FSL Officer - Maiduguri at Action Against Hunger | ACF Nigeria LTD/GTE

Key Responsibilities:

Mission 1: Provide support to the FSL Programme Manager in the implementation of BHA Food Assistance and other livelihood activities in targeted communities within the given LGAs

• Contribute to detailed planning and provide remote support to the implementation of field-level activities relating to the cash-based food assistance under the guidance of the FSL Program Manager.
• Develop guidelines and strategies for engaging community leaders and other relevant stakeholders to support the identification and selection of vulnerable communities and beneficiaries for cash or food voucher support.
• Support the identification, contracting, and management of vendors through regular engagement, documentation of vendors’ activities, and provision of timely support throughout the FIFSAN project.
• Coordinate closely with the FSL Programme Manager to ensure that cross-LGA programs are implemented efficiently.
• Follow-ups on program activities to ensure that FIFSAN program objectives and outputs are achieved, and that activities are implemented in accordance with standard rules, regulations, and operational procedures, as well as agreed-upon strategies, implementation plans, and requirements.

Mission 2: Facilitate the collection and collation of information and BNF data for FIFSAN activities through registrations, surveys, assessments, and regular post-distribution monitoring.

• Remotely supervise the collection and management of beneficiary data and distribution lists to support the successful implementation of FIFSAN program activities.
• Train ACF data collectors and partners’ staff on the collection and management of beneficiaries’ data, distribution list for reference purposes, and successful implementation of FIFSAN program activities.
• Coordinate monthly market assessment, data collection, and analysis for food assistant price determination.
• Facilitate in coordination with the M&E unit and implementing partners, data sourcing and analysis to improve program approaches based on evidence.
• Coordinate with implementing partners to collect relevant information that contributes to organizational and sector-wide Learning through proper documentation of lessons learned, best practices, success stories, case studies, etc., on the cash-based intervention in the emergency and early recovery context.
• Support the planning and capacity building training of partners and oversee regular program monitoring and evaluation activities, like Baseline, PDMs, Market Price Monitoring, end line, etc., in collaboration with relevant units/departments.
• Collaborate with the FSL Programme Manager on the development of tools to monitor and improve the quality of the FIFSAN Project.
• Perform any other duties that may be assigned by the FSL Programme Manager

Mission 3: Participate in Regular internal and external coordination meetings for the program.

• Contribute to the development of the project’s community mobilisation strategies for targeting and registration of beneficiaries in collaboration technical team.
• Collaborate with implementing partners to develop and strengthen good linkages and coordination with local government, government line agencies, related stakeholders, and service providers to ensure their support for the implementation of project activities.
• Coordinate with supply chain and finance to facilitate timely vendor payment. Review and reconcile the vendor's printout and transaction summary.
• Conduct vendor training and follow up closely with implementing partners on disbursement monitoring of vendors' activities to ensure beneficiaries are not shortchanged.
• Contribute to the establishment of effective  communication mechanisms with key stakeholders at the LGA and Ward levels
• Maintain and build relationships with authorities, partners, and relevant actors in all the intervention LGAs of Borno State on behalf of ACF.

Mission 4: Support the FSL Programme Manager in reporting on Project activities and progress.

• Support the FSL Programme Manager in reporting for internal and external use through draft reports with inputs and outputs for the reporting period ;
• Support the program Manager in producing monthly, quarterly, and annual reports;
• Extract data and information from weekly reports from the field and aggregate the same for inclusion in the monthly and quarterly reports.
• Work with M&E under the direction of the FSL PM to ensure that all annexes needed for the report are available.

Mission 5: Ensure the proper HR management of the Field-Based FSL Team

• Support the recruitment and training of enumerators under the support of the FSL Program Manager, MEAL Manager, Project Coordinator, and Base HR.
• Participate in training and development of implementing partners and propose and/or provide training, coaching, and mentoring as required.
• Manage the daily activities of ACF enumerators to ensure the smooth implementation of the FSL program in line with HR procedures and policies.
• In collaboration with the HR department, ensure support to the field teams for all matters concerning human resources for program implementation.
• Work with the implementing partners' FSL team in different LGAs on cross-learning and beneficiary capacity building initiatives.

Position Requirements:

• Degree in Agriculture, Agronomy, Agricultural Economics, Development Studies, and other related fields.
• Minimum of 3 years of work experience in implementing food security and livelihood projects
• Experience in supervising or managing a team
• Good knowledge of Agriculture, FSL, Cash and Voucher Programming, including implementing projects in humanitarian and insecure contexts
• Good communication, including fluency in Hausa or Kanuri  and English Languages
• Advantage for those with experience in Advocacy & dissemination of information on innovation.