Under the direct supervision and the guidance of the Program coordinator, the Program Officer will:

Plan and monitor implementation of the BRC/ NRCS Country program in a timely, effective and efficient manner.

Work closely with the National Society to strengthen preparedness and response capacity to enable the NS improve their disaster management programming.

Support ongoing collaboration with all relevant partners in the region in the field of disaster risk management and will also work on further developing these relationships.
The job will require travel to the project locations in Lagos, Imo, FCT, Delta and Bauchi of about 50% of the total work hours.

Duties and Responsibilities

He/ she will have the following responsibilities:

Responsible in planning, implementation, and reporting of components of the Disaster Management program, under overall program leadership of the Program Coordinator

Lead development of Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) component of the DM program

Coordinate follow-up on implementation plans with colleagues in London and Nigeria on key strategic topics such as Community Engagement and Accountability and Prevention and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

Strengthen capacity and competencies in the program branches on Water Sanitation and Hygiene.

Ensure effective working relationships with the relevant departments/ branches of NRCS as well as WASH/ Health technical advisors at BRC.

Provision of guidance and support implementation of activities related to other technical areas of the project, mainly related to logistics, information management, Protection and Gender Inclusion, and Health

Conduct monitoring and supervisory visits to the program activity sites in the field.

Organize and facilitate training sessions for National Society technical staff and volunteers in various areas of disaster risk management.

Participate in relevant meetings with relevant stakeholders where needed.

Perform other duties in addition to the above responsibilities, commensurate with background and experience as deemed necessary by Supervisor; especially contributing to development and management of additional programs in future.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in development studies, Public health or field relevant

Experience

Relevant:

Experience in the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

Experience with planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting on projects for Disaster Management programming

Experience in capacity building initiatives for Disaster Risk Reduction or WASH

Experience in coordinating stakeholders across organizations

Preferred:

Experience within a multi-cultural environment

Experience in partner relationship management and attention to detail

Knowledge, Skills and Languages

Relevant:

Strong communication skills

Computer Literate (especially excel, word, power point)

Ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.

Initiative and flexibility

Accuracy and attention to details

Competencies, Values and Comments

Language:

Fluently spoken and written English