Job Opportunities at Chabash Development and Health Initiative

Job Summary:

The manager Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL) support country missions in designing, implementing & monitoring of FSL projects in humanitarian and development contexts as well as training and building capacity of existing and newly recruited local FSL staff and stakeholders in CDHI FSL standards and programming. The FSL manager will also represent CDHI in FSL sector clusters and technical working groups. 

Key Responsibilities

Technical and Implementation support

Support efficient planning, implementation, and monitoring of FSL projects ensuring that they conform to CDHI FSL standards, internationally accepted standards, and country guidelines.

Work with Finance and Logistics to plan and procure FSL related supplies within program budgets, ensuring compliance with CDHI FSL standards, procedures, and donor regulations.

Coordinate with other FSL partners, CDHI sectors and community leaders to conduct multi-sectoral assessments, identify the need for FSL options and support the country mission to feed assessment result into proposals if needed.

• Collaborate with the Program Manager, MEAL, and other sector coordinators to create synergies\' and achieve integrated program objectives and smooth implementation.
• Organize regular review, update, and experience sharing meetings among FSL staff, identify areas of concern and provide workable solutions for identified challenges.
• Collaborate with the country project teams and sector coordinators to identify existing project implementation gaps and new opportunities for FSL program development.
• Coordinate the necessary FSL assessments in existing and in potential new areas.
• Demonstrate understanding of the FSL technical approaches and the role of linking FSL and early warning in preventative nutrition interventions and guide FSL staff in implementing multi-sectoral programs.
• Work closely with Global FSL Advisors and exchange sound practices.

Capacity Building

• Induct new FSL staff in CDHI FSL standards and technical aspects of planning, implementing, and monitoring of FSL programs to enable them to fit in and effectively do their jobs.
• Assess their training needs; and develop a training program to meet these needs.
• Assist the staff to develop/adopt appropriate technical training manuals and facilitator\'s guides.
• Support the staff to build strong relationships with community groups to promote active participation.
• Support the FSL staff to write reports, document successes, challenges, and best practices for external and internal use.

Representation

• Actively represent Chabash Development and Health Initiative and serve as the technical resource person on food security and livelihoods sector networks and technical Working Groups

Required Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Strong technical skills in designing and implementing appropriate and effective FSL projects, and donor reporting.
• Familiarity with design and programming processes of different donors especially NHF among others.
• Knowledge in any FSL technical areas like Food assistance, Nutrition-sensitive Agriculture, Livestock, Income generating activities, VSLAs, micro-finance, Vocational skills training, disaster risk reduction etc.
• Ability to provide implementation and technical support for CDHI staff in the proper implementation of integrated FSL interventions in humanitarian and development contexts.
• Ability to conduct technical FSL assessments, read, analyze, and interpret data and write technical reports.
• Ability to work effectively with government, community leaders, international/national organizations, donors, partners, and other Chabash Development and Health Initiative relationships.
• Strong communication, coordination, and representation skills.
• Demonstrated experience and skills in ensuring community participation and gender mainstreaming in humanitarian programming.
• Advanced proficiency in the use of MS Office, and other computer applications.
• Ability to cope with stress; hardship; patience and flexibility and willingness to work additional hours in order to meet tight deadlines.
• Ability and willingness to travel to remote field sites and nutrition facilities.
• Perform other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily all inclusive.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor\'s degree in Agriculture, Food security, rural development, Entrepreneurship, International development, or any other agricultural related discipline. Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
• 5+ year of relevant and progressive experience in designing, planning, implementing, supervising, and reporting on Food security and Livelihoods programs.
• Technical background in any of the following FSL disciplines; Food assistance, Agriculture, Livestock, nutrition-sensitive agriculture, Income generating activities, VSLAs, micro-finance, Vocational skills training, disaster risk reduction.
• Experience in staff capacity building, facilitation of training and workshops, writing/ developing project proposals and project reports.
• Professional experience in areas of global food policy and food security.
• Ability to lead FSL assessments, analyze data, draft FSL reports/publications providing implications for countries.
• Familiarity with international standards and guidelines for Food Security and Livelihood, Humanitarian operations, coordination structures, and the mandates of donors, UN agencies, and other NGOs.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written and advocacy skills.
• Relevant regional experience strongly preferred.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse 

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within Chabash Development and Health Initiative and amongst beneficiaries served by Chabash Development and Health Initiative.
• Any other duties that may be assigned from time by supervisors.

Compliance & Ethics: 

• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout Chabash Development and Health Initiative. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of Chabash Development and Health Initiatives’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity. 

Core Competencies

• Analytical and critical thinking
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Strong ethical standards and data confidentiality
• Problem-solving and adaptive learning
• Commitment to community participation and inclusion

Others

No individual is expected to pay any amount or offer any form of favor to secure a position or contract with CDHI. Any such act is strictly prohibited and should be avoided.

Women are strongly encouraged to Apply

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Job Summary:

The Food Security and Livelihood Assistant will support the implementation of community-based livelihood activities aimed at improving income generation and self-sufficiency among target beneficiaries. The volunteer will work closely with the Livelihood Officer or Program Coordinator to facilitate skills training, monitor beneficiaries’ progress, and assist in organizing livelihood and economic empowerment sessions.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the planning and implementation of livelihood and skills-training sessions (e.g., tailoring, agribusiness, food processing, crafts, ICT).
• Assist in mobilizing community members to participate in vocational and entrepreneurship programs.
• Maintain attendance records, collect progress data, and support monitoring of trainees’ performance.
• Facilitate small-group mentoring sessions and promote peer learning among participants.
• Help identify local market opportunities and link trainees with potential buyers or suppliers.
• Participate in organizing exhibitions or community events to showcase livelihood products and achievements.
• Document success stories, lessons learned, and beneficiaries’ feedback for program improvement.
• Support basic data entry and contribute to monthly activity reports.
• Ensure gender inclusion and participation of vulnerable groups in all livelihood interventions.

Areas of Accountability

The FSL Assistant will be accountable for:

• Program Implementation: Ensuring all assigned FSL and Multi-purpose cash assistance MPCA activities are conducted in line with the organization’s/donors’ requirements
• Data and Reporting: Accurately collecting and submitting data to supervisors for review and reporting.
• Community Engagement: Representing CDHI positively in all community interactions.
• Code of Conduct Compliance: Upholding the organization’s values, maintaining confidentiality, and adhering to safeguarding and ethical standards.
• Team Collaboration: Working collaboratively with other volunteers and staff to achieve program objectives effectively.

Qualifications and Experience

• BSc/HND in Business, Agriculture, Economics, nutrition, or related field is an advantage. 
• Interested or experienced in livelihood, entrepreneurship, or community development programs is a plus.
• Good organizational and communication skills.
• Basic record-keeping and reporting ability.
• Willingness to work closely with diverse community members.
• Fluency in English and local languages is desirable.

Core Competencies

• Analytical and critical thinking
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Strong ethical standards and data confidentiality
• Problem-solving and adaptive learning
• Commitment to community participation and inclusion

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse 

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within Chabash Development and Health Initiative and amongst beneficiaries served by Chabash Development and Health Initiative.
• Any other duties that may be assigned from time by supervisors.

Compliance & Ethics: 

• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout Chabash Development and Health Initiative. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of Chabash Development and Health Initiatives’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity. 

Others

No individual is expected to pay any amount or offer any form of favor to secure a position or contract with CDHI. Any such act is strictly prohibited and should be avoided.

Women are strongly encouraged to Apply

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Reports to: FSL Manager
Supervises: Food Security & Livelihood Assistant

Job Summary:

The Livelihood Officer will provide technical and programmatic support to crisis-affected families and communities to design and implement sustainable, community-based livelihood initiatives. The role focuses on promoting employment opportunities, enhancing vocational skills, and supporting income-generating activities to reduce vulnerabilities and build resilience. The successful candidate will work closely with caregivers, youth, and young adults to strengthen their livelihood capacity, enabling sustainable income generation and self-reliance even in emergency contexts. Priority will be given to interventions that deliver immediate or short-term improvements in household socio-economic well-being, while laying the foundation for longer-term recovery and resilience.

Key Responsibilities

• The livelihood officer will give Priority attention to interventions that would have immediate or short-term positive effect on the family’s socio-economic wellbeing, aiming to reduce their vulnerability; e.g. access to start-up support for job creation, access to low-interest loans for micro-business development, individual skills training, targeted vocational or entrepreneurship training, job placement, internship, business expansion support, etc.
• Support families to identify ‘gaps’ in attaining self-reliance while linking it to the keys to self-reliance based on the development needs of each child within their care
• Support families to establish set goals, milestones with timelines and develop actionable plans to achieve the defined set goals to address the identified gaps
• Ensure that the organization keeps its commitments, in terms of support services committed to in the FDPs action plans;
• Empower families to have improved household income to actively support the development of their children and be self-reliant
• Support young adults and caregivers in setting up viable small-medium scale businesses with good business plans and link them to other funding sources for business scaling-up and expansion
• Implement skills-based innovative sustainable livelihood community initiatives that have a direct and immediate or short-term positive effect on the family’s socio-economic activities, aiming to reduce the family’s vulnerability and increase their chances of being self-reliant
• Identify weaknesses and strengths in the livelihoods activities and map the best way forward to enhance strengths and mitigate adverse impacts or weaknesses;
• Ensure gatekeeping and case management guidelines are followed in providing specifically tailored interventions targeted at supporting families to attain self-reliance
• Conduct activities in a community- and rights-based, participatory manner, maintaining an Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD), and conflict-sensitive approach for community engagement
• Ensure timely and quality progress and financial reporting by partners in line with agreed templates and schedules
• Monitor programme implementation of partners (contractors, consultants, grantees) in accordance with agreements, work plans, deliverables, and timelines
• Carry out regular reviews of the situation of the families and the support provided to them by the programme
• Contribute to the realization of sustainable income generation for families to provide quality care and protection for their children

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Agriculture, Business Administration, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3-year experience in emergency response programming and working with vulnerable populations.
• Knowledge of market systems development, micro-enterprise, and vocational training approaches.
• Familiarity with donor-funded projects and humanitarian standards.
• Strong project design, implementation, and monitoring skills.
• Excellent facilitation, training, and community mobilization abilities.
• Competence in conducting needs assessments and market analysis.
• Good communication, negotiation, and partnership-building skills.
• Ability to manage data, prepare reports, and ensure accountability.
• Computer literacy (MS Office, data collection/analysis tools).
• Commitment to humanitarian principles, child safeguarding, and protection standards.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and analytical thinking.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-sectoral team.
• High cultural sensitivity, empathy, and inclusiveness.
• Flexibility, resilience, and capacity to adapt to rapidly changing emergency contexts

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse 

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within Chabash Development and Health Initiative and amongst beneficiaries served by Chabash Development and Health Initiative.
• Any other duties that may be assigned from time by supervisors.

Compliance & Ethics: 

Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout Chabash Development and Health Initiative. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of Chabash Development and Health Initiatives’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity. 

Core Competencies

• Analytical and critical thinking
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Strong ethical standards and data confidentiality
• Problem-solving and adaptive learning
• Commitment to community participation and inclusion

Others

• No individual is expected to pay any amount or offer any form of favor to secure a position or contract with CDHI. Any such act is strictly prohibited and should be avoided.

Women are strongly encouraged to Apply

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Reports to: Livelihood Officer

Job Summary:

The Disability Inclusion Assistant will support the team and implementing partners to provide technical support to guide and inform gender disability-inclusive programming through an “integrated approach” in project implementation. Under the guidance of the FSL Manager, the Disability Inclusion Assistant will ensure that disability issues identified in the proposal are addressed, and that activities are responsive to the needs of girls, boys and pregnant and lactating women and children/women with disabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Programme Implementation, Coordination & Management:

• Lead capacity building for staff and partner organizations members on gender and disability inclusion, including ensuring gender-responsive and inclusive trainings for service providers in the project states.
• Guided by gender analysis, support partners and community groups to promote shared caregiving responsibilities and challenge traditional gender norms 
• Coordinate FSL project activities between thematic areas and other implementing partners.
• Conduct regular disability audits, support community mapping and address identified gaps in specific needs of girls, boys and pregnant and lactating women and children/women with disabilities. 
• With support from the programme team, formulate key disability messages and targets from lessons learned and assessments gained through project implementation.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of disability objectives and initiatives, both short and long term, encompassing a wide range of issues with a gender lens.
• Acquire information and understanding of key disability issues in the country particularly in the project states focusing on boys and girls (e.g., SGBV, nutrition etc.) and adapt strategies as necessary.
• Ensure a focus on gender equality, gender mainstreaming and disability inclusion in all components of project implementation.
• Develop and facilitate gender and disability inclusion components in training materials, needs assessment and other project tools and resources.
• Ensure accessibility of gender responsive IEC materials developed on the project.
• Support CDHI and partners to identify and address the intersectionality of gender and disability in project planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
• Perform other tasks, as required, to ensure the smooth running of the organization.

MEAL

• Support tracking of gender and disability-inclusive project indicators.
• Support MEAL team in disability data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Ensure consultation with pregnant and lactating girls, beneficiaries with disabilities in project implementation, evaluation, and learning.
• In collaboration with the MEAL team, collate and disseminate regular project disability inclusion reports.

Human Resources Management and Development:

• Working together with the Team to identify learning and development needs of the project teams and develop specific plans to address the learning needs.

Internal and external engagements

• Develop and maintain a network of external contacts with key individuals in the state, NGO sector, civil society and the media particularly working on gender issues and participate in gender working group meetings, which may include providing oversight.
• Engage the relevant gender and disability stakeholders at State levels in support of the project cycle management.

Qualifications and Experience

• BSc/ HND or equivalent in Social Science, development studies, gender & development or equivalent combination of relevant training and experience. Advanced degree will be an added advantage
• At least 2 years-experience implementing on issues of gender and inclusion, including nutrition, adolescent sexual reproductive health across either development, humanitarian or refugee setting.
• Proven experience in supporting the designing, implementing, and evaluating disability-inclusive and gender-transformative social and behavior change communication interventions.
• Experience in supporting the implementation of disability-inclusive and gender-transformative approaches in any context.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team setting with minimal supervision.
• Specific knowledge of international development, disability inclusion and gender equality issues; experience engaging children and other community members on gender equality issues desirable.
• Demonstrable understanding of applying the principles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in project cycle management.
• Excellent planning and organizational skills with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced work environment

Core Competencies

• Analytical and critical thinking
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Strong ethical standards and data confidentiality
• Problem-solving and adaptive learning
• Commitment to community participation and inclusion

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse 

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within Chabash Development and Health Initiative and amongst beneficiaries served by Chabash Development and Health Initiative.
• Any other duties that may be assigned from time by supervisors.

Compliance & Ethics: 

• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout Chabash Development and Health Initiative. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of Chabash Development and Health Initiatives’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.      Conducts work with the highest level of integrity. 

Others

• No individual is expected to pay any amount or offer any form of favor to secure a position or contract with CDHI. Any such act is strictly prohibited and should be avoided.

Women are strongly encouraged to Apply

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Reports to: FSL Manager
Supervises: FSL Assistants

Job Summary:

This role will be responsible for implementing the cash transfer activities of the CDHI Cash and nutrition project in Borno State ensuring that the cash transfer component is delivered in a timely manner and to a high quality. The CVO will also coordinate and collaborate with CDHI staff and report accordingly on project progress. The role will manage and monitor all operational and technical areas of cash activities including budget management, coordination and representation, security, logistics, compliance with internal policies and procedures of cash transfer programming.

 Key Responsibilities

Project implementation:

• Work closely with FSL Manager to implement cash activities. 
• Coordinate with CDHI counterparts in Borno State. 
• Assist in sensitization of local government structures, communities and traditional authorities on the targeting criteria and identification and registration of beneficiaries.
• Work close with MEAL staff to on-board enumerators to support with the registration of households receiving cash transfer.
• Manage pre-paid cards (mode of cash transfer delivery) and work closely with relevant teams to ensure pre-paid cards are loaded correctly. 
• Oversee delivery of regular cash transfers and help ensure the resolution of any problems.
• Actively participate in relevant field assessments to identify the beneficiaries’ needs and viable business opportunities, ensuring assessment findings are documented and that all assessments include a specific analysis of children’s needs.
• Organize the training of cash beneficiaries on the identified needs.
• Conduct the implementation and monitoring of all activities, at field level, as laid out in the detailed implementation plan.
• Support in the registration of target families, ensuring that the data is collected and is recorded appropriately.
• Coordinate activities with local authorities, international community members, other implementing actors and partners at the local level.
• Compile and submit regular project reports and updates.
• Support in the retrieving of pre-paid cards distributed to program participants at community level during enrollment and ensuring it is back

Overall:

• Ensure that you work to the best of your ability and demonstrate high levels of commitment to CDHI and our vision, mission and values in order to ensure the objectives of your role are met.
• Ensure the effective and efficient use of all CDHI resources to keep costs low and ensure safety in the workplace; 
• Comply with the requirements of CDHI Child Safeguarding Policy to ensure maximum protection for children.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling CDHI values.
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious, challenging but realistic goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
• Widely shares their personal vision for CDHI engages and motivates others.
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters. Values diversity sees it as a source of competitive strength. Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions. Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Bachelor\'s degree or HND in relevant course Social Policy, Social Science, International Development, Economics or related relevant discipline
• At least 3 years’ experience of working in Cash & Voucher Assistance in emergency and development settings, for a broad range of institutional donors and sectors 
• Previous humanitarian response experience
• Understanding of Cash & Voucher Assistance in Nigeria
• Experience with various cash and voucher modalities, including digital, mobile, card, paper voucher, and cash in envelopes.
• Demonstrable understanding of M&E, beneficiary accountability, and learning
• Experience in the application of methodologies to calculate cash/voucher amounts for sectoral outcomes, as well as for multipurpose cash transfers.
• Familiar with the Sphere Standards (Handbook released in 2018)
• Demonstrated program design, monitoring and evaluation skills, including designing pathways to sustainable impact at scale. 
• Able to generate and use data and evidence to innovate, deliver, learn and share what works and what doesn’t work for children.
• Experience of promoting quality and impact through at least one cross-cutting area: gender equality and inclusion, adaptive and safer programming; child rights; disability; migration and displacement.
• Experience of supporting humanitarian preparedness, response and recovery
• Fluent in English/ Hausa and high level of English writing skills.

Core Competencies

• Analytical and critical thinking
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Strong ethical standards and data confidentiality
• Problem-solving and adaptive learning
• Commitment to community participation and inclusion

Others

• No individual is expected to pay any amount or offer any form of favor to secure a position or contract with CDHI. Any such act is strictly prohibited and should be avoided.

Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse 

• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within Chabash Development and Health Initiative and amongst beneficiaries served by Chabash Development and Health Initiative.
• Any other duties that may be assigned from time by supervisors.

Compliance & Ethics:  

• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout Chabash Development and Health Initiative. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of Chabash Development and Health Initiatives’ and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity. 

Women are strongly encouraged to Apply