Nigeria: Emergency Food and Security and Livelihoods Advisor

Nov 18, 2017 | Save the Children
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Save the Children is an international non-governmental organisation that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries Save the Children employs approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. It also campaigna and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

Save the Children is working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

  • No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
  • All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
  • Violence against children is no longer tolerated

Save the Children knows that great people make a great organization, and that its employees play a crucial role in helping it achieve its ambitions for children. Save the Children values people and offers a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

The role

The EFSL Advisor will be expected to lead on sectoral assessment, programme design and master budgeting, coordination, and support fundraising, recruitment and procurement. In most circumstances, the post holder will be expected to mentor and/or capacity building existing country programme staff.

Qualifications and experience

Essential

  • Significant management experience working in emergency response, including direct experience in implementing cash transfer programmes, market analysis and economic recovery.
  • Previous first phase emergency response experience is essential
  • Education to MSc/MA/ level in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience
  • Previous experience of managing a team
  • Previous experience of project management
  • Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
  • Demonstrated monitoring and evaluation skills
  • Ability to work both in an advisory and a hands on implementation capacity
  • Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach staff
  • Experience of representation and ability to represent SC effectively in external forums.
  • Experience of preparing successful funding proposals for donors
  • Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports
  • Excellent communication skills with a high level of written and spoken English
  • Strong influencing skills and experience in advocacy
  • Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
  • The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
  • Commitment to the aims and principles of SC. In particular, a good understanding of the SC mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support

Desirable

  • Language skills in Hausa
  • Knowledge and / or experience in using HEA, COD and EMMA / MIFIRA
  • Familiarity with nutrition surveys
  • Experience or knowledge of working and living in Northeast Nigeria
  • Specific experience of designing and managing DFID, USAID, EU and ECHO projects
  • Specific experience of working in consortia projects.

Contract length: 06 months

Location: Maiduguri

Application Information:

Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/jobs

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Applicants are advised that Save the Children International does not require any payment or expense during the entire recruitment process. Any request in this direction should be immediately reported as contrary to the values and practices of our organization.