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Project Officer – Governance and DRR at CARE International

  • Job Type Full Time
  • Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
  • Experience 3 years
  • Location Borno
  • City Maiduguri
  • Job Field NGO/Non-Profit&nbsp , Project Management&nbsp

Project Officer – Governance and DRR at CARE International

Project Officer – Governance and DRR

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

Job Responsibility #1: Project Planning and Implementation

  • Lead implementation of governance and DRR activities based on territorial diagnostics, community resilience needs, and updated project strategies.
  • Ensure governance and DRR interventions integrate gender equality, inclusion, conflict sensitivity, and environmental sustainability.
  • Contribute to annual and quarterly work plans, activity budgets, and implementation schedules.
  • Support the establishment and strengthening of community governance bodies, peace committees, and DRR structures.
  • Promote innovative DRR solutions and community-led adaptation planning.

Job Responsibility #2: Technical Support

  • Provide technical advisory support to CSOs, LGAs, traditional leaders, and community platforms on governance, DRR, and resilience-building.
  • Facilitate community risk assessments, early warning dissemination, contingency planning, and risk-communication processes.
  • Offer governance capacity-building on transparency, accountability, inclusive decision-making, and resource management.
  • Ensure adherence to CARE, AFD, and EU implementation standards and policies.

Job Responsibility #3: Coordination and representation

  • Attend LGA level coordination meetings to ensure effective coordination and linkages with other partners conducting similar work
  • Represent RESILAC 2 in relevant fora related to key technical areas in consultation with the Project Manager.
  • Support networking and coordination of efforts with government, private sector, and key stakeholders who share mutual objectives.

Job Responsibility #4: Monitoring and Reporting

  • Supervise and Monitor interventions in strict adherence to CARE SOP and SPHERE standards.
  • Supporting Project Quality Assurance (PQA) through organizing and supporting monitoring visits on RESILAC interventions in coordination with the relevant stakeholders.
  • Make technical input and support the planning, design, and execution of project specific operational research, including baseline and end line evaluation, territorial and market assessments related to RESILAC 2.
  • Contextualize and use reporting guidelines to track and develop quality weekly updates, situational reports, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual and end of projects reports, key lessons, and success stories in accordance with RESILAC 2 requirements.
  • Facilitate regular RESILAC 2 review meetings with government, target communities and staff
  • Ensures participatory monthly data collection are conducted (involving communities and partners) using the standardized tools.
  • Supervise and ensure successful and quality completion of project activities as per the set guidelines and standards.
  • Document and disseminate best practices/approaches/models on RESILAC 2 interventions and other meetings at field level as may be required to facilitate adoption during the project implementation.

Job Responsibility #5: Capacity Building

  • Train CSO partners, local governance actors, DRR committees, and community facilitators on governance and DRR tools.
  • Organize and facilitate workshops, training sessions, and learning exchanges to enhance the technical and operational skills of partners and communities.
  • Build capacity of communities and partners on integration for effective delivery, synergy & community-based monitoring for sustainability.
  • Build the capacity of local government officials, community leaders, and other stakeholders in Governance and DRR concepts, strategies, and tools.
  • Take a lead in building partner field staff (CSO and CBOs) and community capacities in resilience interventions through training and other information sharing avenues to handle project activities effectively.

Resource Mobilization

  • Contribute to CARE’s resource mobilization efforts.

Other Responsibilities:

  • Perform any other duties as assigned.

Requirements

QUALIFICATION/EXPERIENCE/TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Required

  • Bachelors degree in Development Studies, Public Administration, DRR, Social Sciences or related field. Master’s degree is an advantage
  • 3-years plus of relevant work experience with an INGO.
  • Minimum of 2 years of livelihoods experience.
  • Experience in coordinating project activities with partner organizations
  • Knowledge of local languages such as Hausa and Kanuri.

Desired

  • Experience in multisectoral resilience building programs.
  • Experience in territorial approaches to resilience.
  • Knowledge of Yobe local governance systems.
  • Experience working on EU/AFD or similar donor-funded resilience programs.

Competencies:

  • Approachability
  • Building Effective Teams
  • Customer Focus
  • Integrity and Trust
  • Drive for Results
  • Comfort around Higher management
  • Business Acumen
  • Negotiating
  • Organizational Agility

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to CARE International on carenigeria.seamlesshiring.com to apply

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