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Borno |
Posted 4 years ago |
Food Security & Livelihood Assistant is needed at Save the Children Nigeria
JOB TITLE: Food Security & Livelihood Assistant
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Job ID: 2000034R
LOCATION: Maiduguri, Borno
Employee Status: Permanent
Child Safeguarding
- Level 3. The responsibilities of this post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children and young people.
Role Purpose
- The Food security and Livelihood Assistant will work with the FSL team and directly with the FSL Officers to ensure timely delivery of project activities.
Key Areas of Accountability
Programme Support (typically will be at field level):
- Support field level technical assessments in coordination with the FSL response lead and other SC thematic areas and/or other external sector agencies, ensuring assessment findings are documented and that all assessments include a specific analysis of children’s needs.
- With support from the FSL Officer and Coordinator or other senior programme staff, develop project plans and budgets, contributing towards an overall project implementation.
- Working closely with supervisees (Partner Field Assistants/enumerators) to ensure project/sector objectives are met per time across projects being supported.
- With the support of FSL Officer, support project implementation to ensure timely delivery of project activities (for example, monitoring against log frames, individual performance management work plans).
- Coordinate field level implementation of projects activities alongside staff of partner organizations.
- Work closely with the Sector Lead, Program Manager and other senior programme staff, support timely programme and donor reports on project activities in compliance with internal SC requirements and any relevant external donor requirements.
- Help in the identification and recruitment of community mobilisers and/or project volunteers
- With support from the FSL Coordinator/officer and/or other senior programme staff, identify programme supplies needs and coordinate with the logistics team to put in place a sensible phased procurement plan.
- With support from the Monitoring & Evaluation team support the M & E plan implementation within the FSL projects.
- With support from the Accountability Lead ensure accountability is enforced in all project activities as well as ensuring that feedback from children and their families is considered in project design/implementation
- Work closely with partners and their staff to ensure project activities are implemented on time and within the stipulated quality.
- To ensure that the minimum standards of humanitarian relief are maintained in accordance with the Sphere Charter and Red Cross Code of Conduct.
Skills & Experience
General Skills:
- Level of Education – First degree B.Sc/ BA level in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience
- Must have completed NYSC
- Minimum of a year work experience
- Knowledge of local language and culture
- Ability to manage competing priorities effectively in a constantly changing environment, meet deadlines and work calmly under pressure
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong teamwork skills with the ability to both support colleagues and request support as and when required
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, fluent in English
- Ability to draft well-written, professionally presented documents
- IT experience – Proficient in Microsoft Office
- 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.
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Job Features
Job Category | Security / Intelligence |
Deadline | 24th June, 2020. |
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