Vacancy for Programme Officer (Emergency Response) at Christoffel Blinden Mission (CBM)

CBM is an international development organisation, committed to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities in the poorest countries of the world. CBM provides grants sourced from private and institutional donors to local partners, who subsequently implement the grants on the basis of contracts signed with CBM detailing implementation, accounting, and reporting standards. In this set-up, CBM Country Offices (CO) perform control and monitoring procedures aimed at partner projects; control reports from implementing partners to C8M, including comparison with original source documents, project contract and cost plans; and ensure compliance with organizational and statutory requirements.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Programme Officer (Emergency Response)

Location: Maiduguri, Nigeria; with travels within the north-east & Abuja
Contract duration: 2 years
Contract type: Full-time
Contract start: March 2018

Objective

• CBM is seeking a Programme Officer (Emergency Response) to support emergency response projects in the north-east, funded by CBM Germany and BMZ.
• In close cooperation with local implementing partners, the Programme Officer (Emergency Response) assumes responsibility for the smooth running of CBM-supported emergency response projects from the planning phase to final evaluation, including reporting.

Main Tasks
Planning and implementation:

• Detailed programme planning with implementing partners and other key stakeholders
• Strong collaboration with relevant stakeholders, including the governments
• Development of detailed multi-year plans
• Deliverables and milestones planning
• Breakdown of complex activities into tasks
• Updates on risk assessment (and risk management)
• Regular updating of all plans
• Facilitate joint meetings and activities among partners
• Monitoring and knowledge management
• Monitor plan design and implementation
• Data collection
• Data analysis and interpretation
• Recommendations and corrective measures
• Scheduling of evaluation, including ToR’s development, consultant selection, evaluation coordination and integration/use of recommendations in decision-making
• Documentation of lessons learnt and good practices

Reporting:

• Monitoring / progress reporting, according to donor’s requirements
• Other types of reports issuing
• Prepare project briefs, reports and presentations as required

Partnership:

• Partnerships implementation and follow up (rights and obligation)
• Capacity building needs identification and implementation
• Support to partners in reporting
• Support to partners for elaboration of annual and quarterly budgets and activity plans
• Active involvement in cluster meetings and activities
• Networking among emergency response clusters

Other duties:

• Other relevant assigned duties, as necessary

Personal Profile and Competencies

• Development programme experience in (I)NGO
• Knowledge and experience of project cycle management in development context for 5 years
• Knowledge and experiences of project monitoring of minimum of 3 years
• Basic knowledge of advocacy
• Experience in narrative and financial reporting on complex projects to international donors
• Cooperation with civil society/government/donors and private sector knowledge and/or experiences
• Knowledge in managing project and accounting for inflow and outflow of funds
• Working experience in insecure environments

Performance criteria
Efficiency:

• Efficient management of emergency response projects
• Project reporting completed according to set timelines

Effectiveness:

• Timely and accurate reporting
• Capacity development progress is reported regularly
• Adherence to donor requirements and rules, as well as CBM project management procedures

Risk and Compliance:

• Operational and compliance risks identified and reported and /or addressed proactively
• Delays / modifications in project activities implementation are anticipated, noted, and addressed

Deadline: 21st December, 2017 .

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit in English a meaningful Letter of Motivation, CV, Copies of Diplomas, three Professional Referees and Salary expectations quoted in Nigerian Naira to “Human Resource Unit” via: jobs.nigeria@cbm.org

Note

• Only Nigeria nationality are eligible
• The future job holder adheres to CBM values and commits to CBM’s Child Safeguarding Policy.
• CBM is an equal opportunities employer, and particularly welcomes applications from persons with disabilities.