Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria (CCFN) was established in September 2010 by the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), with a national mandate as a specialized development agency responsible for overall coordination of development programs for the Catholic Church a role it plays within Church and Society Department of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN). CCFN is registered with Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and can enter into contracts and agreements as a juridic or corporate entity, this is to facilitate development intervention and relations with funding partners in order to achieve greater professionalism. However it remains to all intents and purposes an agency of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, working broadly as part of the Church and Society department of the CBCN but not limited to it. The Catholic Church in Nigeria has a total of 54 dioceses grouped into 9 provinces, serving an estimated Catholic population of about 30 million. CCFN serves as the umbrella organization supporting these regional institutions to implement programs based on local needs. CCFN works in the following core thematic areas: Health and HIV/AIDS, Good Governance, Education, Emergency Response, Peace building, Environment and Gender as cross-cutting area. As part of the universal mission of the Church, CCFN works with local and international faith based and secular organizations on the basis of rights and need, not creed, race or nationality.
- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
- Experience: 2 years
- Location: Not specified
- Job Field: Sales / Marketing / Retail / Business Development
The Livelihoods Assistant, will work closely with the Senior Associate, Agriculture and Livelihoods and will be responsible for the Livelihoods activities such as liaising with relevant stakeholders, beneficiary registration, placement, monitoring and reporting on livelihoods/vocational skills activities. The Livelihoods Assistant will monitor and manage various livelihoods related initiatives and coordinate, plan, supervise the implementation of various awareness session, training sessions, collaborations with other CSOs/NGOs etc. S/he will also provide a daily and weekly activity reports to Senior Associate, Agriculture and Livelihoods
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Assist in liaising with various community stakeholders and mobilize them to ensure full involvement of community leaders and community representative and local government representatives in the overall implementation and improvement of project activities.
- Ensure that the project engages local stakeholders and develops local capacity for longer term sustainability
- Conduct daily project site visits to monitor trainers/facilitators/vendors and beneficiaries of skills acquisition programs to ensure that training schedules are kept, training methodology quality and conducive environment, and that beneficiaries are making good progress within allotted time for timely graduation.
- Lead in identifying suitably qualified graduants for empowerment with start-up kits
- Keep daily/weekly record to track beneficiaries progress and effective skills acquisition
- Participate in project reviews and planning workshops and assist the Senior Associate, Agriculture and Livelihoods in preparing weekly and monthly, narrative reports and other reports as required.
- Organize safe return and keeping of all equipment to the office and account for them
- Alert Agriculture and Livelihoods Senior Associate of issues in the field
- Coordinate and supervise community mobilizers and volunteers’ activities.
- Report serious indiscipline to supervisor immediately
- Facilitate post distribution monitoring and impact visit to project beneficiaries for impact assessment and success stories reporting purposes
- Proper documentation of project activity reports
- Provide regular and timely updates on progress and challenges to supervisors and other team members;
- Assist project teams with other activities,
- Perform any other related activities as assigned by supervisor.
Qualification and Experience
- B.Sc or Higher National Diploma in Business Management or related field
- Minimum of 2-years relevant working experience in the relevant filed.
- Excellent skills in monitoring implementation of program activities.
- Managing resources and achieving results
- Ability to write reports.
- Computer literate: proficient in use of Microsoft word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to work in partnership with local communities and other NGOs as appropriate
Additional Requirement
- Strong sensitivity and respect for local cultures
- Professional manner in dealing with community members and co-workers.
- Excellent listening skills and conflict resolution skills
- Possess good interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
- Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines in a timely manner
- Excellent organization, planning and analytical skills
- Good writing skills in English.
- Understand and speak the local language (Yoruba). Resident in local environment
- Ability to work in a challenging environment.
- Ability to work as part of a team and coordinate with other implementing partners
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to CCFN – Catholic Caritas Foundation of Nigeria on caritasnigeria.org to apply
