Job Recruitment at Catholic Relief Services

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 persons on the basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality. CRS is a global leader in agricultural livelihoods programming, and promotes resilience building in impoverished, disaster-affected, and climate change-impacted areas around the world. CRS re-established presence in Nigeria in 2000 and currently works in 32 of Nigeria’s 36 states, focusing on agriculture and livelihoods, health, and emergency programming.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Program Manager - MEAL

Location: Adamawa

Background

• CRS is preparing for an anticipated multi-million-dollar, multi-year USAID/Nigeria Water for Agriculture Program, which seeks to develop and implement interventions that will sustainably increase water availability and management, towards increasing agricultural productivity in in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states of Nigeria. This effort will contribute to CRS’ agriculture and livelihoods signature program area and ongoing efforts to promote resilience, recovery and development within Nigeria and neighboring countries around the Lake Chad Basin.

Job Summary

• The MEAL Specialist will oversee all Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA) activities across the Water for Agriculture Program that leads to robust evidence for data use and decision making, including assessments /surveys & routine gathering of Program implementation information collection; accountability to beneficiaries, donors and other stakeholders; document retention and archival; capacity development of Water for Agriculture Program staff on MEAL; compliance with USAID MEAL requirements; cross-learning among Programs; and, CRS and USAID reporting.

Roles and Key Responsibilities

• USE SMILER method to lead the development and regular updating of Water for Agriculture MEAL tools, approaches, frameworks and databases, these include but not limited to: Theory of Change, Theory of change narrative, Proframe, Logframe, IPTT, DIP, MEAL plan, FRM, Data flow, Stake holder analysis, reporting flow map.
• Ensure application of standardized MEAL tools and approaches across the program with respect to the MEAL Policies and Procedures.
• Support the CoP to monitor Water for Agriculture Program implementation progress on a regular basis against USAID and CRS quality standards and international humanitarian principles through monitoring visits, data quality audits, spot check against reports and review of implementation reports.
• Build the capacity of Program staff and implementing partners in collection and analysis of data (method, formats, software, etc.), indicator measurement, feedback and response mechanisms, negative impact analysis, etc.
• Provide technical support to program staff for the implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities, data management and integration of cross-functional issues.
• Directly lead on Program wide assessments and surveys including baseline, midterm and end line evaluative surveys. This might entail leading recruitment, orientation, deployment and management of external consultants.
• Support iterative program development ensuring lessons learnt from implementation / assessments are incorporated into implementation.
• Foster a learning environment, Lead learning and knowledge management within the Program and ensures such best practice is communicated across CRS Nigeria.
• Ensure that Program data are protected and shared according to CRS and donor principles.
• Encourage the integration of good ICT solution to ease the process of collecting, management, analyzing and protection.

Vertical and horizontal accountability:

• Work closely with CRS and partners’ Gender and Accountability Specialists to ensure robust and participatory beneficiary accountability and feedback mechanisms are established, used and reported against.
• Support the CoP in compilation of donors, Government Ministries and Agencies (MDAs) and CRS reports as per the agreed upon reporting schedules.
• Build the capacity of Water for Agriculture in international and CRS humanitarian accountability frameworks including ‘Do No Harm’ and ‘Core Humanitarian Standard on Quality and Accountability’ (CHS) (HAP, People in Aid and SPHERE).

Cross-cutting:

• Directly supervise Water for Agriculture Program MEAL Staff and consultants.
• Coordinate consortium partners’ MEAL staff attached to the Water for Agriculture Program.
• Build capacity of CRS and consortium partners’ MEAL Coordinators / Managers / Officers to address their job requirements.
• Provide technical review and support across all components of Water for Agriculture Program.
• Incorporate required and emerging good practices into CRS regional MEAL efforts and ongoing technical support
• Integrate the MEAL community of practices.
• Create opportunities for reflection and learning among MEAL advisors and practitioners within the Consortium, Country Program and the Region.
• Communicate agency approach to MEAL and key findings, to Consortium Partners, Country Program and Regional colleagues.
• Contribute to regional and agency technical guidance.
• Share MEL learning and experiences in broader regional and global agency discussions, and with peer organizations.
• Determine and address regional or sub-regional priorities for advancing MEAL.
• Commitment to gender sensitive programming and management.

Key Working Relationships:

• Supervisory: ICT4D Data Manager, at least two (2) MEAL Officers and MEAL consultants.
• Internal: Water for Agriculture DCoP, Program Managers and Sectoral Team Leads; Water for Agriculture Consortium Partners; CoPs and Program Managers of other CRS Programs; MEAL coordinator at the CP level, TA MEAL Support Departments including Operations etc.
• External: Government Ministry Agencies (MDAs); UN agencies; Peer agencies (NGOs) and Community Representatives.

Background, Experience and Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences and Humanities with master’s degree in a related field is an added advantage.
• A minimum of 6 years of experience designing and implementing MEL systems for USAID-funded projects related to advocacy, governance, political participation, and civic engagement, preferably in the Northeast region of Nigeria.
• Familiarity and experience in designing commissioning, conducting evaluations, and/or research, a strong understanding and prior experience of measuring impact in campaigns, civic engagement, and democracy initiatives;
• Demonstrated expertise in qualitative and quantitative data collection, analysis, and management methods using technology and known software packages, such as SPSS, STAT, NVIVO or others;
• Knowledge of USAID Evaluation Policy and requirements;
• Proficiency in written and oral English and Hausa required. Fulfulde and Bura could be an asset.
• Commitment to the principles of inclusive approaches to programming that encourages full participation of individuals regardless of gender, disability status, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or other marginalized status.

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)
These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

• Integrity
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation
• Builds Relationships
• Develops Talent
• Strategic Mindset
• Accountability & Stewardship

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply

Job Title: Project Officer - Livestock

Location: Adamawa

Details

• CRS Nigeria has been awarded the USAID/Nigeria Water for Agriculture Program. This program seeks to develop and implement interventions that will sustainably increase water availability and management, towards increasing agricultural productivity in in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states of Nigeria.
• This effort will contribute to CRS’ agriculture and livelihoods signature program area and ongoing efforts to promote resilience, recovery and development within Nigeria and neighboring countries around the Lake Chad Basin.

Additional project details are contained in the table below:

Job Summary

• As a member of the WFA project team, you will monitor and report on all project activities in support of Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) work serving the poor and vulnerable. Your thorough and service-oriented approach will ensure that the project consistently applies best practices and constantly works towards improving the impact of its benefits to those we serve.

Roles and Key Responsibilities

• The Livestock Officer will support the delivery of USAID-funded Water for Agriculture (WFA) project by working with livestock owners / pastoralists to increase their productivity and income from livestock value chains. Key performance indicators will include the extent to which livestock owners/pastoralist communities’ access and use sustainable public and private sector livestock services; monetarize livestock products; and diversify their livelihoods to reduce their vulnerability to weather-related shocks and hazards such as drought.

Job Responsibilities

• Work with public and private sectors to increase competitive livestock services including veterinary and livestock watering services for pastoralists.
• Support pastoralist communities to increase quantity and quality of animal fodder through increased fodder cultivation and improved fodder processing and storage.
• With the Financial Inclusion Officer (FIO) to support pastoralists to self-organize, to increase their financial, technical and organizational skills and to access financial services and products.
• Under the leadership of the Senior Agronomist, carry out livestock value chain analyses to determine appropriate interventions; develop and implement livestock value chain models that will enable pastoralists increase their income from animal products.
• Support pastoralists families to engage in small scale agricultural activities to supplement their families’ diets.
• Work closely with other project staff and with Search for Common Ground (SEARCH) to build livestock owners / pastoralists understanding of and capacity to manage competition over water resources and the resulting conflict. The post holder will be required to track and report conflicts over water resources in all targeted communities / LGAs.
• Working through the SPS Assistant, build the capacity of targeted pastoralists’ communities to actively mitigate against water borne diseases. The post holder will be required to track and report on prevalence of / outbreaks of water-borne diseases within targeted communities / LGAs.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual work plans, budgets, and technical reports on livestock activities as part of the overall WFA program planning and reporting cycle.
• Represent CRS in livestock forums.
• Provide effective management, coaching and support to SPS Assistant.

Travel Required: 60% to field locations in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.

Required Languages - English and Hausa and Fulfulde will be an added advantage.

Key Working Relationships:

• Internal: DCOP, Senior Agronomist, Financial Inclusion Officer, Livelihoods Officer, SPS Assistant.
• External: Government ministries departments and agencies, local and international NGOs, coordination platforms and working groups, community leaders.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Production, Livestock Production; Veterinary Sciences, Agriculture, or other relevant fields.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in similar position. Experience in pastoralist communities will be an added advantage.
• Demonstrated and extensive experience in development and implementing cost recovery activities and working with both the public and the private to improve sustainability of basic services.
• Experience in development institutional and community capacity.
• A deep understanding of challenges facing livestock production in the Northeast Nigeria including conflict over land and pasture.
• Prior experience on donor-funded programs of a similar size and scope.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; knowledge of Hausa will be an added advantage.
• Strong computer literacy with a full knowledge of office applications.

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)
These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

• Integrity
• Continuous Improvement & Innovation
• Builds Relationships
• Develops Talent
• Strategic Mindset
• Accountability & Stewardship

Interested and qualified candidates should:Click here to apply

Application Deadline 25th June, 2021.

Note

• Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.
• Any position requiring residence or frequent travel outside their home country must undergo and clear a pre-employment medical examination.
• CRS' talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding the rights and dignity of all people - especially children and vulnerable adults - to live free from abuse and harm.
• CRS welcomes candidates from the countries and regions in which we work. In the event the successful candidate is an expatriate or global telecommuter, the anticipated duration of the assignment is informed by a term limit, based on the type and level of the job and the needs of the agency.
• CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer