Social Protection Policy Advisor (Adamawa) at Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

The Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (German Agency for International Cooperation) is an international enterprise owned by the German Federal government, operating in many fields across more than 130 countries.

In Nigeria, GIZ's portfolio includes among others, a programme to support the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in its regional integration goals. The programme aims to strengthen sector-specific capacities in the areas of Peace and Security, Customs and Trade as weir as Strategic Management and Organizational Development in the ECOWAS Commission.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Social Protection Policy Advisor

Vacancy No: 043
Location: Yola, Adamawa
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities

• Under the general guidance of the Head of Social Protection Component, and in close collaboration with the Senior Governance Advisor, the Social Protection Policy Advisor is responsible for the following: 

Programme Planning & Implementation – Social Protection Policy Design & Development:

• Plan and/or provide technical assistance and operational support to set social protection program priorities, strategies, design, and implementation plans.
• Keep abreast of national/regional/international development priorities on social protection to enhance program management and delivery.
• Analyze key research studies, evaluations, and reports on social protection in Nigeria to identify and document lessons and produce analytical summaries for internal use and / or policy application.
• Support advocacy efforts and engagements with relevant government agencies, policy makers and identified stakeholders in Adamawa State to generate demand for policies on social protection, social inclusion, and human capital development in the state. 
• Facilitate legislative engagements for the development and approval of a social protection legal framework with the Borno State House of Assembly. 
• Support the design and development of contextualized social protection, social inclusion and human capital development policy and legal frameworks in Borno State.
• Support the provision of technical inputs to oversee the drafting, peer review, validation, and institutionalization of social protection policies in Borno State.
• Facilitate high level political advocacy and engagements including legislative engagements for domestication, approval and implementation of the social protection policies and legal frameworks in Borno State. 
• Support capacity assessments and design and implementation of capacity building initiatives for social protection actors and institutions in Borno State. 
• Build and strengthen strategic partnerships through networking and advocacy with local/national government, development and humanitarian partners, NGOs, funding organizations private sector to reinforce cooperation and/or pursue opportunities to promote goals and achieve sustainable and broad results on social protection.

Tasks
Knowledge Management, Monitoring, Visibility, and other Duties:

• In close liaison with the M&E Advisors support effective impact monitoring and reporting for the Components in line with the requirements of the commissioning parties (EU and BMZ).
• Support effective communication and visibility of the Programme and in line with requirements of commissioning parties.

Other duties/additional tasks:

• Performs other duties and tasks at the request of management

Required Qualifications, Competences, and Experience
Qualifications:

• A University Degree in Social Sciences (Economics, Political Science, Public Administration, Social Statistics, Mathematics Demography or similar fields). A Masters degree will be an added advantage.

Professional experience:

• A minimum of 7 years’ professional work experience in relevant thematic areas of the Programme (Social Protection, Social Policy, Governance, Policy Development & Design, Institutional Strengthening).
• Good knowledge of the Nigerian Social Protection context at the federal and sub-national levels. 
• A strong ability in policy design, policy advocacy, institutional strengthening, policy analysis and the development of strategic frameworks.
• Effective project management skills and experience managing or working in complex multi-faceted projects.
• Ability to work in a dynamic, multidisciplinary, and highly political context.  

Other knowledge, additional competences:

• Strong writing, reporting and presentation skills.
• Proficient in performance-driven planning monitoring and reporting
• Resourceful, resilient and with an ability to stay motivated in the face of setbacks or during periods of pressure.
• Self-motivated, performance oriented and with good analytical ability.
• Solutionist orientation.
• Very good working knowledge of Office 365 tools (i.e. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and MS Teams)
• Spoken and written language skills in English will be required. Fluency in Hausa and/or Fulfude would be an asset.

Application Closing Date
7th June, 2024.