Project Assistant at GIZ Nigeria

Background
GIZ Solutions that work:

• As a service provider in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development and international education work, we are dedicated to shaping a future worth living around the world. 
• GIZ has over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment promotion, energy and the environment, and peace and security. 
• The diverse expertise of our federal enterprise is in demand around the globe – from the German government, European union institutions, the United Nations, the private sector, and governments of other countries. We work with businesses, civil society actors and research institutions, fostering successful interaction between development policy and other policy fields and areas of activity. 
• Our main commissioning party is the German federal ministry for economic cooperation and development (BMZ). The registered offices of GIZ are in Bonn and Eschborn. Our approximately 23,500 employees, almost 70 percent of whom are national personnel, work in a round 120 countries (July 2020)
• GIZ has worked in Nigeria since 1974. From 2004, GIZ has maintained a country office in the capital city Abuja. Currently 466 national and 63 international employees, 37 regional staff, 4 integrated specialists and 3 development workers are working in the country (January 2025).

The Project
Regional Project to Support the Pastoral Economy in the Transboundary Territories of Lake Chad Region (PRADEP-LT-PETRA):

• On behalf of the European Commission and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); and in a context characterized by challenges on pastoral mobility, conflicts of access to resources, persistence of animal and zoonotic diseases; land degradation, encroachment into protected areas; the deficit in infrastructure for the production, marketing, processing and distribution of livestock products; the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is implementing the Regional Project to Support the Pastoral Economy in the Transboundary Territories of Lake Chad Region (PRADEP-LT-PETRA) in Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger. 
• The main objective of the co-financed program is to improve and enhance the contribution of the livestock sector to the transformation of sustainable food systems and to inclusive and resilient green growth of the economies of the countries of the West Africa and Sahel region. As specific objective, PRADEP-LT-PETRA aim to improve the resilience of cross-border (agro)pastoral households and systems in terms of economy and conflict prevention.
• The Action covers several main areas of transhumance and livestock trade, recognized by institutional and professional actors: Adamawa and Borno State (Nigeria), the Diffa region (Niger), the provinces of Lac, Hadjer Lamis, Kanem and Chari-Baguirmi (Chad) and the Far North region (Cameroon)

Responsibilities & Tasks
Responsibilities:

• Responsible of assisting the in field activities and helping to collecting data and assessment.
• Responsible of the smooth running of the secretariat, the flow of information within the project, and the filing of documents in reference files or in DMS in line with GIZ’s filing rules

Tasks
Data collection and Field organising:

• Assist in community mobilization and engagement.
• Assists in preparing data collection instruments  (questionnaires, interview guidelines)
• Participates in internal and external meetings/workshops on 
• the fieldwork process and assists in documenting these.
• Assisting with filing documents in reference files or DMS in line with GIZ’s filing rules

Office management and general coordination:
The project/programme assistant

• Manages incoming and outgoing correspondence and prepares and organizes information materials for meetings and other field activities.
• Helps organize events and document meetings, workshops and seminars within or outside the project.
• Participates in internal and external (team) meetings and workshops and assists with documenting these, e.g. by writing minutes.

Other duties/additional tasks:
The project/programme assistant

• Performs other duties and tasks at the request of management.

Required Qualifications, Competences, and Experience
Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Project Management, Public Administration or in a related discipline.

Professional experience:

• At least 1-3 years’ professional experience in a project operation such as logistic, administration, data collection, field organizing

Other knowledge, additional competences:

• Good working knowledge of ITC technologies (related software, phone, fax, email, the internet) and computer applications (e.g. MS Office)
• Good management and organisational skills
• Good knowledge of the zone of intervention of the project.