CAFOD, one of the UK’s Leading International Aid Agencies, is currently looking for a Programme Officer to support the work of the Catholics Church in tackling poverty and promoting justice through supporting partners, in particular the catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria (CCFN), to be agents of change in the development and humanitarian sector.
Position: Programme Officer
A senior national position of Programme Officer has been established to strengthenthis endeavour and will be based in CCFN office in Abuja.
Responsibilities
- The Programme Officer will be responsible for, among others, to monitor and support CAFOD funded programmes in Nigeria, focusing on governance/peace building and gender mainstreaming, with possible humanitarian support as required,
- To accompany and contribute to the institutional development of GAFOO partners in Nigeria. This will include accompanying and supporting CAFOD’s partner, CCFN, in resource mobilization through assisting in the development of an organisational funding strategy and large-scale funding proposals.
- To support advocacy initiatives on governance/peace building that are led by CCFN and/or its Church partners in Nigeria, providing and facilitating support from colleagues in London where appropriate.
- To accompany CAFOD’s longer term development programme in Nigeria, building and gender.
- To represent CAFOD externally with the government agencies and among CSOs and the Caritas network in particular and capture learning from the programming work and feed this learning back into me wider organisation.
Qualification/Experience
- At least a master degree in Organizational development or equivalent with at least 7 years’ relevant experience.
- Excellent organizational development, writing and communication skills, experience in fundraising work, and a commitment to be part of a hardworking team.
- Vast experience and ability to work with variety of partners (including faith based organizations).
- Experience of delivering and monitoring and reporting on programmes; knowledge and experience of accountability standards is essential as well as good numeracy and IT skills.
- Ability and willingness to travel, often at short notice.
Mode of Application
To read more and to apply, applicants should visit http://www.cafod.org.uk/jobs.
Closing Date: 14th September, 2012.
