Nigeria: Food Security Project Manager

Oct 22, 2017 | INTERSOS
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INTERSOS is an Italian humanitarian organization on the first line that works all over the world bringing assistance to people in danger victims of natural disasters and armed conflicts. INTERSOS, with its own humanitarian operators, intervenes to effectively meet the needs of people in crisis, with a particular attention to the vulnerable groups, as women and children. It provides first aid, food, shelter, medical assistance and basic goods. It ensures that basic needs, as education, clean water and health, are met. 

General Context of the project

 The Boko Haram armed opposition insurgency started in 2009 and Maiduguri was the epicentre of the armed conflict. Later the armed conflict spread to all twenty-seven (27) Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Borno State, North East Nigeria. The conflict took an international dimension as it spread to the neighbouring countries of Cameroun, Niger and Chad, resulting in the displacement of millions of people across all four frontiers. The Armed Opposition Group (AOG) has been killing people in both rural and urban centres in their quest to form a hairline Islamic State in the North east of Nigeria. They have been abducting young boys and girls and conscripting young boys into their military ranks, burning peoples’ houses as a way of forcing them into submission. A lot of towns and cities have been burned and destroyed. Social services and amenities have also destroyed and are now none existent. Agricultural activities which used to be the source of food security and livelihoods among the rural communities of the North East are no longer existent. Joint military operations by Cameroun, Nigeria, Chad and Niger have resulted in the liberation of 15 LGAs. According to available records insurgency in the northeast has claimed close to 20,000 lives and has caused enormous damage to public and private property, disrupted basic services such as health, education, financial services and displaced around two million 0ne hundred and fifty thousand (2,150 000) individuals in Adamawa, Yobe, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Bauchi states. 

General Purpose of the Position

 Provide overall supervision to the activities implemented within the framework of the project ensuring that they are delivered following the proposal text agreed with the donor and that they are leading to the achievement of the project’s results in a timely way. 

Main Possibilities and Tasks

  • Overall supervision of implementation of Food Security project activities
  • Liaise with donors’ program staff for matters related to project implementation at the field level
  • Line management for the Food Security project staff
  • Coordinate and manage Food Security project implementation (activities, budget and project documentation) in line with proposals, strategies and donor requirements
  • Elaborate project concept notes and proposals for submission to donors
  • Ensure adherence to INTERSOS policies, guidance and procedures
  • Provide distribution reports to the donor partner as required after each distribution
  • Provide regular progress reports to the Head of Mission and the regional program support officer
  • Initiate and participate in the development of relevant Food Security projects
  • Develop and manage Food Security project budget
  • Implement technical direction for food distribution and ensure high technical quality of project
  • Ensure that the project targets most vulnerable and most in need beneficiaries, explore and assess new and better ways to assist them
  • Ensure capacity building of project staff and transfer of key skills
  • Liaise and collaborate with relevant local authorities and other key stakeholders for a coordinated implementation of project activities
  • Implement other tasks as might be required by the hierarchy with relation to INTERSOS Country Program in Nigeria.
 

Education

 University, Bachelor's degree 

Professional Experience

  • Minimum 3 years of experience from a senior level project implementation position in a humanitarian/recovery context
  • Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
  • Technical Food Security expertise (In-kind and cash for food)
  • Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
  • Experienced in leadership, problem solving

Professional Experience

  • Teamwork
  • Time management
  • Leadership, negotiation skills
 

Languages

  • Fluency in English, both written and verbal
  • Knowledge of local languages will be a good asset (Desirable
 

Personal Requirements

  • Ability to work in volatile security environment
  • Capacity to adapt to basic living conditions, patience.
  • Ability to put up with pressure from government agencies