Job Vacancies at International Rescue Committee (IRC), Nigeria – 6 Positions

Requisition: req20092
Location: Michika, Adamawa
Sector: Education
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No

Job Overview

• The IRC Nigeria is currently expanding its education portfolio in the northeast of the country. A priority outcome for the country program is that girls and boys enrol in and attend safe, functioning, responsive education services. The IRC aims to both rebuild, reequip, and staff damaged school infrastructure and enhance the quality of education through curriculum improvements in formal and non-formal institutions, with a particular focus on social and emotional learning
• The IRC is partnering with ECHO under the Pilot Programmatic Partnership to deliver a three-year regional Programme titled ‘Protective and adaptive Education Approaches for Children in Emergencies (PEACE)’ in Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon between 2020 and 2023. In Nigeria, PEACE takes an integrated and adaptive approach to education and child protection, to support more than 81,000 school-aged boys and girls most affected by crisis across Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe States (BAY)  to access and learn in safe educational environments.
• The Education Officer will be responsible for the overall management of educational activities in the respective state and LGAs accordingly (either in Borno, Adamawa or Yobe State). S/he will be responsible for providing technical leadership for all the education activities, including leading and coordinating the non-formal education program and systems support activities at the national and state level. The position requires experience with teacher training, policy and practice, designing programs for data collection and analysis, and personnel management.

Major Responsibilities

• Oversee the implementation of all PEACE project activities in one of the assigned states (Borno, Adamawa or Yobe) in both formal and non-formal schools.
• Work in collaboration with the Child Protection Team in the implementation of the project activities, ensuring integration of CP and education in the project.
• Oversee training, coaching and ongoing support for teachers, tutors and learning facilitators in order to improve instructional practices in literacy, numeracy and social and emotional skills.
• Ensure technical coordination of state-level activities related to teacher education and curriculum development, and obtain support from directorates and local government authorities as needed
• Oversee the selection of learning facilitators (teachers) and tutors for the intervention and contribute to tools for selection such as assessment tools.
• Oversee the initial training of learning facilitators, as well as their continuous professional development.
• Monitor progress towards the objectives and intended outputs pertaining to teacher education using routine data, spot checks, observation, and other methodologies.
• Provide regular written and verbal reports on education activities to supervisor.
• Promote the quality of non-formal education activities by setting up quality assurance mechanisms and checks in collaboration with other staff.

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Qualifications

• University Degree in Education, Social Sciences, or any other relevant field
• At least three years of relevant professional experience with an international or civil society organization, including direct implementation of education programming
• At least five years of experience related to teacher professional development.
• Experience working with displaced or otherwise marginalized communities required
• Strong verbal communication skills and effective in representation and liaison with external actors
• Excellent spoken and technical writing ability in English, including report writing
• Good computer skills in programs including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Good leadership skills
• Good administrative skills
• Ability to work under pressure in challenging working and living conditions
• Willingness to travel extensively in northeast Nigeria, including to remote and/or insecure locations.

Key Working Relationships

• Position Reports to: Senior Education Officer in the state with dotted line reporting to State Education Manager (Borno state)
• Position directly supervises: NILL
• Indirect Reporting: State Education Manager.

Working Environment:

• The position may require frequent travel to a deep field.
• A standard office work environment will be applicable for the position.
• For any field visits, security protocols must be adhered to.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct.
• These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.
• In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Requisition ID: req19916
Location: Mubi, Adamawa
Employment Type: Full-Time
Sector: Health
Employment Category: Regular
Position Reports to: Senior Health Manager

Job Overview / Summary

• Under the direct supervision of the Snr Health Manager who reports directly to the Health Coordinator, will provide support in quality primary healthcare program implementation, monitoring and regular data analysis and review and support with the overall capacity building of health program staff.
• Promotes Health System Strengthening initiatives. In addition, she/he regularly supports health teams assigned to her/him.
• She/he reports to the Senior Health Manager and works closely with the Reproductive Health Manager, Senior Environmental Health Manager, Nutrition Manager and Monitoring and Evaluation Manager in implementation of health program.
• The Health Manager will be responsible for maintaining regular contact with the field staff and LGA authorities and will carry over, implementation, monitoring and progress reporting of health projects.
• Under the direct supervision of Health Coordinator, the Health Manager Mubi is the focal point for IRC integrated primary health care services in Adamawa state.
• He/She will be responsible for supervising health staff in Mubi and will carry over implementation, monitoring, support with the overall capacity building of health program staff, and progress reporting of health projects.
• He/she report dots to the Field coordinator for daily administrative issues.

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Major Responsibilities
Program Management, Technical Quality, and Strategy:
Health Program Management:

• Provide overall managerial oversight for implementation of the health program activities
• Ensure health projects implementation are of high quality and meets the IRC/MOH/International standards
• Provide technical support to health staff and provide the necessary mentoring and trainings as needed to build their capacity and enabling them to perform their tasks, including project management skills
• Participate in emergency assessments and response when necessary and develop plans for rapid and appropriate responses in consultation with WASH, sexual reproductive health, protection, nutrition, and others
• Coordinate with Mubi LGA and other actors in the response and maintain good relations with them
• Participate in the Cholera Outbreak Control Coordination Team and carry out community-based public health interventions during communicable disease outbreaks.
• Monitor quality performance indicators ensuring adherence to technical standards, best practices, and donor guidelines
• Coordinate all referrals of patients as per IRC referral guidelines
• Seek out and nurture quality partnerships with community structures
• Foster inter-program linkages, exchange information and experiences and contribute actively to protection and disaster risk reduction mainstreaming in the health program
• Collaborate with other relevant sectors especially Environmental Health, as well as Nutrition, Women Protection & Empowerment, and Child Protection to ensure holistic service package is available in response to the needs.

Program Development / Grant Management:

• Contribute to design, planning, and drafting new proposals.
• Contribute to donors’ reporting whenever necessary.
• In collaboration with Sr. Health Managers, develop and expenditure plan, review budget vs. actual expenditure for health grants monthly and take necessary actions.
• Ensuring budgets are used appropriately and efficiently and spending is in line with the IRC financial procedures and donor requirements.
• Ensure data collection, data compilation, timely preparation and submission of all internal reports including weekly and other associated monthly, quarterly, donor and special reports.

Staff Performance Management, Learning & Development:

• Hire, supervise, and build the capacity of team members in relevant technical and management competencies.
• Develop and implement remote management capacity building approaches to build the strengths of the team in Mubi.
• Coach, train, supervise and mentor direct-report staff, including communicating clear expectations, setting annual performance objectives, providing regular and timely positive and constructive performance feedback, and providing documented semi-annual performance reviews.
• Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
• Approve and manage all time, attendance and leave requests to ensure adequate departmental coverage; ensure monthly, accurate timesheet submission and carry out probationary reviews.
• Hold high-quality meetings with each direct report on a regular and predictable basis, at least monthly.
• Provide a measurable development plan including on-the-job learning with the aim of strengthening technical capacity, exchanging knowledge within the team, and providing guidance on career paths.
• As required identify staff performance issues and work with Human Resources to document and address these in accordance with the National Staff Employment Policies.
• Maintain open and professional relations with team members, promoting a strong team spirit and providing oversight and guidance to enable staff to successfully perform in their positions.
• Promote and monitor staff care and well-being. Model healthy work-life balance practices. Support appropriate interventions in response to identified staff care needs of both national and international staff.
• Look for opportunities to support staff in their career growth, where appropriate. As part of succession plan and nationalization goals, identify, train, and develop capability and capacity of national staff to successfully transition role and responsibilities, by the end of assignment.
• Adhere to and act in accordance with the IRC Global HR Policies and Procedures and communicates through word and example a high standard of compliance with all applicable policies and regulations.

Monitoring Health Program Implementation:

• Monitor project implementation and provide on-spot support to field teams and propose modifications as necessary.
• Ensure regular health program data analysis and review, take follow up action on project implementation, and prepare relevant action reports.
• Supervise and provide technical oversight in the interpretation of data for improved programming and implementation.
• Monitor and promote integrated programming in a way that increases overall impact of health program at the community level.

Coordination & Representation:

• Represent the program to Local government representatives, partner agencies, etc. as required.
• In coordination with the Health Coordinator actively develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders with government actors, international and local NGOs, and other relevant actors.
• Attend all relevant meetings in relation to the health program as may be required and feed in the IRC priorities during meetings.
• Facilitate field visits for internal and external stakeholders, when required.

Key Working Relationships
Position directly supervises:

• Senior Health officer, medical supervisor, and Health officer and assistants

Indirect Reporting:

• Health Coordinator

Other Internal and / or external contacts
Internal:

• Country Program: Senior Program lead, Finance Manager, Supply chain Manager, field coordinator

External:

• INGO Partner in Adamawa

Qualifications
Education:

• Health professional (MD or RN with a MPH is preferred) with a strong public health background.
• A mature person of high professional discipline and moral integrity, able to work independently and under stress as the situation may dictate.

Work Experience:

• At least 3 years’ experience in managing and implementing primary and secondary health programs.
• Able to lead a team and experience in staff management.
• Experience in outbreak response interventions
• Ability to work with displaced communities with diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
• Experience in donor report writing and proposal development
• Have experience in general management including financial and budget management, HR and logistics

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Demonstrated Technical Skills:
• Background in situation analysis, health assessments M&E and program implementation.
• Demonstrated Managerial/Leadership Competencies:
• Skills and experience of remote management
• Flexible, diplomatic and have ability and willingness live and work under pressure of workloads

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Language Skills:

• English

Computer/Other Tech Requirements:

• Full professional competency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.  Add position-specific (e.g. accounting software, statistical software, etc.).

Ability to Travel:

• 5 % of time if applicable

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note
Working Environment:

• IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants based on merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
• The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.
• In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Requisition ID: req19917
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Full Time
Sector: Women Protection & Empowerment
Employment Category: Regular
Open to Expatriates: No
Position Reports to: WPE Case Management Officer

Job Overview/Summary

• The Case Worker will provide psychosocial support, basic case management support to survivors of gender-based violence through individual counselling follow up support, referrals and dissemination of information on available GBV services to encourage access to services.
• She/he will in collaboration with the Response Officer oversee provision of psychosocial /group support, skills building, information sessions and other recreational activities that promotes social support networks and cohesion with women and girls at the women and girls’ centers/safe spaces

Major Responsibilities

• Provide direct support and care for adult and child survivors of gender-based violence, including counseling and basic case management. Case management services will include Assessment of needs of clients, Developing an action plan with clients, Implementing the plan with clients
• Provide physical accompaniment to GBV survivors if requested to access medical and other services according to their wishes, choices, and decisions
• Conduct direct and regular follow up of GBV survivors through home visits and based on survivors wishes and consent.
• Case closure (when appropriate)
• Conduct direct follow up of GBV survivors through home visits and regular follow up visits based on survivors’ wishes and consent.
• Ensure proper documentation of reported GBV incidences through utilization of GBVIMS case intake, action, follow up and other case management forms appropriately.
• Follow GBV guiding principles of respect, confidentiality, and safety/security and non- discrimination while providing services to women and girls.
• Monitor how the GBV referral pathway is working through making direct follow ups with other organizations that are providing services to survivors.
• Conduct and help plan and organize psychosocial/ group support activities with women and adolescent girls to meet the emotional needs of survivors, build support networks among women/girls, and promote social integration of survivors and other vulnerable women.
• Work with women and girls in the community to identify their needs, interests and priorities, and where possible, adapt activities according to these to ensure activities offered are culturally appropriate and meet the needs of women and girls.
• Ensure that vulnerable women and girls including GBV survivors are engaged on psychosocial activities of their choice that will support their healing and recovery.
• In collaboration with the WPE Assistant Community Mobilizers, conduct awareness raising activities on GBV and its health consequences, promoting available services to women and girls, and addressing the stigma preventing women and girls from accessing support and services with activities for female only group.
• In collaboration with the WPE team, participate in meetings with community leadership structures when necessary to advocate for the needs of women and girls, and encourage their participation in GBV prevention and response activities in the communities.

Qualifications

• Candidate must be a Graduate from a reputable institute and have at least 2 years working experience in GBV programming.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and respect for clients always is essential.
• Positive and professional attitude, able to organize, maintain composure and prioritize work under pressure, work overtime when necessary and be able to coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
• Ability to work as a member of a team essential.
• Excellent listening and observation skills, including ability to create trust, support, respect and interact with survivors of all ages, background, and diversity
• Counseling and training experience, including experience working with women and girls preferred
• Demonstrated commitment to women’s empowerment and protection through current/ previous volunteer work in women’s group, girls’ clubs or other relevant experience is an added advantage
• Ability to facilitate trainings and sessions, including group support activities with women and girls.
• Ability to communicate in English, Kanuri, Hausa and or local dialects spoken in the location
• Ability to keep records and write simple and basic reports of activities would be an added advantage.
• University Degree in Psychology, Sociology, Health, or equivalent is a requirement.
• Must be a TEAM PLAYER.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct.  These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.  In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Requisition ID: req19918
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Full-Time
Sector: Women Protection & Empowerment
Employment Category: Regular
Position Reports to:  WPE Community Engagement Officer

Job Overview / Summary

• The GBV prevention staff assists the Supervisor/Program Manager with activities of the WPE program specifically in the spectrum of GBV prevention. The Prevention staff will perform training functions in the camps and host communities in Borno state. She/he will help design prevention activities that will improve on program quality. She/He will take the lead in planning and conducting trainings on GBV and human rights issues and the monitoring and evaluation of training and sensitization activities.
• The Prevention staff will take the lead in developing IEC materials that will improve on prevention and response of GBV, collates reports and statistics on trainings and sensitizations conducted in the field and submit to Supervisor/program Manager. She/he in collaboration with Supervisor/Program Manager, provides technical assistance in relation to prevention activities and prepares standardized training modules.
• The Capacity Building Assistant further helps to establish collaborative relationships with collaborating partners, local Partners, local authorities, all IRC Sectors, Women groups, and youth groups, and ensures that trainings are developed to meet their needs and work with GBV Actors for a coordinated referral for GBV Survivors.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Take lead in all GBV training activities.
• In collaboration with IRC Local partners, community mobilizer and case worker plan and conduct prevention activities including but not limited to awareness raising campaigns and community sensitizations.
• Carryout a GBV training needs assessment for WPE staff, IRC sector staff, Partners, Women’s groups, community groups and other community stakeholders.
• In collaboration with community mobilizer, case worker, conduct sensitizations and Trainings to Women’s groups Youth groups, and CBOs on GBV issues.
• Develop and implement prevention strategies.
• Ensure pre and post testing are done and documented
• Design, implement and evaluate quality GBV training in a systematic and consistent manner by establishing GBV training procedures
• In collaboration with Community Mobilization Assistant, case worker and local partners, conduct focus groups and keep detailed documentation about information gathered.  Consider this information in planning and conducting animation, sensitizations and to design IEC materials
• Promote women’s active participation in the leadership and decision-making of the community.
• Liaise with IRC local partners, community leaders, government agencies and other appropriate agencies to build support and solicit cooperation and assistance to GBV activities.
• Also, in collaboration with Community Mobilization Assistant, establish, form and train Village Savings and Loan Association (VSLA) group members and establish Group Discussion Series (DGS) with VSLA members and their spouses or representatives to discuss on household decision making process.
• Collaborate with Community Mobilizers in identifying, Forming, and training Engaging Men Through Accountable Practices (EMAP) Facilitators for behavioral and attitudinal change towards ending violence against women and girls and monitoring of their weekly meetings.
• Communicate with the WPE Manager/Coordinator on progress, constraints, and training needs identified and any other matters pertaining to the operations of the GBV Program.
• In collaboration with WPE Staff design an effective and appropriate training strategy, plan of action and project timeline.
• Compile and summarize weekly and monthly statistics and narrative reports and submit to Program Manager in a timely manner.

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Qualifications

• Must be a graduate from a reputable institution.
• Must have working experience in GBV for at least 2 years.
• Previous experience as a trainer, Prefer experience with participatory techniques.
• Must be Computer literate in MS-Word and MS-Excel
• Must possess interest and commitment to human rights, gender, gender equality and gender mainstreaming.
• Ability to lead, train, facilitate and motivate other WPE staff in their respective tasks in a professional, respectful, and supportive manner.
• Positive and professional attitude, able to organize, maintain composure and prioritize work under pressure, able to coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
• Must be fluent in Community Language written and spoken English. Fluency in Kanuri and Hausa will be an added advantage
• Ability to work as a Team and must be flexible.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note
Key Working Relationships:

• The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.
• In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Requisition: req19780
Location: Abuja, Nigeria (Remote)
Sector: Research & Development
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: Not Applicable

Job Description

• The Airbel Impact Lab, the IRC’s research and innovation team, aims to design, test, and scale life-changing, cost-effective solutions with people affected by conflict and disaster. Airbel works to develop breakthrough solutions by combining creativity and rigor, openness and expertise, and a desire to think afresh with the experience of a large-scale implementing organization.
• One of the impacts of COVID-19 is that an unprecedented 1.6 billion students across the world have been out of school; however, 258 million children were already out of school before the pandemic. Half of these children live in crisis-affected countries. And while progress has been made towards achieving universal education over the past twenty years, these “last mile” children remain largely out of reach. In response to this crisis, the Education Global Research & Innovation Priorities (GRIP) at Airbel in coordination with the Education Technical Unit will implement an innovative program in a number of crisis-affected contexts including — Bangladesh, Colombia, and Nigeria — that reaches last-mile children and parents and caregivers, providing them with quality education solutions.

Our approach to reaching these last-mile children with quality education has three areas of focus:

• Meet children where they are both physically and cognitively, with flexible, student-centered learning that they can access in or close to their homes;
• Break down barriers to school entry and support children’s integration into schools once they are ready; and
• Prepare teachers in schools to integrate children with specific needs into their classrooms and equip both teachers and students for future school disruption.

Our strategy has three core pillars:

• Localized innovation - Engagement with local innovators and educators who are well-placed to advance locally-driven solutions with sustainable impact.
• Research & development - Mapping of promising solutions, operational pilots, and rigorous evaluations to drive quality, cost-efficiency, and evidence of effectiveness of our solutions, especially for high-risk students.
• Platform-based approaches - Adopting innovative digital approaches for the last mile to empower students, teachers, and caregivers at scale across multiple contexts.

Job Overview

• The IRC is seeking to hire a full time Delivery Advisor to join and launch projects across our portfolio of the education Global Research & Innovation Priorities (GRIP).
• Our multi-disciplinary teams build, facilitate and contribute on projects that span research and ideation through to prototyping, piloting, evaluation and scaling.
• Our solutions are co-created in partnership with colleagues and partners from the regions where we work.
• You must be comfortable in a fast paced, collaborative and flexible working environment to help to manage the diverse, multi-disciplinary work. Experience of working in cross-functional teams is essential.
• We are looking for a self-motivated, highly organised individual with an eye for detail to support an exciting new education program in Bangladesh, Colombia and Nigeria, scope existing education solutions globally, and manage the delivery of Education GRIP projects.
• The successful candidate will work directly with the Education GRIP Lead and Design & Innovation Product Lead to support delivery of the program. In this role, you will be responsible for managing a number of programme budgets, project/resource management and reporting.

Major Responsibilities

• The Delivery Advisor will be an integral part of the Airbel team and will work collaboratively with the Education Technical Unit (TU) and country teams at various stages of innovation and research.
• Manage delivery across several projects with cross functional, multi-disciplinary teams that include education, technology, design, innovation and research expertise. Ensure that projects are delivered to agreed goals, on time and on budget.
• Work with local innovators, the country team, the Airbel design practice and key stakeholders (remote and/or in person) to plan, facilitate and synthesize design sprints, incubators and accelerators ensuring alignment and synergies across projects.
• Build and maintain a local network of innovation process and education solution partners who can support the development of new products and services. This includes individuals, collectives, implementers, consultancies and startups.
• Overseeing program budgets and ensuring targets are being met within the team.
• Lead on various procurements activities, e.g. Request for Proposals, hiring.
• Actively participate in continuous improvement activities eg. retrospectives delivery team meetings.
• Develop and maintain collaborative and positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders through effective communication and engagement.
• Clear monitoring and reporting (monthly, quarterly and annually) against program level deliverables and KPIs.
• Supporting business development through scoping proposals prior to inception.
• Attending and representing IRC at meetings and events.

Key Working Relationships

• Position Reports to:  Design & Innovation Product Lead
• Position directly supervises:  N/A
• Indirect Reporting: Education GRIP Lead

Other Internal and/or external contacts:

Internal:

• R&I Team Members
• Education Technical Unit Director and Team Members
• Country and Regional Directors and Country Program Staff

External:

• Behavioral science firms, associations, and organizations
• Academic partners
• Key public sector design and innovation schools, institutions, and professional societies
• Private sector design companies

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Job Requirements
Work Experience:

• 4-5 years of experience delivering projects and programs ideally in NGO or social enterprise settings.
• Experience of working with cross functional digital teams.
• Experience of delivering projects (ideally technology and innovation ones) end-to-end, on time, on budget and to a high quality.
• Experience of financial management at project and program level.
• Good understanding of, and experience with, project planning software and a range of cloud based technologies (esp Asana, Mavenlink, Hubspot & Excel)
• Enjoys collaborative working, flexible structures and working with a geographically dispersed team.
• Ability to multi-task and move quickly between projects through effective prioritization.
• Organised and with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to apply a diversity and inclusion lens and approach to work.
• Cares about the mission and goals of the IRC.

Desirable:

• Preferred experience working in education in humanitarian contexts.
• Preferred experience creating or incubating digital solutions.
• Experience of working on projects with a diverse range of non-profit, commercial and entrepreneurial stakeholders.

Language Skills:

• English

Working Environment:

• Mix of remote and in person work. Applicants must have a home or alternate workspace they can effectively complete their work from during regularly scheduled work hours.
• Potential of some travel, coronavirus permitting.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.
• In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Requisition req19538
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Sector: Program Administration
Employment Category: Fixed-Term
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: Yes

Scope of work

• The Senior Program Coordinator (SPC) for health and governance outcome works closely and under the supervision of the Deputy Director of Programs (DDP) to design and deliver high quality, innovative programs in close coordination and collaboration with Deputy Director Field Management and Senior Program Coordinator, Safety, education and ERD outcomes.
• The role has a particular focus on driving strategy implementation, leading the technical coordinators in designing high-quality projects with particular attention to enhancing program integration, supporting expansion into newly accessible geographic areas, and increasing IRC’s work on an early recovery across the humanitarian and development nexus S/he will ensure timely and effective program delivery, coordination and technical coherence and support, monitoring, evaluation and accountability.
• The SPC will provide a focus on outcomes and client responsiveness, and will represent IRC programs to major stakeholders, relevant government authorities and other program partners.

Areas of Responsibilities
Program Quality and Development:

• Provide leadership to Program Technical Coordinators in setting priorities and delivering outcome-focused programs which align with the Nigeria Strategy Action Plan.
• Ensure that program design is evidence-based and uses theories of change that place crisis-affected people and their voice at the centre of IRC's response, and lead program integration to support this.
• With HQ-based Technical Advisers, ensure that program implementation is aligned to relevant standards and makes use of tools, systems and procedures that are in place.
• Work closely with the Senior Grants Coordinator and the Grants and Partnerships Team to shape concept papers and grant proposals for submission to donors.
• Work with the M&E coordinator to build and foster a culture of learning and reflection that uses data to design and adapt programs.
• Monitor changes in the context and ensures that IRC responds where necessary.
• Alongside our existing focus on humanitarian programming, analyze gaps and needs, and help to drive a new focus on early recovery programming in appropriate geographic areas, working across the humanitarian-development nexus.
• Support Program Coordinators in creating and maintaining up-to-date briefings, factsheets and updates for external stakeholders.

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 Program Implementation:

• Provide leadership to program technical coordinators in ensuring effective grant start-up, implementation review and close-out meetings are planned and conducted in a timely manner with the full participation of all relevant stakeholders from programs and support teams, and that actions are taken as a result.
• Provide leadership for Program Coordinators in the timely and high-quality implementation of programs, and promote regular reviews - both internal and external - and other learning events.
• Provide support to the Country Emergency Team during the scale-up of a sudden onset humanitarian response and during the deployment phase
• Ensure program coordination, and that managers and technical coordinators for cross-cutting themes work together effectively according to program work plans.
• Conduct frequent field visits to all project sites for monitoring, quality control and program staff mentoring and coaching.
• Coordinate high-level reporting on country-level indicators such as beneficiary numbers, design for impact indicators, cluster data and other information as needed.
• Ensure that donor reports produced by the programs team effectively demonstrate the impact of IRC’s interventions.

HR and Staff Management:

• Help to drive a culture of ambitious, responsible, and committed leadership amongst Sector Coordinators and other program leaders.
• Enhance the performance management for staff under your sectors, direct and indirect line management
• Support program staff through close attention to staff care, mentoring, and development.
• Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.
• 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.

Representation and Advocacy:

• In coordination with the DDP/DDFM, actively develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders in Nigeria including local communities, donors, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, and other relevant actors.
• Ensure IRC active representation and participation in the relevant clusters/sectors coordination
• Develop strategic partnerships with local organizations.
• In coordination with the DDP and DDFM, assist in organizing donor visits by supporting staff in the smooth design and running of field visits.

Requirements
Essential:

• Master's Degree preferably in Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, International humanitarian law, International Development or Humanitarian Assistance
• Experience managing programs in a relevant technical area(s) that may include, health, reproduction health, Nutrition, and WASH n
• Should possess a minimum of 5 years of international assignments experiences in humanitarian and development work
• Experience managing humanitarian relief and/or transitional programs in areas affected by large scale displacements due to conflict and chronic food and nutritional insecurity
• Demonstrated experience in program management, project design and use of project design tools
• Demonstrated experience in supervising expatriate and national staff, and in mentoring of national staff and with a strong commitment to staff capacity development; Demonstrated qualities of leadership, sensitivity to cultural settings, communication skills, commitment, and sound judgment
• Aptitude to adapt to a different context regarding security, culture, climate or health issue, demonstrated by experience outside of the country of origin
• Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines, and work independently and cooperatively with team members.
• Willingness to travel in the field at least 50% of your time
• Commitment to women’s rights and IRC’s vision, mission and values, including sensitivity to cultural settings

Desirable:

• Experience in CTP programming

Specific Security Situation / Housing

• The Senior Program Coordinator will be based in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria with travel throughout the sites where IRC has a presence.
• The security situation in North-East Nigeria continues to be volatile with a security level at 3 (orange); candidates should be prepared to implement programming in insecure environments.
• This is a non-accompanied position, and the Senior Program Coordinator will live in shared housing.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct.
• These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.
• In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

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