Job Title: NGO Filed Coordinator
Job ID: # 506386
Location: Kano/Northern Nigeria
Job years of experience: 5-10 years
Career category: Management
Organisation: Mideast Century Partners
Sector: NGO
We are a well-known multi-national firm seeking highly qualified individuals to help us build and grow our commercial and social investments throughout Kano and the Northern Region of Nigeria in NGO Services and Micro-Charities, Micro-Finance, and Micro-Insurance sectors. We are looking for individuals who have at least three years of experience in the Agriculture, Livestock, Micro-Charity, Micro-Finance, and Micro-Insurance or NGO operations sector. The successful candidate will be someone comfortable operating at the grass roots level out in the field and also with their executive counterparts.
Position Requirements:
• Must currently live and work in the Kano or Northern Nigeria region.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Must have very good reading comprehension and written skills in English language
• Experience in the agriculture, livestock, micro-finance, micro-charity, micro-finance or NGO operations sector is a big plus
• Must be able to work in Kano or the northern region of Nigeria with local communities • Willing and able to work "hands-on" in local agricultural-based projects
• Experience working with agricultural or financial technical counterparts is helpful
• Experience working in the areas of agriculture or finance/banking area is a plus
Duties & Responsibilities
• Developing and Maintaining relationships with local authorities and decision-makers;
• Identifying and Assessing the various risk factors relating to financial, economic, cultural, political, competition, and security risk;
• Understanding the needs and requirements of the local communities
• Evaluating project feasibility and security issues in outer lying communities;
• Community Mobilizing
• Understanding and articulating the various risk factors associated with the agricultural and livestock projects being developed, planned, and implemented in-country.
• Writing reports and developing benchmarks and metrics necessary to evaluate commercial risk according to unique in-country factors;
• Acting as "cultural translator" to be able to understand political, economic, and security risk situation in country;
Benefits: Salary is commensurate with experience and desire!
Closing date: 15 Aug 2012.
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