Position Requirements:

• Master’s degree in project management and development (highly preferred), or in Advocacy, Humanitarian Studies, International Relations, Political Science or a related Social Sciences field.
  
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience coordinating development initiatives (strong priority) or humanitarian activities in complex operational environments
  
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating development projects, ideally within multi-stakeholder or multi-country frameworks.
  
• Proven experience supervising technical teams and managing or working within a consortium structure (strong advantage)
  
• Solid knowledge of donor guidelines and procedures, particularly AFD and EUD is required
  
• Fluency in English is required
  
• Previous experience working in Borno State is a significant advantage
  

Ensure good governance, animation and coordination of the project implementation unit in Nigeria

• Ensure compliance with the project’s operational governance specifications, ensuring a balanced and inclusive representation of all stakeholders and guaranteeing a localized partnership approach and governance.
  
• Define and lead a framework for operational functioning, steering and governance between implementing partners - according to the defined global vision.
  
• Coordinate and facilitate information sharing between stakeholders (partners, authorities, beneficiaries, teams).
  

• Planning and monitoring the national implementation of the project activities, its evaluation and its internal and external accountability - by putting in place the necessary mechanisms for project planning and management (meetings, tools, etc.);
  
• The implementation of the territorial approach of the project and the good coordination and integration between and within the project components.
  
• The contribution of the Country Implementation Unit and related organizations to programming exercises initiated by the regional office: capitalization, evaluations, cross-border workshops, etc.
  

Ensuring Quality and Accountability of the Project

• Undertake field missions/visits to assess the conditions of implementation of activities.
  
• The technical compliance of the project with the international technical rules, guidelines and standards defined jointly by the country office and regional office experts.
  
• Encourage the overall quality of project implementation in order to maximize impact, in particular by supporting the deployment of the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS) within the project with partners.
  

Communication, advocacy, representation and external coordination.

• Ensure the timely development and operationalization of the project's advocacy and communication strategy, with the support of the regional office, and in consultation with the implementing organizations.
  
• Coordinate the collection of information and testimonies at the country level to feed regional/national advocacy and communication.
  
• Ensure communication with donors (AFD/EUD), in coordination with the implementing organizations and according to the defined operating framework.
  

Human resources management, training and capacity building of the team

• Participate in the recruitment and integration of project staff, in consultation with the implementing organizations.
  
• Plan, with line managers, the induction and briefing of new project staff.
  
• Manage staff under direct supervision within the Consortium Coordination Unit to create an enabling environment for the effective implementation of project activities.
  
• Ensure operational supervision of the project's senior staff and contribute to their evaluation and action plan - in consultation with the implementing organizations.