UK based International Agency recruiting in Nigeria

Programme Officer
Based in Abuja/Nigeria
N 3,753,415 p.a.
CAFOD, one of the UK’s leading international and agencies, is currently looking for a Programme Officer to support the work of the Catholic Church in tackling poverty an promoting justice through supporting partners. In particular the Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria (CCFN), to be agents of change in the development and humanitarian sector.

JOB Profile
A senior national position of Programme Officer has bee established to strengthen the endeavor an will be based in CCFN office in Abuja.



Your role
The Programme Officer will be responsible for, among others, to monitor and support CAFOD funded programmes in Nigeria, focusing on governance/peace building and gender mainstreaming, with possible humanitarian support as required.
• To accompany and contribute to the institutional development of CAFOD partner sin Nigeria. This will include accompanying and supporting CAFOD’s partner, CCFN, in resource mobilization through assisting in the development of an organizational funding strategy and large-scale funding proposals.
• To support advocacy initiatives son governance/peace building that are led by CCFN and/or its Church partners in Nigeria, providing and facilitating support from colleagues in London where appropriate.
• To accompany CAFOD’s longer term development programme in Nigeria, identifying opportunities for programme development on governance/peace building and gender.
• To represent CAFOD externally with the government agencies and among CSOs and the Caritas network in particular and capture learning from the programming work and feed this learning back into the wider organization.

Your Profile
• At least a Masters degree in Organizational development or equivalent with at least 7 years’ relevant experience
• Excellent organizational development, writing and communication skills, experience in funding raising work, and a commitment to be part of a hardworking team.
• Vast experience and ability to work with wide variety of partners (including faith based organizations)
• Experience of delivering and monitoring and reporting on programmes; knowledge and experience of accountability standards is essential as well as good numeracy and IT skills,
• Ability and willingness to travel, often at short notice

Come and join us and help make a real difference in the lives of the world’s poorest communities.
To read more and to apply please visit: http://www.cafod.or.uk/jobs by 14 September.


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