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Christian Aid (CA) is a UK-based international NGO, partnering with others to end poverty in Africa. At the heart of this vision is the transformation of the lives of people who live in poverty, empowering them to have a brighter future. Christian Aid works in more than 30 countries and has been operating in Nigeria since 2003. The Nigeria Country programme focuses on Community Health and HIV, Accountable Governance including humanitarian response and Gender.

About the role

To take responsibility for the development, management, and coordination of Christian Aid’s response strategy to an emergency situation/appeal in Nigeria. To be responsible for day to day management of the emergency programme, the Rolling plan, grant management, liaison with ACT Alliance and other donors (ECHO, DFID, USAID, etc) including project reporting, monitoring, advocacy and policy work and, representing Christian Aid at external meetings and to the media.

About you

The post holder must have a degree or equivalent in relevant technical discipline. He/she must have knowledge and experience of emergency relief, rehabilitation and recovery programme issues. Must have knowledge of global development issues, including policy and advocacy topics and familiar with emergency problems relevant to country or region. The post holder must have experience of strategic planning and management of large and complex budgets. He/she must have experience in public speaking and engagement with the media. Knowledge of the role of churches and ecumenical organizations in relief and development is an added advantage.

Further information

This role requires applicants to have the right to work in the country where this position is based.

We value diversity and aspire to reflect this in its workforce. We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, colour, gender, age, disability, religion or belief.

You can expect a wide range of rewards and benefits, flexibility that will ensure you enjoy a good work/life balance.

Competency questions

As part of your application you will be asked to demonstrate your suitability by giving answers to the following questions:

Build partnerships

Give us an example of a time when you had to influence other people and persuade them to work in a collaborative way when there were different personal or organisational agendas. What was the context? Who had to be influenced or persuaded? What was your task? What action(s) did you take? Why? How? What was the outcome(s)? If you were successful, how did you know?

Communicate effectively

Tell us about a time when you had to adapt your style, approach, and delivery method to communicate effectively with a particular audience. What was the situation? What did you have to communicate and to whom? How did you adapt to meet the needs of this particular audience? What were the things you did differently? What was the impact? Did you communicate effectively with the audience? How did you know?

Deliver results

Please tell us about a time when you adapted or amended your original decision because it did not produce the expected or desired result? What was the context? What was the original decision? Why did it not produce the desired results? What was your task? What action(s) did you take to review and then adapt the decision? What was the outcome? What was the impact on you/your team/the organisation?