PROJECT OFFICER- ECONOMIC RECOVERY

Job Summary

CARE International in Nigeria is seeking a Project Officer, Economic Recovery for an anticipated RESILAC 2 program expansion to Yobe State. The Project Officer will provide technical support and guide implementation of CARE’s interventions in livelihoods, and resilience activities in close collaboration with the local partner organizations under RESILAC 2 program in Yobe State. to strengthen sustainable livelihood pathways, promote youth and women economic empowerment, support natural resource-based value chains, and enhance community resilience through diversified, climate-adapted income opportunities. S/he will work closely with the Project Coordinator/Project Manager and coordinate with the Gender Officer to ensure gender sensitivity in all activities. S/he will work with partners to develop implementation plans, identify, and resolve challenges, and promote ongoing learning and quality improvements throughout the project in liaison with the Project Manager. The RESILAC Consortium, composed of Action Against Hunger (lead), CARE and Groupe URD, has been implementing a resilience project for the social and inclusive economic recovery of Lake Chad (RESILAC) in the four countries around Lake Chad (Cameroon, Niger, Nigeria, and Chad). The program donors, French Development Agency (AFD) and the European Union (EU) have expressed their willingness to continue their actions in support of resilience, economic recovery, and social cohesion in the Lake Chad Basin through RESILAC 2 amounting to €40 million, which will aim to consolidate the achievements of the RESILAC 1 project and develop an approach in other areas while considering changes in the context and regional strategies as well as the strengths and the weaknesses of RESILAC 1.

Job Details

SCOPE:

Employment Type: Contract - Full-Time 

Job Status: Nationals only.

Slots: 1

Location: Damaturu, Yobe State.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:

Job Responsibility #1: Project Planning and Implementation  

• Lead the rollout of livelihood, vocational skills, and economic recovery activities, ensuring alignment with territorial diagnostics and market assessments.
• Guide the implementation of youth job creation packages, microenterprise startup support, value chain strengthening, and green job initiatives.
• Support ecosystem-linked livelihoods such as sustainable agriculture, agro-processing, natural resource management, and climate-adapted enterprises.
• Ensure that standards and guidelines related to livelihood & resilience initiatives are effectively applied on a timely manner in project implementation including integration of cross cutting themes.
• Participate in the preparation of overall and activity work plans and budgets for technical CARE specific activities.
• Be able to systemically review detailed implementation plan and other key implementation tools and initiate innovative approaches that will open new frontiers for resilience learning.
• Coordinates economic empowerment & sustainable resilience interventions at local government level (LGA).

Job Responsibility #2: Technical Support  

• Provide technical guidance on market-based livelihood approaches, value chain entry points, and household economic strengthening. 
• Provide technical support and timely feedback to the Project Manager on livelihoods and resilience interventions outlined.
• Participate in the design, review, and updating of Detailed Implementation Plans and field activities for livelihood and resilience activities
• Identify other opportunities in an ongoing manner that will add value to the overarching goal of the project.
• Provide overall RESILAC 2 LGAs management in strict adherence to the approved designs, standards, and guidelines.
• Uphold the CARE and donor policies and regulations in project implementation.

Job Responsibility #3: Coordination and representation

• Attend LGA level coordination meetings to ensure effective coordination and linkages with other partners conducting similar work
• Represent RESILAC 2 in relevant fora related to key technical areas in consultation with the Project Manager.
• Coordinate livelihood and business development work with other consortium partners and local CSOs.
• Participate in economic recovery and market system coordination meetings across Yobe State.

Job Responsibility #4: Monitoring and Reporting

• Conduct regular field monitoring of vocational training, enterprise support, and value chain interventions.
• Support data collection for income tracking, market uptake, employment outcomes, and capacity-building indicators.
• Prepare timely weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports, including beneficiary success stories and challenges encountered.
• Document market innovations, lessons learned, and best practices for scale-up.
• Make technical input and support the planning, design, and execution of project specific operational research, including baseline and end line evaluation, territorial and market assessments related to RESILAC 2.
• Contextualize and use reporting guidelines to track and develop quality weekly updates, situational reports, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual and end of projects reports, key lessons, and success stories in accordance with RESILAC 2 requirements.
• Facilitate regular RESILAC 2 review meetings with government, target communities and staff
• Ensures participatory monthly data collection are conducted (involving communities and partners) using the standardized tools.
• Supervise and ensure successful and quality completion of project activities as per the set guidelines and standards.
• Document and disseminate best practices/approaches/models on RESILAC 2 interventions and other meetings at field level as may be required to facilitate adoption during the project implementation.

Job Responsibility #5: Capacity Building

• Mobilize and sensitize community for empowerment & sustainability.
• Build capacity of communities and partners on integration for effective delivery, synergy & community-based monitoring for sustainability.
• Take a lead in building partner field staff (CSO and CBOs) and community capacities in economic empowerment and resilience interventions through trainings and other information sharing avenues to handle project activities effectively.

Resource Mobilization

• Contribute to CARE’s resource mobilization efforts.

Other Responsibilities:

• Perform any other duties as assigned.

Requirements

QUALIFICATION/EXPERIENCE/TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Required

• Bachelors in Agribusiness, Economics, Development Studies, Business Administration, or related field. A Master’s degree is an advantage
• Minimum 3 years INGO experience in livelihoods, economic recovery, market systems, or youth employment programmes. 
• Experience in coordinating project activities with partner organizations
• Knowledge of local languages such as Hausa and Kanuri.

Desired

• Experience in multisectoral resilience building programs.
• Experience implementing livelihoods components of EU/AFD or resilience programs.
• Strong understanding of Climate-Smart Agriculture and green job creation.
• Experience supporting women and youth economic empowerment in fragile settings.

Competencies:

• Approachability                                 
• Building Effective Teams
• Customer Focus
• Integrity and Trust
• Drive for Results
• Comfort around Higher management
• Business Acumen
• Negotiating
• Organizational Agility

NOTE:

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
• CARE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. CARE considers all applicants on the basis of merit without prejudice to race, sexual orientation, religion, disability, age, colour, national origin, marital status, or veteran status.
• There are individuals who may use CARE’s name and trademark in emails and on websites in an attempt to solicit fees from interested job seekers. Please note that CARE will not request for any monetary payments from applicants at any stage of the recruitment process.

Qualified Women and Persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

About Company

CARE

https://www.carenigeria.org/

CARE is a global humanitarian and development leader within a worldwide movement dedicated to ending poverty. We are known everywhere for our unshakable commitment to the dignity of people. CARE vision is to seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and all people live with dignity and security. Our Mission is to work around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty and achieve social justice. We put women and girls in the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. We are strongly inspired and guided by our Core Values of Transformation, Integrity, Excellence, Diversity and Equality. CARE Nigeria was established in Nigeria in April 2017 and has been predominantly operating in the conflict affected Northeast, and in the Northwest. CARE aims to support vulnerable people who are affected by conflict, natural disasters and poverty across four key programming areas: Food and Nutrition Security and Livelihoods, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, a Life Free from Violence (Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response) and Women’s Economic Empowerment through its Flagship ‘Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA) approach. Our Commitment to Nigeria people goes beyond our current humanitarian work to exploring and initiating longer-term development programs that address underlying causes of poverty and vulnerability in Nigeria. In collaboration with other stakeholders, we will initiate and support equitable and sustainable development interventions by enabling the underprivileged to realize their potential, exercise their right and strengthen linkages with broader society.