FSL Officer / Field Coordinator (for NHF Project) at Salient Humanitarian Organization (SHO)

Location: (Maiduguri base) North-East Nigeria
Starting date: September, 2020
Duration of Contract: 6 Months (Extendable)
Reporting to: Project Coordinator

General context of the Job/Project
This position falls under the direct management of SHO's FSS Project Coordinator.

• Reporting to the Project Coordinator, the FSS Officer/Field Coordinator will provide leadership and management of all aspects of the wet feeding - food security in Ngala and Mobbar LGA in Borno.
• He/ She will be responsible for the implementation of food security/wet-feeding component and ensuring program quality, completion of activities within allocated funding and project period, and identifying new needs for program expansion and improvement.
• The Food Security Officer will be spending full of his/her time in Ngala and Mobbar LGAs.

Job Description

• Adhere to SHO policies, tools, handbooks and guidelines, policies and procedures
• Coordinate the food security activities according to strategy, proposals, budgets and plans
• Ensure adherence to SHO policies and donor requirements
• Involve and inform communities and community leaders about the activities
• Break down the annual operational plans into weekly, monthly and quarterly implementation plans
• Coordinate with relevant partners
• Ensure that procurement, development and distribution of materials and equipment are timely and according to procedures
• Supervise, train and develop team
• Prepare periodic progress reports and other documents as required
• Investigate and facilitate the introduction of new technology, methods and approaches in order to improve the quality of the activities
• Ensure proper field staff management and coordination, identification of project staff and administration needs.
• Ensure timely communication with field and effective coordination with other food security partners in Borno state
• Ensure active participation to cluster's or other relevant meetings
• Perform any other duty assigned by the Food Security Project Coordinator.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Completion of university Degree in Database, Humanities, Social Studies, or another relevant degree
• Minimum one year of experience in NGO; ideally involved in the direct implementation of field level humanitarian assistance to refugees or IDPs.
• Experience in community services, women empowerment, youth activities, protection, distribution or registration.

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• Extensive knowledge of Nigerian displacement context.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and team-playing skills.
• Highly flexible, with the ability to use initiative.
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
• Commitment to humanitarian principles and values.

Preferred Experience:

• Proven professional experience working with NGO at a relevant position e.g enumerator, monitor, field and community worker.
• Experience working for NGOs and/ or in Camp setting is a must.
• Experience using Kobo, or other mobile data collection technology
• Experience Working in Northeast Nigeria is a Must
• Positive attitude and a willingness to learn
• Written and spoken fluency in English, Hausa, Kanuri or additional fluency in other local languages an added advantage.
• Ability and Willingness to follow instructions.

Brief Conditions

• SHO reserve the right to close the application before the deadline, if the required number of candidates is attained.
• Candidates will be responsible for his/her own travel, accommodation and feeding during the recruitment process;