Duty Description:
This assistant will be responsible for all Information and Communication Management related to the Programme. She/he duty will include collating and documenting Human-Interest Stories, Photos, Programme MOVs, and other essential Information and Communication materials. She/he will also organize and present project deliverables in a clear manner that highlights the Programme’s achievements. These documented outputs will be used to effectively communicate progress and results to the donor, ensuring transparency and demonstrating the impact of the Programme.
Job Description:
- Contribute immensely towards media, digital, and communication as part of advocacy development in all programs
- Support media and communication as part of advocacy issues and together with the relevant program staff identify advocacy and communication issues related to LPF\'s work in Nigeria.
- Support Program Officers in building Networks to carry out advocacy on livelihoods, Market Access, and Right to Be Heard issues in Nigeria.
- Assist in designing and producing training and educational materials on media and communication for marketing the LPF program.
- Develop work plans, individual development plans, and regular reports to the Program/Operation Manager
- Support team and program partners in media and communications-related capacity building and ensure that this is integrated within the program.
- Assist in identifying potential new strategic media partners for LPF and developing strategies for working with them.
- Support LPF staff and partners in getting relevant messages across to target audiences within and outside the organization on major activities.
- Assist in developing and sustaining relationships with the media and the civil society groups in Nigeria to feed into LPF\'s advocacy work.
- Adequate media coverage for all program activities, functions, and press releases/press statements
- Liaise with active allies to identify and help them use rare opportunities to drive LPF\'s corporate advocacy issues in various media outlets in Nigeria
- Eager and required to adhere to LPF’s principles and values as well as the promotion of gender justice and women\'s rights.
- Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety and staff health and wellbeing principles.
- Ensure that the properties in the place of work are respected and that no damage is caused to them.
- Adhere to implementation standards, LPF ways of working, and the terms of the LPF Code of Conduct; including the commitment to zero tolerance on SEA and the obligation to report SEA cases.
- He / She must not use their position of being engaged in LPF work to gain favours or material advantage.
Selection Criteria Core Competencies
Skills:
- Ability to work independently and as a team player who demonstrates leadership and is able to support and train staff and also able to work with disaster-affected communities in a sensitive and participatory manner.
Communication Skills:
- Well-developed written and oral communication skills. Able to communicate clearly and sensitively with internal and external stakeholders as a representative of LPF. This includes effective negotiation and representation skills.
Integrity:
- Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to LPF\'s core values and humanitarian principles.
- Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility: Ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high-security risks, and harsh living conditions. Works and lives in a flexible, adaptable, and resilient manner.
- Awareness and sensitivity of self and others: Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity. Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner. Has a capacity to make accurate self-assessments, particularly in high-stress and high-security contexts.
Work style:
- Is well-planned and organized even within a fluid working environment and has a capacity for initiative and decision-making with competent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Knowledge and skills:
- knowledge of LPF policies and procedures. Requires general information management and telecommunication skills and proficiency in information technology/ computer skills.
- Minimum of 2 years of humanitarian aid experience.
- Multiple language skills desirable. Graphics technical competencies required for this position
- High level of experience in developing information and communication related technical tools guidelines and systems.
- Qualifications and / or experience in professional information and communication-related fields.
- Strong assessment, evaluation, analysis, and strategic planning skills.
- Knowledge of Humanitarian /Human rights / Refugee Law.
GENERAL INFORMATION
For an application to be valid, an applicant\'s Application letter and CV must contain the following information:
- Name of the Applicant (Must be the same as Name on Bank/Account Information)
- Gender
- Phone Number and/or Email Address and/or Contact address (Residential)
- Nigerian Government-Approved ID Card (Either NIMC/National ID, National Voter’s Card, International Passport, or Driver’s License)
- Indigene certificate (if Any)
- Language proficiency (List the Language and State your Proficiency level) • Referee (minimum of 2 referees)
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Main Responsibilities
Lindii Peace Foundation is currently looking for a Business Development and Partnership Manager Partnership Coordinator in Nigeria under the supervision of the Country Director.
The Grant/Partnership Manager is responsible for managing donor funding relationships, developing strategic alliances, and overseeing grant programs to ensure compliance and impact. Key duties include monitoring funding trends, building donor relationships, leading sub-award management, preparing proposals, reviewing applications and budgets, and ensuring adherence to donor policies. The role involves utilizing grant management tools, supporting monitoring and evaluation, facilitating partnerships, conducting data analysis, and providing grant management training. Additionally, the manager will support external audits, maintain documentation, and stay updated on donor guidelines to ensure efficient grant administration and organizational growth. The post holder will strengthen LPF’s engagement with Donors, UN Agencies, International Organizations, National NGOs and CSOs by combining programme partnership development with hands-on support services capacity strengthening (Finance, HR, Logistics and Administration).
Responsibilities
Partnership development & management:
- Conduct and maintain new existing donor/partner mapping and a partnership database that maps out funding support and partner capacity, influence, and strategic alignment with LPF programming.
- Lead in donor selection process, partner selection, and due diligence, including meetings, donor audits, and assessments. Support partner selection processes for national NGOs, including local authority liaisons as needed.
- Support drafting and management of partnership documentation (MoUs, agreements, budgets).
- Establish and maintain productive relationships across Donors, UN Agencies, International Organizations, National NGOs and CSOs
- Liaise with LPF’s Programme Managers to support the integration of support services into partnerships management in sectors including Protection, Health, Nutrition, FSL, WASH, Shelter and Settlements, Peace Building and Economic Recovery
- Input into strategy development of various sectors to include plans and targets on the improvement of support services with partners.
- Support technical coordinators to work with duty bearers in different governorates to improve their financial, HR, and Logistics systems and processes and to better support partners.
- Conduct partnership reviews to inform future partnership engagements.
Capacity and Needs Assessments and Partnership Management in addition to Capacity Development:
- Support, develop comprehensive capacity assessment tools related to project and programme design and management, including grants management processes.
- Design and lead partner organisational capacity assessment covering programme/project management and support functions.
- Conduct and analyse capacity assessments.
- Develop, support and monitor the implementation of tailored capacity development plans.
- Develop high-quality learning materials and deliver training/workshops.
- Provide embedded mentorship and coaching to partners.
- Establish and maintain productive links between partners and staff, and with LPF Program teams and Support departments.
Support services technical guidance:
- Provide guidance on finance, procurement, HR, and supply chain systems.
- Liaise with technical coordinators to integrate support services strengthening into strategies.
- Support partners in developing/adapting support service policies and manuals.
- Develop capacity development plans based on capacity assessments and consultations with LPF staff, local NGO staff, local authorities and sectors.
- Develop relevant and high-quality learning materials including presentations, practical activities, guidelines, support resources, pre and post-tests etc.
- Support partners and LPF staff to develop and utilise support service-related policies and manuals.
- Conduct regular monitoring and spot checks of partner support functions to ensure compliance to agreed standards.
Grants’ management and compliance:
- Ensure partnership tools meet donor requirements and allow for adaptation and flexibility, and advocate for these changes at the country and donor level.
- Lead grant opening meetings with partners and review key resources, including reporting templates, schedule of deadlines, communications processes, and highlight key parts of the sub-grant agreement.
- Maintain reporting trackers and review Narrative and financial reports.
- Ensure partners have the correct templates and understand quality standards for reporting.
- Monitor partner spending, ensuring partners are compliant with eligibility rules, and prepare agreement modifications as necessary.
Field Support:
- Conduct field visits for supervision, monitoring and coaching.
- Document lessons learned and evidence of impact.
- Provide reporting inputs as needed.
Accountability and coordination
- Ensure adherence to accountability standards.
- Support integration of gender, protection mainstreaming, localisation, and feedback mechanisms.
- Promote collaboration across departments.
People Management:
- Provide on the job training as much as required and adapt trainings/coaching to specific staff needs within the partnerships.
Other Compliance Information:
- Eager and required to adhere to LPF’s principles and values and promote gender justice and women\'s rights.
- Understanding of and commitment to adhere to equity, diversity, gender, child safety, and staff health and wellbeing principles.
- Ensure that the properties in the place of work are respected and that no damage is caused to them.
- Adhere to implementation standards, LPF ways of working, and the terms of the LPF Code of Conduct; including the commitment to zero tolerance on SEA and the obligation to report SEA cases.
- He / She must not use their position of being engaged in LPF work to gain favors or material advantage.
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Duty Description:
The MEAL Assistant will be a part of the MEAL team. He/she will assist the MEAL team with activities, including data collection, validation and entry. S/he will support in coordination with operations and assist in planning field visits and assessments. S/he will also support in ensuring Accountability in supported communities including information sharing, participation and ensuring efficient feedback and response mechanisms.
This position is field based.
Job Description:
Monitoring and Evaluation:
- Assist with data collection and verification processes as necessary.
- Conduct field monitoring visits and ensure the use of the quality benchmarks/ monitoring checklist & work with project teams to develop action plans based on findings.
- Assist with planning, logistics & data collection for project assessments and evaluations
Accountability:
- Responsible for handling documenting, confidentiality, and security of all informational resources related to feedback and complaints from beneficiaries.
- Support Complaints and Feedback Mechanisms, including communicating responses to complainants; liaise with programs and operations to ensure prompt follow-up on feedback and complaints received.
- Support in facilitating participation activities in implementing communities
Knowledge Management & Learning
- Support in the archiving of hard and soft copies of reports, project documents and MoVs
- Support in gathering information for the development of case studies and success stories for the project.
- Support is preparing relevant project reports
Requirements and skills
- Computer literate with experience in the following computer packages; MS word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Access
- Experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection
- Excellent communication skills.
- Problem analysis and problem-solving.
- Proficient in Microsoft Suite & other relevant computer applications.
- Ability to work in a team with flexibility to undertake challenging tasks and adapt to different working conditions.
- Good spoken, reading, and writing skills in English with the ability to produce quality reports.
- Ability to work under pressure often to strict deadlines.
- Fluent in English and Local language (Hausa or Kanuri)
Integrity:
- Works with trustworthiness and integrity and has a clear commitment to LPF\'s core values and humanitarian principles.
- Resilience/Adaptability and flexibility: Ability to operate effectively under extreme circumstances including stress, high-security risks, and harsh living conditions. Works and lives in a flexible, adaptable, and resilient manner.
- Awareness and sensitivity of self and others: Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to gender and diversity.
- Have experience and the ability to live and work in diverse cultural contexts in a culturally appropriate manner.
- Has a capacity to make accurate self-assessments, particularly in high-stress and high-security contexts.
- Adhere to implementation standards, LPF ways of working, and the terms of the LPF Code of Conduct; including the commitment to zero tolerance on SEA and the obligation to report SEA cases.
- He / She must not use their position of being engaged in LPF work to gain favours or material advantage.
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