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  • Posted: Aug 11, 2023
    Deadline: Aug 18, 2023
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    Since 1979, we have helped people grappling with the toughest hardships survive - and then thrive. That’s the heart of our approach: We help communities turn crisis into opportunity. Throughout our history, Mercy Corps has demonstrated innovation, timeliness and the ability to adapt quickly to changing realities.
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    Inclusion Coordinator

    Essential Job Responsibilities

    The Inclusion coordinator will provide strategic guidance and management for tracking output and outcome-level Inclusion results through program studies, intervention development, capacity building and planning.  S/he must establish and manage relationships with potential partners and stakeholders. This role will also work with the MRM and Programme teams, developing and implementing a marketing and communications strategy across various reactive and strategically planned opportunities in print, media, events, and online.

    S/he will liaise with the CoP, DCoP, Senior GEDSI Advisor, Communications Manager, and MRM Manager to identify and design key communications materials and disseminate them to identified audiences. S/he will be responsible for ensuring strong linkages between the Activity interventions and the Results Measurement team of the program. This position is based in Gombe but requires frequent travel to the other states of the Northeast.

    Specific Responsibilities

    • Support the Senior GEDSI Advisor in developing and operationalizing the Gender and Social Inclusion strategy, which will guide the integration of Gender and Social Inclusion concepts and approaches into all RRA and partners’ activities, including technical implementation, monitoring, operations, policies, and procedures.
    • Collaborate with the Senior GEDSI Advisor, technical teams, MEL, and other personnel on Gender and Social Inclusion strategy implementation and monitoring.
    • Lead or assist in designing and implementing Gender and Social Inclusion analyses, impact assessments, and other learning studies.
    • Review and provide input to project work plans, with attention to Gender and Social Inclusion dimensions of technical activities and operations.
    • Assess the strength of the approach to gender mainstreaming across the project cycle.
    • Implement and manage the gender action plan, exercise quality assurance, and advise management on corrective interventions.
    • Social capital development
    • Gender and social inclusion strategy developed, including the approaches to be employed in implementing the RRA activities, monitoring and evaluation, and the guiding policies and procedures of the component.
    • Collaborate with the MEL Manager to develop and implement tools to monitor the Pathway to Possibility at the Activity level.
    • Collaborate with the Sr GEDSI Advisor to develop guidelines and tools for the collection and reporting/dissemination of data relating to Gender and Social capital inclusion outcomes at the project level.
    • Ensure that lessons learned are integrated in planning and implementation across the projects.
    • Engender all the project activities by collaboratively working with the project teams and the other project participants, including the smallholder farmers and the project partners.
    • Ensure that Gender and social inclusion assessment reports are developed capturing the processes, challenges, and lessons learned.
    • Ensure that regular data quality assessment on gender and social inclusion is conducted.
    • Provide leadership in implementing, incorporating, and strengthening RRA Interventions and events, including Social Capital approaches in Groups, Cooperatives, and hubs across the projects.

    Intervention Management

    • Accountable for the implementation of Social Inclusion strategies and Gender approaches.
    • Responsible and accountable for gender and youth performance indicators within RRA.
    • Ensure that Gender and Social Inclusion initiatives approaches are properly implemented as per required standards.
    • Analyze and package Gender and Social inclusion disaggregated project progress reports from country offices before submission to the DCoP.
    • Translate and contextualize the Gender and Social Capital Minimum Requirements for Projects.
    • Developing, reviewing, and updating training modules/manuals, and related training materials. Facilitate project implementers to set up various training modules and train them in their use; provide follow-up services to these training programs.

    Stakeholder Management

    • Represent the program in selected markets, displaying courtesy, tact, consideration, and discretion in all interactions with partners, other program members, and the public.
    • Understand how the political economy impacts rural markets and how changes in the functioning of markets may impact the political economy.
    • Maintain contacts with key stakeholders to increase synergies.
    • Participate in facilitating and managing the work of the program's partners/co-facilitators/service providers and ensure “value for money” for the tasks given.
    • Supervise/facilitate the identification and development of networks among key stakeholders, identifying common interests between the networks and RRA.
    • Assist in establishing contacts with national and regional institutions, stakeholders, and participants that would contribute to successfully implementing market activities.

    Security

    • Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies determined by country and program leadership.
    • Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and know policies.
    • Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and not jeopardize its mission.

    Knowledge and Experience

    • A Bachelor's degree or Master’s degree in social sciences.
    • 4 years of relevant work experience in a related field.
    • The ability to work within a fast-paced and dynamic environment
    • Excellent communications skills
    • A passion for the international development sector
    • Exceptional analytical and writing skills
    • A strategic and creative thinker with proven experience in working on diverse and wide-ranging communication strategies, including all forms of media.
    • Excellent oral, written and computer skills.
    • Fluency in English; fluency in Hausa is required.

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    Intervention Assistant

    General Position Summary

    The Intervention assistant will be responsible for the technical support in the implementation of programs aimed at ensuring interventions results in the desired Activity targets. The Intervention assistant will be responsible for providing support for all activities related to livelihoods and market systems development under the Rural Resilience activity. S/he will support implementation strategies and coordination with the Intervention leads and the leadership of RRA activities in Gombe State. The position will provide support to all RRA staff, providing them with technical assistance where necessary, and ensuring that common strategies and approaches are applied consistently in all communities. S/he will coordinate closely with the Monitoring and Results Measurement team to ensure that systems are in place to track, analyze and report results. The selected candidate will keep abreast of the latest research and evolutions in the field of market/value chain development and integrate new ideas and approaches as appropriate, seeking additional technical assistance as needed and ensuring effective working relationships with collaborating agencies.

    Essential Job Responsibilities

    • The Interventions Assistant will support the work of the Senior Intervention Officers who identify and manage agribusiness, association, and government partners.
    • Support the development of partnerships with market actors, including but not limited to processors, traders, financial services, and business development services providers, associations, and government institutions by supporting the competition, selection, and negotiation processes.
    • Assist the Senior Intervention Officers with the development of scopes of work, budget analysis, reviewing backup documentation and administrative tasks.
    • Coordinate across teams to develop monitoring and evaluation targets and submit reports on a weekly basis.
    • Support the management of strong relationships under ongoing partnership by coordinating communications, participating in field visits, supporting the procurement of goods and services needed by RRA partners, and coordinating events.
    • Monitor the implementation and execution of technical assistance and grants provided by RRA, and work with the Senior Intervention Officers and MRM to collect, review and analyze data.
    • Contribute to regular reporting on activities. Perform any other duties assigned by the Senior Intervention Officers.

    Intervention Management

    • Ensure the appropriate communication of clear intervention guidelines, expected outcomes, timeframe and workplan to all relevant parties.
    • Assist the Compliance and Sub Award and EIF managers in the development of relevant grant agreements, MoUs, ToRs and any other administrative requirement for the youth economic empowerment and conflict mitigation interventions.
    • Conduct regular field visits to ensure proper implementation of activities.
    • Remain well aware of developments in the relevant sectors/markets/commodity chains.
    • Work with the monitoring and results measurement team to design appropriate tools for monitoring the progress of interventions within the various market sectors. Also, liaise with the monitoring and results measurement team on the conduct of impact assessments for ongoing interventions.
    • Identify priority areas for interventions that will change as opportunities pass or are realized and new ones emerge.

    Stakeholder Management

    • Represent the RRA in selected fora, markets, displaying courtesy, tact, consideration and discretion in all interactions with partners, other members of the Activity, and with the public.
    • Understand how the political economy impacts rural markets, and how changes in the functioning of markets may impact the political economy.
    • Maintain contacts with key stakeholders to increase synergies.
    • Assist in establishing contacts with national and regional institutions, stakeholders and participants that would contribute to the successful implementation of market activities.
    • Coordinate activities with consortium partners, sub-grantees, private sector partners, local government and other implementers, as well as with other Mercy Corps programs.
    • Represent Mercy Corps externally at relevant conferences, workshops and other convenings.

    Security

    • Work closely with the country team’s security focal point to develop and maintain systems that promote the safety and security of all team members.
    • Ensure that programs are designed and implemented with a clear analysis and understanding of security.

    Knowledge and Experience

    • BA/BSc required.
    • 2+ years working in designing and delivering development works, agribusiness and enterprise development.
    • Ability to foster commitment and build capacity among project teams and partners around gender and youth development.
    • Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
    • Experience working in consortium multiple organizational partnerships
    • Experience with Monitoring and Evaluation systems and research 
    • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
    • Spoken and written proficiency in English.
    • Ability to facilitate meetings, effective presenter, and open collaborator.

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    Intervention Officer

    General Position Summary

    The Intervention Officer will be responsible for implementing all aspects of the Commercial Agents Model of the program including market systems development and livelihoods interventions of the Rural Resilience activity. This position holder will be required to apply a wide variety of market development tools and approaches in order to catalyze innovative services, facilitate and manage relevant market linkages between market actors in areas targeted by the project. S/he will provide field and office-based support to the technical team. The position will support the training of staff, the provision of technical assistance; and ensuring that common strategies and Mercy Corps approaches are applied consistently in all communities. S/he will coordinate closely with the MEL team to ensure that systems are in place to track, analyze and report results.

    Essential Job Responsibilities

    Research

    • Conduct research into relevant market systems and trends to identify opportunities for scaling the Commercial Agents Model in the Northeast.
    • Assist in stakeholder analysis of selected commodity chains and identify and establish contact with potential firms and other market actors.
    • Liaise with the Results Measurement (MRM TEAM) team on the development of appropriately tailored research tools and methods for the collection and collation of relevant intervention information from the field to support the Commercial Agent Business Models.
    • Assist to update and supervise MRM TEAM aspects of the intervention activities, including establishing baselines, indicators, and results.
    • Support the conduct and/or update of market assessments, involving direct stakeholders as well as public and private sector actors working within the target value chains and market system.
    • Assist in collecting baseline data related to interventions targeted for study or implementation by the project.

    Intervention Management

    • Support the implementation of teamwork plans and the successful implementation of livelihoods and market systems development activities, ensuring timely implementation of work plan activities and identification of target groups within the approved budget, and the achievement of program deliverables for desired impact.
    • Support the provision of technical guidance on livelihoods and market systems development and ensure that interventions are responsive to stakeholders and consistent with Mercy Corps’ relevant program guidelines, principles, values, quality standards and strategic plan.
    • Formulate strategies to develop markets in the selected commodity chains and seek opportunities to work as per the RRA sector strategy. Develop intervention strategies and implementation procedures in a participatory manner with key stakeholders.
    • Ensure the appropriate communication of clear intervention guidelines, expected outcomes, timeframe and workplan to all relevant parties.
    • Assist the Intervention Team Leader in the development of relevant grant agreements, MoUs, ToRs and any other administrative requirements for the interventions.
    • Conduct regular field visits to ensure proper implementation of activities.
    • Remain well aware of developments in the relevant sectors/markets/commodity chains.
    • Work with the MRM team to design appropriate tools for monitoring the progress of interventions within the various market sectors. Also, liaise with the MRM team on the conduct of impact assessments for ongoing program interventions.
    • Refine and adapt the intervention strategies in light of participant and stakeholder requests and changing needs and opportunities, within the overall program of RRA.
    • Help identify market failures and pressure points for addressing these; help identify ways to render a given market more functional and efficient, in a manner that will benefit the program targets.
    • Refine and adapt the selected intervention strategies in light of participant and stakeholder requests and changing needs, within the overall program.
    • Identify priority areas for interventions that will change as opportunities pass or are realized and new ones emerge.
    • Collaborate closely with and support the technical advisory and implementation team to manage the Grant Facility aspect of the program to catalyze new investment in viable economic opportunities (market systems, livelihoods, agribusiness, and employment) through grants that stimulate, rather than distort market development and avoid exacerbating conflict dynamics.

    Stakeholder Management

    • Represent the program in selected markets, displaying courtesy, tact, consideration and discretion in all interactions with partners, other members of the program, and with the public.
    • Understand how the political economy impacts rural markets, and how changes in the functioning of markets may impact the political economy.
    • Maintain contacts with key stakeholders to increase synergies.
    •  Take part in facilitating and managing the work of partners/co-facilitators/service providers of the program and ensure “value for money” for the tasks given.
    • Supervise/facilitate the identification and development of networks among key stakeholders, identifying common interests between the networks and RRA.
    •  Assist in establishing contacts with national and regional institutions, stakeholders and participants that would contribute to the successful implementation of market activities.

    Security

    • Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country and program leadership.
    • Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.
    • Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and not jeopardize its mission.

    Knowledge and Experience

    • Bachelor’s degree. Master’s degree preferred.
    • Minimum of three (3) years of demonstrated experience with USG or other similar development projects focused on market systems and livelihood development, with a solid understanding of context including gender and youth issues.
    • Demonstrated ability to work and coordinate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders, including government, community-based organizations, and the private sector.
    • Technical experience in market system development approach to development.
    • Experience with supporting assessments, monitoring and evaluation and other learning efforts is required.
    • Ability to work independently.
    • Demonstrated strengths in analytical skills and report writing.
    • Excellent oral, written and computer skills.
    • Fluency in English; fluency in Hausa is required

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    Nutrition Intervention Assistant

    General Position Summary

    The Nutrition Intervention Assistant will be responsible for the technical support in the implementation of RRA nutrition component aimed at ensuring interventions results in the desired Activity targets. The Nutrition Intervention Assistant will be responsible for providing support for all activities related to Nutrition Sensitive and Specific models and market systems development under the Rural Resilience activity. S/he will support in implementation strategies and coordination with the Intervention leads and the leadership of RRA activities in Adamawa State. The position will provide support to all RRA staff, providing them with technical assistance where necessary, and ensuring that common strategies and approaches are applied consistently in all communities. S/he will coordinate closely with the Monitoring and Results Measurement team to ensure that systems are in place to track, analyze and report results. The selected candidate will keep abreast of the latest research and evolutions in the field of market/value chain development and integrate new ideas and approaches as appropriate, seeking additional technical assistance as needed and ensuring effective working relationships with collaborating agencies.

    Essential Job Responsibilities

    • The Nutrition Intervention Assistant will support the work of the Senior Nutrition Officers and coordinators who identify and manage agribusiness, association, and government partners.
    • Support the development of partnerships with market actors, including but not limited to food processors, traders, financial services, and business development services providers, associations, and government institutions by supporting the competition, selection, and negotiation processes.
    • Assist the Senior Nutrition Officers and coordinators with the development of scopes of work, budget analysis, reviewing backup documentation and administrative tasks.
    • Coordinate across teams to develop monitoring and evaluation targets and submit reports on a weekly basis.
    • Support the management of strong relationships under ongoing partnership by coordinating communications, participating in field visits, supporting the procurement of goods and services needed by RRA partners, and coordinating events.
    • Monitor the implementation and execution of technical assistance and grants provided by RRA, and work with the Senior Intervention Officers, Coordinators and MRM to collect, review and analyze data.
    • Contribute to regular reporting on activities. Perform any other duties assigned by the Senior Intervention Officers and Coordinators.

    Intervention Management

    • Ensure the appropriate communication of clear intervention guidelines, expected outcomes, timeframe and workplan to all relevant parties.
    • Assist the Compliance and Sub Award and EIF managers in the development of relevant grant agreements, MoUs, ToRs and any other administrative requirement for nutrition-related efforts.
    • Conduct regular field visits to ensure proper implementation of activities.
    • Remain aware of developments in the relevant sectors/markets/commodity chains.
    • Work with the monitoring and results measurement team to design appropriate tools for monitoring the progress of interventions within the various market sectors. Also, liaise with the monitoring and results measurement team on the conduct of impact assessments for ongoing interventions.
    • Identify priority areas for interventions that will change as opportunities pass or are realized and new ones emerge.

    Stakeholder Management

    • Represent the RRA in selected fora, and markets, displaying courtesy, tact, consideration and discretion in all interactions with partners, other members of the Activity, and with the public.
    • Understand how the political economy impacts rural markets, and how changes in the functioning of markets may impact the political economy.
    • Maintain contacts with key stakeholders to increase synergies.
    • Assist in establishing contacts with national and regional institutions, stakeholders and participants that would contribute to the successful implementation of market activities.
    • Coordinate activities with consortium partners, sub-grantees, private sector partners, local government and other implementers, as well as with other Mercy Corps programs.
    • Represent Mercy Corps externally at relevant conferences, workshops and other convenings.

    Security

    • Work closely with the country team’s security focal point to develop and maintain systems that promote the safety and security of all team members.
    • Ensure that programs are designed and implemented with a clear analysis and understanding of security.

    Knowledge and Experience

    • BA/BSc required.
    • 2+ years working in designing and delivering development works, agribusiness and enterprise development.
    • Ability to foster commitment and build capacity among project teams and partners around gender and youth development.
    • Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
    • Experience working in consortium multiple organizational partnerships
    • Experience with Monitoring and Evaluation systems and research 
    • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
    • Spoken and written proficiency in English.
    • Ability to facilitate meetings, effective presenter, and open collaborator.

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    Communications Officer (Maternity Cover)

    General Position Summary.

    The Communication Officer will support the development and implementation of a communication strategy for Mercy Corps Nigeria, including the regular development of timely, well-written and accurate factsheets, articles, success stories and other resources as needed. Working closely with the Senior Communications Manager, the Communications Officer will build and maintain strong working relationships with Mercy Corps Nigeria staff in our Abuja, Maiduguri, and other field offices, and leverage those relationships to ensure that knowledge and understanding of the innovations, influence and impact of our diverse country portfolio is captured and effectively shared with internal and external audiences.

    Essential Job Responsibilities

    COUNTRY COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY SUPPORT

    • Support the Senior Communications Manager in the development of a communications strategy through efficient documentation and implementation of relevant activities in adherence to Mercy Corps global standards and specific donor requirements.
    • Contribute to country team-building efforts and provide country-wide support for a cross-learning strategy.
    • Work with the Senior Communications Manager to develop new communications initiatives (such as Lunch and Learn, etc.) and organize dissemination and learning activities to facilitate the visibility of Mercy Corps Nigeria’s programming and impact on donors and other stakeholders.

    AGENCY SUPPORT

    • Monitor workplace, meetings and other internal updates, and coordinate with program, sector, and field office teams, to gather content for and draft a bi-monthly Mercy Corps Nigeria newsletter.
    • Maintain and update the Mercy Corps Nigeria digital communications resources library, for country-level access to fact sheets, success stories, lessons learned, communiqués, and any other relevant materials.
    • Support content development and share content on Mercy Corps’ Global internal and external communications platforms, including relevant Workplace pages, The Hub and The Globe, and Mercy Corps Nigeria’s website.
    • Lead content development and update of Mercy Corps Nigeria website and social media pages, including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
    • Coordinate closely with HQ communications focal points to develop key messages, press releases, and statements for external audiences, in response to evolving events.
    • Support regional & HQ research and learning teams with dissemination events.

    COMMUNICATION AND CAPACITY BUILDING

    • Support country office visibility and communication initiatives, ensuring that program communications activities meet donor communications and visibility guidelines.
    • Support field locations to collect images, success stories, and other communications content to highlight Mercy Corps Nigeria programs' successes, staff well-being, or any other topic as the need arises.
    • Develop dissemination guidance and support teams to plan and conduct effective dissemination of project materials to different stakeholders.
    • Support the Senior Communications Manager in maintaining a communications database of key contacts.
    • Participate in communications-related working groups and maintain close relationships with other relevant networks with other international NGOs, local NGOs, and associations in Nigeria.
    • Help identify team members’ capacity-building needs and support with the implementation of targeted capacity-building around communications and learning.
    • Help in organizing lunch and learn sessions to facilitate cross-learning across Mercy Corps Nigeria offices.
    • Support operations, finance, HR, CARM and MEL teams to improve their communications and information sharing with staff by supporting them in the production of updates, guidelines, briefings, and providing feedback on communications outputs.
    • Provide administrative support to the facilitation of a Communications Working Group.
    • Lead on planning and co-coordinating training, workshops and other events, as the need arises.
    • Facilitate sessions in communications capacity-building training for Mercy Corps Nigeria and partner staff.
    • Actively participate in meetings and processes to promote effective communication practices across the entire country portfolio.

    ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING

    As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient, and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.

    Knowledge and Experience

    • Degree in communication, international development, gender, or any related field.
    • Minimum of 2 years of Communication work experience in international development required
    • Experience in written and audio-visual communication materials.
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
    • Excellent computer skills, including experience with PowerPoint and Microsoft Word,
    • Experience interfacing with media, corporations, and key stakeholders highly desired
    • Fluency in written and verbal English is required.

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    Livestock Intervention Officer

    General Position Summary

    The Livestock Intervention Officer will be responsible for implementing all aspects of the Livestock and Poultry Productivity intervention including market systems development and livelihoods interventions of the Rural Resilience activity. This position holder will be required to apply a wide variety of market development tools and approaches in order to catalyze innovative services, facilitate and manage relevant market linkages between market actors in areas targeted by the project. S/he will provide field and office-based support to the technical team. The position will support the training of staff, the provision of technical assistance; and ensuring that common strategies and Mercy Corps approaches are applied consistently in all communities. S/he will coordinate closely with the MEL team to ensure that systems are in place to track, analyze and report results.

    Essential Job Responsibilities

    Research

    • Conduct research into relevant market systems and trends to identify opportunities for livestock interventions.
    • Assist in stakeholder analysis of selected commodity chains and identify and establish contact with potential firms and other market actors.
    • Liaise with the Results Measurement (MRM TEAM) team on the development of appropriately tailored research tools and methods for the collection and collation of relevant intervention information from the field.
    • Assist to update and supervise MRM TEAM aspects of the intervention activities, including establishing baselines, indicators, and results.
    • Support the conduct and/or update of market assessments, involving direct stakeholders as well as public and private sector actors working within the target value chains and market systems.
    • Assist in collecting baseline data related to interventions targeted for study or implementation by the project.

    Intervention Management

    • Support the implementation of teamwork plans and the successful implementation of livelihoods and market systems development activities, ensuring timely implementation of work plan activities and identification of target groups within the approved budget, and the achievement of program deliverables for desired impact.
    • Support the provision of technical guidance on livelihoods and market systems development and ensure that interventions are responsive to stakeholders and consistent with Mercy Corps’ relevant program guidelines, principles, values, quality standards and strategic plan.
    •  Formulate strategies to develop markets in the selected commodity chains and seek opportunities to work as per the RRA sector strategy. Develop intervention strategies and implementation procedures in a participatory manner with key stakeholders.
    • Ensure the appropriate communication of clear intervention guidelines, expected outcomes, timeframe and workplan to all relevant parties.
    • Assist the Intervention Team Leader in the development of relevant grant agreements, MoUs, ToRs and any other administrative requirements for the interventions.
    • Conduct regular field visits to ensure proper implementation of activities.
    • Remain well aware of developments in the relevant sectors/markets/commodity chains.
    •  Work with the MRM team to design appropriate tools for monitoring the progress of interventions within the various market sectors. Also, liaise with the MRM team on the conduct of impact assessments for ongoing program interventions.
    • Refine and adapt the intervention strategies in light of participant and stakeholder requests and changing needs and opportunities, within the overall program of RRA.
    • Help identify market failures and pressure points for addressing these; help identify ways to render a given market more functional and efficient, in a manner that will benefit the program targets.
    • Refine and adapt the selected intervention strategies in light of participant and stakeholder requests and changing needs, within the overall program.
    • Identify priority areas for interventions that will change as opportunities pass or are realized and new ones emerge.
    • Collaborate closely with and support the technical advisory and implementation team to manage the Grant Facility aspect of the program to catalyze new investment in viable economic opportunities (market systems, livelihoods, agribusiness, and employment) through grants that stimulate, rather than distort market development and avoid exacerbating conflict dynamics.

    Stakeholder Management

    • Represent the program in selected markets, displaying courtesy, tact, consideration and discretion in all interactions with partners, other members of the program, and with the public.
    • Understand how the political economy impacts rural markets, and how changes in the functioning of markets may impact the political economy.
    • Maintain contacts with key stakeholders to increase synergies.
    •  Take part in facilitating and managing the work of partners/co-facilitators/service providers of the program and ensure “value for money” for the tasks given.
    • Supervise/facilitate the identification and development of networks among key stakeholders, identifying common interests between the networks and RRA.
    •  Assist in establishing contacts with national and regional institutions, stakeholders and participants that would contribute to the successful implementation of market activities.

    Security

    • Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by country and program leadership.
    •  Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.
    • Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and not jeopardize its mission.

    Knowledge and Experience

    • Bachelor’s degree. Master’s degree preferred.
    • Minimum of three (3) years of demonstrated experience with USG or other similar development projects focused on market systems and livelihood development, with a solid understanding of context including gender and youth issues.
    • Demonstrated ability to work and coordinate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders, including government, community-based organizations, and the private sector.
    • Technical experience in market system development approach to development.
    • Experience with supporting assessments, monitoring and evaluation and other learning efforts is required.
    • Ability to work independently.
    • Demonstrated strengths in analytical skills and report writing.
    • Excellent oral, written and computer skills.
    •  Fluency in English; fluency in Hausa is required

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