Job Vacancies at Oxfam

CONTEXT

• To facilitate collaborative governance and social protection processes by coordinating multi-stakeholder engagements, building capacities, and promoting inclusive planning and accountability mechanisms. This involves working with government officials, CSOs, communities, and partners to strengthen systems, enhance data-driven decision-making, and ensure responsive service delivery, ultimately empowering communities and improving governance outcomes in Kebbi State.

OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION

• The Programme Manager, Accountable Governance, will be responsible for managing Oxfam’s overall policy and governance component of the project. He/she will be responsible for working with government to ensure policies are implemented, provide technical leadership on policy and governance issues, coordinate and plan with other donor-funded programs to facilitate favourable policies for Oxfam projects.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES  

Program Management:

• Provide technical leadership for the design, formalization, and management of innovative policy and governance initiatives in Kebbi State on the EU-SUSI project.
• Conduct management and skills gap assessments of State and LGA officials, delivering tailored training on planning, data management, and disaster preparedness, and supporting LGAs to link their data systems to the state social protection database
• Strengthen the capacity of local government (6 LGAs in Kebbi State) to develop inclusive, community-driven development plans.
• Ensuring quality and integrity of implementation, including adherence to technical guidelines, administrative systems, and established deadlines
• Conducting capacity gap assessments, delivering trainings on digital literacy, data security, and gender-sensitive analysis, and upgrading the state Social Safety Net Register (SSNR) platform for real-time, disaggregated data entry and reporting.
• Coordinating and support training on the SSNR purpose, data collection, encoding, verification, and linkage of state-LGA data, emphasizing inclusivity and national framework alignment.
• Coordinate a multi-stakeholder technical working group to review existing models, document lessons, and integrate the Household Economy Diary methodology.
• Facilitate inclusive planning processes with women, youth, persons with disabilities, CSOs, government officials
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders: State Ministries, NASSCO, SOCU, LGAs, CSOs, community leaders, rights holders (women, youth, marginalized groups)
• Conducting a comprehensive review of existing systems and structures (using KIIs, FGDs), facilitating participatory problem-mapping with SOCU, LGAs, CSOs, and rights holders, and documenting findings in learning briefs.
• Establish gender-transformative community platforms for data validation, accountability, and rights-holder feedback.
• Advocate for inter-agency coordination to enhance SNR data use and reporting, linking with other states and national activities.
• Manage communication flows (updates, requests, feedback) between stakeholders, project staff, and partners.
• Support integration of community-based disaster risk reduction plans into LGA development plans.
• Evaluating the relevance and appropriateness of current and future programming in relation to policies affecting or hindering Oxfam’s projects
• Undertaking staff capacity building and trainings sessions

Team Management

• Foster collaboration between government (SOCU, MBEP, LGAs), CSOs, and communities in Kebbi state under the EU-SUSI project.
• Provide team members with information, tools, and other resources to improve performance and reach objectives.
• Implement performance planning and management systems, establish performance expectations with team members, and regularly provide constructive feedback on team members’ performance.
• Contribute to country team-building efforts, help team members identify problem-solving options and ensure the integration of all team members into relevant decision-making processes.
• Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.
• Promote accountability, communicate expectations, and provide constructive feedback via regular performance reviews.

Finance and Compliance Management:

• Monitor governance activity spending, Weekly and Monthly report and ensure alignment with budget and donor rules.
• Identify financial risks, promote transparency, escalate fraud/non-compliance.

Documentation and knowledge sharing

• Document success stories, case studies, and challenges for learning and reporting for the EU-SUSI project.
• Organize dissemination (trainings, dialogues), advocate for inter-agency coordination.
• Coordinate development/publication of Best Practices Manual for Social Protection & Safety Net Programming (including Household Economy Diary)
• Lead reviews of existing social protection systems; conduct participatory problem-mapping with SOCU, LGAs, CSOs, and rights holders.

Influence & Representation:

• Organize policy dialogues, dissemination forums, and targeted meetings with MBEP, SOCU, and humanitarian actors.
• Identify, build and manage collaborative partnerships with governments and other stakeholders.
• Communicate effectively to ensure overall project targets and donor obligations are met.
• Proactively form relationships with community members to complement Oxfam’s funding.
• Represent all Oxfam’s projects on governance issues at technical and strategic planning meetings, or as requested by the Head of Programmes and Influencing.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Education/Knowledge & Experience:

Education:

• Master’s Degree or its equivalent in International Relations, Development Studies, Management, Social Sciences, International Development or another relevant field.

Experience:

• Experience working in Northern Nigeria strongly preferred.
• A minimum of 7 years of progressive work experience including at least 2 years in a senior management or technical advisory role on large, education, project focused, skills building program.
• Strong understanding of compliance issues.
• Strong management skills, with good understanding of relevant cross-cultural issues in high security environment. Experience managing a multi-organizational team (international and national partners) is a plus.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English required, including report development, writing, and editing.
• Demonstrate attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members.
• Demonstrate experience working with country-level ministries and government officials.
• Ability to provide leadership, communicate effectively and build high performance teams in support of achievement of organizational objectives.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to build relationships with colleagues at long distances in a multicultural environment.
• Solid experience in resource mobilization with a variety of donors.
• Numeracy and the ability to interpret financial data to provide management support to budgetary processes, including planning, monitoring and reporting

Desirable

• Commitment to equal opportunity, gender equality and the principles of diversity.

Competency

• Influencing: To engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization. To spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities, to have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.
• Self-Awareness: To develop a high degree of self-awareness around your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviour to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.
• Humility: To put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of everyone. we are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization.

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CONTEXT

• The job holder will collaborate with government, civil society, private sector, and research partners to implement a resilient livelihoods and agricultural development programme in Kebbi State. The team will ensure effective consortium coordination, quality delivery, learning, and accountability, with a focus on supporting smallholder farmers—especially women and youth.

OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION

• The jobholder will lead and manage the EU-funded SUSI Project in Kebbi State, overseeing the strategic coordination, operational harmonization, and partnership management of the consortium implementing the project in Kebbi State, Nigeria. The role ensures effective collaboration among consortium partners, aligns activities with project objectives, manages shared resources, mitigates risks, and fosters communication between partners, donors, government stakeholders, and communities to deliver impactful, cohesive social protection and resilience outcomes.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic leadership

• Leadership of Oxfam’s EU-SUSI Project management at all levels (strategic, tactical, and operational), ensuring the project is driven by primary stakeholder needs and interests.
• Contribute to the development of Oxfam’s long-term programme strategy and overall programme management in Nigeria.
• Keep up to date with national and regional trends in resilient livelihoods, food security, and agricultural value chain development to fully understand the current and emerging context in which Oxfam operates.
• Work with relevant actors to establish appropriate yield insurance schemes.
• Lead Household Economy Assessments, food security and nutrition assessments, and Rapid Care Analysis in EU-SUSI Project target areas, and coordinate implementation of recommendations.
• Actively represent the EU-SUSI Project in quarterly Cadre Harmonize analysis, Regular Cash Working Groups, and the Food Security Cluster at the national level.
• Design and support social protection and safety net interventions.
• Support the collection and sharing of good practices within thematic groups integrating disaster risk reduction, social protection, and sustainable livelihood approaches in contexts of chronic poverty and inequality.
• Facilitate learning and contribute to knowledge management across Oxfam programmes, Oxfam International, consortium partners, and external organisations.
• Provide strategic analysis and direction through high-quality advisory support, analysis of food security trends, and synthesis of internal and external learning to strengthen programme, policy, and campaigning decisions.

Fundraising

• Prepare capacity statements, concept notes, and project proposals aimed at achieving resilient income and food security for smallholder farmers, especially women and youth.
• Ensure that proposals developed for specific calls align with the co-financing targets and priorities of the EU-SUSI Project.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, mid-term, and annual reports for submission to Oxfam and to existing and potential donors.

Project management and implementation

• Ensure the EU-SUSI Project achieves its planned outcomes and provide an effective framework for project work.
• Pro-actively share information within the Nigeria and EU-SUSI Project teams and ensure that team members are coordinating effectively over activity planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
• Ensure adherence to Oxfam quality standards and integration of best practices in livelihood programming in close liaison with Oxfam technical advisers, finance, MEAL, and other support staff.
• Ensure that EU-SUSI Project management information systems are maintained accurately and up to date.
• Lead consortium planning meetings, set agendas, and ensure alignment of partner activities with project goals
• Ensure delivery of EU-SUSI Project reports and donor reports to quality standards and deadlines.
• Ensure that all work is carried out in a gender-sensitive manner and promotes the full and equal participation of women in all aspects of the work.
• Commission and supervise research or analysis to underpin programming and advocacy on rural livelihoods and related areas.
• Share information within the region and with other Oxfam colleagues related to the EU-SUSI Project and advocacy issues in Nigeria.
• Facilitate the implementation of counter-fraud, anti-aid diversion, and safeguarding recommendations for operational excellence.
• Ensure an adequate complaints and response mechanism is in place and functioning.

Partnership management and external relationships

• Build and manage relationships and partnerships with producer organizations, NGOs, research institutions, private sector and other key stakeholders in the agricultural and rural sectors in Nigeria.
• Provide technical support, training, and guidance to partners to enable them to effectively apply Oxfam resources and best practices in project implementation.
• Represent Oxfam in coordination meetings related to the EU-SUSI Project and in other external engagements with donors and key stakeholders.
• Maintain regular communication with counterparts and government organizations.

People management

• Line manage Oxfam EU-SUSI Project staff in Kebbi State.
• Provide technical support, training, and guidance to EU-SUSI Project staff and partners to enable them to effectively apply Oxfam resources and best practices in programme planning and implementation.
• Roll out trainings on Oxfam Code of Conduct for staff and non-Oxfam staff involved in EU-SUSI Project implementation.

Financial management

• Direct responsibility for budget management for the EU-SUSI Project per year, including significant donor funds.
• Ensure that budgets are prepared for all activities and that costs are monitored and kept within budget through monthly budget variance analysis (BVA), quarterly trend reviews, and timely budget reallocations.
• Develop a supply plan and manage EU-SUSI Project procurement in compliance with donor requirements and aligned with time-bound agricultural activities, with minimum to zero waivers

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Education/Knowledge & Experience:

Education:

• Master’s degree in agriculture, agri-economics, food security, climate change or a related field of study.

Experience

• 8-10 years field experience in food security, agriculture, and resilient livelihoods, including experience in emergency response and recovery following natural disaster.
• Minimum of 8 years “hands-on” working experience in managing development programmes
• 3 years of managing livelihoods and agricultural projects including ability to integrate private sector, rural financial management and nutrition components especially within an NGO setting in a coordinating capacity.
• Excellent knowledge of the political economy in Nigeria.
• Demonstrated experience of integrating Gender and Diversity issues in market based rural agric sector

Skills and Abilities

• Strong skills in market-based agricultural models and value chain approach from smallholder farmers’ perspective
• Experience in budgeting, budget monitoring and expenditure forecasting.
• High level of strategic and people management skills, able to support and mentor teams in their professional and personal growth and use a variety of strategies and approaches to motivate teams
• Excellent communication skills, in written and verbal English, able to represent Oxfam to donors and external institutions
• Ability to work effectively with others persuading, influencing, negotiating and supporting, following as required in order to achieve targets
• Ability to manage competing tasks
• Strong analytical skills and experience using a computerised information management system (Ms. Word, Excel etc.)
• Commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims and policies and experience of promoting women’s rights and the interests of marginalized people in all aspects of Oxfam’s work

Desirable:

• Commitment to equal opportunity, gender equality and the principles of diversity.

Competency

• Influencing: To engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization. To spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities, to have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.
• Self-Awareness: To develop a high degree of self-awareness around your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.
• Humility: To put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of everyone. we are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization.

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CONTEXT

• The VSLA and Financial Inclusion Coordinator will collaborate with government ministries, community structures, civil society, financial service providers, and market actors to advance resilient livelihoods and inclusive financial systems in Kebbi State and support Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), market linkages, agricultural value chains, and social protection approaches—ensuring coordinated delivery, learning, and accountability across the consortium.

OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION

• The VSLA and Financial Inclusion Coordinator will lead the design, coordination, and quality implementation of all VSLA and financial inclusion components of the EU-SUSI Project in Kebbi State and ensure effective formation and strengthening of VSLAs, support second-tier structures, promote financial literacy and digital financial services, and facilitate sustainable linkages between communities and formal financial institutions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Programme Strategy, Coordination, and Leadership

• Provide overall leadership for Oxfam’s VSLA and financial inclusion portfolio, ensuring alignment with Oxfam’s country strategy and donor expectations.
• Develop and periodically revise a national VSLA and Financial Inclusion Strategy, ensuring coherence with market systems, resilience, and gender programmes.
• Lead the roll-out of integrated VSLA models that include:
• Financial literacy
• Digital financial inclusion
• Gender justice and empowerment components
• Enterprise development
• Climate-resilient livelihoods
• Coordinate with other thematic leads (Gender, MEAL, Protection, Food Security, Private Sector Engagement) to ensure cross-sectoral integration

Strengthening Partner Capacity and Operational Quality

• Develop annual state-level partner support plans, outlining supervision, training, quality assurance, and systems support.
• Facilitate regular training and refresher sessions on VSLA methodology, financial inclusion, safeguarding, and MEAL requirements.
• Strengthen partners’ internal monitoring, supervisory structures, and operational procedures for VSLA implementation.
• Provide direct coaching to partner leadership and field staff, ensuring adherence to Oxfam’s operational, financial, and safeguarding standards.
• Lead the institutional strengthening of emerging VSLA federations/second-tier structures, supporting their governance, administration, compliance, and sustainability.

Data Management, Monitoring, and Learning (SAVIX MIS and Beyond)

• Ensure full adoption and effective use of the SAVIX MIS across all implementing partners.
• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual data quality checks and internal audits to ensure accuracy and reliability.
• Coordinate the development of VSLA dashboards, data visualization tools, and learning products.
• Use VSLA data to inform programme planning, targeting, performance analysis, and adaptive management.
• Facilitate partner learning events, joint field visits, and peer-to-peer exchanges to strengthen collective learning.
• Work closely with MEAL teams to incorporate qualitative and quantitative insights into programme adaptation.

Expanding Financial Inclusion and Commercial Linkages

• Lead research and feasibility assessments on potential financial inclusion interventions:
• Bank linkages and savings products
• Credit offerings tailored for VSLAs and federations
• Microinsurance
• Digital wallets/mobile money
• Fintech collaborations
• Develop a robust VSLA Linkage and Financial Inclusion Strategy identifying safe, inclusive, and scalable opportunities.
• Promote linkages between VSLAs and project enterprise incubators for business skill reinforcement.
• Facilitate negotiations and partnerships with banks, MFIs, cooperatives, government financial agencies, and fintech providers.
• Support VSLAs and federations to meet minimum requirements for linkage, including record-keeping, governance, safeguarding, and financial compliance.
• Promote responsible finance principles, ensuring that women and marginalized members are protected from predatory practices.

Programme Development, Resource Mobilization, and Reporting

• Support concepts note and proposal development for VSLA and financial inclusion initiatives.
• Provide high-quality technical inputs to donor reports, country strategy documents, and programme reviews.
• Document success stories, case studies, and evidence demonstrating programme impact.
• Represent Oxfam in sectoral forums, working groups, and consortiums related to financial inclusion, rural livelihoods, and women’s economic empowerment.

Government and Stakeholder Engagement

• Strengthen relationships with state ministries, cooperative development departments, microfinance regulatory institutions, and relevant agencies.
• Facilitate policy dialogue and advocacy on:
• Women’s financial inclusion
• Community-led financial systems
• Market access for rural groups
• Pro-poor financial sector development
• Support alignment of Oxfam’s interventions with national and state-level financial inclusion strategies.

Field Support and Operational Supervision

• Conduct frequent field visits (minimum 50%) to monitor group performance, partner quality, and community engagement.
• Identify risks, operational weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement, and develop mitigation or enhancement plans.
• Ensure field-level activities meet Oxfam’s standards in safeguarding, gender sensitivity, accountability, and community participation.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Education/Knowledge & Experience:

Education:

• Master’s degree on (Development Studies, MBA, Microfinance, Rural Development, economics, Finance, Development Studies, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Agriculture, or any related field.
• Professional Certifications in any of the listed – ICAN, ACCA, ANAN, etc.

Experience

• At least 5 years of proven experience implementing and managing VSLA programmes or other community-based financial inclusion initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and manage linkages between informal groups and formal financial institutions.
• Experience managing relationships with partner NGOs, government agencies, and financial service providers.
• Strong understanding of rural livelihoods, gender dynamics, market access, and community development.
• Experience using SAVIX MIS, digital data collection tools, and standard reporting platforms.
• Proven capacity-building and training facilitation experience.
• Experience working in northern Nigeria or similar contexts is an added advantage.

Technical Skills

• Deep understanding of VSLA methodologies, savings groups, microfinance, and informal financial systems.
• Knowledge of digital financial services (DFS), mobile money operations, fintech solutions, and bank linkage processes.
• Strong budget management, planning, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in MS Office and familiarity with financial and MEAL software tools.
• Strong analytical, reporting, and problem-solving skills.

Desirable:

• Advanced knowledge of digital financial services (DFS), agent banking, mobile money, and fintech solutions for rural communities.
• Experience in designing financial literacy curricula and livelihoods training modules.
• Good knowledge of Nigeria’s evolving tax laws, fiscal policies, and regulatory changes—particularly those affecting micro-enterprises, cooperatives, and informal savings groups.

Competency

• Influencing: To engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization. To spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities, to have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.
• Self-Awareness: To develop a high degree of self-awareness around your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.
• Humility: To put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of everyone. we are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization.

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CONTEXT

• The job holder will ensure that Oxfam’s influence around the world including campaigns, advocacy, policy, research is high impact, and achieves systemic change with a focus on inequality, localization and gender and climate justice.

OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION

• The Job holder will lead the design, implementation, and monitoring of climate-smart livelihood interventions, green skills training for youth, and environmental sustainability activities in Kebbi State, Nigeria. The role builds capacities of communities, promotes adoption of climate-resilient practices, fosters green enterprises, and ensures integration of environmental conservation into project outcomes, targeting vulnerable households and youth.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)

Project Coordination and Management -

• Lead and coordinate the EU-SUSI Project’s Climate and Green Skills component, ensuring implementation aligns with the approved project design, guidelines, consortium agreements, and governance structures.
• Work closely with Oxfam colleagues at country, regional, and global levels, as well as consortium partners and government stakeholders, to develop comprehensive project plans, periodic workplans, and ensure their effective rollout.
• Collaboratively design and implement MEAL and research plans for the EU-SUSI Project, ensuring project quality, adherence to the log frame, and alignment with the overall MEAL framework.
• Collect gender-disaggregated data and document success stories, case studies for reporting and communications.
• Support adaptive management: suggest adjustments based on feedback, contextual changes (e.g., weather shocks), or uptake challenges.
• Regularly review the EU-SUSI Project budget against actuals (BVAs), ensuring compliance with donor requirements and working closely with the Business Support/Finance team.
• Ensure that all internal and external reporting for the EU-SUSI Project is timely, accurate, and of high quality, and develop project-related communication materials for visibility, learning, and donor engagement.
• Facilitate power analysis and support the development of theories of change for the EU-SUSI Project, applying strong team-building and collaborative approaches with consortium partners.
• Coordinate closely with the Country Team and Line Manager to support timely decision-making and ensure the project remains on track.
• Climate Campaigns – EU-SUSI Project Green Skills & Resilience Component
• Build and maintain partnerships with climate action groups, youth networks, green skills organizations, and civil society actors relevant to the EU-SUSI Project focus on climate resilience and green job opportunities for smallholder farmers, women, and youth.
• Engage communications, digital content experts, and media partners to enhance public awareness, visibility, and community engagement around EU-SUSI climate and green skills initiatives.
• Design and deliver impactful influencing activities under the EU-SUSI Project, including:
• public awareness campaigns on climate-smart agriculture and green skills
• community-based behaviour-change campaigns
• Private Sector and policy influencing campaigns
• mobilization of youth, women, and farmers on climate resilience practices
• Ensure that campaign strategies are shaped by community experiences, partner insights, and lived realities of farmers and vulnerable groups in Kebbi State, applying non-extractive, decolonized, anti-racist feminist principles in all project activities.
• Collaborate across the Oxfam confederation—country office, regional teams, affiliates, and advocacy offices—to align climate and influencing actions where relevant.
• Provide creative direction to ensure the EU-SUSI Project delivers strong narratives, impactful public engagement, and communication that resonates with diverse audience.

Other Responsibilities

• Uphold Oxfam values and principles, promoting gender justice, women's rights, climate justice, and inclusive development throughout EU-SUSI Project activities.
• Demonstrate strong commitment to equity, diversity, safeguarding, child safety, staff wellbeing, and do-no-harm principles in all programme delivery.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Education/Knowledge & Experience:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, Environmental or Population Studies, Climate Change Administration, and other related fields.

Experience:

• Experience of working within either development sector, DRR, resilience, climate change or with youth or women’s empowerment in Nigeria.
• Experience of managing consortium-led or partnership projects with complex structure.
• Comfortable with complexity and the need for agility.
• Experience designing or implementing MEAL systems in consortium settings.
• Excellent project management skills and experience, including budget management, coordination with partners and reporting.
• Experience of developing accurate power analysis, advocacy strategies, and models and theories of change.
• Excellent communications and writing skills with previous experience of developing policy briefs, advocacy papers and communications material.
• Ability to manage large amounts of work, outstanding prioritisation and time management skills

Skills & Abilities:

• Demonstrable skills in gender analysis in humanitarian response or preparedness programming, and a clear understanding of the practical significance of gender issues in humanitarian environment.
• Demonstrated facilitation and coaching skills.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, a high level of analytical skills.
• Demonstrated financial management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage workflows and balance competing priorities.
• Ability to represent Oxfam in a professional and competent manner with external individuals and organizations.
• Well-developed conceptual, critical, and analytical thinking with the ability to convey complex information in a straightforward way and influencing this to a wider audience.
• Proven experience as a team player and demonstrably cooperative with members of other teams, responding quickly and accurately to queries and issues.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal English) and the ability to write clear, concise reports.
• Knowledge or appreciation of Nigeria in terms of its political, economic and social trends plus a good understanding of the key development and humanitarian issues in the region.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims and policies and experience of promoting women’s rights and the interests of marginalized people in all aspects of Oxfam’s work.
• Willingness to travel frequently to remote areas.

Desirable

• A proven track record in leading successful campaigns or advocacy initiatives that contributed to policy / practice / behavioral changes preferable related to climate change/ resilience and/or women and youth empowerment.
• Good understanding of climate crisis, climate justice, climate change adaptation, climate diplomacy and global dynamics of the climate change discourse.
• Expansive network with climate change activists, media organizations, CSOs, other INGOs, government, and rural communities.

Competency

• Influencing: To engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization. To spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities, to have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.
• Self-Awareness: To develop a high degree of self-awareness around your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.
• Humility: To put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of everyone. we are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization.

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OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION

• The MEAL Officer will support the EU-funded SUSI Project in Kebbi State by implementing monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning activities, ensuring high-quality data collection, analysis, and reporting. The role contributes to evidence-based decision-making and supports the Consortium Manager in liaising with government ministries, NGOs, private sector actors, and research institutions involved in the project.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

MELSA Systems Management & Programme Support

• Support the development and strengthening of the participatory MELSA system within the EU-SUSI Project, ensuring it incorporates MELSA principles and aligns with both international and Oxfam programme standards.
• Assist in the timely implementation of monitoring frameworks and tools to ensure consistent and high-quality information is available on project performance and impact.
• Manage specific MELSA processes, methodologies, and tools, including indicator tracking through project management information systems (MIS) and reporting.
• Support the review of MELSA data quality, reports, evaluations, baselines, and surveys, and contribute to improving data quality and reporting from the field.
• Participate in programme/project planning processes, particularly developing logical frameworks and MELSA plans, ensuring adherence to Oxfam’s programme quality standards.
• Support the planning of programme/project learning review meetings.
• Provide technical and specialist advice to the EU-SUSI Project team, both proactively and on request.
• Assist in conducting outcome harvesting to track impacts of EU-SUSI Project interventions.
• Work with ICT4D consultants to periodically update the project management information system (MIS).

Capacity Building for Partner and Oxfam Staff

• Support EU-SUSI Project teams in establishing knowledge creation, sharing, and learning loops, including producing case studies, presenting key results, and facilitating learning workshops.
• Contribute to enhancing the skills and knowledge of Oxfam staff and implementing partners in planning, monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
• Facilitate MELSA learning events and processes and help ensure a strong ongoing learning network across the EU-SUSI Project.
• Support the development of MELSA plans for implementing partners.
• Train Oxfam and partner staff on MEL for influencing tools.

Partner Management

• Review partner reports periodically to ensure compliance with Oxfam policies and procedures on partner management.
• Develop templates for partner activity reporting.
• Participate in partner risk management processes (PRISMA).
• Attend regular meetings with partner organizations to understand their context and operating environment and ensure positive, open, and productive working relationships.
• Establish and strengthen the complaints and response mechanism (CRM) at each project location to ensure beneficiaries can safely and confidentially provide feedback.
• Monitor complaints received and follow-up processes through a tracking mechanism

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Education/Knowledge & Experience:

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Statistics, Economics, Business Administration, other relevant qualifications.

Experience

• Minimum of 4 years “hands-on” working experience in designing learning, and monitoring systems; program work, including field experience and/or with institutional donors.
• Good knowledge and experience of learning, and capacity development/transfer in relation to managing donor grants or donor funded programmes.
• Critical focus on providing a superior service level to managers and colleagues and delivering agreed results within time and budget constraints and to expected standards.
• Good organizational and personal management skills, with ability to priorities work issues to meet deadlines with minimal supervision and adjust to constantly changing situations while maintaining focus on delivery and follow-through.
• Well-developed conceptual, critical, and analytical thinking with the ability to convey complex information in a straightforward, interesting way, and influencing this to a wider audience.
• Excellent personal communication skills, in written and verbal English.
• Proven awareness of professional standards, trends and issues affecting this set of responsibilities, demonstrating continuous learning.
• Ability to represent Oxfam in a professional and competent manner with external individuals and organizations. 
• Proven experience working with partner organizations and helping them develop their independent expertise and ability to deliver results, through effective capacity building and learning and development activities.
• Strong analytical skills and experience using a Computerized information management system (Ms. Word, Excel, Statistical analysis software etc.) 
• Tech savvy with a strong level of IT Expertise and use of mobile survey/field data collection tools ODK, Kobo Toolbox, GIS mapping, etc.)
• Excellent in various statistical packages and software including SPSS, STATA, Excel, Access, etc.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims and policies and experience of promoting women’s rights and the interests of marginalized people in all aspects of Oxfam’s work. 
• Knowledge or appreciation of Nigeria in terms of its political, economic and social trends plus a good understanding of the key development and humanitarian issues in the region. 

Desirable

• Knowledge and / or experience of common Oxfam norms objects, standards and tools.
• Good knowledge and awareness of issues related to Oxfam’s strategic objectives and theories of change.

Competency

• Influencing: To engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization. To spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities, to have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.
• Self-Awareness: To develop a high degree of self-awareness around your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.
• Humility: To put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of everyone. we are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization.

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CONTEXT

To support project teams and partners with high-quality supply chain and logistics services, enabling effective implementation of the EU-SUSI project in Kebbi State. This includes ensuring transparent procurement, timely delivery of goods and services, strong asset control, efficient fleet management, and safe operational environments.

OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION

• The Supply and Logistics Officer will provide technical and operational support in procurement, logistics, fleet, asset management, warehousing, facilities, and general administration to ensure effective, transparent, and accountable logistical support to Oxfam’s EU-SUSI project team in Kebbi State. The role will liaise closely with programme teams to ensure that all logistical components are adequately incorporated into planning, coordination, and implementation of project activities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Procurement and Supply Chain Management

• Oversee and manage all procurement requirements of the Kebbi project office in line with Oxfam and donor procedures.
• Implement procurement activities using approved tools and forms (PRs, RFQs, POs, GRNs, bid analyses).
• Conduct market assessments to determine availability, cost, and suitability of goods/services.
• Support development and monitoring of project procurement and supply plans.
• Maintain an updated database of prequalified vendors; establish framework agreements for recurrent procurements.
• Ensure accurate and complete procurement files with supplier invoices containing valid TINs.
• Provide monthly procurement and logistics performance reports, highlighting gaps, challenges, and mitigation actions.
• Enforce adherence to Oxfam’s procurement thresholds, approval matrices, and anti-fraud safeguards.
• Ensure transparent vendor selection processes based on pre-set criteria and Oxfam ethical standards.

Transport, Fleet & Travel Coordination

• Manage and track all project vehicles using Oxfam-approved platforms (e.g., TerrMar).
• Coordinate daily vehicle allocation for staff, partners, and visitors.
• Supervise drivers and ensure compliance with Oxfam fleet standards and road safety rules.
• Maintain accurate vehicle records including logbooks, repair histories, licenses, and insurance documents.
• Ensure timely renewal of vehicle and driver licenses, insurance, and related documentation.
• Prepare monthly fuel usage and fleet performance reports.
• Ensure regular vehicle preventive maintenance schedules are adhered to.
• Conduct regular checks on vehicle roadworthiness and safety compliance

Asset & Facility Management

• Register, tag, and maintain updated records of all Oxfam assets and equipment.
• Conduct regular asset verification and annual physical inventory counts in line with Oxfam procedures.
• Monitor movement, transfer, and assignment of assets; update asset registers accordingly.
• Support replacement, repair, and disposal processes with proper documentation.
• Track lease agreements, rental payments, and facility maintenance schedules.
• Manage office repairs, liaising with landlords and service providers.
• Maintain a directory of approved service providers (IT, plumbing, electrical, generator, carpentry, etc.).
• Support IT Officer in identifying and escalating internet and network issues.

Warehousing and Stock Management

• Ensure proper storage, safety, and segregation of goods based on Oxfam standards.
• Maintain accurate stock records and tracking systems.
• Oversee loading/unloading and ensure safe receiving and dispatch processes.
• Conduct regular stock reconciliations, reporting discrepancies immediately.
• Ensure proper housekeeping, safety, and security of warehouses.
• Maintain up-to-date inventory lists with serial numbers, project codes, condition, and location.
• Prepare monthly warehouse/stock reports and support year-end inventory verifications.

Office Administration & General Operations

• Maintain organized filing systems for all logistics and procurement documents.
• Manage hotel bookings, venue arrangements, and workshop logistics.
• Monitor utility usage (electricity, water, fuel) and ensure cost-effectiveness.
• Ensure proper use and maintenance of office generator and fuel consumption records.
• Provide operational support for staff travel, communication systems, and office equipment.
• Supervise support staff (cleaners, guards) and ensure high performance and adherence to standards.

Compliance, Reporting & Coordination

• Prepare weekly procurement trackers and monthly logistics reports for submission to Abuja.
• Prepare bi-annual asset register updates to the Abuja office.
• Ensure compliance with Oxfam’s policies on procurement, logistics, fraud prevention, safeguarding, and Code of Conduct.
• Work closely with the finance team to ensure accurate documentation, vendor payments, and audit readiness.
• Support internal/external audits by providing well-organized documentation.

Other Duties

• Provide logistical support for emergency responses when required.
• Participate in coordination meetings with programme Team and partners.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Consortium Manager or Supply and Logistics Coordinator

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Education/Knowledge & Experience:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management, Logistics, Business Administration, Procurement, or a related field.
• Professional certification (desirable): CIPS, CIPSMN, ISM, or equivalent.

Skills & Experience:

• Minimum 3–4 years’ experience in logistics and procurement within INGO, donor-funded projects, or humanitarian settings.
• Experience in fleet, warehouse, and asset management.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Nigerian procurement laws and donor regulations (EU, UN, DFID, USAID, etc.).
• Experience supervising support staff (drivers, cleaners, guards).
• Experience in handling logistics and procurement.
• Experience working in a relatively insecure state-based environment.
• Excellent Logistics, negotiating, supply management, Communication & Interpersonal Skill Level.
• Knowledgeable in Microsoft word and excel application - Level of IT Expertise Required.
• Excellent documentation and record-keeping skills.
• Strong negotiation, vendor management, and market assessment skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• High integrity, transparency, and commitment to Oxfam values.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook); familiarity with logistics software is an added advantage

Desirable:

• Membership or ongoing certification with a recognized professional body (CIPS, CIPSMN, ISM, etc.)
• Familiarity with logistics systems, processes, and policies (OPAL, EPO, procurement tools, supply chain standards).

Competency

• Influencing: To engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization. To spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities, to have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.
• Self-Awareness: To develop a high degree of self-awareness around your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.
• Humility: To put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of everyone. we are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization.

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CONTEXT

The MEAL Coordinator will ensure that project activities in Kebbi State are evidence-driven, accountable, gender-responsive, and results-oriented. The job holder will work with the team to develop and maintain monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning systems, enabling adaptive management, quality delivery, and continuous learning across consortium partners, government actors, and communities.

OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION

• The Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL) Coordinator provides strategic and technical leadership for Oxfam in Nigeria's MEAL function. The role ensures programmes, projects, and influencing initiatives are evidence-driven, gender-responsive, inclusive, and results-oriented by designing, implementing, and overseeing robust MEAL systems. These systems align with Oxfam's Programme & Influencing Lifecycle (PIL), the Global Output & Outcome Indicator Framework, donor requirements, and Nigeria country strategic framework, fostering accountability, learning, and adaptive management for impactful interventions.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Strengthen and Coordinate EU-SUSI Project MEAL Systems

• Lead the development and harmonization of MEAL systems and minimum standards, ensuring alignment with organizational MEAL frameworks, CHS commitments, and donor requirements.
• Integrate global indicators, gender markers, protection principles, and influencing indicators into MEAL plans, baselines, and evaluations.
• Support proposal development with logical frameworks, results chains, MEAL budgeting, indicator reference sheets, and data management plans.
• Oversee routine programme monitoring systems, ensuring timely, quality evidence for decision-making and reporting.
• Coordinate analysis, consolidation, and reporting of performance data for internal use, donors, and organizational platforms.
• Provide technical leadership on evaluation designs, ToRs, procurement of evaluators, and quality assurance of deliverables.
• Lead Baselines, operational research, learning studies, and impact assessments informing programme design and influencing strategies.
• Support annual reporting cycles and ensure compliance with data quality, data protection, and safeguarding standards.
• Provide regular technical backstopping to MEAL Officers through field visits, coaching, and peer learning sessions.
• Ensure all activities adopt robust accountability systems, including community feedback mechanisms and do-no-harm approaches.

Capacity Building and Technical Support

• Develop and implement a MEAL capacity strengthening plan for project staff and implementing partners.
• Deliver practical training on MEAL fundamentals, data quality assurance, gender-sensitive MEAL, safeguarding integration, digital data collection tools (e.g., Kobo), and data visualization techniques.
• Provide mentorship to partners in developing and implementing their MEAL systems, reporting structures, and adaptive management practices.
• Support programme teams in creating MEAL guidance notes, field monitoring checklists, and standardized data collection tools.
• Strengthen staff and partner capacity to analyze MEAL findings, interpret data, and use evidence for adaptive programming and informed decision-making.

Accountability, Learning and Knowledge Management

• Lead implementation of CARM for the EU-SUSI Project, ensuring accessible, safe, confidential, and responsive feedback channels.
• Promote knowledge generation, cross-project learning, and documentation of good practices, case studies, and evidence for influencing.
• Establish and maintain knowledge hubs, learning platforms, and communities of practice across thematic areas relevant to Projects.
• Work with Advocacy & Communications to translate project evidence into high-quality knowledge products, newsletters, presentations, and policy briefs.
• Support periodic learning reviews, after-action reviews, and programme reflection processes to drive adaptive management and innovation.

Partnerships, Collaboration and Representation

• Coordinate with Oxfam affiliates, regional MEAL Advisors, global MEAL networks, and peer organizations to ensure alignment and knowledge exchange for Projects.
• Build relationships with research institutions, universities, consultants, and sectoral networks to advance Oxfam’s research and learning agenda.
• Participate in inter-agency MEAL forums and working groups relevant to Projects.
• Represent Oxfam in donor MEAL meetings, technical working groups, and consortium-level MEAL structures for Projects.

People Management

• Line-manage Project MEAL Officers and any temporary MEAL staff, providing coaching, performance management, and development plans.
• Build a collaborative, inclusive, and supportive working environment that promotes teamwork and continuous learning.
• Ensure timely submission of staff timesheets, performance appraisals, and training plans.

Resource Mobilization Support

• Contribute to Project proposals with strong MEAL narratives, indicator frameworks, learning agendas, and MEAL budgets.
• Review donor contracts to ensure MEAL commitments, reporting timelines, and compliance obligations are fully understood by programme teams.

Other Duties

• Perform any other tasks assigned by the Consortium Project Manager or senior leadership to support high-quality MEAL delivery for Oxfam Projects.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Education/Knowledge & Experience:

Education:

• Master’s degree in Monitoring & Evaluation, Development Studies, Social Sciences, Statistics, Knowledge Management or other related fields.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in MEAL roles within international NGOs, ideally in multi-sector humanitarian and development programmes.
• Strong experience with both qualitative and quantitative methods, research design, surveys, sampling, and participatory MEAL approaches.
• Demonstrated experience establishing or strengthening MEAL systems, data management systems, accountability mechanisms, and learning systems.
• Proficient in digital data collection platforms (Kobo, ODK), database management, Excel, data visualization tools (Power BI/Tableau), and statistical tools (SPSS, STATA, R—added advantage).
• Strong capacity-building, facilitation, and training skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to gender justice, protection mainstreaming, and inclusion.
• Excellent report-writing, communication, and analytical skills.
• Experience working in at least one of Oxfam’s thematic areas: Gender Justice, Humanitarian Response, Resilient Livelihoods, WASH, Governance/Influencing, Climate Resilience.

Desirable

• Experience working on MEAL for donors such as: ECHO, EU, GAC, FCDO, UN Agencies, BHA/USAID, Dutch MFA, SIDA, AFD.
• Experience supporting MEAL for advocacy and influencing programmes (policy engagement, campaigns, behavioral change).
• Experience designing or implementing MEAL systems in consortium settings.

Competency

• Influencing: To engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization. To spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities, to have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.
• Self-Awareness: To develop a high degree of self-awareness around your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.
• Humility: To put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of everyone. we are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization.