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Your Role

• Defines the delegation's multi-year A&E strategy and priorities and actively lead on its implementation.
• Ensures that managers are informed and kept abreast of key risks and emerging trends at global, regional, and local levels, using existing institutional situation monitoring systems (geospatial data analysis, predictive analysis, early warning systems) and through timely and in-depth analysis.
• Takes the lead in developing and supporting a robust Results-based Management (RBM) system that prioritizes achieving outcomes. This includes implementing monitoring and analysis efforts to inform programmatic decisions and enable effective program steering by decision-makers.
• Facilitates strategic prioritization and targeting exercises (in terms of geography, infrastructure, pallet of services, etc.) by proposing robust methodological approaches and providing management and coordinators with the most reliable evidence, insights, and foresight available.
• Coordinates the conduct of multidisciplinary and thematic needs assessments to understand the needs of affected people, including in emergency situations; facilitates the interpretation of results and the production of reports and recommendations for operational planning.
• Support beneficiary targeting and selection activities; ensure the use of needs assessment and monitoring data in the choice of targeting methods and eligibility criteria
• Offers guidance and advice on / directly conducts program reviews, facilitates lessons learned workshops, and collaborates with the Evaluation Office to support independent external evaluations.
• Shares A&E findings adequately and conducts debrief sessions with relevant thematic focal points and program teams. Documents resulting action points and incorporates them into A&E reports and tracking tools.
• Develops the skills of the A&E team through professional development and continuous learning opportunities.
• Strengthens the A&E function within the delegation by identifying and training A&E focal points within programs and sub-delegations.

Requirements

• Advanced University Degree in Economics, Statistics, Social Sciences, or another related field
• 6-9 years of professional experience in coordination, needs assessments, monitoring & evaluation, operational information management, results-based management, strategic planning, or a closely related area
• Proven field experience in leading surveys, multiple assessments in countries, including the design, data collection and analysis.
• Excellent spoken and written English.
• High computer literacy (data management, analysis and visualisation).
• Relevant humanitarian experience in ICRC, Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement, UN agencies or NGOs
• Experience in managing a team and project management
• Applicant must have a valid working permit to work in Nigeria

What We Offer

• Rewarding work in a humanitarian and multicultural environment.
• Competitive employment package with medical insurance and ICRC pension plan.
• In-house training opportunities for personal development.
• A full-time, open-ended contract.
• The opportunity to join an ICRC talent pool, be considered for future assignments elsewhere and experience different contexts, fields, and challenges

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The Purpose

• Under the supervision of the Health Delegate in Maiduguri, the Health Field Officer (HFO) will support the planning, implementation, and close monitoring of the community Health Programme.
• He/she will work in close collaboration with the Maiduguri (MIU) Primary Health Care team, the Norcross community health team based in Abuja, as well as Nigeria Red Cross Society teams (Borno Branch and Abuja HQ) to ensure timely assessment, implementation, monitoring, and reporting.

Your Role

• Focal point for all matters related to the ICRC and NorCross-supported community-based health in Borno state, including but not limited to promotive and preventive healthcare, communicable diseases, nutrition, hygiene promotion, and sexual and gender-based violence.
• Supports with background information and data collection, monitors, and reports on the community health program.
• Ensure that all activities are implemented in collaboration with the State Ministry of health local Government Authority, health/nutrition authorities, national protocols are observed/available, and in line with ICRC principles
• Ensure timely implementation and quality monitoring of the NorCross-supported community health projects through structured and regular monitoring, field visits, follow-up up and reporting
• Technically support the Operational National Society (NRCS) and NorCross to better plan for future projects, review and provide input to reports, analyse trends, and suggest project adjustments.
• Ensure Community Engagement and Accountability methodologies are used in the design and implementation of community-based health projects.
• Support the integration of relevant activities to improve the health status of beneficiaries and facilitate access to adequate services for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, when relevant and in coordination with other ICRC teams, e.g., protection.
• Identifies training needs with ABJ Norcross team and Maiduguri Health delegate, prepares plan/budget, and implements training programs, including on-site training.
• In liaison with the Nutrition and Economic Security team, ensure coordination and proper linkages are established for nutrition activities at a community level and routine health/nutrition activities in the facilities.
• Oversee the coordination of all the components of the Community health activities in collaboration with the Abuja NorCross Community health team and the MIU Health Delegate
• Liaise with health authorities, State Primary Health Care Development Agency (SPHCDA), State Ministry of Health (SMoH), Local Government Authorities (LGAs), and humanitarian organisations working in community health, nutrition, and health as required by his/her supervisor.

Requirements

• University Degree in related Health Sciences, e.g, nursing, midwifery; registered and with relevant experience,
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience managing community-based health or other related health programs.
• Excellent written and spoken English, Hausa language is Mandatory. Excellent proficiency in Kanuri is a plus.
• Previous experience in community-based health and/or nutrition programs
• Previous experience in a humanitarian context in Northeast Nigeria
• Very good understanding of the culture/health structure in the Northeast
• Applicants should have a Nigerian nationality or hold a working permit.