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Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an International
non-governmental organization supporting relief and development
work in over 99 countries around the world. CRS programs assist
person on the
basis of need, regardless of creed,
ethnicity or nationality works through local church and
non-church partners to implement its programs, therefore,
strengthening and building the capacity of these partner
organizations is fundamental to programs in every country in
which CRS operates. CRS re-established presence in Nigeria m 2000
and currently focuses on agriculture, HIV and health extractives
and governance, and peace building programming.
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Job Title: Temporary Program Manager – USAID
Project
Specific Responsibilities:
1. Work with CSOs and caseworkers to supports
trainings of community volunteers (liaisons and liaison
supervisors) on livelihood planning process.
2. Monitor the implementation of the caseworker
management process including household visits at the community
level and tracking of progress of amongst households.
3. Develop a systematic organizational capacity
strengthening for 7 LGAs, while increasing the voice of citizens
to participate in local economic planning
4. Play an active and effective role in the
design and implementation of organizational development plans
(ODPs) and priorities in relation to local government systems,
strategic planning, social sector development and financial and
corporate management and responsibilities.
5. In collaboration with LGA council, identity
key activities for the project to undertake to advance women’s
participation in service delivery, decision making or building
the skills and competencies of LGA officials to conduct their
work in a more gender sensitive and socially inclusive way
6. Building the capacity of village and ward
development committees (VDCs/WDCs), community women and youths to
articulate their local economic development (LED) plan and
productively engage in service delivery decision making. This
would demand designing capacity building activities and advocacy
strategies
7. Provide support and advisory services
relating to governance processes, institutional strengthening,
and engagement of local government systems
8. Supports local government councils in the
development and delivery of its action plan based on the
organizational capacity assessment report
9. Develops and leads the implementation of an
overarching strategy for strengthening local governance systems
for the design and implementation of social sector development
priorities as relevant to communities
10. Provides support and advice to the
development and implementation of specific projects, work plans
and interventions on appropriate governance
11. SupportCSO partners to implement
appropriate Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) designed program
12. With support from Technical Program
Director and M&E team, collaborate with CSO partners to
develop and implement appropriate monitoring systems and tools
for Market/Cash Transfer Programs.
13. Support the development of quality scopes
of work for technical assistance, training materials/facilitation
guides.
14. Work with the M&E director to identify
and implement appropriate ICT4D solutions to improve
timeliness and quality of M&E and project
implementation .
15. Support CSO and local government
development of capacity in the framework of project to implement
appropriate cash transfer programming, including
developing/identifying training tools for tracking progress at
the level of beneficiaries
16. Willingness and ability to travel at least
50% of time.
Qualifications and Skills:
1. Degree in Social Sciences, International
Development or related field.
2. At least 5 years of working experience in
governance, development or food security program context
including focus on programming in cash transfer and
livelihoods.
3. Understanding of U.S Government grant
provisions and guidelines, including proposal formats and
reporting requirements.
4. Excellent training and facilitation
skills
5. Demonstrated commitment to improving
gender equality and.gender responsiveness in programming and
operations.
6. Flexibility to work both in a team and
independently.
7. Demonstrate strong competency in
government engagement and ability to apply governance skills in
sustainable service delivery and social sector development
8. ‘Demonstrated personal accountability and
driven to serve others.
9. Ability to travel nationally and
internationally as required.
10. Excellent English language oral and
written communication skills required.
11. Excellent oral and written communication
skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including
Word, Excel and Outlook required
How to Apply
Interested candidates should download the application form
using this link
"https://www.dropbox.com/s/2bp3tnxac2l56nj/CRS-%20Application%20Form.doc?dl=0"
rel="nofollow" target=
"_blank">http://goo.gl/8OOQcp and send
with a detailed resume as attached MS word documents to
NG_HR@global.crs.org.
Completed applications should reach us before 5pm, Monday 8th
of April, 2015. Only applications sent in the required format
will be considered and only short listed candidates will be
contacted.
Equal opportunity:
“CRS is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate
on the basis of race, color, religion, etc.
Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply”.
Statement of commitment to protection:
“CRS’ recruitment and selection procedures reflect our
commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults
from abuse and exploitation”.