Early Warning Coordinator - Nigeria

Early Warning Coordinator - Nigeria
Search for Common Ground, Nigeria

Experience
1 Year
Salary
0 - 0
Job Type
Job Shift
Job Category
Traveling
No
Career Level
Telecommute
No
Qualification
As mentioned in job details
Total Vacancies
1 Job
Posted on
Mar 26, 2021
Last Date
Apr 26, 2021
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Job Description

Early Warning Coordinator - NigeriaYola, NigeriaPosition SummarySearch for Common Ground seeks a professional, motivated, and creative Early Warning Coordinator that will be responsible for the conduct of community early warning prevention and mitigation activities in Adamawa State. S/he will ensure that the conflict scanning is executed as planned; coordinate early warning observers, confirm and analyze reports and prepare monthly reports. S/he will work closely with the State project coordinator in the implementation of early warning and Conflict prevention activities.About The ProjectSearch for Common Ground with support from the EU is starting a 18 months project titled Contributing to the mitigation of conflict over natural resources between farmer and herder communities in Adamawa state, Nigeria (COMITAS). The project pursues four specific objectives: First, it will aim to strengthen traditional conflict resolution in the targeted locations in Adamawa state to support conflict prevention and mitigation efforts. Secondly, this project will aim to improve trust in authorities’ commitment to providing security and adequate resource management to help prevent communities to turn towards violence.The third specific objective of the project is to address the root causes of conflict between farmer and herder communities over natural resources and lastly, the fourth specific objective of this project is to improve intra and inter communal perceptions.The project will be implemented in Demsa, Girei, Numan, Lamurde, and Song local government areas in Adamawa State, Yola in Adamawa State.This project will work to contribute to the mitigation of conflict over natural resources . Search and her partners will work with authorities first at the lowest level (local administration, authorities, the judiciary) and other higher levels (State, Federal) where necessary. This approach, as developed has successfully applied, in USAID-funded Building Bridges Between Herders and Farmers in Plateau, Nasarawa, and Kaduna States program in the Middle Belt, consists of conflict prevention, dispute resolution, and sustainability beginning from the local level and conflict-affected people themselves.The project will support community-based Early Warning and Early Response (EWER) to identify risks and partner with civil society, security or government actions to institutionalize strategies and approaches that will build community capacity and skills for sustainable peace.Additionally, the project seeks to ensure conflicts identified through the EWER feed into multi-stakeholder forums for dispute resolution and higher-level policy change and create open and neutral spaces for farmer and pastoralist community members and leaders to identify collective solutions.
Roles and Responsibilities
  • Has the responsibility for managing the Early Warning System (EWS) and integrated hub in Adamawa state with guidance from the Conflict Analyst
  • Organize monthly meetings with Community Observers (COs) and quarterly meetings with Community Response Networks (CRNs) in Adamawa and Borno States.
  • Ensure that the EW system receives daily SMS/voice incident reports from COs, CRNs and other stakeholders and such reports are documented on the system and analyzed in real-time and disseminated to actors and communities for immediate response.
  • Collate and develop weekly EWS reports/analysis and Monthly update to be shared with donors and other stakeholders.
  • Develop bimonthly EWS bulletin to share in printed and electronic copies to local actors, government and stakeholders including NGOs.
  • Participate and share analysis of EWS reports with CSADs and PAD members.
  • Document key success stories from the EWS reports, incidences and/or responses of actors and stakeholders linked to the reports received from the system.
  • Support programmatic and logistical support and assistance to the State Project Coordinator
  • Serve as a link and intermediary between Search for Common Ground and local communities and partners.
  • Facilitate and organize field visits for Search staff, visitors and donors to local communities
  • Contribute to the preparation of funder reports
  • Participate in research in support of project implementation and development
  • Work with program staff in the development and continuous improvement of systems
  • Provide necessary support to implementing partners and government under the supervision of the program managers
  • Provide weekly and monthly progress report to supervisor and management team

As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key duties.
Educational Background
  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in social science, arts, development studies or related field;
  • Additional education in co

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