Team Leader at the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) - 3 Openings

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is an independent humanitarian agency established in 1984 by the Seventh Day Adventist Church for the specific purpose of community development and disaster relief. The church’s involvement in organized humanitarian assistance goes back nearly 80 years. The economic and social council of the United Nations granted ADRA general consultative status in 1997.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Team Leader

Locations: Borno, Adamawa and Yobe

Job Descriptions

• The job is found primarily in ADRA Field based Offices and jobholders typically report to Field State Coordinators.
• The reporting lines may change depending on the size of the operation and may report directly to Project Manager.
• At this level work is carried out under minimum supervision.
• Jobholders are expected to produce organized and accurate monitoring and evaluation technical work and reports on daily basis to State coordinator.
• Will be requested to provide supervisory work to field monitors and guidance on standard practices and processes to other partners and stakeholders and may have direct interactions with the beneficiaries on daily basis and counterparts in their area of work.

Job Purpose

• Supervise the activities of all field monitors assigned in the LGA at different locations.
• Monitor the planned movements and distribution of food or non-food items, cash transfers and reporting issues or discrepancies to the Field supervisor for timely resolution of problems and to ensure that the quantity distributed, and the quality of the operation is in line with required standards.
• To perform administration and planning of all monitoring activities within a specific coverage area and provide reports to support the effective delivery of assistance programs to beneficiaries.
• Receive from field monitors and maintain information records and monitoring plan documentation, such as records of commodity movements, warehouses management systems, distribution processes, selection criteria and other procedural checklists, in order to assist in the effective delivery of assistance to targeted beneficiaries.
• In accordance with clear direction, collate assistance program(s) data in order to support program reviews and informative decision-making by ADRA and other stakeholders.
• In collaboration with field monitors; liaise with other partners and internal counterparts to gather feedback and comments to support program reviews and improve services.
• Ensure proper receipt and collate comments and feedback from field monitors, cooperating partners, and beneficiaries, to support identifying programmatic issues with a view to fostering efficient operations and compliancy with standards.
• Provide guidance for cooperating partners on donor operational practices, monitoring tools and methods in order to support them to complete self-monitoring tasks.
• Prepare team leader’s reports and share to them with state coordinators for review and documentation.
• Collate all the assessments in the assigned Local Government Area with direct supervision to the selected enumerators for proper assessments in collaboration with State Coordinators.
• Able to use advanced technology tools for data collection is an added advantage.
• Follow set emergency response processes and procedures for emergency food assistance.

Qualifications and Experience

• First degree in International Development, Social Science, Economics, or related field is desired.
• Relevant experience in project management, field monitoring, evaluation design, assessments, empirical and statistical analysis, management information systems and/or information management design is required.
• At least more than one year of working in humanitarian responses and donor funded programs reporting requirements is a must.
• Proficiency at using Microsoft office software: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc. is required.
• Strong attention to detail, and statistical, analytical, and visual capabilities for various data types.
• Ability to use advanced data collection tools/gadgets and interpret coded data generated by data colleting gadgets like Kobo tool.
• Good communication skills; fluency in English and Hausa (speaking & writing);

Terms and Conditions

• For back ground checks - On your CV, please include three (3) professional references with their name, title, company, relationship to you, email address, and telephone number.

Application Closing Date
24th June, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications in English only, via: hr@adranigeria.org Indicate the Location you are willing to be posted in your email subject.

Note

• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability and sexual orientation.
• Qualifying female applicants are encouraged to apply.