International Rescue Committee (IRC) Job Vacancies

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to people affected by war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The IRC leads the way from harm to home.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: M&E Manager, DFID EiE Consortium

Location: Borno

Scope of Work

• The IRC Nigeria is currently expanding its education portfolio in the northeast of the country in line with its five-year Strategic Action Plan (SAP). A priority outcome for the country program is that girls and boys enroll in and attend safe, functioning, responsive education services. The IRC aims to both rebuild, reequip, and staff damaged school infrastructure and enhance the quality of education through curriculum improvements in formal and non-formal institutions, with a particular focus on social and emotional learning.
• In partnership with Creative Associates, the IRC intends to implement a twenty month project under the Education in Emergencies (EiE) component of DFID’s North-East Nigeria Transition to Development Programme (NENTAD) that aims to deliver an effective response to the basic needs of vulnerable people impacted by the crisis in northeast Nigeria.
• The EiE project will reach more than 100,000 children and adolescents in Borno and Yobe states with quality formal and non-formal education services, including literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional skills.
• The M&E Manager will ensure that the DFID EiE consortium implements the monitoring and evaluation commitments as set out in project.
• S/he Manager will be ensuring that suitable monitoring and evaluation systems are in place, implemented as intended, and reporting in a comprehensive and timely manner to facilitate program coordinators and managers deliver programs that achieve the desired outcomes /impacts.
• The position holder has the role of supervising M&E Of focal points on the project. As a result, s/he is primarily responsible for building M&E Staff capacity through organizing training, mentoring, coaching and supervision.
• S/he technically supports IRC Nigeria to meet standards set out in the Strategic Action Plan (SAP 2020) and IRC’s global Monitoring for Action (MfA) initiative for improving monitoring practice and use of data for decision making within the organization.
• This position is contingent on funding.

Responsibilities
Project design, learning and data quality:

• Ensure that detailed and feasible project monitoring plans are developed that:
  • Provide an indicator matrix,
  • Consider ethical and safe collection and storage of data,
  • Consider data quality audits,
  • Consider storing, protecting and sharing project documents;
• Closely work with M&E focal points on the consortium to make sure all projects have tested standard monitoring tools that capture both program activity and indicators progresses;
• Make sure that the project hase accountability mechanisms up and running;
• Lead exercises on conducting and documenting project learning reviews, and sharing lessons learned and best practices that have implications for refinement of best programmatic practice;
• Organize lesson sharing events like lesson bazars to fertilize learning among different projects staff
• Lead diagnostic studies, evaluations and surveys.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Facilitate the preparations of periodic project activity plans including M&E plans;
• Work with project staff to determine which monitoring activities will take place and which data collection methods to use;
• Work with project staff to ensure that the project work plan includes monitoring activities is up-to date and progress tracked;
• Work with project staff to develop, translate, pilot and finalize data collection tools as needed;
• Design survey data collection methodologies;
• Together with the project technical leads, establish project/program databases and/or tracking sheets, and/or set up in the data platform;
• Work with projects to ensure that data is collected and entered into databases and/or tracking sheets, and/or the data platform on a regular basis;
• Work with project staff to track progress on action points related to implementation and M&E activities;
• Work with project staff to provide M&E inputs for reports written during project implementation;
• Work with project staff to develop detailed work plans and budgets for needs assessment and survey activities;Ensure compilation of routine data across sites and for cross-cutting strategic objectives (i.e. safety);
• Establish a mechanism for measuring the contribution of the project in achieving the SAP;
• Work with project staff to develop the TORs for needs assessments and surveys (that needs to be done internally or by a consultant);
• Take the lead in appraisal of survey proposals, review and approve the data collection methodologies and tools proposed by survey consultants;
• Closely follow up the field data collection and flag the data collection issues to the M&E coordinator and project staff;
• Establish database for entry, management and analysis of needs assessment data;
• Assist in completing quarterly Monitoring for Action project assessments;
• Map roles and responsibilities in relation to the collection, entry, sharing, verification, analysis, and use of data;
• Conduct data quality audits of project data to identify and resolve systemic problems affecting data quality;
• Document findings from data quality audits and store in project files to ensure collective and sustainable access;
• Document schedule of activities related to sharing reports with the project team, donors and other stakeholders;

Information management and reporting:

• Establish and maintain program information management system;
• Together with the M&E Officers and project staff, provide M&E inputs for regular analysis and action planning meetings to (1) compare data against project milestones, targets, and quality expectations across project sites; (2) identify issues requiring further attention;
• Compile, systematically documents and make easily accessible to staff lessons learned;
• Conduct assessment on the information management gaps and suggest the senior management team on how to fill the gaps;
• Input M&E activity accomplishments into the regular reports to donor and project stakeholders.

Staff Capacity Building:

• Conduct staff M&E capacity assessments and organize capacity building events to fill the identified gaps;
• Build the capacity M&E focal points on M&E tools and techniques in general and data collection and analysis in particular;
• Train staff in data collection methods, management, analysis, and how to use data for decision making;
• Assist in recruitment of enumerators and HR onboarding.
• Provide on job training to project staff to conduct descriptive analysis of needs assessment and survey data;
• Identify staffing requirements for project monitoring;
• Provide consistent, supportive supervision to strengthen staff performance as necessary to meet monitoring objectives.

Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor:

• Perform other task related assignment proposed by his/her supervisor/s

Key Working Relationships

• Position Reports to: M&E Coordinator. Indirect reporting line to Education Coordinator.
• Position directly supervises: none, but technical supervision of data collection from education officers and learning facilitators
• Other internal and/or external contacts: project staff, grants unit; finance, HR and supply chain departments

Professional Standards:

• The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.
• In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Requirements

• University Degree in Statistics, Social Science, Development Economics, or a related discipline;
• Minimum two (2) years of experience within the development / humanitarian sector;
• Proven technical skills in monitoring and evaluation, including experience with multi-sectorial and multi-donor funded programs and experience with qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis;
• Proven abilities in developing monitoring plans, data collection, information management, use of databases, and analysis and performance monitoring;
• Demonstrated ability to train and build capacity of others;
• Comprehensive knowledge of humanitarian accountability principles and their translation into practice;
• Strong planning, organizational and interpersonal skills;
• Excellent analytical, presentation, and reporting skills;
• Excellent database, data management and data analysis skills, with experience using at least 2 software applications such as Microsoft Excel, Access, SPSS, STATA, Epi-data, Epi-Info; and
• Strong commitment to IRC’s mission, purpose and values.

Working Environment

• The position will be based in Maiduguri, Nigeria with frequent travel throughout Borno and Yobe states. The situation in northeast Nigeria continues to be volatile and the security phase is orange or red depending on location. This is a non-accompanied position.

Benefits
Monthly salary, 13Month Salary Inclusive, Health Insurance Coverage for Family, Pension, Creche Facilities available for Women with babies under 24 Months.

Job Title: Women Protection and Empowerment GBVIMS Officer

Location: Yola, Adamawa – with movement and focus on all WPE Programs in North-Eastern Nigeria

Background

• The International Rescue Committee is an NGO that serves refugee and communities victimized by oppression and violent conflict worldwide. Since October 2012, the IRC has been responding to humanitarian needs of Nigerians. The initially intervened in response to flood disaster that affected over 7 million people across the country, destroying harvest and damaging home.
• IRC is currently implementing programs in Health, Child Protection, WASH, Nutrition and Women’s Protection and Empowerment in Yola, Adamawa State, North-Eastern Nigeria. WPE program implement prevention and response activities to address gender-based violence.
• Gender-based violence (GBV) is a serious human rights and public health issue affecting women and girls around the world. It impacts all aspects of women and girl’s physical, emotional, psychological and social well-being. It has harmful consequences for the individuals who experience it, their families, and communities as a whole.
• The IRC Women Protection and Empowerment Program is a multi-sectoral prevention and response program involving multiple organizations and actors from the IDP and NGO community, UN agencies and all sectors of IRC.
• The focus of this program is to provide good quality health and psychosocial response services to conflict-affected women and girls in Yobe, North-Eastern Nigeria in a timely manner.

Scope of Work

• The WPE GBVIMS Officer will ensure correct entry of overall GBV cases into the GBV Incident Recorder (IR) for all IRC operational areas. These include Damaturu, Maiduguri, Monguno, Konduga Gwoza and all Adamawa WPE operational areas.
• He/She will use the GBVIMS Incident Recorder to record all cases received from the different locations.
• Shares weekly update with Senior program Manager and Coordinator on trend of cases documented to guide GBV prevention activities and informed programming.
• Should ensure abiding by the GBV guiding principles.

Responsibilities

• Ensures data received from the field is correctly entered into the Incident Recorder on a regular basis.
• Weekly Share with CMOs, Managers and Coordinator trend to inform prevention activities and informed
• Programming and for advocacy.
• Regularly update documentation and maintain Database for all documented cases using the GBVIMS.
• Manage Database of documented cases: to include statistics, and all other relevant information.
• Use the GBVIMS Incident Recorder to analyze cases documented for weekly, monthly and quarterly
• Statistics as required by program Manager / Coordinator for internal and donor reporting in a timely manner.
• Actively develop and maintain effective working relationships with IRC WPE Response teams,
• Government actors, UN agencies, NGOs, and other relevant actors.
• Any other duties as assigned by the GBV Senior Program Manager/Coordinator.

Requirements

• Must have attained at least University degree in Sociology from a recognized Institution.
• Must have experience working directly with GBV survivors and documenting cases of GBV for at least 2 years
• Must be Computer literate in MS-Word and MS-Excel and must be knowledgeable in using the
• GBVIMS.
• Ability to organize and manage data; maintain confidentiality and respect for clients at all times is essential.
• Positive and professional attitude, able to organize, maintain composure and prioritize work under pressure, work overtime when necessary and be able to coordinate multiple tasks and maintain attention to detail.
• Must be able to read, write and understand English, ability to speak other local languages like Hausa,
• Kanuri is an added advantage.
• Must possess interest and commitment to human rights, gender equality and gender issues.
• Must be a Team Player.

Working Environment

• The position will be based in Yola, Adamawa, Nigeria with frequent travel throughout Borno and Yobe states.
• The situation in northeast Nigeria continues to be volatile and the security phase is orange or red depending on location. This is a non-accompanied position.

Benefits
Monthly salary, 13Month Salary Inclusive, Health Insurance Coverage for Family, Pension, Creche Facilities available for Women with babies under 24 Months.

Job Title: Warehouse Assistant

Location: Maiduguri, Borno

Background

• The Global Supply Chain Department supports the organization’s work by providing reliable and scalable application development and Operations for the IRC’s offices in the US and around the world, in the aspect of procurement, assets, inventory and management of the IRC’s GSC policies

Program Background:

• The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster.
• IRC entered Nigeria in October 2012 in response to a widespread flood disaster. IRC’s emergency response team, with local partner CISCOPE (Civil Society Coalition for Poverty Eradication), implemented a project to support livelihoods and improve WASH in Kogi State from February to May 2013 to January 2014. This was followed by a 3month nutrition and food security program in the same location from October 2013 to January 2014. IRC has been supporting programming in Adamawa State since early 2014. The current project addresses malnutrition and associated health concerns among conflict-affected persons in North-Center Adamawa State. In addition, IRC is beginning a new education focused grant looking at non-traditional educational access for conflict-affected youth.

Key Tasks

• Understand, implement and / or maintain standard IRC inventory management policies and procedures.
• Train warehouse staff as required.
• Manage and document the receipt, handling, storage, release and reporting of goods through the IRC warehouse(s).
• Advise supervisor of potential inventory shortage.
• Manage casual laborers in the warehouse.
• Ensure the maintenance of warehouse building(s), fittings and equipment.
• Implement and ensure clear safety procedures.
• Implement and ensure clear loading / unloading procedures, correct stacking and turnover (FIFO) procedures.
• Advise the Logistics Manager/ Operations Coordinator of warehouse-specific issues or improvements.
• Maintain the Warehouse activity book recording all outgoing and incoming receipts and activities.
• Carry out any other task assigned by the Logistics Manager.

Warehousing and Inventory:

• Monitor security of IRC’s storage and supplies.
• Receive completed store’s request forms and prepare the goods for issuance.
• Ensure goods, equipment are signed for received on the request form (office expendables) or waybill (all other items).
• Prepare weekly and monthly report for the expendables store outlining all stock movements and remaining balances.
• On a monthly basis, work with the Logistics Manager to reconcile the Warehouse register in the Asset tracking sheet and equipment issuance forms.
• Update the stock record cards regularly.
• Conduct routine inventory inspection and submit report to the Logistics Manager in a timely manner.

Expected Deliverables:

• Maintain full and accurate inventory records.
• Undertake (documented) monthly and ad-hoc physical inventory checks.
• Conduct documented quarterly job performance reviews of Warehouse staff, providing appropriate feedback.
• Provide on-time, standard monthly reports to the Logistics Manager.

Job Requirements

• Knowledge of generic warehouse management systems and forms
• Secondary School education
• Holder of a valid driving license
• Physically mobile, able to lift 50kg without strain.
• Competent in spoken and written English.
• Good mathematical skills.
• Competent use of PC especially spreadsheets (format / sort / filter).

Personal Characteristics:

• Strong sense of personal integrity.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong supervisory skills.
• Ability to multi-task.
• Team spirit and problem solving abilities.

Working Environment

• The position will be based in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
• The situation in northeast Nigeria continues to be volatile and the security phase is orange or red depending on location. This is a national position.

Benefits

• Monthly salary, 13Month Salary Inclusive, Health Insurance Coverage for Family, Pension, Creche Facilities available for Women with babies under 24 Months.

Deadline: 18th August, 2017.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send CV’s and cover letter to email address: “The Country Director, International Rescue Committee” via: IRCNigeria.Recruitment@rescue.org
Or
Hand delivery applications should be sent in clearly labelled envelop to our Maiduguri office.