Latest Vacancies at Save the Children Nigeria

Ref Code: AwardsMngr_060218
Location: Maiduguri, Borno

The Role

• This role will work collaboratively with members and other departments of the Borno office in close coordination with Country office programme to ensure smooth management of development and humanitarian programme awards, sub awards and contracts, focusing on donor compliance and accountability.
• This position will also be responsible to build the capacity of staff and partner organizations.

Qualifications and Experience
Essential:

• A minimum of a Master's Degree in any of the Social Sciences or related discipline.
• Professional qualification in Accounting or Financial Management (ICAN, ACCA, etc.) will be an added advantage
• 6-8 years proven work experience managing International Donor Funded projects
• Experience of and well developed skills in staff management, supervision and capacity building
• Proven track record of supporting a senior management team
• Knowledge of the requirements of the major donors and experience in reporting to donors
• Good attention to detail and analytical skills
• Computer literate (i.e. WORD, advanced Excel, Outlook, Internet Explorer, financial systems)
• Cultural awareness and ability to build relationships quickly with a wide variety of people
• Patient, adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive and communicate clearly and effectively under pressure
• Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a workload comprised of varying and changing tasks and responsibilities
• Strong communication (written and spoken), and interpersonal skills in English, with experience in managing multicultural teams

Desirable:

• Experience with Save the Children award management system (AMS)
• Significant experience with NGOs in an international environment
• Fluent in Hausa (or other as appropriate)

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Location: Maiduguri, Borno

The Role

• Save the Children is seeking an HR and Administration Manager for its Humanitarian Response in the North Eastern part of Nigeria; location is Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria and the incumbent will report to the Humanitarian Team Leader.
• The post holder will manage the HR and Administration function of the Humanitarian response in the North East as a field level HR Manager in a complex, large-scale emergency around the country. The HR/Admin Manager will be expected to lead on HR assessments, HR strategy, coordinate recruitment, develop robust systems, policy and practice on people management in complex emergencies.
• In most circumstances, the post-holder will be expected to mentor and/or capacity building existing staff; develop, manage and co-ordinate the overall functioning of administrative support systems for the Humanitarian Program as well as service providers and events which includes office management, facilities management, development and maintenance of policies and procedures, travel, and staff management.
• In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

Qualifications and experience
Essential:

• A Degree in human resource management or equivalent qualification
• Prior 5-7 years INGO experience at management level within a complex country programme in emergency response/humanitarian environments
• Experience of working in remote field bases with limited infrastructure
• Proven operational HR track-record - experience of providing a senior generalist HR service to managers across a full range of HR issues
• Excellent skills in handling and advising on complex people management issues
• Experience of and well developed skills in recruitment and selection
• Good attention to detail
• Understanding staff care for humanitarian staff, in particular approaches to welfare, stress, R&R and debriefing
• Good facilitation skills and ability to deliver induction briefing/training
• Strong communication (written and spoken), and interpersonal skills in English, with experience in managing multicultural teams

Desirable:

• Significant experience with NGOs in an international environment
• A Master's degree in Human Resources Management or Business Administration or equivalent
• Fluent in English and Hausa languages

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Locations: Abuja and Maiduguri, Borno

Job Description

• Save the Children is recruiting an Education Context Specialist for an anticipated USAID-funded project to support Education in Emergencies programming in the Northeast states of Nigeria. 
• The Education Context Specialist will provide technical leadership as well as strategic support to the project team. S/he will work closely with other Technical Specialists including the Teacher Education and Reading Specialists and the senior project team to ensure education project’s design and implementation adhere to international norms and standards of conflict sensitivity, specifically the INEE Conflict Sensitive Education pack, and address both the direct and indirect impacts of conflict within the project to promote positive gains for students and teachers in the project areas.  
• The Education Context Specialist will be required to travel to field sites for project oversight and targeted technical assistance. 
• Additionally, s/het will ensure representation and coordination with project partners and external stakeholders, such as local and international NGOs, CBOs, local and central government authorities as relevant and required.
• This position is contingent upon donor approval and funding.

Responsibilities
The Education Context Specialist will liaise closely with other technical specialists as well as the Chief of Party (COP), Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP), and partners to support the project’s objectives. Key responsibilities will include:

• Work with the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Advisor to lead on the Rapid Education and Risk Analysis and continued conflict analysis within the education sector to better understand the dynamics of conflict as it influences all aspects of the proposed education program.
• Ensure that the results of the analysis drive the program’s design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation by closely collaborating with the broader project team, empowering staff with essential knowledge and skills through training and continued technical support, and collaborating with project and partner staff to appropriately monitor and measure impact and progress through a conflict sensitive education lens.
• Support policies to protect children from abuse and exploitation and support emergency preparedness and readiness through Conflict and Disaster Risk Reduction planning.
• Work with Teacher Education and the Wellbeing Specialists to promote equity and the holistic development of children by supporting the delivery of teaching, curriculum and materials that are free of gender and social prejudices and build competencies for responsible citizenship, conflict transformation and resilience.
• Support education system strengthening and stabilization by enhancing staff capacity and competencies and promoting fairness, transparency and accountability.
• Ensure the quality of interventions is standardized across the project (approaches, tools, learning etc.)
• Oversee development or contextualization of resources to specifically address conflict sensitivity within reference, training, and guidance materials.
• Support the preparation of timely and quality program reports on project activities in compliance with project requirements.
• Ensure close engagement of and partnerships with related government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), donor-funded programs, private/commercial entities, and NGOs.

Capacity Building:

• Collaborate with other technical leads and the senior management team of the project to assess capacity needs of staff and partners as related specifically to conflict-sensitive education (CSE)
• Contexualize INEE CSE training materials and create Nigeria-specific training materials; work with the MEL Advisor to monitor and evaluate the use of CSE concepts and approaches within the program
• Facilitate training of trainers and support the cascade of training at state level
• Support and advise projects’ technical team on key decisions
• Provide continuous support to project team in program implementation, reporting, staff capacity building and management, sector coordination and key technical areas.

Sub-Sector Coordination Representation & Advocacy:

• Document lessons learned for wider dissemination with EiE stakeholders at field and at national levels upon request.
• In collaboration with senior program staff, assist in advocacy activities that target decision-makers at all levels.
• Identify opportunities and material to contribute to emergency education communications and media work

Requirements

• Master level degree in education, conflict studies, or other relevant technical area.
• At least 10 years providing technical support to education programming in complex contexts with at least 5 years demonstrated experience working on conflict issues in humanitarian responses

Essential:

• Substantial progressive, professional-level experience in relevant technical areas
• Proven technical expertise in conflict sensitive education and the application of concepts/approaches in programming
• Additional technical expertise or experience in key thematic areas such as child-centered learning methodologies, teacher pre- and in-service education, and community participation.
• Demonstrated experience in international NGOs
• Experience of applying relevant interagency humanitarian frameworks and standards in EiE (for example INEE Minimum Standards)
• Demonstrated monitoring and evaluation skills
• Ability to work both in an advisory and a hands on implementation capacity
• Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project report
• Ability to liaise and effectively coordinate with government, local NGOs and community initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong influencing skills and experience in advocacy
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• A high level of written and spoken English
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and negotiate clearly and effectively at all levels, taking into account cultural and language difficulties.

Desirable:

• Experience in representation, including Cluster coordination, and ability to represent effectively in external forums
• Commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
• Proven capacity to supervise, train, coach and mentor staff
• Understanding of local languages
• Previous experience in Nigeria or similarly complex, high-risk environments

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Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Job Description

• Save the Children is seeking a Community Mobilization (CM) Manager for an anticipated USAID-funded project  for Education in Emergencies programming in the Northeast states of Nigeria.
• The CM Manager will support the project team and partners to plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate community mobilization activities.
• S/he will ensure commitment and involvement of local authorities and community members in the program.
• The CM Manager will support community mobilization to ensure participation, program sustainability, and enable the voices of community members, including women and children, to be heard.
• S/he will work in close coordination and maintain good working relationship with State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) office, State Agency for Mass Education (SAME), Local Government Education Authority, NGO partner, other government line agencies, and other stakeholders in in the State and Federal level for the smooth operation of project activities.
• The CM Manager will work closely with the project team in designing and implementation of behavior change and communication strategies.
• This position is contingent upon donor approval and funding.

Responsibilities
The CM Manager will liaise closely with other technical advisors, as well as the Chief of Party (COP), Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP), and partners. Key responsibilities will include:

Strategy Development:

• Support the review and production of community mobilization training materials and guidelines to encourage positive behavior and attitude change towards education.
• Support the project team and stakeholders to integrate participatory and community-based approaches in the education planning, intervention, monitoring and evaluation.
• Support the implementation of participatory Behavior Change Communication (BCC) planning, monitoring and evaluation of community mobilization in coordination with project team.
• Identify policy and practice change, on the basis of the program experience, that will promote and protect the rights of children.
• Support formulating key advocacy messages and targets from lessons learned, assessments, research and evidence gained through project implementation on Education, School Health and Nutrition and Child Protection.
• Acquire information and understanding of social policy and adapt strategies as necessary.
• Maintain a strategic overview of issues affecting children’s learning, monitoring trends in the external environment and inputting to organizational strategy and planning processes.
• Ensure close engagement of and partnerships with related government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), donor-funded programs, private/commercial entities, and NGOs.

Influencing:

• Develop knowledge of local and national government structures, parliamentary and political processes and key decision making structures and how to influence them.
• Initiate and support lobbying, communications and other activities to inform and persuade policy makers, including donors and politicians, of the value of Save the Children’s policy recommendations.
• Support building systems for research, analysis and documentation that underpin evidence based advocacy and influencing at state and national levels.
• Develop a feedback mechanism for communicating Save the Children programs.
• Produce reports, briefing papers and presentations for internal and external audiences, as directed.

Collaboration & Representation:

• Develop and sustain strategic relationships with other agencies engaged in advocacy and policy work.
• Support maintaining a network of external contacts with key individuals in the government, NGO sector, civil society and the media.
• Support facilitating capacity building of staff from Save the Children and partner agencies in advocacy and communications.
• Represent the program and consortium at various policy forums and advocacy opportunities at state and LGA levels, as directed.
• Act as a spokesperson for the program/ consortium to a variety of external audiences including policy makers and the media, as directed.

Program Development:

• Provide technical support on voice and community mobilization to State program team
• Develop a community mobilization strategy in collaboration with the team and ensure implementation
• Plan, manage and monitor all activities related to community mobilization in coordination with the thematic technical leads and in line with the behavior change communication strategy.
• Train and mentor local consultants – Community support
• Prepare and facilitate training In collaboration with the program team 
• Participate in the preparation/review of program monitoring and evaluation tools where necessary
• Ensure correct use of program monitoring and evaluation (recording) tools, including analysis

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in subject related to emergency education.  Post-graduate university degree preferred.
• At least 5 years demonstrated experience managing Emergency Education programs, particularly in a humanitarian context.

Essential:

• Degree in education, social work, psychology, communications, or related social science field.
• Substantial experience in advocacy and policy development / research in the development context.
• Good understanding of the possibilities and tactics for influencing decision and policy makers, politicians, donors, and other key actors.
• Knowledge of the media and its role in raising awareness and shaping public policy.
• Excellent conceptual and analytical skills.  Demonstrable ability to think strategically, innovatively and practically to ensure achievement of desired change objectives.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of audiences at local, state and national levels.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with partner agencies and key contacts in the government, NGO, civil society (coalitions) and media sectors.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to effectively handle multiple tasks and meet strict deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, flexibility, adaptability and ability to work effectively as a member of a team.
• Ability to develop reports, plans and community mobilization strategies, tools and IEC materials.
• Good computer skills (word processing, spreadsheets, email / internet) and ability to be self-supporting in most administrative tasks.
• Fluent English language skills (written and verbal).

Desirable:

• Good understanding of strategies for achieving child protection, psychosocial programming policies through participatory processes, and the links with gender, diversity and other aspects of identity.
• Experience of representation, including Cluster coordination, and ability to represent effectively in external forums
• Commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
• Proven capacity to supervise, train, coach and mentor staff
• Previous experience of managing a team.