Three years relevant work experience
Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word)
Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
Fluency in Hausa and English
Commitment to ACF mission, values and policy
Preferred
Previous experience managing cash based interventions (i.e. cash for work, cash transfers or cash vouchers)
Previous experience with ACF
Experience implementing programming on behalf of donor (i.e. USAID, ECHO, DFID, CIDA) funded activities
Job Title: Cash Based Intervention (CBI) Officer
Details
The CBI Officer will primarily be responsible for assessing, setting up, implementing and monitor an adequate delivery mechanism (cash or voucher) to replace lost assets and support small scale businesses for IDPs, and Non Food Item distribution (if feasible) of the Humanitarian multi-sectorial rapid response mechanism (RRM) program in Yobe state, Nigeria implemented by ACF and funded by USAID. The livelihood restoration sub sector aims to protect and restore the livelihoods of people affected by insurgency in Yobe State through the replacement or rehabilitation of pre-existing livelihood assets and inputs, through cash based interventions and the capacity building to improve skills or production in pre-existing livelihood assets.
Summary of Key Objectives:
Establish a cash/voucher transfer mechanism where population can receive, redeem and spend the transfer timely and safely within program objectives and ACF procedures
Ensure that all activities are in compliance of ACF’s Cash Based Interventions Guidelines in coordination with Admin Department
Ensure tracking and reporting on payments through MIS systems and setting up a complaint response mechanism (CRM)
Capacity building and coaching of field staff in payment mechanism
Provide support to FSL Deputy Program Manager and RRM Specialist to implement the program
Qualifications & Essential Skills:
Essential
Degree in management/admin related studies e.g. business, economic, technology
Professional, motivated, open, creative, mature, responsible, flexible and, culturally sensitive
Excellent team, budget and project management and representation competencies
Previous experience working with local financial institution, e payment, agent networks
Three years relevant work experience
Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, Power Point, Word, Access).
Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
Fluency in Hausa and English
Commitment to ACF mission, values and policy
Preferred
Previous experience in rapid market assessments, baseline, monitoring, evaluation.
Previous experience in implementing cash transfer, cash for work, or voucher programs, preferably in a humanitarian or emergency context
Previous experience with ACF
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV together with their Cover Letter as an email attachment to the following email address to: recruitment.ng@acf-international.org Applicants should indicate in the subject title of their forwarding mail, the title of the position they are applying for.
Job Title: Social Protection Program Manager
Location (Country & Base): Abuja with frequent travel to Jigawa State, Northern Nigeria
Contract duration:24 months
QUALIFICATIONS
Masters of Arts or Science/Bac+5/6 (or higher) in International Development, Humanitarian Assistance, Rural Development, Geography, Food and Nutrition Policy, Economics or related.
Focus on social protection preferred.
Similar Bachelor’s degrees profiles to be considered with two additional years of work experience.
Two years’ experience in humanitarian or development contexts, with at least 1 year managing or coordinating a social protection or safety nets project in a developing country.
Starting date in-country: 15 July 2014
Direct Line Manager:FSL Coordinator
Technical Supervisor: FSL Coordinator
Objective 1: Lead the coordination for and implementation of a cash-based five-year social protection program.
Oversee detailed planning and implementation of activities in collaboration with the consortium lead.
Identify program implementation modalities that enhance partnership coordination, internal integration within sectors and other programs (Nutrition, WASH, FSL, etc.).
Identify areas of cross-program linkages with other ACF programs in Nigeria.
Ensure program quality and adherence to program objectives, including respect of ACF technical guidelines, systems, and established deadlines.
Reinforce and coordinate regular program monitoring.
Support program budget design and updates; oversee budget monitoring and cash projections.
Supervise the annual program procurement plan, and monitor monthly progress.
Contribute to organizational and sector-wide learning through documentation of lessons learned, best practices, evaluations etc.
Prepare internal and external reports for ACF and the consortium lead, including case studies and success stories.
Objective 2: Manage the program field team to ensure compliance, technical quality and coherence.
Supervise, review and lead technical assessments, surveys, design and M&E.
Approve and support the development of project procurement and work plans.
Conduct regular field visits advise and provide regular technical support to field-based program managers.
Ensure harmonization of program operating plans and protocols across the consortium, review tools and approaches, and ensure that technical standards, guidelines and methodologies are communicated and understood in coordination with the consortium lead’s technical advisors.
Recruit, evaluate and coach program technical staff.
Objective 3: Ensure tracking and reporting of technical activities.
Compile monthly program technical reports with an overview of activities and contextual updates, market price monitoring, and quantitative indicator follow-up.
Review reports and gauge program progress against logical framework, ensuring compliance with ACF internal and consortium reporting standards.
Review program budget follow up with the Finance Coordinator to ensure adherence to workplan.
Validate procurement requests before submission to the logistics department.
Follow up logistics requirements in coordination with the Logistics Coordinator.
Ensure that all program-related data and information is correct, updated, organized and accessible to the country program, HQ and other key stakeholders, and that lessons learnt and best practice are documented.
Facilitate and support systematic monitoring and evaluation of activities.
Develop reports for the consortium lead and the donor.
Objective 4: Participate in regular internal and external coordination for the program and the wider social protection sector at federal and state levels.
Coordinate with ACF and partner technical and support departments to ensure a common approach and sharing of information.
Represent ACF with local authorities, partners and other program stakeholders including a lead NGO, an external research team, and various experts.
Represent ACF Nigeria in the consortium’s monthly Technical Working Group.
Participate, if requested, in the Program Management Unit of the consortium.
Undertake additional coordination as requested by the Country Director and the FSL Coordinator
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
ESSENTIAL
Excellent communication, writing and analytical skills in English
Team management, budget management and representation experience
Qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills, oral and written communications, and MS Office computer skills
Experience in assessment, monitoring and evaluation
Experience working with national teams
Familiarity with statistical or data collection and analysis software (SPSS, SPHINX, STATA, EPI Info, ENA for SMART, GIS, etc.)
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