Senior Project Officer at the Justice, Development and Peace / Caritas Initiative (JDPC)

The Justice, Development and Peace / Caritas Initiative (JDPC), is a non- governmental organization registered under the Corporative Affairs. It is the development arm of the Catholic Church Commission.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Project Officer

Location: Kaga LGA, Borno
Duration: 12 Months

Post Description

• Being part of a team working at the community level, the Senior Project Officer will supervise the activity of Food security officers, WaSH, Agric and Nutrition officers.
• The Senior Project officer will participate in the organization and monitoring of related activities aimed at improving access to food.

Responsibilities

• Support the recruitment and training of community mobilizers.
• Closely monitor and supervise project officers.
• Monitor vendor-beneficiary’s transactions.
• Participate in monthly review meeting with vendors.
• Provide support to beneficiaries and vendors in the utilization of e- vouchers and Red rose technology.
• Monitor the quality, quantity and prices of project’s vendors’ stock.
• Ensure that project participants have value for money.
• Organize monthly post redemption review meeting with the community mobilizers.
• Carryout beneficiaries, vendors and key stakeholder’s sensitization.
• Collect and log complaints and feedback from beneficiaries, non-beneficiaries, target communities and key stakeholders.
• Report all issues identified in the field.
• Participate in distribution of Red Rose cards amongst beneficiaries
• Participate in beneficiaries’ registration process as per defined guidelines and instruction from the Program Manager.
• Perform community mobilization as per defined key messages.
• Act politely with community members and IDPs.
• Support in project activities that will be assigned by supervisor.
• Be on time, flexible to perform duties as defined by the organization.
• Update line manager on daily activities of the project.
• Write and submit weekly and monthly reports to supervisor.
• Documentation of lessons learned and success stories on the project.
• Develop and send monthly workplan to supervisor.
• Travels to project sites/locations
• Perform all other activities related to organization’s businesses in line with humanitarian assistance to the targeted communities of intervention.

Minimum Qualifications and Skills

• University Degree in Business Administration or a related field
• Minimum of 5 years relevant work experience in the relevant filed. 
• Excellent skills in monitoring implementation of program activities.
• Managing resources and achieving results
• Ability to write reports. 
• A proven record in managing team. 
• A proven record of multisectoral project implementation.
• Ability to work in partnership with local communities and other NGOs as appropriate.
• Knowledge of Hausa and / or other relevant language.
• Strong sensitivity and respect for local cultures
• Professional manner in dealing with community members and co-workers. 
• Strong listening skills combined with excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills 
• Possess good interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work to meet deadlines in multiple tasking environments 
• Excellent organization, planning and analytical skills 
• Ability to work in a challenging and demanding environment.
• Ability to work as part of a team and coordinate with other JDPC staff.

Application Closing Date
17th September, 2023.