Job Openings at International Rescue Committee

Job Description

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, IRC offers life-saving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in more than 40 countries and in 22 U.S. cities, IRC restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted by conflict or disaster. IRC leads the way from harm to home.

CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND

The IRC has been present in Nigeria since 2012 when the organization responded to flooding in Kogi state. In February 2014 the IRC moved into Adamawa State in NE Nigeria to provide humanitarian interventions through a multi-sectoral, integrated approach for conflict affected populations. IRC Nigeria now operates a country office in Abuja and field offices in Mubi and Yola of Adamawa State, Maiduguri and Monguno of Borno state and Damaturu of Yobe State. Currently, IRC Nigeria implements programs primary health care, nutrition, environmental health, women’s protection and empowerment, protection, child protection, education, food security & livelihoods

Job Overview/Summary

The M&E Manager for Nutrition and Health position reports to Health and Nutrition Technical Coordinators with technical oversight by the Senior MEAL Manager. This position is responsible for leading all M&E related assignments and management of the IRC health and nutrition sectors in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states. The position supports the development and implementation of the programs monitoring and evaluation strategy to ensure quality, timely, and accurate information in support of the implementation of sector activities. This position will support the review of proposals to ensure that core sector MEAL activities are adequately captured, as well as ensure project logframes are well designed in line with the IRC measurement standards.

 Major Responsibilities

A.      Health and Nutrition Thematic

• Support development, review and implementation of Health and nutrition project M&E systems, SOPs, guidance and measurement tools in line with the IRC MfA framework.

• Ensure that detailed and feasible health and nutrition project monitoring plans are developed that: i) provide an indicator matrix, ii) consider ethical and safe collection and storage of data, iii) consider data quality audits, vi) consider storing, protecting, and sharing project documents.

• Closely work with Senior MEAL Manager, Health and Nutrition Technical Coordinators to ensure that all projects have tested standard monitoring tools that capture both activity and indicator progress overtime.

• Develop tools that aid documenting, storing and sharing lessons learned that have implications for refinement of best programmatic practice.

• In consultation with the Senior MEAL Manager and health and nutrition Technical Coordinators, organize lesson sharing events to fertilize learning across different.

• Serve as a sector focal person on information management, lead and design diagnostic studies, evaluations, and surveys for the consortium.

• Develop/implement innovative ideas as regard to client feedback mechanism and ensure effective use of existing feedback mechanisms (FGD, hotline facilitation, suggestion boxes, exit interviews, IEC materials, radio jingles)

B.      Design and Development

• Support the sector MEAL teams in development of detailed and coherent MEAL plans that provide

• Logical frameworks

• Functional databases

• Accessible project data

• Provide support in establishment and maintenance of monitoring systems across sectors

• Use learning evidence and data from previous projects to inform proposal design

• Engage in the design, method and conduct of surveys such as baseline and end line and the commission of evaluations in coordination with colleagues and partners

C.      Monitoring and Evaluation

• Work with sector MEAL teams to determine which monitoring activities will take place and which data collection methods will be used to ensure data adequacy and completeness

• Responsible for providing consistent, supportive supervision as necessary to meet monitoring objectives and ensure data quality

• Work with MEAL and sector teams to track progress on action points related to implementation and MEAL activities

• Support data quality audits and resolve systemic problems in data quality

• Tracking and documenting best practices in monitoring and evaluation

• Supervise MEAL field activities

• Produce quality reports and updating dashboards with key findings that foster learning and decision making and share in project life cycle meetings and teams meetings

• Identify, detail and share lessons learned to improve services and results for our clients

D.      Data Management and Quality Assurance

• Review existing M&E tools, systems and approaches and design various Health and Nutrition data collection tools, lead data collection processes and ensure high quality data is collected

• Advocate for and support the expansion of standard mobile data technology and online dashboards to enhance timeless and quality data collection, analysis and visualization

• Develop digital data collection tools and processes for online data management

• Establish and ensure timely data flow, quality checks and audits and updating of data visualization

• Undertake regular analysis of monitoring data and work closely with technical coordinators to facilitate decision making for real time program adaptation

• Participate in program coordination meeting and progress against activities and budget

Key Working Relationships

• Position Reports to:  Health and Nutrition Coordinators

• Indirect/Technical Reporting: Senior MEAL Manager

• Position directly Supervises: Health, Reproductive Health and Nutrition MEAL Officers

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in statistics, social sciences, development studies, project management or any other relevant discipline. A master’s degree in any field is an added advantage

• 4-5 years of consistent, proven, and successful experience in monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning – specific experience in feedback management will be an added advantage

• Demonstrated understanding or project management in a similar role/with similar responsibilities in a multi sectoral and multi donor environment

• Strong team management experience with sound capacities to work in a diversified team

• Willingness to work under pressure and stressful situations without minimal supervision and without compromising deadlines or quality

• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength

• Good communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills

• Excellent computer skills and competency in word, Excel, PowerPoint, Kobo toolbox, commcare

• Willingness to travel to field sites under demanding conditions

Computer/Other Tech Requirements:

• Full professional competency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.  Add position-specific (e.g. accounting software, statistical software, etc.).

Ability to Travel: 40% of time

Standards of Professional Conduct The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Code of Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.  In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others.

Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances.

Working Environment

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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Job Description

Background/IRC Summary: The International Rescue Committee (IRC), one of the world’s largest humanitarian agencies, provides relief, rehabilitation, and post-conflict reconstruction support to victims of natural disaster, oppression and violent conflict in 42 countries. The IRC is committed to bold leadership, innovation, and creative partnerships. Active in public health, education, livelihoods, women's empowerment, youth development, and protection and promotion of rights, IRC assists people from harm to home. IRC began work in Nigeria in 2012 in the north of Adamawa State in response to the flood emergency. 

In the end of 2014 and the beginning of 2015, there has been a considerable upsurge (vague) in violence perpetrated by Boko Haram in the Northeast, creating and influx of IDPs in within the state. From the beginning of the insurgency, the hosts communities in the Northeast have been housing many displaced and have now reached absorption capacity limit. The recent arrivals are lacking the most basic services such as access to adequate shelter and simple household items; food; health care; safe drinking water and basic sanitation.  In addition, the insecurity that has resulted from past and recent Boko Haram raids, as well as continued threats of others, has presented serious protection concerns for communities in these areas where children and women represent 70% of the IDP population.

This Job Description is reviewed to capture the current expectation of the CP staff so at to provide him/her with guidance of what is expected of him/her based on the current context and programming. This will enable his/her supervisor to hold him/her accountable to his/her responsibility and ensure accountability to our targeted clients, donors, and IRC Nigeria Country Program

Job Overview/Summary: This position is responsible for coordinating and supervising activities at the sites, training community structures, supporting case workers and CP community Based structures and monitoring program implementation. They will also work closely with the CPIMS assistants/Officer and CP manager to ensure quality data collection and management, report writing and budget implementation.

Major Responsibilities:

• Provide support for adolescents and their families and link them to specialized services where needed.

• Provide support for SEL and SHLS activities Ensure regular communication with the CM manager for updates on achievements and challenges.

• Provide daily guidance on SHLS activities to the SHLS facilitaors in accordance with the standard tools and procedures

• Ensure weekly support supervision visits for each SHLS and structured observations of SHLS and Facilitators happen and write brief report on each visit

• Ensure there is regular review and interaction with community members

• Coordinate with other IRC sectors staff (e.g. WPE, Protection, Health and Livelihoods) at field level to ensure an integrated approach to service delivery

• Work closely with the CBCPCs and supervise their weekly/monthly meetings and activities.

• Provide input for weekly and staff activity reports.

• Work with the CPIMS team to provide verified data for reporting.

• Participate in identifying facilitators and an initial SEL/SAFE approach training and engage in ongoing skills building using SEL/SAFE materials.

• With support from supervisors, mentor and coach facilitators responsible for co-facilitating sessions with adolescent girls and boys (younger and older).

• Conduct initial assessments to identify the risks and needs of Children/adolescent girls and boys.

• Provide Psychological First Aid and support to adolescent girls and boys who disclose experiences of violence and support referral to access required services

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to:  The Child Protection Officer
Position directly supervises:  CBCPCs and SHLS Facilitators

Indirect Reporting: The Child protection Manager
Other Internal and/or external contacts:

Internal: IRC sectors External: CPSS, Partners

Qualifications

• A minimum qualification of a degree or HND in Social Works, Psychology, Education, and any of the other social sciences.

• At least 2 years’ experience in implementing child protection programs in humanitarian or development settings.

• Demonstrated understanding of working with children and particularly vulnerable children.

• Experience as an active participate of social groups, with an understanding of group dynamics and processes.

• Capacity building, facilitation, or training experience

• Experience in supporting the delivery of psychosocial activities, emergency response, child protection case management including family tracing and reunification, and setting up child safeguarding mechanisms

• Personal qualities: Team player, flexible, network-builder, time management and ability to handle pressure well.

• Fluency in English required and in Hausa preferred.

Working Environment:  MMC/Jere is relatively safe. Access to basic social amenities and infrastructures are available.

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.  

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.  In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

IRC et les employés de IRC doivent adhérer aux valeurs et principes contenus dans le IRC WAY (normes de conduite professionnelle). Ce sont l’Intégrité, le Service, et la Responsabilité. En conformité avec ces valeurs, IRC opère et fait respecter les politiques sur la protection des bénéficiaires contre l’exploitation et les abus, la protection de l’enfant, le harcèlement sur les lieux de travail, l’intégrité financière, et les représailles.