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The position is to be filled as soon as possible, with an initial contract duration of two years. Employment location will be Niamey, Niger (NE).

Due to the ongoing conflict with Boko Haram in Nigeria, Niger, the Chad and Cameroon, the security situation is still tense in the Diffa region and the state of emergency continues to apply. According to OCHA, the number of internally displaced persons, refugees and returnees in July 2018 amounted to almost 250,000 persons (118 868 refugees, 104 288 internally displaced persons and 25 731 returnees). This humanitarian and security crisis with diverse growing needs impacts especially the three municipalities of the proposed project region (Diffa, Chetimari and Gueskerou), where more than the half of the displaced persons (142 000) resides. The displaced persons are dependent on the hospitality of the autochthonous population but also from the support of the government, the United nations and the local and international non-governmental organizations.

Serving refugees, returnees and autochthone populations with the greatest needs in Diffa since 2015, Welthungerhilfe is implementing a multisector project (Food Security, WASH and Income Generating Activities) to improve people’s food and nutrition security, to bring them reducing their vulnerability and strengthening their resilience to shocks.

The aims of the job are to manage and implement projects based on specified directives in terms of content, schedule and budget. The project is carried out in accordance with Welthungerhilfe standards and the directives/provisions of the co-financer. The Head of Project is responsible for the operative implementation of the project and the appropriate use of the funds. He/she is responsible for coordination, planning and implementation, correctly and duty reporting to Welthungerhilfe’s Country Office as well as to the donor.

Your responsibilities

  • Carrying out the project according to the rules and standards of the co-financing donors and Welthungerhilfe
  • Ensuring that all project relevant support is in place (Monitoring, logistics, Finance administration, etc.)
  • Responsibility for modifying and continuing project planning and the project budget
  • Supporting the identification of co-financing opportunities to be pursued and ensuring the timely development of successful project proposals in line with the relevant donor regulations and strategies
  • Representing project in sector meeting and other forums
  • Reporting to the Country Director and Head of Program on the progress of the project and all risks associated with the project work
  • Managing staff according to Welthungerhilfe principles, staff policies and Welthungerhilfe strategy
  • Responsibility for the implementation and the monitoring of the security management system of Welthungerhilfe in the project area
  • Representing Welthungerhilfe in project region vis-à-vis relevant regional and local authorities and expands network with the relevant stakeholders

Your profile

  • Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Management, International Development, Agriculture or Humanitarian Response
  • 3-5 Years previous experience managing programming in complex multi sector project in food/nutrition security, Wash and/or livelihoods as well as ability to manage teams remotely
  • Experience and outstanding skills in program design, developing proposals, reporting, M&E documents, work-plans, budgets and other project documents
  • Knowledge and experience of Cash Transfer Programs
  • Knowledge of regulatory, contractual, legal and financial compliance requirements associated with international donor funding.
  • Willingness to travel to the field and overnight at field sites with various levels of privation
  • Professional proficiency in French, English and German (verbal and written)

Our offer

We offer you co-operation in a highly dedicated team and a responsible scope of tasks. Of course, a comprehensive training is also part of our offer.

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  • Job City Niamey
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Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e. V. – or Welthungerhilfe (German for World Hunger Aid) for short – is a German non-denominational and politically independent, non-profit-making and non-governmental aid agency working in the field of development cooperation and emergency relief aid. Since it was founded in 1962, it has used about 2.84 billion euros to carry out more than 7733 aid projects in 70 countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

Welthungerhilfe holds the seal of approval of the Deutsches Zentralinstitut für soziale Fragen (DZI). In 2014, Welthungerhilfe and the aid organization World Vision International were announced the most transparent German organizations. In 2012, Welthungerhilfe celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Welthungerhilfe has set itself the goal of banishing famine and poverty from the world. Following the basic principle of help towards self-help, it works together with local partner organisations to support the efforts of people in developing countries to free themselves from hunger and poverty and to provide for themselves on a sustainable basis.

Welthungerhilfe was founded in 1962, as the German Committee of the Freedom from Hunger Campaign, on the initiative of the then Federal President of Germany, Heinrich Lübke. It formed the German section of the Freedom from Hunger Campaign, which was brought into being in 1961 by Binay Ranjan Sen, the Director-General of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). In 1967 the organisation's name was changed to Deutsche Welthungerhilfe e. V.

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The position is to be filled as soon as possible, with an initial contract duration of two years. Employment location will be Niamey, Niger (NE).

Due to the ongoing conflict with Boko Haram in Nigeria, Niger, the Chad and Cameroon, the security situation is still tense in the Diffa region and the state of emergency continues to apply. According to OCHA, the number of internally displaced persons, refugees and returnees in July 2018 amounted to almost 250,000 persons (118 868 refugees, 104 288 internally displaced persons and 25 731 returnees). This humanitarian and security crisis with diverse growing needs impacts especially the three municipalities of the proposed project region (Diffa, Chetimari and Gueskerou), where more than the half of the displaced persons (142 000) resides. The displaced persons are dependent on the hospitality of the autochthonous population but also from the support of the government, the United nations and the local and international non-governmental organizations.

Serving refugees, returnees and autochthone populations with the greatest needs in Diffa since 2015, Welthungerhilfe is implementing a multisector project (Food Security, WASH and Income Generating Activities) to improve people’s food and nutrition security, to bring them reducing their vulnerability and strengthening their resilience to shocks.

The aims of the job are to manage and implement projects based on specified directives in terms of content, schedule and budget. The project is carried out in accordance with Welthungerhilfe standards and the directives/provisions of the co-financer. The Head of Project is responsible for the operative implementation of the project and the appropriate use of the funds. He/she is responsible for coordination, planning and implementation, correctly and duty reporting to Welthungerhilfe’s Country Office as well as to the donor.

Your responsibilities

  • Carrying out the project according to the rules and standards of the co-financing donors and Welthungerhilfe
  • Ensuring that all project relevant support is in place (Monitoring, logistics, Finance administration, etc.)
  • Responsibility for modifying and continuing project planning and the project budget
  • Supporting the identification of co-financing opportunities to be pursued and ensuring the timely development of successful project proposals in line with the relevant donor regulations and strategies
  • Representing project in sector meeting and other forums
  • Reporting to the Country Director and Head of Program on the progress of the project and all risks associated with the project work
  • Managing staff according to Welthungerhilfe principles, staff policies and Welthungerhilfe strategy
  • Responsibility for the implementation and the monitoring of the security management system of Welthungerhilfe in the project area
  • Representing Welthungerhilfe in project region vis-à-vis relevant regional and local authorities and expands network with the relevant stakeholders

Your profile

  • Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Management, International Development, Agriculture or Humanitarian Response
  • 3-5 Years previous experience managing programming in complex multi sector project in food/nutrition security, Wash and/or livelihoods as well as ability to manage teams remotely
  • Experience and outstanding skills in program design, developing proposals, reporting, M&E documents, work-plans, budgets and other project documents
  • Knowledge and experience of Cash Transfer Programs
  • Knowledge of regulatory, contractual, legal and financial compliance requirements associated with international donor funding.
  • Willingness to travel to the field and overnight at field sites with various levels of privation
  • Professional proficiency in French, English and German (verbal and written)

Our offer

We offer you co-operation in a highly dedicated team and a responsible scope of tasks. Of course, a comprehensive training is also part of our offer.

2018-10-27

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