Job Openings at Community Health Justice and Peace Initiative (JDPH)

Community Health Justice and Peace Initiative (JDPH) is a programme of the Catholic Province of Jos with geographical location covering Plateau State in the North Central part of Nigeria and Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Taraba, Borno and Yobe states in the North Eastern part of Nigeria.

Sector: Good governance

Location: Jos, Plateau state

Brief Description

A Human Rights Manager’s duties encompass a wide variety of tasks, such as researching and identifying human rights violations; observing trials and elections while in Good Governance he/she supports the executive team and board todesign, implement and support the highest quality governance. He will also Develop, Implement, Monitor and Evaluate assignedgovernance programmes/projects; review relevant documents and reports; identify problems and issues to be addressed and propose corrective actions; liaise with relevant stakeholders; identify and track follow-up actions.

Roles and Responsibility

• Liaise with other officers under the unit in planning programmes and activities
• Create innovative programmes under your unit
• Provide appropriate technical advice related to good governance policy development, including the review and analysis of issues and trends, preparation of evaluations or other research activities and studies.
• Develop, Implement, Monitor and Evaluate assigned governance programmes/projects; review relevant documents and reports; identify problems and issues to be addressed and propose corrective actions; liaise with relevant stakeholders; identify and track follow-up action
• Planning and coordinating activities related to relevant mandates on human rights
• Researching and analysing human rights issues in the assigned area
• Collecting and analysing human rights data
• Making sure human rights considerations are integrated into humanitarian, political, and economic programs and systems
• Representing the organisation at meetings related to Good Governance and Human Rights
• Preparing reports and briefings

Essential Skills:

• Solid understanding of democratic development challenges from a high level, and experience in working with senior levels of national governance and with the senior civil service.
• Excellent communication skills – spoken and written.
• Team player, focused on mobilizing and leveraging capacities and interests towards project outcomes.
• Demonstrated knowledge and providing effective support/reporting on the gender equality components of the project.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Computer skills (MS Excel, Word and Power Point).
• Willing and able to travel to project locations.

Educational Qualification / Experience

• Essential: University Degree in political science, Law, International Relations or other relevant fields. Preferably, candidate should be a practicing lawyer with at least 3 years post call experience.

Experience

• At least 3 years of working experience in NGO work on the thematic area.
• Experience in emergency program design and implementation will be an added advantage.
• Experience of coordinating activities across various locations;
• Demonstrable experience in designing and implementing gender disaggregated monitoring tools;
• Proven experience in evidence based monitoring and report writing;
• Strong experience with assessment tools and systems.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Fluency in written and spoken English and a good command of the Hausa language.

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Community Health Justice and Peace Initiative (JDPH) is a programme of the Catholic Province of Jos with geographical location covering Plateau State in the North Central part of Nigeria and Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Taraba, Borno and Yobe states in the North Eastern part of Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position of the following:
Location: Jos, Plateau state

Programme coordinator

We are looking for a competent Program Coordinator to undertake a variety of administrative and program management tasks you must beorganized and detail-oriented, comfortable working with diverse teams and multi-tasking. You will help in planning and organizing programs and activities as well as carry out important operational duties. Your goal will be to facilitate theeffective management of programsaccording to the organization’s standard

Roles and Responsibilities

• Support planning and coordination of programs and projects in the organization.
• Ensureimplementation of policies and Standard Operation Procedures (SOP)
• Maintain budget and track expenditures/transactions.
• Manage communications through media relations, social media etc.
• Help build positive relations within the team and external parties
• Schedule and organize meetings/events and maintain agenda
• Ensure technology is used correctly for all operations (video conferencing, presentations etc.)
• Keep updated records and create reports.
• Support in the designing and implementation of grant programmes
• Support growth and program development

Essential Skills

• Producing results
• Effective leadership, interpersonal and communication skills
• The ability to command respect and to create a sense of community amongst the members of the project teams
• A good understanding of all the four thematic areas of JDPH
• Conflict resolution and problem solving skills
• Team work
• Good knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring and controlling programmes
• Good knowledge of programme and project management methods
• Good knowledge of budgeting and resource allocation procedures
• Sufficient seniority and credibility to advise project teams on their projects in relation to the programme
• Builds and promote partnership in organization and beyond
• Well organised and multitasking
• Willing and able to travel all over Nigeria especially organizations project locations

Educational Qualification/Experience

• University degree in social sciences, and or other relevant fields (bachelors as a minimum);
• Possess at least 3 years of experience in project management, or a senior team lead in the NGO cycle.
• Experience in emergency program design and implementation.
• Experience of coordinating activities across various locations;
• Demonstrable experience in coordinating other assistants;
• Demonstrable experience in designing and implementing gender disaggregated monitoring tools;
• Proven experience in evidence based monitoring and report writing;
• Strong experience with assessment tools and systems.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Fluency in written and spoken English and a good command of the Hausa language.