Posted on: Sat 26-08-2023

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world's largest humanitarian network and is guided by seven Fundamental Principles: Humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, universality and unity.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Program Officer - British Red Cross

Vacancy No: S04364

Location: Nigeria

Contract Type: National

Duration: 12 Months

Grade: National Staff

Job Purpose

Under the direct supervision and the guidance of the Programme coordinator, the Programme Officer will:

• Plan and monitor implementation of the BRC/ NRCS Country programme in a timely, effective and efficient manner.
• Work closely with the National Society to strengthen preparedness and response capacity to enable the NS improve their disaster management programming.
• Support ongoing collaboration with all relevant partners in the region in the field of disaster risk management and will also work on further developing these relationships.
• The job will require travel to the project locations in Lagos, Imo, FCT, Delta and Bauchi of about 50% of the total work hours.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

He/ she will have the following responsibilities:

• Responsible in planning, implementation, and reporting of components of the Disaster Management programme, under overall programme leadership of the Programme Coordinator
• Lead development of Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) component of the DM programme
• Coordinate follow-up on implementation plans with colleagues in London and Nigeria on key strategic topics such as Community Engagement and Accountability and Prevention and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
• Strengthen capacity and competencies in the programme branches on Water Sanitation and Hygiene.
• Ensure effective working relationships with the relevant departments/ branches of NRCS as well as WASH/ Health technical advisors at BRC.
• Provision of guidance and support implementation of activities related to other technical areas of the project, mainly related to logistics, information management, Protection and Gender Inclusion, and Health
• Conduct monitoring and supervisory visits to the programme activity sites in the field.
• Organize and facilitate training sessions for National Society technical staff and volunteers in various areas of disaster risk management.
• Participate in relevant meetings with relevant stakeholders where needed.
• Perform other duties in addition to the above responsibilities, commensurate with background and experience as deemed necessary by Supervisor; especially contributing to development and management of additional programmes in future.

Requirements

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Development Studies, Public Health or relevant field

Experience:

Relevant:

• Experience in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
• Experience with planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting on projects for Disaster Management programming
• Experience in capacity building initiatives for Disaster Risk Reduction or WASH
• Experience in coordinating stakeholders across organizations

Preferred:

• Experience within a multi-cultural environment
• Experience in partner relationship management and attention to detail

Knowledge, Skills and Languages:

Relevant:

• Strong communication skills
• Computer Literate (especially excel, word, power point)
• Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
• Initiative and flexibility
• Accuracy and attention to details

Language:

Fluently spoken and written English.

Application Closing Date

8th September, 2023.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:

Click here to apply online

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