Project Officer – Governance and DRR at CARE International

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

Job Responsibility #1: Project Planning and Implementation  

• Lead implementation of governance and DRR activities based on territorial diagnostics, community resilience needs, and updated project strategies.
• Ensure governance and DRR interventions integrate gender equality, inclusion, conflict sensitivity, and environmental sustainability.
• Contribute to annual and quarterly work plans, activity budgets, and implementation schedules.
• Support the establishment and strengthening of community governance bodies, peace committees, and DRR structures.
• Promote innovative DRR solutions and community-led adaptation planning.

Job Responsibility #2: Technical Support  

• Provide technical advisory support to CSOs, LGAs, traditional leaders, and community platforms on governance, DRR, and resilience-building.
• Facilitate community risk assessments, early warning dissemination, contingency planning, and risk-communication processes.
• Offer governance capacity-building on transparency, accountability, inclusive decision-making, and resource management.
• Ensure adherence to CARE, AFD, and EU implementation standards and policies.

Job Responsibility #3: Coordination and representation

• Attend LGA level coordination meetings to ensure effective coordination and linkages with other partners conducting similar work
• Represent RESILAC 2 in relevant fora related to key technical areas in consultation with the Project Manager.
• Support networking and coordination of efforts with government, private sector, and key stakeholders who share mutual objectives.

Job Responsibility #4: Monitoring and Reporting

• Supervise and Monitor interventions in strict adherence to CARE SOP and SPHERE standards.
• Supporting Project Quality Assurance (PQA) through organizing and supporting monitoring visits on RESILAC interventions in coordination with the relevant stakeholders.
• Make technical input and support the planning, design, and execution of project specific operational research, including baseline and end line evaluation, territorial and market assessments related to RESILAC 2.
• Contextualize and use reporting guidelines to track and develop quality weekly updates, situational reports, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual and end of projects reports, key lessons, and success stories in accordance with RESILAC 2 requirements.
• Facilitate regular RESILAC 2 review meetings with government, target communities and staff
• Ensures participatory monthly data collection are conducted (involving communities and partners) using the standardized tools.
• Supervise and ensure successful and quality completion of project activities as per the set guidelines and standards.
• Document and disseminate best practices/approaches/models on RESILAC 2 interventions and other meetings at field level as may be required to facilitate adoption during the project implementation.

Job Responsibility #5: Capacity Building

• Train CSO partners, local governance actors, DRR committees, and community facilitators on governance and DRR tools.
• Organize and facilitate workshops, training sessions, and learning exchanges to enhance the technical and operational skills of partners and communities.
• Build capacity of communities and partners on integration for effective delivery, synergy & community-based monitoring for sustainability.
• Build the capacity of local government officials, community leaders, and other stakeholders in Governance and DRR concepts, strategies, and tools.
• Take a lead in building partner field staff (CSO and CBOs) and community capacities in resilience interventions through training and other information sharing avenues to handle project activities effectively.

Resource Mobilization

• Contribute to CARE’s resource mobilization efforts.

Other Responsibilities:

• Perform any other duties as assigned.

Requirements

QUALIFICATION/EXPERIENCE/TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Required

• Bachelors degree in Development Studies, Public Administration, DRR, Social Sciences or related field. Master’s degree is an advantage
• 3-years plus of relevant work experience with an INGO.
• Minimum of 2 years of livelihoods experience.
• Experience in coordinating project activities with partner organizations
• Knowledge of local languages such as Hausa and Kanuri.

Desired

• Experience in multisectoral resilience building programs.
• Experience in territorial approaches to resilience.
• Knowledge of Yobe local governance systems.
• Experience working on EU/AFD or similar donor-funded resilience programs.

Competencies:

• Approachability                                 
• Building Effective Teams
• Customer Focus
• Integrity and Trust
• Drive for Results
• Comfort around Higher management
• Business Acumen
• Negotiating
• Organizational Agility