Food Security and Livelihood Project Manager - Food Aid (CASH) at Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI)

Location: Maiduguri
Start Date: 1st June, 2017.

Responsibilities

• The food security and livelihood project manager shall supervise the implementation of food security and livelihood programs implemented in Maiduguri.
• Programmes: He/She shall ensure the proper implementation and monitoring of the food security and livelihood programme(s) for which He/She is responsible.
• Human Resources: He/She shall supervise the food security and livelihood team (PUI employees and any daily-employed workers).
• Logistics and administration: He/She shall ensure the logistical and administrative monitoring of project(s) for which He/She is responsible.
• Representation: He/She shall represent the Association to partners, authorities and local players involved in the implementation of food security and livelihood programmes.
• Safety and Security: He/She shall contribute to the observance of safety and security rules at the site and shall transmit all information relating to safety and security to his/her line-manager.

Qualities of Candidates

• Ability to work independently while taking initiatives and showing a sense of responsibility
• Ability to withstand pressure
• Sense of diplomacy
• Analytical skills
• Capacity to adapt and showing organizational flexibility
• Organization, rigor and ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to work and manage affairs professionally and with maturity
• Ability to represent the activities and the mandate of PUI before local authorities
• Ability to integrate the local environment into operations, in its political, economic and historical dimensions
• Ability to work with various partners, in a spirit of openness, and with adaptable communications strategies
• Strong listening and negotiation skills
• Good people and communication skills
• Ability to remain calm and level-headed
• Ability to live and work with restrictive security rules in a volatile and complex environment
• General ability to resist stress and particularly in unstable circumstances

Experience:

• Humanitarian
• International
• Technical

Knowledge and Aptitudes:

• Good drafting skills
• Knowledge of project management
• Cash Based Intervention
• Livelihoods intervention

Computer Skills:

• Office Suite

Languages:

• English required
• French appreciated

Proposed Terms

• Employed with a Fixed-Term Contract - 8.5 months

Salary
Monthly gross income: from 1815 up to 2145 Euros depending on the experience in International Solidarity + 50 Euros per semester seniority with PUI.

Cost Covered:

• Round-trip transportation to and from home / mission, visas, vaccines…
• Insurance including medical coverage and complementary healthcare, 24/24 assistance and repatriation
• Housing in collective accommodation
• Daily living Expenses (« Per diem »)
• Break Policy : 5 working days at 3 and 9 months + break allowance
• Paid Leaves Policy : 5 weeks of paid leaves per year + return ticket every 6 months