Programe, Officer, Female Leadership & Good Governance Programe in Nigeria/Gender Justice Focal Point West Africa at Oxfam Novib (the Netherlands)

OXFAM PURPOSE: Oxfam Novib is committed to ridding the world of poverty. We have a conviction that people are well capable of building a livelihood without poverty on their own, once given the chance to do so. Which is why we support local projects in developing countries, why we lobby governments and companies to take into account the interests of the poorest people, and why we campaign to involve the general public also in our work. We work together with other Oxfam affiliates to increase our impact on development issues and apply a gender justice and rights based approach to all our work.

Oxfam Novib (the Netherlands) is currently looking for the below position:

 

Job Title: Programe, Officer, Female Leadership & Good Governance Programe in Nigeria/Gender Justice Focal Point West Africa

 

Location: Duty station Nigeria (Abuja), also local travel

 

Duration: One year

 

Responsibilities:

A.   Strategic financing for development

The development and management of the portfolio of local partners and projects of the Oxfam in Nigeria Female Leadership Program.

1. Submits proposals for targets in the area of approvals, spending, specified by counterpart and country level and/or by theme.
2. Identifies relevant local partners, within set frameworks; appraises, together with the financial officer and any other programme officer, the project proposals, the organisation and management capacities of local partners, plans on results and makes proposals about how to finance on the (way of) financing.
3. Monitors and evaluates the implementation of programs by local partners, retrieves and registers the results achieved. Records them in the SAP MIS system. Discusses relevant developments and the implementation and priorities within programs.
4. Ensures a responsible funding phase-out of the current Oxfam Novib partners active in supplying basic social services (health and education, among others Universal Access to the Female Condom program).

 

 

B.     Institutional funding / project development

The development and implementation of projects and programs back-donors (could) finance.

1. Writes and develops a project plan for supporting CSOs in Nigeria, developing programs and campaign proposals with partners, including the deployment of people, systems and resources. Identifies potential donors.
2. Assesses partner organisations for Special Projects and any other projects in the consortium framework.
3. Implements and monitors the agreements reached with the consortium or the implementing partners, such that donor wishes and demands are met.
4. Provides proactively for communication and information transfer around the project to (potential) donors, co-operation partners, head office and other Oxfams.

 

 

C.      Thematic and/or policy priorities

9.       Initiates elaboration and implementation of thematic policy priorities within the Female Leadership and Gender Justice policy of Oxfam  (Novib). Signals local and regional opportunities for co-operation that contribute to the goals of Oxfam (Novib). Develops and maintains partnerships.

10.     Takes part in relevant Oxfam (Novib) working and project groups, primarily for reasons of thematic knowledge (Women’s Bodily Integrity, Transformative female leadership, gender mainstreaming) with input from partner organisations, and is capable of fulfilling the role of gender focal point and project leader.

11.     Fulfills the roles described in the ToR for Gender Focal Points (KPM The Hague office) in relation to external and internal gender mainstreaming.

 

 

Skills & Competence:

• University degree in relevant area or proven experience in gender and/ or women’s studies as well as experience in gender mainstreaming.
•  At least 5 years of work experience in the field of development cooperation, preferably with women’s organisations and NGOs
•  At least 3 years experience of raising funds and preparing project proposals for institutional donors which are predominant in Nigeria, as well as experience with donors’ rules and regulations in order to ensure grant compliance
• Significant capacity building and training experience, preferably in gender issues and/or gender mainstreaming.
• High level numeracy, budgeting, narrative reporting and IT skills
•  Works effectively with others in a team situation to achieve contract targets
• Organisational awareness understanding how to get what information and who to keep informed
• Knowledge of innovative methodologies and up-to-date information on Female Leadership and Gender programming
• Good communication skills both written and verbal; experience of writing proposals and reports
• Experience of capacity building NGO staff in all aspects of project cycle management (planning, monitoring, reporting, evaluation, learning) & able to facilitate training sessions
• Influencing skills, diplomacy and tenacity
• Good administrative skills and ability to follow departmental procedures
• Fluency in written and spoken English .
• Knowledge of NGO programming in development/campaigning

 

 

The interviews will take place in week 33-34.

 

 

More information and application procedure

Are you interested, send your written application in English, including a motivation letter and curriculum vitae and mentioning reference number as follows:

 

5-148 to: jobs-nigeria@oxfamnovib.nl

5-147 to: jobs-nigeria@oxfamnovib.nl

5-145 to: jobs-nigeria@oxfamovib.nl

5-144 to: jobs-nigeria@oxfamnovib.nl

5-146 to: jobs-nigeria@oxfamnovib.nl

 

Attention the above to Shabinah Asgarali, Recruiter, on or before July 25, 2012.

 

For more information about the procedure you can contact Shabinah Asgarali, +31703421868 for more information about the job content you can contact Ale.Dijkstra@oxfamnovib.nl , FeliciaHudig@oxfamnovib.nl or 31703421670 the interviews will take place in week 33-34(12^th-18^th August 2012)