Programme Manager (Katsina/Borno) at Smiling Hearts Initiatives International

Job Type: 6 Months with possibility of extension 

Role Purpose

Reporting in to the National Coordinator who provides overall leadership, coordination, and accountability for the ECHO funded -Project, with primary responsibility for MPCA delivery and oversight of integrated WaSH programming in Borno and Katsina states. Protection will be mainstreamed across all components.

The role leads consortium implementation with Smiling Hearts Initiative (SHI),will ensures compliance with DG ECHO requirements, and upholds Christian Aid’s localisation, safeguarding, and accountability commitments.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, monitoring, and management of MPCA programming, including transfer value setting, targeting approaches, and market monitoring.
• Provide technical oversight and quality assurance of WaSH interventions.
• Adapt programme strategies based on context changes, market monitoring, and security analysis.
• Provide technical and managerial oversight to SHI as implementing partner.
• Ensure effective coordination across two distinct operational contexts (Borno and Katsina), adapting delivery models accordingly. Coordinate joint work planning, reviews, and capacity strengthening initiatives.
• Ensure effective collaboration, role clarity, and localisation commitments within the consortium.
• Ensure full compliance with DG ECHO contractual, financial, visibility, and reporting requirements.
• Lead preparation and submission of high quality narrative and financial reports.
• Maintain robust risk management, fraud prevention, and audit ready documentation.
• Oversee baseline, PDM, outcome monitoring, and market monitoring systems.
• Ensure Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP), complaints and feedback mechanisms, and learning integration.
• Use evidence to inform adaptive management and donor reporting.
• Represent SHI working groups, and coordination forums at state and national levels.
• Maintain effective relationships with local authorities, donors, and humanitarian partners.

Qualification and Experience:

• Postgraduate degree in Development, Humanitarian Studies, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience managing humanitarian programmes.
• At least 4–5 years of experience managing MPCA programmes in Nigeria.
• Demonstrable experience managing ECHO-funded projects at Programme Manager level.
• Working knowledge of WaSH programming sufficient for technical oversight.
• Strong experience in cash and voucher assistance (MPCA) and consortium management.
• Proven knowledge of MEAL systems, safeguarding, donor compliance, and risk management.
• Highly developed analytical skills, problem-solving ability and report writing skills.    

Desirable:

• Knowledge of Borno and Katsina coordination systems (clusters, SEMA).
• Experience with localisation approaches and partner capacity strengthening.
• He/she should have good knowledge of Hausa/ Kanuri.