Alliance Française is a local non-profit organisation led by an elected committee of members and an executive director, with the support of the Embassy of France in Nigeria. We teach French to adults and children, we are centres for official French exams and we organise cultural activities promoting local and francophone cultures.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Cooperation Officer (F/H) – Embassy of France in Nigeria
Workstation Number: 0003001148
Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Synthetic Description of the Position
- Under the authority of the Councilor of cooperation and cultural’action (COCAC), director of the’French Institute of Nigeria (IFN), France, you will follow the general areas of development cooperation and specifically humanitarian and civil society issues.
- You will pilot cooperation in human rights and related subjects (genre/equality, death penalty, LGTB rights, torture, fight against human trafficking, etc.).
- You will lead and strengthen ties with civil society. You will also be the focal point of the post for humanitarian issues, as well as for global issues in coordination with the political chancellery.
Main Activities
The missions are as follows:
- Monitoring of all areas of competence: health, humanitarian, environment, civil society, human rights. in close connection with the Chancery, exploitation of information from the implementation of the arrangements, including strategic and forward-looking analyses, diplomatic reports and notes. organisation of events related to sectoral activities, in particular with civil society and the debate of ideas. –
- Supervision of a VIA. – On areas of competence, inter-service coordination and with external partners (Direction of the’European Union (DUE), French Development Agency (AFD), International Organizations (OIs), etc, Non-governmental organizations (ONG). –
- Monitoring of the implementation of the programmed FOOD AID’,from the’action of stabilization and interventions of the Center of Crisis and Support (CDCS). –
- Budget follow-up.
Diplomas or Professional Experience Recommended to Perform the Duties
- Appetence for development cooperation issues in general, humanitarian in particular. Prior field experience abroad.
- Ability to understand crisis contexts (population displacement, food crisis, degraded security context).
- Good writing skills, in french and english, and ability to communicate in public.
- Knowledge, a taste for teamwork, loyalty and a sense of common interest.
- Knowledge or mastery of’a local language, would be an asset.
- Knowledge of the region as well.
Application Closing Date
14th July, 2025.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
