Mercy Corps Livelihood Program Officers Jobs Vacancies

Mercy
Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better
world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around
the world, we collaborate to put bold solutions into action — helping people
triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within, now and for
the future. In Nigeria, Mercy Corps operates in over 13 states focusing on key
thematic areas of humanitarian response, conflict mitigation and adolescent
girls’ empowerment.

We
are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job
Title: Livelihood
Program Officer
Location: Biu, Borno

Program
/ Department Summary

Mercy
Corps Nigeria’s humanitarian program aims to provide assistance to
populations affected by the crisis in Northeast Nigeria. With funding from
humanitarian donors including OFDA, FFP, EU, and ECHO the humanitarian
programs engage in several interventions including but not limited to food
assistance, non-food items (NFI), protection, livelihoods, cash transfers,
WASH and capacity building of humanitarian response actors.
Mercy
Corps is scaling-up and expanding its humanitarian response in Northeast
Nigeria to reach more beneficiaries with additional assistance in a wider
geographic area.

General
Position Summary

The
Livelihood program officer will be responsible for supporting activities
in the intervention communities of ISING program.
S/He
will be responsible for supporting the implementation of strategic,
impactful, and high-quality programming.
The
project officer will report to the Livelihoods Senior Program Officer and
work collaboratively with fellow program staff.
S/he
will work extensively with other sectors to ensure that all program
activities are implemented successfully and timely.

Essential
Job Functions

Support
project management and administration of livelihood related activities
including beneficiary identification, distribution site selection,
planning and implementing the distributions, working with partners and
facilitating monitoring.
Contribute
to effective program reporting, monitoring and evaluation systems for both
internal and external use in coordination with the other program staff.
Integrate
community approaches, gender sensitivity, protection and capacity building
into all livelihood activities as appropriate.
Conduct
monitoring and data collection as directed by the Livelihoods Senior
Program Officer, assisting with specific surveys or assessments as needed.
Contribute
to providing the Livelihoods Senior Program Officer with up-to-date
information on the affected and targeted community and coordinates
beneficiary lists and numbers with different stakeholders.
Ensure
the cohesion of the overall livelihoods approach through a close working
relationship with the livelihoods SPO and the protection/gender team.
Contribute
to all field work, including identifying target locations, beneficiaries
and vendors, participating in distributions, monitoring and supporting
beneficiaries during the shopping periods, coordinating with community
leaders and other stakeholders and other field-based tasks as assigned.
Ensure
that beneficiaries are effectively targeted according to established
vulnerability criteria.
Contribute
to applying well researched and thought out interventions to restart livelihood
activities.
Lead
where necessary community meetings to identify Livelihoods priorities.
Mitigation
where necessary maintaining a clear impartial profile for Mercy Corps in
confusions or disputes between community/association/group members.
Adherence
to all MC policies and procedures as outlined in MC policies and procedure
manuals;
Conduct
himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to
bring credit to Mercy Corps and to not jeopardize its humanitarian mission
in country of operation;
Other
duties as assigned.

Knowledge
and Experience

BA/S
in relevant field required; MA/MS/MBA or equivalent preferred.
3
years of experience working on the development, implementation,
administration and compliance of a field-based international development
or humanitarian program; general program management experience required.
Experience
representing the organization and its interests to a diverse range of
local and international government officials, local civil society
organizations, other international organizations, the media and the
public.
Commitment
to renewing and maintaining knowledge of best practices
Demonstrated
training and facilitation experience
Ability
to work under pressure
Prior
experience implementing distributions is required, preferably in a
non-camp setting. Experience with cash distributions strongly preferred.
Experience
working with multiple stakeholders to identify beneficiaries according to
criteria required.
Experience
with conducting assessments, monitoring and evaluation and other learning
efforts required.
Demonstrated
strengths in analytical skills, monitoring and evaluation, and report
writing
Strong
interpersonal, intercultural and communication skills
Excellent
oral and written skills and computer skills
Fluency
in English; fluency in Hausa is required.

Success
Factors

The
successful candidate will have a can-do attitude.
Ideally
s/he will have previous experience in working in large-scale emergency
programs in insecure and conflict-affected contexts, including remote
management and capacity development.
S/he
is a problem solver, who is adept in successfully dealing with issues of
complexity.
S/he
is an active listener and contributor, working to create a strong team
share ideas and learn

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CV’s and Cover Letter
in one document, addressing the position requirements to: ng-recruitment.nigeria@mercycorps.org

Note

All
applications must include the position title in the subject line.
Only
short-listed candidates will be contacted for interview and we are an
equal opportunity organization so women are strongly encouraged to apply
for this position.

Applications
Deadline: 3rd September, 2017.