Job Vacancies at Save the Children Nigeria – 5 Positions

Job ID: 2100055D
Location: Damaturu, Yobe
Employee Status:  Fixed Term
Contract Length: 1 year
Team/Programme: Programme
Reports to: Field Manager, Yobe
Reports: 9
Grade: 2

Child Safeguarding

• Level 3 - The role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in-country programs; or are visiting country programs; ore because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

Role Purpose

• Strategically lead and manage the EU Resilience Programme in Yobe and the EU Yobe COVID-19 Awards; accountable for the achievement of programme deliverables and delivery of the joint log-frame within the consortium of Save the Children, CCDRN, CISLAC, ICEED, and International Alert. These Awards are partnerships with the Yobe State Government so that the Post holder is expected to develop and sustain excellent working relations with the Partners.
• 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.

Scope of Role

• Direct Reports - Social Protection Coordinator, HEA Coordinator, Livelihoods Coordinator, Education Officer, Child Protection Officer, MHPSS Officer, Nutrition Officer, MIS/Payment Coordinator, Community Mobilization & Advocacy Officer
• Matrix relationships - HR Officer, Finance Coordinator, MEAL Coordinator, Safety and Security Coordinator & Supply Coordinator.
• Budget Responsibility - Yes will be responsible for both budgets of the EU Yobe Resilience and EU Yobe COVID-19 Awards.

Key Areas of Accountability

• Assume overall oversight of the EU Resilience Program and EU Yobe COVID-19 in Yobe in collaboration with the Field Manager
• Ensure that different sectors (social protection, livelihoods, peacebuilding and advocacy) are implemented in strict compliance with Save the Children policies and procedures and with relevant EU regulations and agreements, sectors guidelines and the NGO code of conduct.
• Manage and lead programme related strategic liaison with in-country government, donors, consortium INGOs and Agencies.
•  Manage relationships to ensure ongoing programme performance and technical quality assurance.
• Ensuring the programme meets or exceeds agreed targets, including reviewing cross-consortium programme performance data and programme management arrangements on a monthly basis, identifying and agreeing on residual actions, mitigation activities and influencing consortium partners to ensure partner performance is maintained.
• Maintain a close working relationship with the technical team to ensure that the programme achieves technical excellence, embedding continuous improvements in operational aspects of programmes.
• In coordination with the TAs and the awards team, ensure the preparation of timely programme and donor reports on project activities in compliance with internal SC requirements and any relevant external donor requirements.
• Inspire, lead and motivate programme teams to deliver on programme objectives.
• Ensure that the project is appropriately staffed across Save the Children and consortium members, including the appropriate combination of expertise across technical and operational areas
• Identify, implement and improve accountability mechanisms for operating under commercial arrangements across partnerships and programme consortium arrangements including contract compliance considerations.
• Develop programme systems that are flexible and responsive to changing demands of programme implementation.
• Ensure that an effective monitoring system is in place for achieving prior agreed targets in relation to programme activities, budget allocations and financial expenditures, ensuring that value for money can be effectively demonstrated to the donor
• Identify and effectively manage all key risks related to the programme
• Demonstrate and ensure programme implementation demonstrates high levels of commitment to Save the Children and our vision, mission and values in order to ensure the objectives of your role and the country programme are met.
• Ensure the effective and efficient use of all Save the Children resources in order to keep costs low and ensure safety in the workplace.
• Comply with the requirements of Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy to ensure maximum protection for children
• Ensure strong budget management and compliance and resource utilisation.

Behaviours (Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team takes responsibility for their own personal development, and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates the highest levels of integrity.

Qualifications and Experience
Essential:

• Post-graduate qualification in Public Health, Nutrition, Food Security or related relevant discipline
• Prior experience in designing and/or delivering large scale (in excess of £10m) cash transfer and livelihoods programmes
• Proven ability to manage large consortiums with a minimum of 4 years of experience managing multi-sectoral programmes
• Extensive experience of working within a senior management role within a complex country programme in resilience building
• Previous experience of managing programme teams in large-scale social protection and livelihoods program programs
• Experience in managing multi-donor, multi-site resilience programmes (including EU, ECHO, DFID and USAID)
• Demonstrable track record of meeting or exceeding programme targets, while maintaining technical quality.
• Ability to represent the cash transfer and livelihoods programme at a strategic level and engage and influence key stakeholders
• Demonstrated experience of working with national and/or regional level government structures to strengthen the capacity of the state to take ownership of and deliver services.
• Self-motivated and results orientated.
• Highly numerically articulate with a track record of data manipulation and use of spreadsheets and reporting systems.
• Experience in the management of finance and budget monitoring and risk management.
• Proven ability to motivate and develop others
• Highly diplomatic and emotionally intelligent with strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong communication, and interpersonal skills in English, with substantial experience in managing multicultural teams
• Experience in building, leading and developing a team of senior staff with different backgrounds and expertise
• Experience in solving complex issues through analysis, the definition of a clear way forward and ensuring buy-in
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• A high level of written and spoken English
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.

Desirable:

• Substantial experience of working and living in Africa, ideally with professional experience in Nigeria
• Demonstrable understanding of Value for Money and DFID results agenda.
• Ability to coach and mentor multi-sectoral partners.

Application Closing Date
24th July, 2021.

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

Job ID: 2100054K
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employee Status:  Fixed Term
Grade: 4
Team: Nigeria Country Office
Post Type: National
Reports to: Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator

Child Safeguarding

• Level 3 - The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children or young people and, in the overseas context all posts are considered to be level 3 posts in view of potential situations which may allow staff unsupervised access to vulnerable children and young people.

Role Purpose

• Ensure implementation of the M&E plan for Health & Child Survival programmes including monitoring progress against planned activities, critical milestones and targets as well as providing support and guidance to program officers and government counterparts to ensure that the data collection, data management and reporting, are of the highest possible quality.

Key Areas of Accountability
Objective 1: Coordinate Data Collection, Data Quality Management, Analysis and State level Reporting:

• Participate in the design of programme monitoring and evaluation tools (registers, reporting templates, data bases, etc.) to track Health and Child Survival projects
• In collaboration with MOH and relevant SC staff, ensure timely data collection, compilation and reporting according to programme M&E plan
• Conduct monthly data analysis and prepare monthly programme IPTT monitoring reports
• Ensure the programme database is updated regularly
• Support programme feedback meetings to communities, facilities and authorities
• Support the M&E Advisor to implement the DQA system including the conduct of data quality assessments according to the M&E plan
• Support the M&E Advisor in data management for rapid assessments, situational analysis, surveys, evaluations and other research as required
• Plan, forecast and facilitate the production and supply of M&E tools and materials to supported sites

Objective 2: Support Programme Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Support the M&E Advisor to monitor Health and Child Survival projects at the intervention states and communicate provide findings and progress to Program Managers
• Participate in evaluation of Health and Child Survival projects, focusing on data management of evaluation datasets.
• Support the dissemination and use of evaluation and research reports and propose changes for improvement to the Health Team.

Objective 3: Support Documentation, Reporting, Knowledge Sharing and Effective Feedback Mechanism:

• Support coordination of health projects monthly, quarterly, biannual and annual reviews and reports as required.
• Participate in dissemination of program information to communities, children, and other stakeholders through a regular feedback mechanism
• Manage the beneficiary complaints and feedback mechanism database
• Work with state teams to collect information on potential case studies and success stories
• Update shared drive and project team space with program monitoring documents regularly.

Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
• High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
• Holds self and others accountable.

Ambition

• Creating best-in-class EA function
• Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively.

Collaboration:

• Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Designing more effective admin and data management systems
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Skills & Experience
Administrative and General Skills:

• 2-3 yrs previous experience with local and international NGOs
• Previous experience in Health System Strengthening programmes using the National HMIS software
• Advanced computer literacy (MS Office applications, web-based applications and advanced statistical package utilization e.g SPSS,STATA-12,DHIS etc)
• Fluency in English, Hausa spoken and written
• Ability to work in partnership with government and development partners
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work within a team setting
• Independence, adaptability and flexibility
• Excellent communication skills.

Application Closing Date
21st July, 2021.

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

Note

• Applicants are advised that Save the Children International does not require any payment or expense during the entire recruitment process. Any request in this direction should be immediately reported as it is contrary to the values and practices of our organization.
• Due to the volume of applications received, Save the Children may not provide feedback to all applicants. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, as applications will be reviewed as received. Save the Children reserves the right to change the closing date, if considered necessary.

Job ID: 2100054J
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employee Status:  Permanent
Reports to: Administration Officer
Staff directly reporting to this post: Office Assistants

Child Safeguarding

• Level 3- The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children or young people.

Role Purpose

• To provide professional general administration support to the humanitarian team under the leadership of the Administration Officer.  The job holder will also from time to time be delegated other support duties.

Key Areas of Accountability
General Administration:

• Event planning and coordination - support program staff during workshops and events (local, internal and external - e.g. meetings with other teams, partners training and staff training)
• Coordinate office equipment/supplies by ensuring that all the equipment in the office are working and reporting any malfunctions/repairs/changes to be made.
• Maintain general office equipment tracker: regularly evaluate equipment.
• Disseminate formal communications to staff as directed by Line Manager
• Take minutes of the weekly staff meeting as directed by the Line Manager.
• Prepare meeting agendas, minute taking, tracking actions and key dates and organising events, meetings/workshop logistics e.g. booking venue/room, setting up conference calls e.t.c and ensuring action points are shared in good time
• Provide support to the Humanitarian Team Leader including diary and inbox management, arranging meetings, dealing with enquiries as requested
• Carry out the filing of relevant materials and documents
• Supervises Office Assistants to ensure office premises/guesthouses and environs are clean
• Ensure required cleaning items and toiletries are always available
• Assist in the purchase of small sundry office supplies from Petty Cash for the office at large, and process invoices and expense claims as required
• Process monthly communication allowance recharge for all staff
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by Line Manager
• Ensure compliance with Save the Children Quality Standards, Global policies and Guidelines.

Store Management:

• Assist in managing stationery items and consumable stores effectively and efficiently
• Receive requisition and provides supplies to concerned staff
• Issue out and support with requested items for training/workshop/meeting for the Program based on filled training form
• Manage the gift register.

Travel Arrangement:

• Coordinate all support requests from programme team members/visiting staff for local flight and hotel booking.
• Liaise with the required hotel facilities to find the best options available and ensure value for money
• Assist in local flight booking arrangements for the team
• Process payment of travel agencies invoices.

Other Responsibilities:
The post holder may carry out other duties in addition to, or instead of those outlined above which may reasonably be required from time to time, in order to assist the HR & Admin department by providing cover when any of the colleagues are on leave or because of an increased level of Field Office activities.

• Manages the Admin Department’s Petty cash
• Ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Sphere Charter and Red Cross Code of Conduct.

Working Contacts:

• Internal: Regular liaison with various teams in the CO and other state offices
• External: Contact with visitors, hotels, airlines/travel agents etc

Competencies and Behaviours
Delivering Results (Skilled):

• Delivers timely and appropriate results using available resources
• Takes responsibility for their work and its impact on others
• Plans, prioritises and performs tasks well without needing direct supervision
• Understands the link between their work and the organisation’s objectives.

Innovating and Adapting (Skilled):

• Suggests creative improvements and better ways of working
• Seeks out and applies successful ideas from others to overcome challenges
• Shifts tasks, roles and priorities to perform effectively under changing or unclear conditions
• Applies lessons learned to enhance future ways of working

Applying Technical & Professional Expertise (Skilled):

• Delivers work that reflects a good knowledge and application of technical and professional standards
• Keeps up to date with trends in their work area
• Maintains ethical and professional behaviour in accordance with relevant codes of conducts

Working Effectively With Others (Skilled):

• Actively listens to new and different perspectives and experiences of those they work with
• Proactively supports team members and trusts their capabilities
• Demonstrates understanding of their skills and how they complement those of others within diverse teams and groups
• Clarifies their role and responsibilities within the team to maximise impact

Communicating With Impact (Skilled):

• Actively listens and seeks to understand before being understood
• Ensures communications are concise and well-structured
• Shares appropriate relevant and timely information with others
• Prepares effectively for meetings

Skills & Experience
Administrative & General Skills:

• Level of Education - HND / B.Sc. in social sciences/relevant field of studies
• Minimum - a year relevant work experience
• Must have NYSC discharge certificate / exemption certificate
• Excellent planning and organisational skills, with proven administrative skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities effectively in a constantly changing environment, meet deadlines and work calmly under pressure
• Ability to manage time and diary
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; written and verbal communication; fluent in English
• Understand the local language
• Strong teamwork skills with the ability to both support colleagues and request support as and when required
• Commitment to Save the Children mission, vision and values
• Experience of working in challenging, insecure areas and willingness to work and live in a rural environment.
• Computer literate and knowledge of Word, Excel.

Application Closing Date
22nd July, 2021.

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

Note

• Applicants are advised that Save the Children International does not require any payment or expense during the entire recruitment process. Any request in this direction should be immediately reported as it is contrary to the values and practices of our organization.
• Due to the volume of applications received, Save the Children may not provide feedback to all applicants. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, as applications will be reviewed as received. Save the Children reserves the right to change the closing date, if considered necessary.

Job ID: 21000529
Location: Kaduna
Employee Status: Fixed Term
Grade: 3
Team: Nigeria Country Office
Post Type: National
Reports to: State Team Leader
Staff directly reporting to this post: None
Technical Support from: Senior Policy and Advocacy Specialist

Child Safeguarding

• Level 3- The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children or young people and, in the overseas context all posts are considered to be level 3 posts in view of potential situations which may allow staff unsupervised access to vulnerable children and young people.

Role Purpose

• Enhanced state level engagement in social protection led to increased capacity of state and local government stakeholders to design implement and expand cost-effective, inclusive and accountable social protection systems
• The objective of this assignment is to develop and build government commitment and investment in social protection through effective Advocacy and communications and capacity building effort at National and Sub National Levels.
• In the discharge of this role, the officer will also work with and build the capacity of civil society to advocate for inclusive, effective, sustainable and impactful social protection services.

Key Areas of Accountability

• The Advocacy coordinator will be responsible for providing strategic Advocacy and Communications technical and program guidance to the Child Development grant programme (CDGP) specifically at the state level.
• Achieving programme outputs, activities, deliverables and expected results within budget, agreed timeframe and to the highest standards.
• Contribute to key Programme planning, coordination and reporting activities.
• Support policy dialogue and a successful record of accomplishment in advocacy and strategies for influencing policy decision-makers on social protection.
• Experience building capacity of government counterparts, mentoring and training.
• Facilitate public relations, crisis communications/issue management, and collaborates with the Program Partnerships team on donor and partner communications and community relations.
• Contribute to all efforts to raise/nurture CSOs and champions for the programme at the state level if need arise.
• Produce reports, briefing papers and presentations for internal and external audiences, as directed.
• Undertake a range of lobbying, communications and other activities to inform and persuade policy makers, including donors and politicians, of the value of financing for social protection.
• Support the Communications and Advocacy Coordinator in coordinating the development of communications materials and participate in their review and comment on print and electronic media materials including scripts, posters, leaflets, video/audio recordings
• Link with other organisations present in the area for coordination and sharing lessons learned.
• Develop good knowledge of state government structures, parliamentary and political processes and key decision making structures and how to influence them.
• Prepare a monthly plan or field activities
• Identify the problems in the implementation process and propose solutions
• Evaluate regularly the impact of the activities and propose changes for improvement
• Produce case studies related to programme implementation at least one per quarter or as per line manager’s request
• Support development and implementation of programme advocacy and communication plans
• Engage with and strengthen capacity of media organisations and journalist to report social protection
• Produce lessons learnt from the set-up of CDGP in knowledge products such as occasional papers.
• Support knowledge management and thought leadership in CDGP through identification of methodologies and systematization of approaches and provide support for production and dissemination via appropriate channels.
• Support development, structuring, and occasional implementation of strategic partnerships
• Source, validate and prioritize incoming government demands through a collaborative, consultative process
• Conduct research to inform and shape the effort(s) within policy consolidation and translation and best practices

Additional Job Responsibilities

• The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Skills And Behaviours (Our Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
• High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
• Holds self and others accountable

Ambition:

• Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively

Collaboration:

• Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Designing more effective admin systems
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in the Social Sciences, such as Economics, Geography, Development Studies, Rural Development / Sociology or other related fields.
• Any training on Advocacy and Communication, social protection will be an added advantage

Kills & Experience
Administrative & General Skills:

• At least 3 years of experience in advocacy and policy engagement
• Previous experience with other local and international NGOs
• Experience in Social protection and engaging Government
• Should have strong collaboration and networking skills.
• Experience using Political Economy Analysis (PEA) that informs on-going program iteration
• Computer literacy (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)
• Fluency in English and Hausa, spoken and written
• Ability to work in partnership with government and other NGO staff
• Good interpersonal skills
• Ability to work within a team setting
• Independence, adaptability and flexibility
• Excellent comunicación skills

Working Conditions:

• Ability and willingness to travel to projects and stay in basic conditions when necessary

Health and Safety:

• The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

• We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Application Closing Date
20th July, 2021.

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

Equal Opportunities

• The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Job ID: 200002NJ
Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employee Status:  Fixed Term
Grade: TBC
Team / Program: Programme Development and Quality (PDQ)
Contract Length: 2 years
Reports to: Director for Programme Development and Quality (DPDQ)
Staff reporting to this post holder:  HEA Coordinator, HEA Assistant,

Child Safeguarding

• Level 3:  the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people regularly

Role Purpose

• The Head of Food Security and Livelihoods provides strategic and technical support to Save the Children Nigeria’s Food Security and Livelihoods programming.
• The post-holder will ensure the quality and impact of the design and delivery of FSL programming across both humanitarian and development contexts, with a particular focus on ensuring innovative quality approaches in nexus programming.
• The post-holder will ensure sectoral representation and coordination with the government and fellow development and humanitarian actors, including donors and multi-lateral institutions.
• The post-holder will also play a leading role in identifying and developing private sector partnerships.
• The post-holder will lead on sectoral needs assessments, facilitate cross-sectoral programme design and budgeting, ensure linkages amongst FSL, education, adolescent development and nutrition programming and support fundraising, program kick-offs, recruitment and procurement processes.
• The post-holder will be expected to analyze capacity building needs of existing project teams and design and support capacity building plans and trainings for those staff.

Scope of the Role

• Reports to: Director for Programme Development and Quality (DPDQ)
• Staff reporting to this post holder:  HEA Coordinator, HEA Assistant,

Key Areas of Accountabilty
Programme Development and Quality Programming Support:

• Provide overall strategic leadership on Save the Children Nigeria’s Food Security and Livelihoods portfolio across the development and humanitarian context, including youth empowerment and employment, resilience, and social protection sub-themes.
• Lead, in close collaboration with other thematic/technical teams and the Operations team, to ensure that high quality, cost-effective, innovative, and sustainable private sector-oriented FSL programmes are developed and implemented in line with Country Annual Plans and the Country Strategic Plan.
• Lead on defining the strategic axis of interventions on resilience, early warning systems, social protection, and on youth and vulnerable population livelihood support, encompassing the preparation of situational and needs analyses, gathering and analysing primary and secondary data, producing policy formulations, as well as establishing indicators, across the FSL portfolio.
• Work with other thematic leads, the Head of Business Development, Operations, and field teams to develop sector response plans, new proposals, and master budgets.
• Lead on technical FSL assessments, including market and service provider assessments, ensuring assessment findings are thorough and documented and that all assessments include a specific analysis of children’s needs; work to ensure coordination and learning from multiple assessments led by other government, UN and NGO parnters
• Working closely with the PDQ, Ops and Field teams, support program development and resource mobilisation for FSL programming, including the development of high quality concept notes and proposals, and engagement with government, strategic partners and donor Technical Advisers in country.
• Support Operations and Field Teams to ensure timely and quality programme implementation to ensure impactful and timely delivery of programme activities, including monitoring against logframes, contributing to individual performance management and work plans.
• Lead on technical programme review processes and participate in integrated programming reviews.
• Work and support field teams to prepare timely programme and donor reports on project activities in compliance with internal SC requirements and any relevant external donor requirements.
• Work closely with the Operations and HR teams to identify FSL staffing needs (both national and international) for emergency programmes, and contribute to ensuring rapid and comprehensive recruitment, induction and training of new staff.
• Identify programme supply needs and coordinate with the logistics team to put in place a timely procurement plans.
• Work with procurement, operations, finance and other teams to ensure appropriate modality of aid transfer and an accountable cash transfer mechanism is in place.
• Work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team to put in place a sector M&E plan, ensuring this links to reporting requirements, and capacity build technical field staff in carrying out the work.
• Work closely with the Head of MEAL to put in place accountability activities for your thematic area, ensuring that feedback from all relevant stakeholders is considered in programme design.
• To ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Sphere Charter, the Red Cross Code of Conduct and the Core Humanitarian Standards.

Capacity Building:

• Identify learning and training opportunities for Save the Children staff and partners and work as a coach, mentor and role model for the FSL team.

Representation & Advocacy & Organisational Learning:

• Ensure that Save the Children's work is coordinated with Government plans and the efforts of other agencies.
• Take a leadership role within interagency coordination fora, ensuring the specific needs of children are being addressed. This may involve acting as a co-lead in coordination working groups.
• Develop and oversee the technical components of Save the Children Nigeria's FSL, youth empowerment and employment, and social protection research agenda in collaboration with the MEAL team, ensuring the publication of results and use of generated research and evidence.
• Work in close collaboration with the Advocacy and Campaign Department to advocate for relevant policy change, regulation and local ordinances with national and local government stakeholders and civil society
• In collaboration with senior programme staff and partners, assist in advocacy activities that target decision-makers at all levels.
• Contribute to learning, experiences and evidence relevant to global advocacy objectives.
• Contribute to communications and media work, acting as a spokesperson when required, identifying opportunities, material and information for communications work..

General:

• Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

Behaviours (Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others future oriented, thinks strategically and at-scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

Additional Job Responsibilities:

• The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Qualifications

• Education to MSc / MA / level in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience

Experience and Skills:
Essential:

• Significant senior level experience working in FSL programming, including direct experience in implementing cash transfer programmes, youth programming, market analysis and economic recovery, including project management.
• Proven experience in developing and managing high quality, innovative and cost-effective technical FSL projects in nexus programming, preferably protracted crises areas and with International NGOs.
• Previous first phase emergency response experience
• Previous experience in managing a team and coaching
• Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
• Demonstrated monitoring and evaluation skills
• Ability to work in both an advisory and a hands on implementation capacity
• Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach staff
• Experience of representation and ability to represent SC effectively in external forums.
• Experience of preparing successful funding proposals for donors
• Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
• Excellent communication skills with a high level of written and spoken English
• Strong influencing skills and experience in advocacy
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• The capacity and willingness to be flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
• Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC   mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support

Desireable:

• Familiarity with market system development, value chains and private sector engagement
• Familiarity with Food security and nutrition surveys
• Specific experience in designing and managing DFID, USAID, OFDA, BPRM, EU and ECHO projects
• Specific experience of working in consortia projects

Application Closing Date
26th July, 2021.

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

Note

• Equal Opportunities: The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
• Child Safeguarding: We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse
• Health and Safety: The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

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🇦🇺 Hopkins Centre Scholarship at Griffith University 2025 (,480 per Year)

By Editorial Staff
/ September 19, 2024

Calling All Future PhD Superstars: Your Journey Begins Here! Are you ready to immerse yourself in groundbreaking rehabilitation research while...

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🇬🇧 Changes in UK Visa for International Students 2024/25 – What They Mean for You

By Editorial Staff
/ September 19, 2024

Changes in UK Visa for International Students: The United Kingdom has long been a popular destination for international students, known...

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🇬🇧 5 Best Agencies for UK Work Visa Processing 2025

By Editorial Staff
/ September 19, 2024

If you’re planning to work in the UK, securing a work visa is one of the most crucial steps. Navigating...

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🇸🇰 Slovakia National Scholarship Programme (NSP) for International Students (€620/€1,025.50 per Month)

By Editorial Staff
/ September 19, 2024

The Slovak government, located in Central Europe, has launched the Slovakia National Scholarship Programme (NSP) with the goal of offering...

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🇸🇮 Discover Seasonal Work in Slovenia: Earn €800 to €1,500 per Month

By Editorial Staff
/ September 18, 2024

Imagine waking up to the crisp, refreshing air of the Julian Alps, surrounded by stunning mountain views. Envision your family...

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🇨🇭 Switzerland University of St. Gallen (HSG) Excellence Scholarships 2025 (CHF 6,252 per Semester)

By Editorial Staff
/ September 16, 2024

The University of St. Gallen (HSG) in Switzerland offers the prestigious Excellence Scholarships to highly talented international students. These scholarships...

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