Job Description
This job opening is being advertised for the position of Programe Associate GS-7 located in the OCHA Maiduguri Office and reports to the NHF Programe Officer.
Duties and Responsibilities
Summary of Key functions:
- Provide support to the implementation of the monitoring pillar of the NHF accountability framework.
- Provide support to the Programme Pillar of the NHF Accountability Framework.
- Facilitate knowledge-building and knowledge-sharing on NHF processes within OCHA Nigeria and the NHF implementing partners.
- Provide support to HFU Management functions.
Provide support to the implementation of the monitoring pillar of the NHF accountability framework.
- Perform monitoring missions in line with the NHF monitoring plan.
- Assist with the coordination and implementation of field monitoring visits and remote monitoring of NHF-funded projects.
- Document, analyze, and interpret the results from field monitoring visits and remote monitoring to assess the progress against the strategic objectives of the Allocation and the Fund.
- Review submitted project monitoring reports, analyze the results and follow up on recommendations with respective partners.
- Provide training and capacity support on monitoring and reporting to NHF partners, in line with NHF Training Plan.
Provide support to the Programme Pillar of the NHF Accountability Framework.
- Review corrects and approve NHF Narrative Reports
- Liaise with partner to receive progress narrative reports in time as per defined operational modalities of NHF funded project.
- Review narrative reports and provide feedback to partners.
- Guide partners and respond partners ‘queries about narrative reporting.
- Support in new partner intake and due diligence.
- Support in Strategic and Technical Reviews of allocation processes.
- Support drafting of the NHF Annual Report.
- Support in project revisions as required.
Facilitate knowledge-building and knowledge-sharing on NHF processes within OCHA Nigeria and the NHF implementing partners.
- Support capacity assessment of new partners.
- Support capacity building of NHF eligible partner.
- Support Allocation management process.
- Support preparation of donor field visits
Provide support to HFU Management functions.
- Keep NHF contact lists up to date.
- Support the preparation of NHF allocation meeting.
- Support the preparation of NHF Advisory Board meetings.
- Take meeting minutes.
- Support other functions as requested the Head of the HFU.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Secondary education is required.
- A University degree in the position related fieldswill be given due consideration but not a requirement
Experience:
- A minimum of seven (7) years (with secondary education) or 4 years (with Bachelor’s degree) of progressively responsible experience in humanitarian affairs, monitoring and/or programmes or similar functions is required.
- 3 years’ experience in working in the BAY States (Borno/Adamawa/Yobe) is required
- Experience working with OCHA Pooled Funds (NHF and/or CERF) either directly or as a partner is required.
- Experience working in the UN system is required.
- Experience working with Monitoring and Evaluation is required.
- Availability for travel.
- Proficiency is MS office suite.
- Knowledge of databases structure and advance excel skills are desirable
Language:
- Fluency in written and spoken English is required.
- Knowledge of local languages is an asset.