[Vacancy] Community Development & Gender Officer

Community Development & Gender Officer

Overall Function of the Position:

The Community Development and Gender Officer (CD&GO) will be responsible for overseeing activities under the Capacity-building component of the RA2 within the State. He or she will coordinate activities concerning social mobilization, participatory appraisal training, and civil society involvement in the Project.

Specific Duties of the Position:

  • Contributes to the preparation of RA2 and SCCO Annual Work Plan and Budget (AWPB);
  • Tailors guidelines of Community-Driven Development (CDD) approaches in the Mobilization and Implementation of RA2;
  • Oversees and closely supervises the activities community facilitators, who will be providing assistance to Farmer Associations with Community Action Recovery Plans (CARPs).
  • Coordinates and implements sensitization of community-driven development and gender issues at the Local Government level, carry out capacity building, training and sharing of experience at the community level;
  • As necessary, provides guidance and information to the Local CARES Desk (LCDO) on the quality of CARPs, as well as equity issues in gender in local-level planning;
  • Supervises Community Mobilization and Engagementactivities, Implementation of CARPs at Local Government Levels and ensures quality control.
  • Ensures participation of women in the CARES Result Area 2 Program and takes corrective action in areas where this is not the case; and
  • Provides implementation assistance as necessary

Reporting and Location:

The position will be based in the State CARES Coordinating Office (SCCO) in the State capital, but will involve frequent travel to participating Local Governments and communities. The CDO will report directly to the SCC.

Qualifications Required:

  • First or higher degree in Agriculture, Rural Sociology, Anthropology, Rural Development Duties & Gender, or related field. Persons with a first degree but with extensive relevant practical experience may also qualify;
  • Minimum of 5 -10years post-qualification experience in local development, including direct field experience in social mobilization;
  • Fluency in local advantage a major advantage;
  • Managerial experience highly recommended; and
  • Good communication and writing skills. Computer literacy an advantage.

Details of the Contract:

Two-year contract.

 

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[Vacancy] Management Information System Officer

Management Information System Officer

Overall Function of the Position:

Working closely with the State MEO, the Management Information System Officer(MISO) will be responsible for the overall information system management for the project at their respective state and in collaboration with the National NCARES office and National Result Area 2 supporting office (NCCO);

Specific Duties will include:

  • Advise on hardware network design and hardware (technical specifications) acquisition;
  • In conjunction with the MEO and other relevant PIU members, he/she would ensure that the Project Management Information System is user friendly, web-based and meet both general and state’s peculiar requirements for disbursement, and that could be easily aggregated at the National level;
  • Maintain the data base for information storage and timely retrieval
  • Analyze the entire project data for use by management in guiding decision;
  • Coordination of data entry and file uploads into systems to be used by the project facilitators and their respective production clusters on a regular basis.
  • Regularly provide technical backstopping to users of the MIS at all levels.
  • Ensures appropriate, collection, collation and analysis of interventions coordinates especially for poverty mapping
  • Perform any other assignments, as may be assigned by the SCC

Reporting and Location:

The position will be based in the SCCO in the State capital, but may involve occasional travel to participating local governments and communities.

Qualifications Required:

  • First or higher degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Agricultural Economics, Economics, Project Management or other relevant degree;
  • Minimum of 5years post-qualification experience in Management Information System, Computer programming, planning, monitoring and evaluation, especially, of externally assisted projects;
  • Good communication and writing skills; and
  • Competence in the use of standard computer software applications for statistical analysis is not NEGOTIABLE.

Details of the Contract:

Two-year contract.

 

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[Vacancy] Monitoring And Evaluation Officer

Monitoring And Evaluation Officer

Overall Function of the Position:

The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer (MEO) will be responsible for overseeing activities under the Project Management component of the Project which pertain to tracking and evaluating implementation performance.

Specific Duties of the Position:

  • Ensure that SCARES Management Information System (MIS) captures required data for the expected result and the state level in collaboration with the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (MES) and Management Information System Specialist (MISS) at the National CARES Coordinating Office (NCCO);
  • Collection of data for overall RA2 monitoring beyond the data and reports required by IVA for submission to the SCCU.
  • Work closely with the IVA for validation and cross checking of RA2 DLI data.
  • Prepare and Produce RA2 progress reports (monthly, quarterly and annually) to the SCCU and NFCO.
  • Conducts impact evaluation and beneficiary’s assessment;
  • Produces and disseminates periodic progress reports
  • Consolidates Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) reports for the State Cares Coordinating Unit (SCCU);
  • Undertakes relevant studies and surveys as may be required;
  • Updates the monitoring and evaluation indicators;
  • Implements the M&E plan;
  • Assists the State CARES Coordinator (SCC) in the preparation of Work Plan and Budget;
  • Participate in the Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (PME) workshops and training for CARES implementing agencies in the State;
  • Undertakes any other duties as may be assigned by the SCC.

Reporting and Location:

The position will be based in the SCCO/ other region in the State capital, but may involve frequent travel to participating local governments and communities. The MEO will report directly to the SCC.

Qualifications Required:

  • First or higher degree in Agricultural Economics, Economics, Statistics or other relevant degree;
  • Minimum of 5 to 10years’ post-qualification experience in planning, monitoring and evaluation, especially, of externally assisted projects;
  • Good communication and writing skills; and
  • Competence in the use of standard computer software applications for statistical analysis.

Details of the Contract:

Two-year contract.

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