Head of Office - Middle Belt, 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
Apr 6, 2021
Last Date
May 6, 2021
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Job Description
Head of Office - Niger Delta, NigeriaTemporary Contract (6 months)
Our ProgramWe launched our programs in Nigeria in 2004. Now in 2020, the country program has offices in Abuja, Jos, Maiduguri, and Yola. We work with partners in target states of the country. Dialogue, media and capacity building are primary tools utilized across all our programs. Each program is adapted to specific local context and conflicts, and all apply common ground tools from our toolbox.
Our Nigeria Middle Belt offices are currently supporting a host of programs around conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding in a humanitarian context, the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus, developing an early warning and early response system, promoting the role of youth and women in preventing violent extremism, supporting return and reintegration of internally displaced people and refugees, COVID-19 Communication initiatives, and supporting social cohesion and providing psychosocial support. Activities in these areas include capacity building, dialogues, peace architecture, media programming, trainings and forums targeted at other Humanitarian and Development actors, participatory theatre and collaborative joint activities.
We are searching for
We are looking for a Head of Office for our Middle Belt program currently covering Niger, Plateau, Nassaroua. Based in Jos, with frequent travel to other field offices as well as occasional travel to field activity locations, the position will be responsible for all aspects of programmatic, financial and administrative coordination and leadership of the office and various programs. Principle tasks will be to oversee the entire Middle Belt regional program portfolio, determine appropriate implementing mechanisms to achieve projects’ strategic goals, serve as the primary program liaison for donors, partners and stakeholders in the region, oversee regional-level planning and budgeting, and reporting/evaluations, ensuring compliance with management and financial procedures and overseeing and managing security of teams and organizational assets.
The position will report to the Country Director, and work closely with the West Africa Regional Program Manager. Working language for this position is English. The Head of Office is a Senior level position and is a member of Search Nigeria’s Leadership and Management Team (LMT).
Roles and Responsibilities
Program development and Management
Our ProgramWe launched our programs in Nigeria in 2004. Now in 2020, the country program has offices in Abuja, Jos, Maiduguri, and Yola. We work with partners in target states of the country. Dialogue, media and capacity building are primary tools utilized across all our programs. Each program is adapted to specific local context and conflicts, and all apply common ground tools from our toolbox.
Our Nigeria Middle Belt offices are currently supporting a host of programs around conflict sensitivity and peacebuilding in a humanitarian context, the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus, developing an early warning and early response system, promoting the role of youth and women in preventing violent extremism, supporting return and reintegration of internally displaced people and refugees, COVID-19 Communication initiatives, and supporting social cohesion and providing psychosocial support. Activities in these areas include capacity building, dialogues, peace architecture, media programming, trainings and forums targeted at other Humanitarian and Development actors, participatory theatre and collaborative joint activities.
We are searching for
We are looking for a Head of Office for our Middle Belt program currently covering Niger, Plateau, Nassaroua. Based in Jos, with frequent travel to other field offices as well as occasional travel to field activity locations, the position will be responsible for all aspects of programmatic, financial and administrative coordination and leadership of the office and various programs. Principle tasks will be to oversee the entire Middle Belt regional program portfolio, determine appropriate implementing mechanisms to achieve projects’ strategic goals, serve as the primary program liaison for donors, partners and stakeholders in the region, oversee regional-level planning and budgeting, and reporting/evaluations, ensuring compliance with management and financial procedures and overseeing and managing security of teams and organizational assets.
The position will report to the Country Director, and work closely with the West Africa Regional Program Manager. Working language for this position is English. The Head of Office is a Senior level position and is a member of Search Nigeria’s Leadership and Management Team (LMT).
Roles and Responsibilities
- Represent Search at the regional level with partners, donors, local and international organizations, and government authorities and ensure Search activities are visible. In accordance with Search advocacy policy, advocate for common ground solutions to various conflict situations in the region;
- Represent Search in strategic meetings, conferences, forums and other public events and contribute towards consolidating and raising the profile of Search;
- Develop and strengthen relationships with local organizations and networks and establish national and regional strategic relations and alliances with partners and civil society working in common cause with Search objectives;
- Continue Search’s engagement around the Humanitarian-Development-Peacebuilding Nexus as a key convening actor; and
- Promote Search's organizational identity and capacity to all stakeholders and partners in the Niger Delta and ensure Search remains relevant to the changing needs of the people who most need it.
Program development and Management
- Ensure a conscious program approach in line with the Common Ground principles;
- Provide leadership and oversight to program staff charged with implementing programs;
- Manage the field-based Search operations staff and program staff;
- Contribute creative ideas for program development and provide inputs for technical and financial proposals to local and international donors ;
- Provide content material to the Communications Team for updating the websites, as well as for quarterly program updates, newsletters, and other Search literature;
- Lead in the development of the Niger Delta program, providing sound methodological and technical support to ensure use of participatory methodologies, human rights and social exclusion framework as per the organizational thematic alignment and programming approach;
- Coordinate the program participatory annual planning and budgeting as per organizational guidelines;
- Promote a participatory approach in programming work and create space in the structure for staff participation and involvement in decision making;
- Oversee and coordinate the program portfolio to ensure the highest level of project quality and accountability, while fostering continuity through building local capacity and developing innovative program interventions;
- Lead the development, implementation and monitoring of research and advocacy plan on issues of relevance in the Niger Delta aligned with
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