Jobs at Concern for Women and Children Development Foundation (COWACDI)

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Experience:                   2 years

Vacancy:                       2

Contract Duration:       10 Months

Start Date:                    ASAP

Role purpose

The Project Assistant Nutrition will be responsible for implementing efficient nutrition activities including nutrition assessment and promotion of healthy eating habits, directly and indirectly through training/mentoring of project community volunteers and beneficiaries, linking up with LGA BOSADP Officers, other NGOs, and private sector actors at the community level.

The role shall provide overall project supervision, promote, and value participatory approaches at the community level throughout the projects’ cycle, awareness raising and sensitisation, and all related program activities, Pre and Post Nutrition activities Monitoring as well as monitoring and evaluation under the direct supervision of the Project Officer.

Promote the vision, mission, and the values of COWACDI as expressed in the regulations & guidelines of the Organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Under the direct supervision of the Project Officer and in collaboration with the community volunteers, CPAs, and other team members of the project and of the base, the Project Officer will:

• Facilitate community entry activities.
• Assist in implementing the community Nutrition project plans and make recommendations to the Project Officer for approval of community project Nutrition activities.
• Assist in facilitating the training of beneficiaries of Nutrition component of the project.
• Facilitate surveys on related Nutrition interventions in communities.
• Prepare action plans and provide direct support to beneficiaries through visits, in line with the action plans, etc.
• Facilitate links and referrals relationships between the beneficiaries and community groups and local sources of support.
• Ensure all documentation, reports, and records on Nutrition activities from the community are maintained per agreed procedure, and information is provided on community activities as required.
• Co-facilitate step-down training on Nutrition activities for beneficiaries and community groups on various topics, as outlined in the implementation plan.
• Support beneficiaries and community groups to conduct assessments/project on Nutrition activities to all special women and youths in the communities.
• Work on facilitating partnerships with relevant Nutrition value chain actors and their service providers (Private BDS providers)
• Support activities on community disaster risk reduction, famer field schools, asset transfer and revolving fund management, community-based saving, and lending groups opportunities
• Ensure data collection of Nutrition activities under technical guidance of the M&E officer.
• Coordinate with community- based LGA BOSADP officers, other NGOs, and private sector actors.

Additional Tasks:

• Support Project Stakeholders to implement Nutrition program activities in the target communities listed above, through:
• Co-facilitation of community training on various Nutrition issues and topics as outlined in the project implementation plan and training modules.
• Work with LGA-based project teams to model techniques and processes for community engagement.

In subsequent stages of community engagement, provide mentoring and oversight on Nutrition activities of the community volunteers and team members.

• Maintain documentation and M&E systems at the community level: under the technical guidance of M&E officer, work with community mobilizers, village agents, beneficiaries, and community groups to ensure that all documents for beneficiaries are kept up-to-date, accurate, and secured; and ensure that information is compiled as needed in an accurate and timely basis to assess progress against activities and outcomes for each community.
• Support the Project Officer and stakeholders as required in representing the program to government agencies, other implementing partners, and service providers. Help establish referral systems with other service providers at the LGA level, to be utilized by community volunteers, CPAs, and beneficiary and community groups to refer beneficiaries for services not provided by this project.
• Facilitate the community volunteers, beneficiary, and community groups to explore opportunities for soliciting additional indigenous support to program beneficiaries from local resources through community and in-kind contributions.
• Co-facilitate Nutrition training activities as required, and in line with the implementation plan.
• Work with the Finance, Admin, Logistics, Security, Procurement Officers, project partners, and community volunteers, and Project Officer to ensure that all financial activities conducted in each community are properly documented in line with COWACDI Project requirement and donor procedures.
• Other ad hoc tasks as requested by Project Officer.

Applied skills/knowledge and expertise.

Essential Requirement

• Level of Education – Degree, in Medicine, Nursing, Dietetics, Nutrition or relevant field with at least 2 years’ experience
• Must have substantial experience in implementing community-level development projects, using participatory engagement and grassroots mobilization techniques.
• Experience working on Nutrition value chain actors and their service providers.
• Sound experience working on nutrition and related projects.
• Excellent training and facilitation skills with a wide variety of groups having diverse experiences, backgrounds, skills, and education levels.
• Experience in handling grants to local groups, ensuring appropriate basic documentation and accountability at the community/field level.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Power point
• Excellent verbal communication and listening skills.
• Language Requirements: Spoken English-Excellent; Written English-Good (ability to type and prepare reports and other documents as needed.)
• Must be able to speak at least one local language predominant in that state.

Analytical skills

• Works on complex issues. Problems and issues, risks, and benefits may have implications across several project components.
• Required to develop new ways of doing things to better meet program goals requiring creative or analytical ability.

Decision making

Budgetary/savings responsibility: Make decisions to manage community gatekeepers effectively, from identification of volunteers and village agents to the day-to-day management of community programme teams. Day to day decision to ensure community projects are running effectively and supporting the projects informed by COWACDI’s strategy and strategic focus areas. Make contributions around project proposals, ensuring they are prepared and comply with community expectations

Desirable

• Involvement in relevant value chain projects, and/or those involving vulnerable people, especially those with nutrition component interventions.
• Experience in engaging directly with vulnerable people, facilitating women activities, and/or facilitating vulnerable people’s participation in meetings, discussions, etc.
• Involvement in projects and/or initiatives that address issues of power, diversity, exclusion, participation, and gender.
• Ability to multi-task, engage in long-term planning, meet deadlines, and handle last-minute demands; exercise patience, and adapt to changing circumstances.

Relationships

• External: Build strong relationships with partners, networks, donors, stakeholders, and community beneficiaries
• Internal: Build a strong relationship with program departments, MEAL officers, program managers, M&E units, and all staff.

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Qualification:                MBA/MSc/MA

Experience:                   3 years

Job Field:                     Project Officer IGA/VSLA

Vacancy:                       1

Contract Duration:       10 Months

Start Date:                     ASAP

Role purpose

The Project Officer IGA/VSLA will be responsible for designing and implementing high quality, efficient IGA/VSLA activities including IGA/VSLA assessment and promotion of healthy eating habits, directly and indirectly through training/mentoring of project community volunteers and beneficiaries, linking up with LGA BOSADP Officers, other NGOs, and private sector actors at the community level.

The role shall provide overall project supervision, promote, and value participatory approaches at the community level throughout the projects’ cycle, awareness raising and sensitisation, and all related program activities, Pre and Post IGA/VSLA activities Monitoring as well as monitoring and evaluation under the direct supervision of the Project Manager.

Promote the vision, mission, and the values of COWACDI as expressed in the policies, regulations & guidelines of the Organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager and in collaboration with the field agents, community volunteers, and other team members of the project and of the base, the Project Officer IGA/VSLA will:

• Facilitate initial community entry activities.
• Implement the IGA/VSLA activities of project plans and make recommendations to the Project Manager for approval of project activities
• Implement training of beneficiaries on IGA/VSLA best practices according to the standardized protocols, policies and guidelines of the organization and donor requirement.
• Facilitate IGA/VSLA needs surveys in communities.
• Ensure the identification and selection of the most vulnerable project beneficiaries, and provide information to ensure accountability, fairness, and transparency during implementation of activities.
• Work closely with community structures to follow up on implementation of income generation activity plans.
• Prepare action plans and provide direct support to beneficiaries through visits, in line with the action plans and as required.
• Facilitate links and referrals relationships between the beneficiaries and community groups and local sources of support.
• Ensure timely procurement of and delivery of right quality and quantity of VSLA kits/tools required by the beneficiaries and ensure these are used appropriately.
• Administer hands-on livelihoods trainings, as necessary, and provide guidance to targeted beneficiaries to enhance their capacity to engage in income-generation activities.
• Ensure all documentation, reports, and records from the community on IGA/VSLA are maintained per agreed procedure, and information is provided on these community activities as required.
• Co-facilitate step-down trainings with beneficiaries and community groups on various topics on IGA/VSLA as outlined in the implementation plan.
• Provide technical guidance and support to the development of IGA/VSLA strategies/approaches.
• Take lead in Beneficiaries’ IGA/VSLA education   and participate in community IGA/VSLA sensitization
• Support beneficiaries and community groups, conduct assessments/project activities to all special women and youths in the communities.
• Work on facilitating partnerships with relevant IGA/VSLA value chain actors and their service providers.
• Ensure data collection on IGA/VSLA under technical guidance of the M&E officer
• Coordinate with community- based LGA BOSADP Officers, other NGOs, and private sector actors.
• Monitor and supervise the community field agents and government extension workers.
• Perform any other responsibility that will be assigned to him/her.
• To respond to ever changing demands within the environment, COWACDI operates within an agile framework (both in workforce and operational) that requires from all employees, a high level of responsiveness and adaptiveness to processes and structures making flexibility and a project based working approach the norm. To sustain this system, managers may/will agree further details of specific tasks and duties as part of the performance agreement. Any reasonable duty may be assigned that is consistent with the nature of the job and its level of responsibility, and employees may be required to change the focus of their role from time to time.

Applied skills/knowledge and expertise.

Essential Requirement

• Level of Education – University Degree in FSL related studies like Agriculture / Agricultural Economics, Development Studies, Economics, Natural Resource Management, Anthropology, Disaster Risk Management, or a closely related field with at least 3 years’ experience.
• Must have substantial experience in implementing community-level development projects, using participatory engagement and grassroots mobilization techniques.
• Experience working on value chain actors and their service providers.
• Previous experience managing Food Security and Livelihoods interventions (i.e., cash-based transfer, IGA, agriculture/livelihoods
• Excellent training and facilitation skills with a wide variety of groups having diverse experiences, backgrounds, skills, and education levels.
• Experience in handling grants to local groups, ensuring appropriate basic documentation and accountability at the community/field level.
• Excellent verbal communication and listening skills.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft word, excel, power point.
• Language Requirements: Spoken English-Excellent; Written English-Good (ability to type and prepare reports and other documents as needed.)
• Must be able to speak at least one local language predominant in the state.

Analytical skills

• Works on complex issues, Problems, risks, and benefits that may have implications across several project components.
• Required to develop new ways of doing things to better meet program goals requiring creative or analytical ability.

Decision making

• Budgetary/savings responsibility: Make decisions to manage community gatekeepers effectively, from identification of volunteers and village agents to the day-to-day management of community programme teams. Day to day decision to ensure community projects are running effectively and supporting the projects informed by COWACDI’s strategy and strategic focus areas. Make contributions around project proposals, ensuring they are prepared and comply with community expectations.

Desirable

• Involvement in relevant value chain projects, and/or those involving vulnerable people, especially those with IGA/VSLA interventions.
• Experience in engaging directly with vulnerable people, facilitating women activities and/or facilitating vulnerable people’s participation in meetings, discussions, etc.
• Involvement in projects and/or initiatives that address issues of power, diversity, exclusion, participation, and gender.
• Ability to multi-task, engage in long-term planning, meet deadlines, and handles last-minute demands; exercise patience, and adapt to changing circumstances.

Relationships

• External: Build strong relationships with partners, networks, donors, stakeholders, and community beneficiaries
• Internal: Build a strong relationship with program departments, MEAL officers, program managers, M&E units, and all staff.

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Qualification:                B.Sc./HND

Experience:                   2 years

Job Field:                     Project Assistant IGA/VSLA

Vacancy:                       2

Contract Duration:       10 Months

Start Date:                    ASAP

Role purpose

The Project Assistant IGA/VSLA will be responsible for implementing efficient IGA/VSLA activities including IGA/VSLA assessment and promotion of healthy eating habits, directly and indirectly through training/mentoring of project community volunteers and beneficiaries, linking up with LGA BOSADP Officers, other NGOs, and private sector actors at the community level.

The role shall provide overall project supervision, promote and value participatory approaches at the community level throughout the projects’ cycle, awareness raising and sensitisation, and all related program activities, Pre and Post IGA/VSLA activities Monitoring as well as monitoring and evaluation under the direct supervision of the Project Officer.

Promote the vision, mission and the values of COWACDI as expressed in the regulations & guidelines of the Organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Under the direct supervision of the Project Officer and in collaboration with the community volunteers, CPAs, and other team members of the project and of the base, the Project Officer will:
• Facilitate community entry activities.
• Assist in implementation of community IGA/VSLA project plans and make recommendations to the Project Officer for approval of community project IGA/VSLA activities
• Assist in facilitating the training of beneficiaries of IGA/VSLA component of the project.
• Facilitate surveys on related IGA/VSLA interventions in communities.
• Prepare action plans and provide direct support to beneficiaries through visits, in line with the action plans, etc.
• Facilitate links and referrals relationships between the beneficiaries and community groups and local sources of support.
• Ensure all documentation, reports, and records on IGA/VSLA activities from the community are maintained per agreed procedure, and information is provided on community activities as required.
• Co-facilitate step-down trainings on IGA/VSLA activities for beneficiaries and community groups on various topics, as outlined in the implementation plan.
• Support beneficiaries and community groups to conduct assessments/project on IGA/VSLA activities to all special women and youths in the communities.
• Work on facilitating partnerships with relevant IGA/VSLA value chain actors and their service providers (Private BDS providers)
• Support activities on community disaster risk reduction, famer field schools, asset transfer and revolving fund management, community-based saving and lending groups opportunities
• Ensure data collection of IGA/VSLA activities under technical guidance of the M&E officer.
• Coordinate with community- based LGA BOSADP officers, other NGOs and private sector actors.

Additional Tasks:

• Support Project Stakeholders to implement IGA/VSLA program activities in the target communities listed above, through:
• Co-facilitation of community training on various IGA/VSLA issues and topics as outlined in the project implementation plan and training modules.
• Work with LGA-based project teams to model techniques and processes for community engagement.
• In subsequent stages of community engagement, provide mentoring and oversight on IGA/VSLA activities of the community volunteers and team members.
• Maintain documentation and M&E systems at the community level: under the technical guidance of M&E officer, work with community mobilizers, village agents, beneficiaries, and community groups to ensure that all documents for beneficiaries are kept up-to-date, accurate, and secured; and ensure that information is compiled as needed in an accurate and timely basis to assess progress against activities and outcomes for each community.
• Support the Project Officer and stakeholders as required in representing the program to government agencies, other implementing partners, and service providers. Help establish referral systems with other service providers at the LGA level, to be utilized by community volunteers, CPAs, and beneficiary and community groups to refer beneficiaries for services not provided by this project.
• Facilitate the community volunteers, beneficiary, and community groups to explore opportunities for soliciting additional indigenous support to program beneficiaries from local resources through community and in-kind contributions.
• Co-facilitate IGA/VSLA training activities as required, and in line with the implementation plan.
• Work with the Finance, Admin, Logistics, Security, Procurement Officers, project partners, and community volunteers, and Project Officer to ensure that all financial activities conducted in each community are properly documented in line with COWACDI Project requirement and donor procedures.
• Other ad hoc tasks as requested by Project Officer.
• Applied skills/knowledge and expertise.

Essential Requirement

• Level of Education – University Degree in FSL related studies like Agriculture / Agricultural Economics, Development Studies, Economics, Natural Resource Management, Anthropology, Disaster Risk Management, or a closely related field with at least 2 years’ experience
• Must have substantial experience in implementing community-level development projects, using participatory engagement and grassroots mobilization techniques.
• Experience working on IGA/VSLA value chain actors and their service providers.
• Sound experience working on IGA/VSLA and related projects.
• Excellent training and facilitation skills with a wide variety of groups having diverse experiences, backgrounds, skills, and education levels.
• Experience in handling grants to local groups, ensuring appropriate basic documentation and accountability at the community/field level.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Power point
• Excellent verbal communication and listening skills.
• Language Requirements: Spoken English-Excellent; Written English-Good (ability to type and prepare reports and other documents as needed.)
• Must be able to speak at least one local language predominant in that state.

Analytical skills

• Works on complex issues. Problems and issues, risks, and benefits may have implications across several project components.
• Required to develop new ways of doing things to better meet program goals requiring creative or analytical ability.

Decision making

Budgetary/savings responsibility: Make decisions to manage community gatekeepers effectively, from identification of volunteers and village agents to the day-to-day management of community programme teams. Day to day decision to ensure community projects are running effectively and supporting the projects informed by COWACDI’s strategy and strategic focus areas. Make contributions around project proposals, ensuring they are prepared and comply with community expectations.

Desirable

• Involvement in relevant value chain projects, and/or those involving vulnerable people, especially those with IGA/VSLA interventions.
• Experience in engaging directly with vulnerable people, facilitating women activities, and/or facilitating vulnerable people’s participation in meetings, discussions, etc.
• Involvement in projects and/or initiatives that address issues of power, diversity, exclusion, participation, and gender.
• Ability to multi-task, engage in long-term planning, meet deadlines, and handle last-minute demands; exercise patience, and adapt to changing circumstances.

Relationships

• External: Build strong relationships with partners, networks, donors, stakeholders, and community beneficiaries
• Internal: Build a strong relationship with program departments, MEAL officers, program managers, M&E units, and all staff.

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Qualification:                B.Sc.

Vacancy:                       2

Contract Duration:       10 Months

Start Date:                    ASAP

Role purpose

The Project Assistant Agronomy/Forestry will be responsible for implementing efficient Agronomy/Forestry activities including Agronomy/Forestry assessment and promotion of healthy eating habits, directly and indirectly through training/mentoring of project community volunteers and beneficiaries, linking up with LGA BOSADP Officers, other NGOs, and private sector actors at the community level.

The role shall provide overall project supervision, promote, and value participatory approaches at the community level throughout the projects’ cycle, awareness raising and sensitisation, and all related program activities, Pre and Post Agronomy/Forestry activities Monitoring as well as monitoring and evaluation under the direct supervision of the Project Officer.

Promote the vision, mission, and the values of COWACDI as expressed in the regulations & guidelines of the Organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Under the direct supervision of the Project Officer Agronomy/Forestry and in collaboration with the extension agents, field agents and community volunteers and CPAs and other team members of the program and of the base, the role will:
• Facilitate community entry activities.
• Assist in the implementation of the community project plans and make recommendations to the line manager for approval of community agronomic/forestry project activities.
• Assist in training of beneficiaries on rain fed seed crop production, dry season crop production and micro-garden farming.
• Facilitate Agronomy/forestry related surveys in communities.
• Prepare action plans and provide direct support to beneficiaries through visits, in line with the action plans and as required.
• Facilitate links and referrals relationships between the beneficiaries and community groups and local sources of support.
• Ensure all documentation, reports, and records from the community on rain fed/dry season seed crop production and micro-garden farming are maintained per agreed procedure, and information is provided on these community activities as required.
• Co-facilitate step-down trainings with beneficiaries and community groups on various topics on rain fed /dry season seed crop production and micro-garden farming as outlined in the implementation plan.
• Support beneficiaries and community groups to conduct assessments/project activities to all special women and youths in the communities.
• Support activities on community disaster risk reduction, famer field schools, asset transfer and revolving fund management, community-based saving, and lending groups opportunities.
• Assist in data collection on rain fed/dry season seed crop production and micro-garden farming under technical guidance of the M&E officer.
• Coordinate with community- based LGA BOSADP officers, other NGOs, and private sector actors.
• Do any other responsibility that will be assigned to him/her.
• Ensure data collection of Agronomy/Forestry activities under technical guidance of the M&E officer.

Additional Tasks:

• Support Project Stakeholders to implement Agronomy/Forestry program activities in the target communities listed above, through:
• Co-facilitation of community training on various Agronomy/Forestry issues and topics as outlined in the project implementation plan and training modules.
• Work with LGA-based project teams to model techniques and processes for community engagement.
• In subsequent stages of community engagement, provide mentoring and oversight on Agronomy/Forestry activities of the community volunteers and team members.
• Maintain documentation and M&E systems at the community level: under the technical guidance of M&E officer, work with community mobilizers, village agents, beneficiaries, and community groups to ensure that all documents for beneficiaries are kept up-to-date, accurate, and secured; and ensure that information is compiled as needed in an accurate and timely basis to assess progress against activities and outcomes for each community.
• Support the Project Officer and stakeholders as required in representing the program to government agencies, other implementing partners, and service providers. Help establish referral systems with other service providers at the LGA level, to be utilized by community volunteers, CPAs, and beneficiary and community groups to refer beneficiaries for services not provided by this project.
• Facilitate the community volunteers, beneficiary, and community groups to explore opportunities for soliciting additional indigenous support to program beneficiaries from local resources through community and in-kind contributions.
• Co-facilitate Agronomy/Forestry training activities as required, and in line with the implementation plan.
• Work with the Finance, Admin, Logistics, Security, Procurement Officers, project partners, and community volunteers, and Project Officer to ensure that all financial activities conducted in each community are properly documented in line with COWACDI Project requirement and donor procedures.

Other ad hoc tasks as requested by Project Officer.

Applied skills/knowledge and expertise.

Essential Requirement

Level of Education – University Degree/HND in Agriculture or a closely related field with at least 2 years’ experience

• Must have substantial experience in implementing community-level development projects, using participatory engagement and grassroots mobilization techniques.
• Experience working on Agronomy/Forestry value chain actors and their service providers.
• Sound experience working on Agronomy/Forestry and related projects.
• Excellent training and facilitation skills with a wide variety of groups having diverse experiences, backgrounds, skills, and education levels.
• Experience in handling grants to local groups, ensuring appropriate basic documentation and accountability at the community/field level.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Power point
• Excellent verbal communication and listening skills.
• Language Requirements: Spoken English-Excellent; Written English-Good (ability to type and prepare reports and other documents as needed.)
• Must be able to speak at least one local language predominant in that state.

Analytical skills

• Works on complex issues. Problems and issues, risks, and benefits may have implications across several project components.
• Required to develop new ways of doing things to better meet program goals requiring creative or analytical ability.

Decision making

Budgetary/savings responsibility: Make decisions to manage community gatekeepers effectively, from identification of volunteers and village agents to the day-to-day management of community programme teams. Day to day decision to ensure community projects are running effectively and supporting the projects informed by COWACDI’s strategy and strategic focus areas. Make contributions around project proposals, ensuring they are prepared and comply with community expectations.

Desirable

• Involvement in relevant value chain projects, and/or those involving vulnerable people, especially those with Agronomy/Forestry interventions.
• Experience in engaging directly with vulnerable people, facilitating women activities, and/or facilitating vulnerable people’s participation in meetings, discussions, etc.
• Involvement in projects and/or initiatives that address issues of power, diversity, exclusion, participation, and gender.
• Ability to multi-task, engage in long-term planning, meet deadlines, and handle last-minute demands; exercise patience, and adapt to changing circumstances.

Relationships

• External: Build strong relationships with partners, networks, donors, stakeholders, and community beneficiaries
• Internal: Build a strong relationship with program departments, MEAL officers, program managers, M&E units, and all staff.

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Qualification:                MBA/MSc/MA

Vacancy:                       1

Contract Duration:       10 Months

Start Date:                     ASAP

Role purpose

The Project Officer Agronomy/Forestry will be responsible for designing and implementing high-quality, efficient Project Officer Agronomy/Forestry activities including nutrition assessment and promotion of healthy eating habits, directly and indirectly through training/mentoring of project community volunteers and beneficiaries, linking up with LGA BOSADP Officers, other NGOs, and private sector actors at the community level.

The role shall provide overall project supervision, promote, and value participatory approaches at the community level throughout the projects’ cycle, awareness raising and sensitisation, and all related program activities, Pre and Post Project Officer Agronomy/Forestry activities Monitoring as well as monitoring and evaluation under the direct supervision of the Project Manager.

Promote the vision, mission, and the values of COWACDI as expressed in the policies, regulations & guidelines of the Organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager and in collaboration with the extension agents, field agents and community volunteers and CPAs and other team members of the program and of the base, the Project Officer Agronomy/Forestry will:
• Facilitate initial community entry activities.
• Implement the community project plans and make recommendations to the Project Manager for approval of community agronomic project activities.
• Implement training of beneficiaries on rain fed seed crop production, dry season crop production and micro-garden farming.
• Facilitate Agronomy related surveys in communities.
• Prepare action plans and provide direct support to beneficiaries through visits, in line with the action plans and as required.
• Facilitate links and referrals relationships between the beneficiaries and community groups and local sources of support.
• Ensure all documentation, reports, and records from the community on rain fed/dry season seed crop production and micro-garden farming are maintained per agreed procedure, and information is provided on these community activities as required.
• Co-facilitate step-down trainings with beneficiaries and community groups on various topics on rain fed /dry season seed crop production and micro-garden farming as outlined in the implementation plan.
• Support beneficiaries and community groups to conduct assessments/project activities to all special women and youths in the communities.
• Work on facilitating partnerships with relevant agronomic value chain actors and their service providers.
• Support activities on community disaster risk reduction, famer field schools, asset transfer and revolving fund management, community-based saving, and lending groups opportunities.
• Ensure data collection on rain fed/dry season seed crop production and micro-garden farming under technical guidance of the M&E officer.
• Coordinate with community- based LGA BOSADP Officers, other NGOs, and private sector actors.
• Monitor and supervise the community field agents and government extension workers.
• Perform any other responsibility that will be assigned to him/her.

To respond to ever changing demands within the environment, COWACDI operates within an agile framework (both in workforce and operational) that requires from all employees, a high level of responsiveness and adaptiveness to processes and structures making flexibility and a project based working approach the norm. To sustain this system, managers may/will agree further details of specific tasks and duties as part of the performance agreement. Any reasonable duty may be assigned that is consistent with the nature of the job and its level of responsibility, and employees may be required to change the focus of their role from time to time.

Applied skills/knowledge and expertise.

Essential Requirement

• Level of Education – University Degree in Agriculture or a closely related field with at least 3 years’ experience
• Must have substantial experience in implementing community-level development projects, using participatory engagement and grassroots mobilization techniques.
• Experience working on value chain actors and their service providers.
• Sound experience working on disaster risk reduction, famer field schools, asset transfer and revolving fund management, community-based saving, and lending groups.
• Excellent training and facilitation skills with a wide variety of groups having diverse experiences, backgrounds, skills, and education levels.
• Experience in handling grants to local groups, ensuring appropriate basic documentation and accountability at the community/field level.
• Excellent verbal communication and listening skills.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft word, excel, power point.
• Language Requirements: Spoken English-Excellent; Written English-Good (ability to type and prepare reports and other documents as needed.)
• Must be able to speak at least one local language predominant in that state.

Analytical skills

• Works on complex issues, Problems, risks and benefits that may have implications across several project components.
• Required to develop new ways of doing things to better meet program goals requiring creative or analytical ability.

Decision making

Budgetary/savings responsibility: Make decisions to manage community gatekeepers effectively, from identification of volunteers and village agents to the day-to-day management of community programme teams. Day to day decision to ensure community projects are running effectively and supporting the projects informed by COWACDI’s strategy and strategic focus areas. Make contributions around project proposals, ensuring they are prepared and comply with community expectations.

Desirable

• Involvement in relevant value chain projects, and/or those involving vulnerable people, especially those with Project Officer Agronomy/Forestry component interventions.
• Experience in engaging directly with vulnerable people, facilitating women activities and/or facilitating vulnerable people’s participation in meetings, discussions, etc.
• Involvement in projects and/or initiatives that address issues of power, diversity, exclusion, participation, and gender.
• Ability to multi-task, engage in long-term planning, meet deadlines, and handles last-minute demands; exercise patience, and adapt to changing circumstances.

Relationships

• External: Build strong relationships with partners, networks, donors, stakeholders, and community beneficiaries
• Internal: Build a strong relationship with program departments, MEAL officers, program managers, M&E units, and all staff.

Deadline: Mar 12, 2023.

How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates who are passionate and willing to contribute towards the achievement of our goals should forward their application containing a CV and Letter of interest in either word document or PDF format using the position and location e.g. “NUTRITION ASSISTANT_BORNO STATE” as the subject of the email to [email protected]

COWACDI regrets that, due to the large number of applications we receive, we are unable to reply to every applicant. If you are being considered for the role, a recruiter will contact you. If you are not contacted within 2 weeks, you should consider your application not successful on this occasion.

Note: Never pay for any training, certificate, assessment, or testing fee to the recruiter.