Social Protection Programme Manager - Dutse at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Work location: Dutse, Jigawa State

Key Responsibilities:

Mission 1: Lead the coordination and implementation of social protection program

• Lead the team in directly implementing the SP component of the FCDO project and ensure all project deliverables are achieved with sufficient quality and in a timely manner.
• Lead the design and development of social protection programs aligned with state and national strategies.
• Oversee detailed planning and implementation of activities in collaboration of activities with government stakeholders
• Ensure program quality and adherence to program objectives, including respect of ACF technical guidelines, systems, and established deadlines.
• Integrate gender, disability inclusion, and climate resilience into social protection initiatives
• Support program budget design and updates; oversee budget monitoring and cash projections.
• Supervise the annual program procurement plan, and monitor monthly progress.
• Support the targeting, identification and enumeration of vulnerable HHs into the State and Nation social register
• Ensure a sound phase out strategy for the SP program.

Mission 2:  Manage the program field team to ensure compliance, technical quality and coherence.

• Supervise, review and lead technical assessments, surveys, design and MEAL
• Approve and support and development of project procurement plan and work plans.
• Conduct regular field visits, advice and provide regular technical support to government stakeholders, and CSOs
• Ensure harmonization of program operating plans and protocols across the consortium, review tools and approaches, and ensure that technical standards, guidelines, and methodologies are communicated and understood in coordination with the consortium lead’s technical advisors.
• Recruit, evaluate, and coach program staff.
• Support in developing technical FSL/SP documents and reports before dissemination to partners.
• Review BFUs and prepare financial forecasts on regular basis.

Mission 3:  Tracking and reporting of technical activities

• Compile monthly program technical reports with an overview of activities and contextual updates and quantitative indicator follow up.
• Review reports and gauge program progress against logical framework, ensuring compliance with ACF internal and consortium reporting standards
• Review program budget follow-up with the Finance Coordinator to ensure adherence to work plan.
• Validate procurement requests before submission to the logistics department.
• Follow up logistics requirements in coordination with the Logistics HOD.
• Ensure that all program related data and information is correct, updated, organized and accessible to the country program, HQ, and other key stakeholders, and that lessons learnt and best practices are documented.

Mission 4:  Management responsibilities

• Support the recruitment, capacity building and coaching of field staff
• Support in the development of job descriptions and recruitment of consultants and technical personnel as needed.
• Evaluate direct reports as per the defined AAH performance evaluation schedule.
• Provide individual coaching of and training of SP personnel to improve any identified areas of weakness or capacity gap.

Mission 5:  Participate in regular internal and external coordination for the program and the wider social protection sector at Federal and State levels

• Coordinate with ACF and Partner to ensure a common approach and sharing of information.
• Represent ACF with Federal, State, and local authorities, partners and other program stakeholders including the lead NGO, external research team and various experts.
• Represent ACF Nigeria in the monthly Technical Working Group
• Undertake additional coordination as requested by the FSL HOD

Position Requirements:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Economics, Social Sciences, or another related field or A master’s degree in international development, Humanitarian Assistance, Rural Development, Food and Nutrition Policy, Economics or related field.
• 4 years’ experience in humanitarian or development contexts, with at least 1 year managing or coordinating a social protection or safety nets project in a similar context.
• Familiar with FCDO funded grants and budget management.
• Excellent communication, writing and analytical skills in English.
• Team management, budget management and representation experience.
• Qualitative and quantitative data analysis skills, oral and written communications, and MS Office.
• Experience in assessment, monitoring and evaluation.
• Familiarity with statistical or data collection and analysis software preferably.
• Strong understanding of social protection systems, including policy frameworks, delivery mechanisms, and targeting strategies.
• Experience working with government counterparts and donor-funded projects.

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