ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) is a not for profit, non-governmental entity registered with the Nigeria Corporate Affairs Commission. It commenced operations in Nigeria in 1999, while the programmatic operations commenced in January 2000 through a Country Agreement signed with the National Planning Commission of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
ActionAid is an anti-poverty agency that prioritises works with the poor and excluded; promoting values and commitment in civil society, institutions and governments with the aim of achieving structural changes in order to eradicate injustices and poverty in the world. ActionAid Nigeria is an affiliate of ActionAid International, an International Non-Governmental organisation registered in The Netherlands with its headquarters in Johannesburg South Africa. ActionAid International works in more than 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas.
AAN is inviting applications from qualified candidates to fill the following positions in a new food distribution project funded by World Food Programme (WFP) in Marte, Borno State and Busari, Yobe State:
Protection Advisor – based in Maiduguri (consultancy):
S/he will be responsible for ensuring that protection and gender equality objectives are mainstreamed on the project and that relevant capacities are built to enable gender sensitivity and gender transformative practice. S/he will also be responsible for developing clear strategies on gender and protection with special attention to strengthening psychosocial wellbeing and will lead in the implementation of these. S/he will work directly with other field offices to build capacities and provide technical advice/supervision to implementing staff and volunteers. S/he will monitor the impact of the implementation of the gender and protection strategy of the project and the impact of capacity building activities. S/he will also work closely with program staff to embed protection, gender sensitive and transformative approaches within design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation processes.
Qualification and Experience:
First degree in social sciences or arts/humanities; Membership of relevant professional bodies and agencies as well as minimum of five years’ work experience, 3 of which should be on similar role.
All interested candidates should send their cover letter and CV in a single MSWord attachment to [email protected] Only electronically submitted forms will be considered.
Subject line of emails must state clearly Job Title of position and location applied for e.g. Tally Clerk – Marte, Borno.
ActionAid offers competitive terms of employment. Applications from women and candidates from the North East are particularly encouraged.
Language: candidates should possess ability to speak Hausa. Ability to speak Kanuri will be an added advantage.
Closing date for receipt of applications is 1st March 2021. However, applications will be reviewed on rolling basis as received.
While we respect all applicants, interview dates will be communicated only to shortlisted candidates.
ActionAid is committed to preventing any form of sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse (including child abuse and adult at-risk abuse in line with our Child Safeguarding policy, Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse; and Sexual Harassment, Exploitation and Abuse at Work Policy and Overarching SHEA and Safeguarding Policy; as well as our zero-tolerance approach to Safeguarding concerns.
