• Application Deadline: Wed, 6 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Project Assistant Staff Support - Volunteer


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience


• Location Not specified


• Job Field Project Management 
  

Team Purpose

To promote agriculture-driven economic growth and improve the living conditions for 10,000 rural farmer households (60% women) with a specific focus on women and youth.

Job Purpose

To ensure gender considerations, environmental compliance, and livelihoods improvement forms an integrated core of the LINE implementation. To also provide general support to the program team in ensuring the improvement of the livelihoods of 10,000 poor women and men farmers in Bauchi State.

Job Responsibilities

Technical

• Support advocacy activities on general LINE programming as required by the team.


• Support implementation of LINE activities on the field.


• Support the program team in networking and coordination with key stakeholders to ensure the promotion of the LINE project at implementation locations and across the state.


• Represent LINE project in meetings together with PMU staff or in their absence.


• Provide general secretarial and administrative assistance to the program unit.


• Support the monitoring of project activities and collection of data on LINE programming.


• Work with the partners of LINE to ensure activities are implemented at specific locations and times.


• Ensure that community sustainability plans are integrated into that of the local government of the project through partners.


• Support the development of case studies and success stories from project implementation.


• Follow-up on beneficiaries with complaints.


• Liaise closely with the MEAL team to understand the project outcomes.


• Any other additional responsibility as communicated by PMU and the Project Coordinator.

Job Requirements

Essential

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in International Studies, Economics, Social science, or any relevant equivalent degree.


• Computer skills, particularly in working with word processing, Excel, Power Point, databases, and electronic communication.

Desirable

Key Attributes:

• Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to cultural differences and gender issues, as well as the commitment to equal opportunities.


• Ability to demonstrate an openness and willingness to learn about the application of gender/gender mainstreaming, women’s rights, and diversity for all aspects of development work.


• Excellent interpersonal skills, tenacity, strong initiative, and proven capacity to get the job done.


• Ability to work independently and, at times, under minimum supervision.


• Commitment to Oxfam’s safeguarding policies to ensure all people who meet with Oxfam are as safe as possible.