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  • Posted: Sep 27, 2021
    Deadline: Oct 15, 2021
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    Global Humanitarian Manager - West & Central Africa

    Type of Contract: Permanent
    Contracted hours: 35
    Salary Band: B Low

    About the Role

    • The Global Humanitarian Manager will play the lead role setting up and managing new and managing existing Christian Aid emergency responses in various parts of the globe but with a focus on an agreed set of countries in West and Central Africa. The post holder will work with Country Teams and partners to develop humanitarian programmes ensuring appropriate funding is in place and that Core Humanitarian Standards for quality and accountability are met.
    • The role is part of the Humanitarian Division in Christian Aid but works alongside colleagues across the International department.  They work closely with senior staff in-country programmes.  The Global Humanitarian Manager will play the lead role in specific responses at the direction of the Head of Humanitarian response.  In addition, they will provide management and other technical support to existing emergency responses and keep a watching brief on potential future emergencies.  The work can be high pressured and high profile both internally and externally during major emergency responses.  When it is feasible, the post holder needs to be willing and able to travel at short notice for up to 3 months per year, usually assignments are for between 2 and six weeks.
    • External: Works with key humanitarian actors and donors including the DEC, ECHO, UN, FCDO, Irish Aid and ACT agencies for funding and coordination purposes.  Represents Christian Aid at relevant fora including UN Clusters at a country/emergency response level and may need to do so at a global level.  Will need to build excellent relationships with the government, I/NNGOs, the UN and other humanitarian entities at a country level and build excellent relationships with ACT members.
    • Internal: Works with Country Teams and staff across the international department.    Works closely with fundraising and media teams.  Works closely with relevant staff in CSD ensuring CA systems are adhered to and working. Reports to the Head of Global Humanitarian Response, no line management responsibility is associate to this position now, it could change depending on emergency response.

    About You

    • Makes decisions to ensure the response to emergency and associated programmes are led and managed effectively. Decisions are made to manage a team from recruitment to managing or matrix managing staff so that they can effectively implement humanitarian or risk reduction programmes.
    • They will often be working in isolation and will need to make decisions without reference to others which may have a significant impact on Christian Aids humanitarian work in the region. They will need to make recommendations to partners and command their respect. They represent Christian Aid in national and international humanitarian fora and will need to make decisions accordingly
    • Some problems or issues encountered in work are likely to be complex. Looks beyond and challenges data/information to generate recommendations/outcomes that re not readily apparent from the data/information alone; seek for and initiates new and diverse sources of information to test solutions and direction. Detailed risk assessment may be required.
    • The post holder is directly responsible for supporting the professional development of staff working on emergency response. They need to provide specialist skills and understanding as well as being able to encourage excellent performance in areas where they do not have specific skills.  During times of rapid scale-up they need to be supporting all staff, both existing and newly recruited to meet the high standards expected of them and how to uphold Christian Aid's staff code of conduct.

    Essential

    • University Graduate or equivalent qualification.
    • Significant knowledge of humanitarian issues and best practices in humanitarian action.
    • Strong personal commitment to Christian Aid’s agenda of putting affected populations at the centre of their own response and recovery and empowering local organisations to take a stronger role.
    • Experience leading both rapid response and chronic emergencies or managing programmes to build resilient communities.
    • Excellent understanding of the CHS, SPHERE and other humanitarian standards.
    • Professional fluency in written and spoken English and French.
    • A proven ability to equip and encourage staff to take responsibility and promote an empowered working.
    • Proven ability to contribute to and work successfully as part of management and cross-organisational teams with excellent time management and the ability to work with challenging deadlines and to multi-task.
    • Self-motivated, with personal resilience and the ability to sustain performance.
    • High level of written and oral communication skills.
    • Proven ability to develop and maintain successful working relationships with a range of colleagues and contacts at senior and more junior levels.
    • Experience in emergency programme cycle management from needs assessment, through funding applications, management, review and evaluation.

    Desirable:

    • Competent facilitator of learning and change processes.
    • Management qualification.
    • Experience of working with an NGO that works through local partners
    • Specific knowledge of at least one of the key humanitarian cluster areas.
    • Proven ability to negotiate with, influence and persuade others.

    Salary

    • N21,546,060  per anum.

    Salary & Currency:

    • The Salary and Currency for this role will be aligned to Band B Low of the Country PayScale where the role will be based and will be offered as appropriate based on the ranges shown below:

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    Programme Assistant, Livestock

    Reports to: Programme Assistant, Livestock
    Type of Contract: Fixed Term
    Contracted hours: 35
    Contract length: 3 Months
    Salary Band: E
    Competency level: 1

     Role Purpose

    • The Programme Assistant Livestock (PAL) will be responsible for implementing all project activities in the target communities in Maiduguri LGA, both directly and indirectly through training/mentoring of project community volunteers and Program Beneficiaries (PBs), linking up with BOSADP, other NGOs, and private sector actors at the community level.

    Key Outcomes
    Under the direct supervision of the POL and in collaboration with the community volunteers, CPAs, and other team members of the program and of the base, the PAL will:

    • Facilitate community entry activities.
    • Implement the community livestock project plans and make recommendations to the POL for approval of community project livestock activities
    • Facilitate the training of beneficiaries of livestock/poultry management
    • Facilitate surveys on related livestock interventions in communities.
    • Prepare action plans and provide direct support to beneficiaries through visits, in line with the action plans, etc.
    • Facilitate links and referrals relationships between the beneficiaries and community groups and local sources of support.
    • Ensure all documentation, reports, and records on livestock activities from the community are maintained per agreed procedure, and information is provided on community activities as required.
    • Co-facilitate step-down trainings on livestock activities for beneficiaries and community groups on various topics, as outlined in the implementation plan.
    • Support beneficiaries and community groups to conduct assessments/project on livestock activities to all especially women and youths in the communities.
    • Work on facilitating partnerships with relevant livestock value chain actors and their service providers (Private BDS providers)
    • Support activities on community disaster risk reduction, famer field schools, asset transfer and revolving fund management, community-based saving and lending groups opportunities
    • Ensure data collection of livestock activities under technical guidance of the M&E officer
    • Coordinate with community- based LGA BOSADP officers, other NGOs and private sector actors.

    Indirect Implementation:

    • Support Project Stakeholders to implement livestock program activities in the target communities, as listed above, through:
    • Co-facilitation of community training on various livestock issues and topics as outlined in the project implementation plan and training modules.
    • Work with LGA-based project teams to model techniques and processes for community engagement under direct implementation.
    • In subsequent stages of community engagement, provide mentoring and oversight on livestock activities of the community volunteers.
    • Maintain documentation and M&E systems at the community level: under the technical guidance of M&E officer, work with community mobilizers, village agents, beneficiaries, and community groups to ensure that all documents for beneficiaries are kept up-to-date, accurate, and secured; and ensure that information is compiled as needed in an accurate and timely basis to assess progress against activities and outcomes for each community.
    • Support the CAID Program Coordinator and stakeholders as required in externally representing the program to government agencies, other implementing partners, and service providers. Help establish referral systems with other service providers at the LGA level, to be utilized by community volunteers, CPAs, and beneficiary and community groups to refer beneficiaries for services not provided by this program.
    • Facilitate the community volunteers, beneficiary and community groups to explore opportunities for soliciting additional indigenous support to program beneficiaries from local resources through community and in-kind contributions
    • Co-facilitate livestock training activities for external agencies and private sector actors as required, and in line with the programme implementation plan.
    • Work with the Finance, Admin, Logistics, Security, Procurement Officers, project partners, and community volunteers, and PAL to ensure that all financial activities conducted in each community are properly documented in line with CAID policies and donor procedures.
    • Other ad hoc tasks as requested by POL.

    Role Requirements
    Relationships:

    • External Build strong relationships with partners, networks, donors, stakeholders, and community beneficiaries
    • Internal Build a strong relationship with program departments, FSL/WASH Staff, MEAL officers,
    • program managers, M&E units, and all in-country and global staff.
    • Decision making
    • Budgetary/savings responsibility Make decisions to manage community gatekeepers effectively,  from identification of volunteers and village agents to the day-to-day management of community  programme teams. Day to day decision to ensure community projects are running effectively and  supporting the projects informed by Christian Aid's strategy and strategic focus areas.
    • Make contributions around project proposals, ensuring they are prepared and comply with community expectations

    Analytical Skills:

    • Works on complex issues. Problems and issues, risks, and benefits may have implications across  several project components.
    • Required to develop new ways of doing things to better meet program goals requiring creative or analytical ability.  

    Person Specification
    Applied skills / knowledge and expertise:
    Essential Criteria:

    • Level of Education - Degree, in Animal production, Animal health, Science Veterinary Medicine and any relevant field with at least 2 years’ experience
    • Must have substantial experience in implementing community-level development projects, using participatory engagement and grassroots mobilization techniques.
    • Experience working on livestock value chain actors and their service providers (Private BDS providers)
    • Sound experience working on disaster risk reduction, farmer field schools, asset transfer and revolving fund management, community-based saving and lending groups
    • Excellent training and facilitation skills with a wide variety of groups having diverse experiences, backgrounds, skills, and education levels.
    • Experience in handling grants to local groups, ensuring appropriate basic documentation and accountability at the community/field level.
    • Excellent verbal communication and listening skills.

    Language Requirements:

    • Spoken English-Excellent; Written English-Good (ability to type and prepare reports and other documents as needed.)
    • Must be able to speak at least one local language predominant in that state.

    Desirable:

    • Involvement in relevant value chain projects, and/or those involving vulnerable people, especially those with asset/cash transfer components and/or interventions.
    • Experience in engaging directly with vulnerable people, facilitating women activities, and/or facilitating vulnerable people’s participation in meetings, discussions, etc.
    • Involvement in projects and/or initiatives that address issues of power, diversity, exclusion, participation, and gender.
    • Ability to multi-task, engage in long-term planning, meet deadlines, and handles last-minute demands; exercise patience, and adapt to changing circumstances.

     

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    Note: Christian Aid values diversity and aspires to reflect this in its workforce.  We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

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