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Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organisation (WEWE) in partnership with European Cooperative for Rural Development (EUCORD) an International NGO based in Brussels and a leading agribusiness company based in Lagos, is soliciting for qualified applicants for a proposal to Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) – Partnership for Inclusive Agricultural Transformation in Africa (PIATA), an agricultural intervention jointly funded by USAID, Bill & Melinda Gates and Rockefeller Foundation. WEWE and its partners are proposing to implement the project to develop a market-led maize and soy bean value chain targeting 100,000 farmers in Niger and Kaduna States.

Institutional/Organisational Capacity Development Advisor (Short Term)

Job Role

  • Provide facilitation and training services and support other project staff in designing training and other professional development activities.
  • Design, organize and facilitate internal and external meetings, workshops, town halls, etc.
  • Designing and conducting/helping conduct project-relevant training courses that are substantive, engaging and motivating.
  • Ensuring that the Contractor is reinforcing group training with individual training and complementing traditional “classroom” training with experiential, electronic and other innovative training approaches.
  • Developing and facilitating peer-to-peer and other mentorship arrangements.

Required Qualification

  • Bachelor’s Degree, and Master’s Degree in Social Science, Agriculture or relevant Field.

Job Experience:

  • At least 10 years’ experience working in an institutional and organisational capacity development role or providing consultancy services, and experience in donor funded projects and working with rural communities.
  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate and train large groups, culturally diverse groups, and groups of senior-level executives as well as experience with innovative training, facilitation approaches and training designer.
  • Experience working in the organizational development, adult learning or related fields.
  • Proficiency in Hausa Language is an asset.

Method of Application

  • Institutional/Organisational Capacity Development Advisor (Short Term) – [email protected]

Applicants should send their comprehensive Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter in ONLY one attachment (MS word document) explaining suitability for the job

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  • Job City Kaduna, Niger
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Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE) is a local NGO with a mission to “harness the potentials of widows, orphans, and vulnerable segment to become productive entities in the society through advocacy, capacity building, economic empowerment and human rights program”. WEWE’s main goal is to advocate for, and promote the rights of widows, vulnerable women and orphans in Nigeria and Africa at large. Built on the core values of Integrity, Accountability, Teamwork and Excellence, WEWE has over 7 years’ experience in managing USAID funded Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) projects. Some past projects achievements include:
  • Provision of micro-enterprise and homestead farming to 315 OVC caregivers.
  • Establishment of Cassava processing Enterprise for 239 caregivers.
  • Sponsorship of 12 University Students and revolving grants to 39 widows.
  • Community mobilization of 20 communities in Imo/Abia.
  • Provision and prevention from Mother To Children Transmission (PMTCT) education to 750 caregivers.
As at June 2015, WEWE has reached a total of 15,006 vulnerable children and 4854 VC caregivers within 7 years with the following services:
  • Child protection,
  • shelter and care,
  • nutritional and food security,
  • household economic strengthening,
  • education and training,
  • health
  • Psychosocial support
  • Other program area HIV, PMTCT & Malaria.
Registered with CAC under incorporated trustees CAC/IT/NO/33132 in 2009, Widows and Orphans Empowerment organization (WEWE) initially started as a community based organization (CBO) in 2004 with a one man staff working on orphans scholarship programme in Okigwe Imo State.Today, WEWE has over 40 full time staff and 20 volunteers based in Abuja, Anambra, Imo and Abia with a focus of reaching a total of 52,602 children and 17,554 caregivers by September 2016.
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0 USD Kaduna, Niger CF 3201 Abc road Contract , 40 hours per week Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE)

Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organisation (WEWE) in partnership with European Cooperative for Rural Development (EUCORD) an International NGO based in Brussels and a leading agribusiness company based in Lagos, is soliciting for qualified applicants for a proposal to Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) – Partnership for Inclusive Agricultural Transformation in Africa (PIATA), an agricultural intervention jointly funded by USAID, Bill & Melinda Gates and Rockefeller Foundation. WEWE and its partners are proposing to implement the project to develop a market-led maize and soy bean value chain targeting 100,000 farmers in Niger and Kaduna States.

Institutional/Organisational Capacity Development Advisor (Short Term)

Job Role

  • Provide facilitation and training services and support other project staff in designing training and other professional development activities.
  • Design, organize and facilitate internal and external meetings, workshops, town halls, etc.
  • Designing and conducting/helping conduct project-relevant training courses that are substantive, engaging and motivating.
  • Ensuring that the Contractor is reinforcing group training with individual training and complementing traditional “classroom” training with experiential, electronic and other innovative training approaches.
  • Developing and facilitating peer-to-peer and other mentorship arrangements.

Required Qualification

  • Bachelor's Degree, and Master's Degree in Social Science, Agriculture or relevant Field.

Job Experience:

  • At least 10 years’ experience working in an institutional and organisational capacity development role or providing consultancy services, and experience in donor funded projects and working with rural communities.
  • Demonstrated ability to facilitate and train large groups, culturally diverse groups, and groups of senior-level executives as well as experience with innovative training, facilitation approaches and training designer.
  • Experience working in the organizational development, adult learning or related fields.
  • Proficiency in Hausa Language is an asset.

Method of Application

  • Institutional/Organisational Capacity Development Advisor (Short Term) - [email protected]

Applicants should send their comprehensive Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter in ONLY one attachment (MS word document) explaining suitability for the job

2018-09-09

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