Job Vacancies at Action Against Hunger

RESPONSIBILITIES

• As Country Director you are responsible for overseeing the development, funding and implementation of the country strategy and the growth of program portfolio that effectively addresses the underlying causes and effects of malnutrition in line with ACF's values, programming principles, and strategy.
• You also ensure that systems / procedures are in place and being properly implemented, and that they ensure the proper management, well being and safety of ACF staff, and the proper use of ACF resources.
• You will spend a lot of time working on advocacy, representation with donors, diplomats and Nigerian authorities. ACF is very well recognized by donors and the international community for its role in North East Nigeria. It gives a special role to ACF in terms of advocating for a principled humanitarian response.

More specifically you :

• Lead the implementation of the 2025 country strategy
• Develop and adapt on a permanent basis ACF programs to the humanitarian context in North East Nigeria and develop programming in other States (North West, other to be dertemined) to help health and other states' services fight under nutrition
• Lead the whole team (370 staff), 9 person are under your direct management line
• Represent ACF in coordination bodies and participate in advocacy efforts to make sure that a principled humanitarian response takes place
• Are responsible for the ACF team security and staff care
• Ensure a positive collaboration between field team and HQ teams

REQUESTED PROFILE

• You hold a Master degree in development studies or in management. You show at least 8 years of humanitarian experience including in conflict setting with 5 years of senior management or leadership experience, including team leadership. You also have 3 years of successful previous experience as Country Director. You show excellent organizational and interpersonal skills. You are known for your excellent negotiation skills, and political astuteness as well as your excellent adaptation and culturally sensitivity skills. You also have a significant experience with external representation and promotion of programs with stakeholders and potential donors, and are able to generate goodwill towards the program with the intention of raising funds and the country grant portfolio. You are experienced in managing security in a volatile environment. Fluent spoken and written English skills.

SPECIFIC CONDITIONS / SALARY

• 24 months fixed term contract under French legislation
• Monthly gross salary from 2800 to 3300EUR upon experience
• Monthly per diem and living allowance: 657EUR net, field paid
• Monthly country allowance: 150EUR
• Child allowance: 1500EUR per year per child present in the country of origin (maximum 6000EUR/year)
• 16% of the gross monthly salary for pension insurance reimbursement for non-French citizens
• Transportation and accommodation: Coverage of transportation costs and guest house
• Medical coverage: 100% coverage of health contributions (social security + health insurance) and repatriation insurance
• Leaves and RnR: 25 days of paid leaves per year, 20 RnR per year and 215 EUR at each RnR period
• Training: Free and unlimited access to the certifying e-learning platform Crossknowledge ©
• Family Status

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Reporting to: Head of Department MEAL

Proposed start date: May 2022

Work location: Potiskum, Yobe State

Starting Gross Basic Salary  718,840 NGN per month (excluding other benefits)

Key responsibilities:

• Support the HOD MEAL in ensuring appropriate and rigorous MEAL systems are developed to guide project start-up, implementation, adjustment, accountability and learning in compliance with ACF’s MEAL guidelines and minimum requirements for MEAL;
• Ensure systemized data collection, mobile data collection systems and other technologies to strengthen monitoring and reporting of activities;
• Coordinate with field teams during preparation of comprehensive MEAL plans for each project to capture quantitative and qualitative data for project performance tracking and reporting;
• Support field health, nutrition, FSL and WASH teams to design the framework for the physical and process monitoring of project activities;
• Support development and revision of internal and external reports, ensuring compliance with donor requirements and that reports reflect an actual representation of field implementation activities and results based on MEAL findings;
• To support MEAL HOD to build  capacity of the MEAL department staff on Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning related topics, through trainings, coaching and mentoring;
• Support the MEAL HOD to organize and coordinate mid-term reviews, learning workshops/review of program work plans with program teams at field level and other stakeholders;
• Review documentation of project activities with clear articulation of lessons learned, case studies and short articles for each project for internal and external sharing;
• In collaboration with MEAL HOD, ensure proper budget follow up for MEAL budget lines per projects;
• To represent ACF at state level and where appropriate, cluster, working groups, workshops and strategic think tanks related to the department;
• To proactively collaborate with national authorities, ACF counterparts and staff, partner agencies and consortia/alliances/partnerships.

Position Requirements:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Social Sciences, Business Administration, Statistics, Demography or related field with at least 6 years of professional experience working in humanitarian context, or Master’s degree in any specified fields with at least 4 years of relevant experience;
• Previous experience working with NGOs/INGOs covering multi-sectorial programming, in the domain of MEAL
• Fluency in English (both written and spoken skills)
• Relevant professional certifications in M&E Fields will be an added advantage