Job Title: Program Coordinator
Company: Mercy Corps
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND MBA/MSc/MA
Location: Gombe, Nigeria
Job Field: Administration / Secretarial NGO/Non-Profit
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The people who join our team are a special bunch.
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They're leaders, and they take responsibility every day to act on our core values and advance our mission. They exhibit discipline in their work and in their relationships. To every challenge, project and interaction, they apply a balance of head and heart.
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Our people are smart. They're rigorous thinkers with the highest intellectual and analytical skills. They relish challenges and come up with creative solutions to the world's toughest problems. They're optimists: if one idea fails, they get right back to work on a new one. They don't stay attached to old ways of thinking, nor do they let their egos get in the way. They are confident and curious, always open to learning. That's how – in a fast-changing world, and even when resources are slim – they consistently come up with great programs.
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Under the direction of the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, M&E Assistant will be responsible for the monitoring of project activities at project sites. These activities include: beneficiaries verification, monitoring of project activities, collecting data through surveys and interviews, participating in the assessments and submitting routine reports.
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The Program Coordinator provides oversight of all aspects of emergency program implementation in Gombe State and is responsible for supporting the implementation and monitoring the delivery of emergency assistance for internally displaced and host community households within Gombe state. The position includes daily management of program activities and program staff; supporting the Abuja based Head of Emergency Programs to ensure that the program and operational systems and support mechanisms are in place to track, analyze and report on results.
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REQUIREMENTS:
- University degree in international studies, social sciences, economics or other relevant field; MA/S preferred
- Minimum of five years of progressive work experience in program implementation preferably with an international organization and preferable minimum one year experience in emergency assistance
- Previous experience from cash-based, market oriented interventions will be an asset.
- Understanding of the social, political and economic context of N-East Nigeria
- Previous supervisory experience is essential.
- Ability to work effectively as part of team in an emergency, cross-cultural and politically sensitive setting.
- Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks.
- Ability to collect, interpret, and synthesize data collected from field teams.
- Excellent people management skills; including the ability to motivate, train staff and distribute workloads between team members.
- Knowledge of sphere standards and gender sensitive programming.
- Willingness to learn and to progress professionally.
- Excellent IT skills and command of Microsoft Office (mainly Word and Excel) in addition to email.
- Excellent English language skills, fluency in Hausa are required.
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