Jobs
Mercy Corps Graduate recruitment in Nigeria, September 2014 ([email protected])
Mercy Corps, International Humanitarian Organisation is looking for
candidates to fill in the vacant position under the humanitarian aid
response in Gombe State. We are looking for motivated individuals,
members of targeted community ready and willing to work in dynamic team.
Position Title: Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant (2 positions)
Location: Gombe
Program/Department Summary:
Mercy Corps is starting a new emergency response program in Gombe state.
This one-year program will incorporate relief work and livelihood in
order to support displaced people and host communities in Gombe State.
To support activities, Mercy Corps is looking for talented and dedicated
Monitoring and Evaluation Assistant.
General Position Summary:
Under the direction of the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, M&E
Assistant will be responsible for the monitoring of project activities
at project sites. These activities include: beneficiaries
verification, monitoring of project activities, collecting data through
surveys and interviews, participating in the assessments and submitting
routine reports.
Essential Job Functions:
- Assist in data collection, illustrating project activities progress and impact
- Conduct beneficiary names verification, ensuring they meet agreed project target criteria
- Assist in monitoring of program activities, including
distributions, trainings, to ensure that intended assistance is
delivered to registered beneficiaries as scheduled,
- Ensure all the activities are conducted in full respect to the humanitarian principles and in organized and dignified way
- Participate in surveys, assessments, Focus Groups Discussions
- Ensure proper filing, handling and movement of project files
- Assist in data entry into the project databases
- Assist in designing data entry tools and monitoring tools, as required
- Share and document lessons learned
- Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in
such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize
its humanitarian mission.
- Other duties as assigned.
Accountability to Beneficiaries: Mercy Corps team
members are expected to support all efforts towards accountability,
specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding
international relief and development work, while actively engaging
beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and
evaluation of our field projects
Supervisory Responsibility:
None
Accountability: beneficiaries and project stakeholders
Reports Directly To: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Works Directly With: Program and Monitoring team, and Gombe support team
Knowledge and Experience:
- Willingness and ability to perform field work.
- Preferably a Bachelor's degree in a related field: social
sciences, development studies, education, etc. or at least one year of
work experience in a related discipline.
- Experience in community work with previous experience in project monitoring, preferably with an NGO within Gombe State;.
- Demonstrated skills in planning, organizing, analyzing and reporting.
- Ability to interact effectively with various community members,
conducting him/herself with sensitivity and respect towards others
- Fluency in English and Hausa is a must
- Excellent computer skills – Word and Excel are required;
Position Title: Program Assistant - (2 Positions)
Location: Gombe
Program/Department Summary:
Mercy Corps is starting a new emergency response program in
Gombe state. This one-year program will incorporate relief work and
livelihood in order to support displaced people and host communities in
Gombe State. To support activities, Mercy Corps is looking for talented
and dedicated Program Assistant.
General Position Summary:
Under the direction of the Program Coordinator, Program Assistant will
assist program team in day-to-day implementation of the activities, what
may include: beneficiaries registration, community sensitization and
mobilization, facilitation of the community meetings, conducting
assessments, collecting beneficiary feedback, contributing to the teams
planning.
Essential Job Functions:
- Assist Program Officers to ensure the program progress according
to the developed schedule and are coordinated in the target
geographical area
- Support an on-going process of beneficiary registration, community mobilization and sensitization, whenever required
- Assist in promoting community participation and inclusion, so to
aim the community ownership over activities implementation. Ensure
equal representation of various community groups in the implementation
of the activities.
- Assist in the facilitation of the community meetings, focus groups discussions and other, as required by the supervisor.
- Keep the Program Officers and Program Coordinator updated with
regards to the security situation in the project implementation area.
- Provide weekly field reports, capturing activities progress, lessons learned as well as general situation and community needs.
- Document lessons learned and success stories on the project, mobilization of beneficiaries
- Ensure a safe working environment for all people involved in
project implementation and maintain the highest standards of behavior
when working with children and families.
- Adhere to all MC policies and procedures as outlined in MC policies and procedure manuals;
- Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in
such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize
its humanitarian mission.
- Other duties as assigned.
Accountability to Beneficiaries: Mercy Corps team
members are expected to support all efforts towards accountability,
specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding
international relief and development work, while actively engaging
beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and
evaluation of our field projects
Supervisory Responsibility:
None
Accountability: beneficiaries and project stakeholders
Reports Directly To: Program Coordinator - Gombe
Works Directly With: Program Officers, M&E team and Gombe support staff
Knowledge and Experience:
- Willingness and ability to perform field work
- 1-2 years of working experience, previous experience from community work within Gombe LGAs, highly preferred.
- Proven ability to develop and maintain good relation with the local communities and project beneficiaries
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to effectively communicate with various community groups
- Demonstrated skills in planning, organizing and reporting
- Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills
- Fluency in Hausa and English is required
- Good computer skills are the must
Position Title: Program Coordinator
Location: Gombe
Program/ Department Summary:
Mercy Corps is starting a new emergency response program in Gombe state.
This one-year program will incorporate relief work and livelihood in
order to support displaced people and host communities in Gombe State.
To support activities, Mercy Corps is looking for talented and dedicated
Program Coordinator.
General Position Summary:
The Program Coordinator provides oversight of all aspects of emergency
program implementation in Gombe State and is responsible for supporting
the implementation and monitoring the delivery of emergency assistance
for internally displaced and host community households within Gombe
state. The position includes daily management of program activities and
program staff; supporting the Abuja based Head of Emergency Programs to
ensure that the program and operational systems and support mechanisms
are in place to track, analyze and report on results.
The Program Coordinator will be supported by a Mercy Corps field
(program and operations team in Gombe and supervised by the Head of
Emergency Programs. The program will consist of a mix of distribution
modalities from physical commodities to market-based approaches as well
as trainings and other activities building capacities of local
communities. S/he will be a strong leader, effective communicator and
is able to work with a diverse team to achieve common objectives.
Essential Job Functions:
Program Management:
- Contribute to the development of program implementation
strategies and ensure that all activities and interventions are
implemented accordingly
- Work with the program team to identify and quantify the emerging needs of displaced and host families and report them to the PM
- Plan weekly activities with program teams; assist /Head of
Emergency Programs in designing monthly plans. Ensure plans are in line
with overall program plans.
- Contribute to establishing a clear and straightforward beneficiary selection process and support the documentation of the same.
- Conduct regular field visits to monitor all activities and report on findings.
- Generate weekly field progress reports, contribute to the Quarterly Reports.
- Ensure all project activities are conducted in timely and
qualitative manner and dignified way, in accordance with principles of
protection and humanitarianism and that activities meet Mercy Corps and
donor requirements of transparency and accountability;
- Work closely with M&E team to ensure the reconciliation of distribution lists and proper filing of project documents.
- Continuously asses needs of vulnerable local and displaced population and report needs to Mercy Corps Nigeria senior management.
Team Management
- Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence;
- Promote accountability, communicate expectations and provide constructive feedback via regular performance reviews
- Oversee program team day-to-day work, ensuring activities are implemented according to the developed strategies and planning
- Support the team in problem solving, ensure the integration of all team members into relevant decision-making processes
- Conduct probationary and annual performance reviews of the project team and contribute to the development of performance plans
Representation
- Liaise with local authorities, program stakeholders and other
community members, to ensure all parties are informed about project
strategies and progress, as well as take part in the coordination of the
activities.
- Attend field and Abuja coordination meetings, if required
Program Support Operations
- Coordinate with program, finance, operations, and administration
staff to ensure effective systems are in place to support field
activities including logistics (transport, warehousing and asset
management), procurement, security, administration and human resources.
- Ensure transparent and honest operational practice and behavior of all Gombe staff.
Security
- Work closely with the country team and security focal point in
supporting and adhering to policies that support the safety and security
of the team.
- Actively promote a security conscious culture amongst the team, and assist with compliance issues.
- Ensure that all team members are checking in on time with the dedicated person.
Other
- Act as the main focal point for disseminating information to authorities, communities and partner organizations.
- Work closely with Mercy Corps’ support staff and other project
staff to ensure that program activities provide maximum impact in target
areas
- Identify any apparent issues in the program and report them to the appropriate personnel;
- Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in
such a manner as to bring credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize
its humanitarian mission;
- Other duties as assigned.
Organizational Learning
As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of
our understanding that learning organizations are more effective,
efficient and relevant to the communities they serve - we expect all
team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that
benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
Accountability to Beneficiaries
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts towards
accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international
standards guiding international relief and development work, while
actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the
design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Supervisory Responsibility: Program Officers (2-3), Program
Assistant (1), M&E Assistant (1), Finance Officer (1) Procurement
& Logistics Assistant (1)
Accountability: Beneficiaries and other stakeholders
Reports Directly To: Head of Emergency Programs
Works Directly With: M&E and technical teams, program support, finance and security in Abuja
Knowledge and Experience:
- University degree in international studies, social sciences, economics or other relevant field; MA/S preferred
- Minimum of five years of progressive work experience in program
implementation preferably with an international organization and
preferable minimum one year experience in emergency assistance
- Previous experience from cash-based, market oriented interventions will be an asset.
- Understanding of the social, political and economic context of N-East Nigeria
- Previous supervisory experience is essential.
- Ability to work effectively as part of team in an emergency, cross-cultural and politically sensitive setting.
- Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks.
- Ability to collect, interpret, and synthesize data collected from field teams.
- Excellent people management skills; including the ability to
motivate, train staff and distribute workloads between team members.
- Knowledge of sphere standards and gender sensitive programming.
- Willingness to learn and to progress professionally.
- Excellent IT skills and command of Microsoft Office (mainly Word and Excel) in addition to email.
- Excellent English language skills, fluency in Hausa are required.
Success Factors:
All positions require high motivation, positive attitude, and
willingness to work with multi-cultural and multi-ethnic team.
Successful candidates should have cheerful personality, be able to work
after hours, if need.
How To Apply:
Interested candidates are encouraged to submit CV and Cover Letter, addressing the position requirements to:
[email protected] . Please note that a candidate can apply for 1 position only.
All applications must include the position title in the subject line. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
We are an equal opportunity organization and we encourage women to apply to these positions.
Application Deadline 10th of October 2014.
