Resilience Lead, Nigeria Livestock at ACDI VOCA

Overview

• ACDI/VOCA is seeking an experienced Resilience Lead for an anticipated livestock program in Nigeria funded by USAID.
• The Activity will explore practical, cost effective, and multi-stakeholder adaptation solutions to improve livelihoods of poor and vulnerable communities in target states.
• The Resilience Lead will be responsible for working across the Activity’s areas to advance women and youth considerations at the production, processing, and marketing levels of interventions.
• The program is anticipated to start in late December 2022, and this position will be based in Nigeria.

Responsibilities

• Establish and manage systems to ensure cohesion across all technical sectors of the Activity
• Ensure technical interventions are integrated, layered, and sequenced appropriately at all levels of implementation within the Activity
• Strengthen the resilience of vulnerable communities through improved livelihoods, climate change adaptation, social behavior change, and social capital, preferably through an integrated approach
• Ensure the achievement of Activity goals and objectives in line with annual plans by providing technical advice and direction to the Activity team
• Provide technical expertise, coordination, capacity building, and support to regional resilience initiatives for livestock systems
• Represent the Activity in coordination, capacity building, and partnership meetings with regional policy, private sector companies, research organizations, and government/ministry staff
• Oversee day-to-day planning, design, and operations of project and technical teams to ensure effective project implementation
• Ensure achievement of learning objectives and use results to adapt program design as needed
• Prepare and/or assist in the preparation of reports and documents to USAID, national governments, ACDI/VOCA home office, and other partner organizations
• Oversee and provide technical guidance to the directors for agriculture productivity, enterprise development, finance and investment, and nutrition
• Provide leadership in community mobilization, consensus building, and grassroots advocacy regarding local issues such as land use, natural resource management, economic development, and disaster risk reduction
• Prepare and supervise work plans, financial, logistical, and other documents.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture, Economics, Business Administration, Sociology, Gender, International Development, or relevant field required; Master’s Degree preferred
• 7 years of prior work experience in international development, preferably in a food security, agricultural, or market systems context
• Experience in training and facilitation
• Knowledge of proven approaches and best practices for integrating women, youth, ethnic minorities and other disadvantaged populations into agriculture and economic growth programs
• Experience in community mobilization, consensus building, and grassroots advocacy regarding local issues such as land use, natural resource management, economic development and disaster risk reduction preferred
• Demonstrated experience advising on gender- and youth-sensitive and/or resilience monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities
• Fluency in English (written and oral) is required; knowledge of regional languages is a plus.