Location: Nigeria
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Salary: N18,828,295 per annum
Hours of Work: 40 Hours PW
Closing Date: 17 November 2024
Starting Salary: N18,828,295 per annum
Contract: 2 years
Location: Nigeria, Abuja
*Early applications are strongly encouraged as this role may be closed for applications before the advertised date*
Job Profile
To contribute to CAFOD’s involvement in Nigeria in line with the agreed strategy, by engaging in programme development; securing institutional funding for CAFOD supported programmes and partnerships; and contract management.
The post-holder will be responsible for building effective working relationships with peers across the International Programmes Group, and Advocacy Teams. This is in order to develop and maintain horizontal links between programmes, learning, innovation, good practice, and fundraising within and between regions or areas of work.
The role has also several cross-divisional and cross-organisational functions linked to work with CAFOD’s Education, Communities & Supporters, Fundraising, Finance and Media teams. The post-holder will be expected to work closely with CAFOD’s Integrated Funding and Business Innovation Unit in London and the work is expected to be aligned with corporate institutional fundraising strategies and the commitments of our Integral Ecology Programme Model. This is the Model by which all CAFOD’s programme work is underpinned, where Programme Strategies are developed with partners to focus on addressing the causes and symptoms of poverty, inequality and environmental degradation.
While the Nigeria portfolio will be allocated to the post holder, a degree of flexibility is expected and therefore the post-holder may be required to support other programmes and colleagues during particularly busy times or emergencies. Furthermore, his/her portfolio of countries/sub-regions may change/evolve over time to meet CAFOD’s and partners’ needs.
The post-holder will be expected to undertake travel for approximately 3 months a year.
The post-holder reports to the Country Representative. They are not a budget holder but may carry out some supervision tasks for staff members.
Key Responsibilities
Programme development in line with the direction set by the Core Programme Strategy
Programme funding and partners’ fundraising capacity
Contract Management and Quality Control
Internal and external representation
Systems and compliance
Supporting the development of new business opportunities for CAFOD
Safeguarding
All CAFOD staff share responsibility to promote and maintain a strong safeguarding culture, including identifying the key actions they should take given their role and responsibilities.
Your role is responsible for ensuring that the programming work you are accountable for is safe, accessible, dignified and inclusive, providing ongoing support and follow-up to our partners in this area.
This list of duties and responsibilities is by no means exhaustive, and the post holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as required. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Understanding our context
C Understanding international development: Understanding and experience of international development and programme management and quality standards within this context
Working together
F Communicating; Able to communicate with colleagues and partners at a distance
G Looking outwards; Understanding of effective and values-based partnership work between northern and southern organisations and communities.
Making change happen
H Managing resources: the ability to prepare and monitor budgets, contribute to assessing the appropriateness of partner financial systems, and ensure compliance with, knowledge and understanding of financial
I Achieving results; experience of developing successful funding applications for institutional donors; experience of participatory project design, and use of analytical tools.
J Managing our performance: experience of developing and implementing monitoring systems to track the effectiveness of programmes.
K Taking the lead
Job-specific competencies
Desirable Criteria
Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults
CAFOD recognises the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. This post involves contact with children, young people and vulnerable adults, or has responsibility for people who will do, and applicants will be subject to Police checks related to safeguarding issues.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures.