Christian Rural and Urban Development Association of Nigeria Recruitment 2024(4 Positions)

Essential Criteria

• Level of Education – B.Sc. / HND or equivalent
• Specified Study Area – Finance / Accounts / Other related fields
• Minimum of 3 year’s finance experience
• Proficient in the use of Peachtree/Sage Accounting software.
• Experience in working with partners accountable for grants and other financial support provided to implement project activities, particularly at the community level.
• Excellent verbal communication and listening skills.
• Language Requirements: Spoken English-Excellent; Written English-Excellent
• Must be able to speak at least one local language predominant in that state.
• Level of IT Expertise: Excellent (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Professional certificate in accounting and finance

Skills and Behaviours (our Values in Practice)
Accountability/Integrity:

• Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
• High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
• Holds self and others accountable
• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates the highest levels of integrity.

Collaboration:

• Working effectively with team members to achieve common goals
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members,
• and external partners
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Designing more effective Finance and admin systems
• Willing to take disciplined risks
• Future-oriented, thinks pro-actively
• Skills & Experience:
• Administrative & General Skills

Desirable Criteria:

• Good training and facilitation skills (for financial training/support to partners).
• Ability to multi-task, engage in long-term planning, meet deadlines, and handle last-
• minute demands; exercise patience, and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Ability to be creative and proactive; health service improvement is essential.
• Understanding of local language(s)

Application Closing Date
26th January, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter to: career@crudan.org using the Job Title and Applicant’s name as the subject of the mail.

Note: Only applications sent in the required format will be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

Requirements, Skills, and Competence:

• Level of Education – First Degree, Master’s Degree in Development Studies, Community Engagements, Policy and Strategic Studies, Disaster risk Reduction / Management, Humanitarian Response or equivalent in relevant field with at least 3 years’ experience
• At least three (3) years of demonstrated experience at the State or Local Government levels on a successful implementation of disaster reduction and humanitarian activities.
• Sound political acumen and ability to manage relationships, as well as understand institutional change in complex environments.
• Must have substantial experience in implementing community-level development/humanitarian projects, using participatory engagement and grassroots mobilization techniques.
• An excellent understanding of financial and technical delivery, monitoring and evaluation of program impact and reporting against results;
• Experience leading policy advocacy and campaign program intervention related to  disaster risk reduction and management as well as humanitarian interventions.
• Demonstrates excellent project management skills to agreed timescales (timelines, targets, donor requirements).
• Experience working with Civil society organization, Community based organization and value chain actors and their service providers
• Experience and sound understanding of risks and their impacts on vulnerable rural populations.
• Excellent training and facilitation skills with a wide variety of groups having diverse experiences, backgrounds, skills, and education levels
• Experience in handling grants to local groups, ensuring appropriate basic documentation and accountability at the community/field level.
• Excellent verbal communication and listening skills.
• Language Requirements: Spoken English-Excellent; Written English-Good (ability to type and prepare reports and other documents as needed.)
• Reside in Adamawa State
• Strong interpersonal skills and conflict resolution skills Immediate availability
• Information Computer Technology (ICT) practical understanding and ability to track and analyse data
• Ability to multi-task, engage in long-term planning, meet deadlines, and handle last- minute demands; exercise patience, and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Fluency in English, Hausa, and any other local language(s)
• Respected by local people and leaders and known to be conscientious, of high integrity, and diplomacy.

Application Closing Date
26th January, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter to: career@crudan.org using the Job Title and Applicant’s name as the subject of the mail.

Note: Only applications sent in the required format will be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

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Requirements, Skills, and Competencies

• Level of Education –First Degree, Master degree in Development studies, Community engagements, Policy and Strategic Studies, Disaster Risk Reduction / Management, Humanitarian Response or equivalent in relevant field with at least 3 years experience.
• At least three (3) years of demonstrated experience at the State or Local Government levels on a successful implementation of disaster reduction and humanitarian activities.
• Sound political acumen and ability to manage relationships, as well as understand institutional change in complex environments.
• Must have substantial experience in implementing community-level development/humanitarian projects, using participatory engagement and grassroots mobilization techniques.
• An excellent understanding of financial and technical delivery, monitoring and evaluation of program impact and reporting against results;
• Experience leading policy advocacy and campaign program intervention related to disaster risk reduction and management as well as humanitarian interventions.
• Demonstrates excellent project management skills to agreed timescales (timelines, targets, donor requirements).
• Experience working with Civil society organization, Community based organization and value chain actors and their service providers
• Experience and sound understanding of risks and their impacts on vulnerable rural populations.
• Excellent training and facilitation skills with a wide variety of groups having diverse experiences, backgrounds, skills, and education levels
• Experience in handling grants to local groups, ensuring appropriate basic documentation and accountability at the community/field level.
• Excellent verbal communication and listening skills.
• Language Requirements: Spoken English-Excellent; Written English-Good (ability to type and prepare reports and other documents as needed.)
• Reside in Katsina State
• Strong interpersonal skills and conflict resolution skills
• Immediate availability
• Information Computer Technology (ICT) practical understanding and ability to track and analyse data
• Ability to multi-task, engage in long-term planning, meet deadlines, and handle last- minute demands; exercise patience, and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Fluency in English, Hausa, and any other local language(s)
• Respected by local people and leaders and known to be conscientious, of high integrity, and diplomacy.

Application Closing Date
26th January, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter to: career@crudan.org using the Job Title and Applicant’s name as the subject of the mail.

Note: Only applications sent in the required format will be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

General scope of the Job

• The Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Officer is specifically responsible for:
• Monitoring and evaluating the Strengthening Early Warning & Response Mechanisms
• (SEWaRM) project being implemented by CRUDAN in partnership with Oxfam and working with the Climate and Resilience Project Officer to report to the Director of Programmes.
• Assisting in producing, networking and to storing up-to-date resources (database) that support the organisation’s communication.
• Monitoring and evaluating data collection activities, survey work and analytical sessions.
• Ensuring field data is gathered and registered, ensuring the quality of data entered and helping to produce initial statistical analyses.
• Responsibilities and Tasks
• Setting up the M&E system
• Assist in revising the programme log frame matrix, particularly in the areas of the objective hierarchy, indicators/milestones and monitoring mechanisms.
• Guide the process for identifying the key performance questions and parameters for monitoring programme performance and comparing it to targets.
• Design the format for monitoring programme performance reports.
• Set out the framework and procedures for the evaluation of programme activities with stakeholders
• Participate in training with stakeholders, including primary stakeholders, in M&E skills, including participatory aspects.

Implementation of M&E:

• Based on the budget, design the framework for the physical and process monitoring of project activities.
• Prepare consolidated progress reports for Management in accordance with approved reporting formats and timing.
• Conduct regular visits to meet beneficiaries in coordination with project officers to capture data correctly and efficiently to ensure regular and accurate reporting.
• Develop and submit quarterly capacity enhancement and assessment plan for project
• beneficiaries in targeted communities and ensure the implementation of approved actions.
• Review monitoring reports, analyse them for impact evaluation to identify the causes of potential bottlenecks in programme implementation.

Communication:

• Prepare reports on M&E findings, as required, working closely with the Project Officer.
• Undertake regular visits to the field to support implementation of M&E and to identify where adaptations might be needed.
• Guide the regular sharing of the outputs of M&E findings with programme staff, implementing partners and primary stakeholders.
• Liaise with OXFAM MELSA Unit through the Program Officer to ensure effective project monitoring at the LG level.
• Check that monitoring data are discussed in the appropriate forum and in a timely fashion. If necessary, create such discussion forum to fill any gaps.

Accountability:

• Implement and support accountability feedback, complaints and response mechanisms (both digital and conventional) in the project locations.
• Where applicable, maintain regular contact with beneficiaries, community leaders, representatives of agencies of government and other NGOs, inviting them to participate in monitoring and assessment processes and sharing the results with them.
• Inform target beneficiaries of their rights, the intended results and impact of the project, the monitoring and evaluation processes, and the feedback and complaints Mechanism of the project.

Learning:

• Assist the project team and partners in documenting lessons learnt
• Support the implementation of reviews and learning events at project locations, as needed.
• Support development of programs management information system (MIS), harnessing new information technology for the compilation, analysis, storage, and retrieval of data and knowledge for programs development.
• Performs other duties that may be assigned by the Executive Director and/or Director of Programmes.

Personal Qualities

• B.Sc in relevant field or other similar field
• At least 3 years’ experience in development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation; other learning efforts is required
• Ability to work calmly under pressure.
• Flexible attitude to work
• Ability to gain trust and support of colleagues
• Good Team player.
• Ability to meet deadlines, targets and work proactively with others to meet shared responsibilities.
• Ability to work in difficult terrains and weather conditions.
• Fluency in English, Hausa, and any other local language(s)
• Ability to relate to people from a variety of diverse cultural backgrounds.

Application Closing Date
26th January, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter to: career@crudan.org using the Job Title and Applicant’s name as the subject of the mail.

Note: Only applications sent in the required format will be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.

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