Job Vacancy: Job title: Project Assistant
Job description: Project Assistant:
UNITED IN SECURITY PROJECT: A Collaborative Approach to Civilian Protection in Nigeria
Position Summary
Search for Common Ground is looking for a Project Assistant. Under the supervision of the Project Manager, the Project Assistant is responsible for supporting the implementation and monitoring of project activities assigned to her/him.
The Project Assistant will be responsible for assisting the project manager in project related activities, ensuring smooth operations of the project and consistency of project implementation in line with Search’s and donor regulations. He/she shall ensure that the project’s plans are in place and kept updated as per the project’s overall objective.
This position will be based in our Yola office with frequent travels to Implementation LGAs across Adamawa state. She/he will work under the direct supervision of the Project Manager.
About the Project
National and international attention, garnered by the #EndSARS protests have shone a light on the history of impunity experienced from Nigerian security forces and amplified messages calling for greater accountability of security actors accused of human rights violence. This moment presents a window of opportunity to further entrench security sector reform from a collaborative and rights-based lens, empowering stakeholders at all levels, including communities, CSOs, media professionals, government authorities, and security actors. The project aims to enhance the role of CSOs and communities in constructively engaging security forces, while increasing the capacity of security actors to effectively assume their roles and responsibilities in a manner that upholds human rights standards. Through trainings, dialogue, advocacy, and peace and security initiatives, these actors will work together towards shared solutions to persistent security challenges. Search’s intervention is informed by strong evidence from over 10 years of lessons learned and networks built through our human rights and security sector accountability programming in Nigeria.
The overall goal is to strengthen engagement and advocacy processes to reduce human rights abuse by security forces in North East and North Central Nigeria. This is supported by three specific objectives that will guide the project’s activities:
Objective 1: Increased capacity of target CSOs and media actors’ in human rights monitoring, reporting and advocacy. CSO and media actors’ coordination, communication, and action to influence security sector policy and practice related to accountability and human rights are strengthened
Objective 2: Improved capacity of security forces to understand and respect human rights principles. Increased dialogue between affected communities, key stakeholders, and security actors on issues related to human rights and protection.
Objective 3: Empower diverse communities and groups to contribute to the design and implementation of security sector reform processes. Strengthened collaboration between communities, CSOs, security actors, and government authorities around joint initiatives responding to demands for accountability and improved security
Duration
- Six (6) months duration with possibility of extension contingent upon satisfactory performance and continued funding.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Provide direction in the coordination and management of Search’s activities in the related project State.
- Organize and participate in workshops, needs assessments, consultations, planning sessions, and provide technical inputs as necessary.
- Help identify the gaps and requirements in relation to the prevention of violent conflict.
- Develop relations with partners and work towards the enhancement of the project
- Support in the organization and implementation of activities; assistance in the design and delivery of training and other support activities.
- Contribute to effective communication and reporting on project activities in the field.
- Provide inputs for periodic technical reviews and manage changes in program direction and focus; project monitoring, evaluation, accountability & learning, etc.
- Conduct frequent supervision and monitoring visits to project areas and identify any issues needing attention related to implementation, compliance, and program quality standards.
- Work closely with the Search team for the implementation of learning and recommendations from external or internal reviews and feedback.
- Work with the project team to develop a detailed costed work plan at the start of the project and ensure monthly updates are made to the output databases.
- Ensure that beneficiaries have access to feedback mechanisms and that data is monitored and responses are given within appropriate periods.
- In consultation with the Project Manager, represent Search at meetings, seminars, coordination fora, and other events.
- Ensure good collaboration and working relationships with the government and other relevant partners.
- Create appropriate links, working procedures and information sharing with key stakeholders
- Ensure project reports are produced on time and to a high standard.
- Provide brief updates (bi-weekly or weekly) to the Project Manager and members as the case may be.
- Report any new developments, problems, and challenges encountered in implementation promptly.
- Fulfill any additional assignment as deemed necessary by the project team.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Peacebuilding, Development Studies or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)
Required Experience
- At least 1 year experience of project implementation, including engagement with several actors – governments, community, and religious leaders, civil society, governments, security organizations and specialist networks, etc.
Other Relevant Requirements
- A good understanding of and North East and North Central Nigeria, particularly in terms of key political, social, security and economic issues
- Resident in the state of application, speaks local language (Hausa, Fulfulde, Tiv, Idoma, etc.) and understands the terrain
- Excellent diplomacy and interpersonal skills and an ability to work in a non-partisan manner, appreciating gender, cultural and ethnic diversity
- Ability to work individually, but also with experience of working effectively as part of a team
- Ability to manage multiple tasks effectively with attention to detail and an orderly approach to tasks
- Strong analytical skills, including drafting reports and briefings
- Fluency in English (written and spoken).
- Must have a ‘hands-on’, practical mentality, be self-driven, and very motivated.
₦100,000 – ₦120,000 a month
This is a junior position
To apply:
Interested candidates should send the following to our
Current resume
Cover Letter (which includes expectations of compensation)
Please compile your writing sample and resume into one document as the system only has the functionality to upload two documents per application. Incomplete applications will not be accepted. Applications received after the 18th of September 2024 may not be considered.
As job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, the position holder may be required to undertake other duties that are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.
Only applicants invited for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please. Please see our website for full details of our work. All Search Employees must adhere to the values: Collaboration- Audacity – Tenacity – Empathy – Results. In accordance with these values, Search enforces compliance with the Code of Conduct and related policies on Anti Workplace Harassment, Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Conflict of Interest, and Anti-fraud. Search is committed to safeguarding the interests, rights, and well-being of children, youth, and vulnerable adults with whom it is in contact and to conducting its programs and operations in a manner that is safe for children, youth, and vulnerable adults. Search for Common Ground does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. View our code of conduct and our privacy policy .
Les descriptifs de pouvant ne pouvant être exhaustifs, le titulaire du poste pourra être amené à entreprendre d’autres tâches qui correspondent globalement aux responsabilités clés ci-dessus.
Seuls les candidats invités à un entretien seront contactés. Pas d’appels téléphoniques s’il vous plaît. Veuillez consulter notre site Web pour tous les détails de notre mission.
Tous les employés de Search doivent adhérer aux valeurs de Search : Collaboration- Audace – Ténacité – Empathie – Résultats. Conformément à ces valeurs, Search fait respecter le code de conduite et les politiques connexes sur la lutte contre le harcèlement au travail, la protection contre l’exploitation et les abus, la protection des enfants, les conflits d’intérêts et la lutte contre la fraude. Search s’engage à préserver les intérêts, les droits et le bien-être des enfants, des jeunes et des adultes vulnérables avec lesquels elle est en contact et à mener ses programmes et ses opérations d’une manière qui soit sûre pour les enfants, les jeunes et les adultes vulnérables.
Search for Common Ground ne fait pas et ne doit pas faire de discrimination fondée sur la race, la couleur, la religion (croyance), le sexe, l’expression de genre, l’âge, l’origine nationale (ascendance), le handicap, l’état matrimonial, l’orientation sexuelle ou le statut militaire, dans aucune de ses activités ou opérations.
Consultez notre code de conduite et notre politique de confidentialité ici.
Dado que la descripción de funciones no puede ser exhaustiva, el titular del puesto puede tener que realizar otras tareas que coinciden en líneas generales con las responsabilidades clave mencionadas.
Sólo se contactará con los candidatos invitados a una entrevista. Se agradece no recibir llamadas telefónicas. Consulte nuestro sitio web para conocer todos los detalles de nuestro trabajo. Todos los empleados de Search deben adherirse a los valores de la organización: Colaboración – Audacia – Tenacidad – Empatía – Resultados. De acuerdo con estos valores, Search hace cumplir el Código de Conducta y las políticas relacionadas con luchar contra el acoso en el lugar de trabajo, la protección contra la explotación y el abuso, la protección de la infancia, los conflictos de intereses y la lucha contra el fraude. Search se compromete a salvaguardar los intereses, derechos y bienestar de los niños, jóvenes y adultos vulnerables con los que está en contacto y a llevar a cabo sus programas y operaciones de una manera que sea segura para los niños, jóvenes y adultos vulnerables. Search for Common Ground no discrimina ni discriminará por motivos de raza, color, religión (credo), género, expresión de género, edad, origen nacional (ascendencia), discapacidad, estado civil, orientación sexual o condición militar, en ninguna de sus actividades u operaciones. Consulte nuestro código de conducta y nuestra política de privacidad .
Location: Yola, Adamawa State
Job date: Wed, 06 Sep 2023 23:55:21 GMT
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