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Job Title: INGO Forum Program Officer
Location: Abuja
Type: Full Time
Status: National Employee
Contract Start: 20 March 2023
Contract End: 30 September 2023
Contract Length: 7 Months
Background
- The INGO Forum in Nigeria (NIF) was formed in late 2014 to develop a collaborative platform for effective and principled INGO interaction, engagement and coordination for humanitarian, recovery and development interventions in Nigeria.
- Since inception, the INGO Forum has become a critical platform for ensuring effective information sharing and analysis; leadership on advocacy and policy engagement; and liaison with government/donor/UN engagement and engagement ensuring the perspectives of INGOs and affected populations are ultimately included in decision-making processes.
- The INGO Forum is governed by a core membership of 54 members (and 7 observers) with new member applications pending approval on a regular basis, The INGO Forum is governed by an elected Steering Committee of five Country Directors and a Chair that works alongside a full term Secretariat.
- Since November 2020, the INGO Forum is administratively hosted by iMMAP in Nigeria’s capital city of Abuja as well as Maiduguri.
Description of Duties
Programs and Operations:
- Assist in program activity planning and work plans for all NIF teams.
- Plan and organize all required meetings, workshops, events, and other INGO Forum activities.
- Provide general operations, procurement, and administrative support to all NIF teams.
- Work closely with the host organizations operations team to ensure compliance with all procurement, asset, and operations policies and procedures.
- Assist the Senior Programs Officer in providing support to NIF members, particularly from the HR, Finance, and Logistics working groups.
Procurement and Logistics:
- Assist in the preparing of NIF procurement plan, liaising with internal teams and team leads.
- Ensure NIF’s adherence to the host organizations procurement, and administrative requirements and policies.
- Manage procurement processes for NIF internal and external meetings, events and purchases/services.
- Coordinate all NIF’s procurement process, liaising with the senior program officer and internal teams.
- Manage relationship with NIF’s external stakeholders, vendors and suppliers.
- Oversee the management for all travel and accommodation for NIF staff, visitors, and participants.
- Oversee the Administrative Assistant in ensuring support activities including travel, logistics arrangement, and procurement needs of teams and participants are met.
- Ensure all NIF procurement related documents and contract tracker are updated, retained, and filed appropriately.
- Assist with organizing NIF event logistics, ensuring all necessary resources are available for events.
- Supervise the maintenance of all asset and non-asset records of NIF office in Abuja and Maiduguri.
Requirements
Experience and Skills:
- BA / BSc or equivalent level of Education in Business, Management, International Development, or any relevant course.
- A minimum of 3 years of experience in working with programs management, operations, and procurement systems.
- Experience working in programs support and operations.
- Excellent organizational skills, ability to plan and manage diverse tasks and responsibilities
- Attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members.
- Excellent work habits with the ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
- Good level of computer skills, particularly working with Outlook, and Microsoft 365 (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint).
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Deadline: March 8, 2023
Job Features
Job Category | programs |