Programme Officer (Emergency Response) at CBM International

Location: Maiduguri, Nigeria; with travels within the north-east & Abuja
Contract duration: 2 years
Contract type: Full-time
Contract start: March 2018

Objective

• CBM is seeking a Programme Officer (Emergency Response) to support emergency response projects in the north-east, funded by CBM Germany and BMZ.
• In close cooperation with local implementing partners, the Programme Officer (Emergency Response) assumes responsibility for the smooth running of CBM-supported emergency response projects from the planning phase to final evaluation, including reporting.

Main Tasks
Planning and implementation:

• Detailed programme planning with implementing partners and other key stakeholders
• Strong collaboration with relevant stakeholders, including the governments
• Development of detailed multi-year plans
• Deliverables and milestones planning
• Breakdown of complex activities into tasks
• Updates on risk assessment (and risk management)
• Regular updating of all plans
• Facilitate joint meetings and activities among partners
• Monitoring and knowledge management
• Monitor plan design and implementation
• Data collection
• Data analysis and interpretation
• Recommendations and corrective measures
• Scheduling of evaluation, including ToR’s development, consultant selection, evaluation coordination and integration/use of recommendations in decision-making
• Documentation of lessons learnt and good practices

Reporting:

• Monitoring / progress reporting, according to donor’s requirements
• Other types of reports issuing
• Prepare project briefs, reports and presentations as required

Partnership:

• Partnerships implementation and follow up (rights and obligation)
• Capacity building needs identification and implementation
• Support to partners in reporting
• Support to partners for elaboration of annual and quarterly budgets and activity plans
• Active involvement in cluster meetings and activities
• Networking among emergency response clusters

Other duties:

• Other relevant assigned duties, as necessary

Professional Profile and Requirements

• Minimum of Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences, Health, Management or any other related fields
• Knowledge of social inclusion, and Navision or any related programme management software is an added advantage
• Demonstrated knowledge of use of computer software, such as Microsoft Office package

Personal Profile and Competencies

• Development programme experience in (I)NGO
• Knowledge and experience of project cycle management in development context for 5 years
• Knowledge and experiences of project monitoring of minimum of 3 years
• Basic knowledge of advocacy
• Experience in narrative and financial reporting on complex projects to international donors
• Cooperation with civil society/government/donors and private sector knowledge and/or experiences
• Knowledge in managing project and accounting for inflow and outflow of funds
• Working experience in insecure environments

Performance criteria
Efficiency:

• Efficient management of emergency response projects
• Project reporting completed according to set timelines

Effectiveness:

• Timely and accurate reporting
• Capacity development progress is reported regularly
• Adherence to donor requirements and rules, as well as CBM project management procedures

Risk and Compliance:

• Operational and compliance risks identified and reported and /or addressed proactively
• Delays / modifications in project activities implementation are anticipated, noted, and addressed