VA No. 070
Job Title: Community Liaison Officer – Herders
Min. qualification: Degree in Economics, Social Sciences, Business Administration, Peace
and Conflict Development or in similar areas
Organization: GIZ Nigeria, Strengthening Capacities for Peace Building and Conflict
Resolution in Nigeria’s Middle Belt (PEACECORE)
Place: Jos, Plateau State
Salary: According to GIZ Nigeria Salary scale for Band 4
Closing Date of advert 06.12.2020
| Background: | GIZ. Solutions that work. We provide services worldwide in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development. GIZ has over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment, energy and the environment, and peace and security. The diverse expertise of our federal enterprise is in demand around the globe, with the German Government, European Union institutions, the United Nations and governments of other countries all benefiting from our services. The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is our main commissioning party, but we also work with the private sector, fostering successful interaction between development policy and foreign trade. All these commissioning parties place their trust in GIZ by working together with us to generate ideas for political, social and economic change, develop these into concrete plans and implement the envisaged change processes. Since we are a public-benefit federal enterprise, German and European values are central to our work. This makes us a reliable service provider that people can trust. Together with our partners, we work to deliver flexible and effective solutions that offer people better prospects and sustainably improve their living conditions. The registered offices of GIZ are in Bonn and Eschborn. In 2019, we generated a business volume of around EUR 3.1 billion. Our 22,199 employees, almost 70 per cent of whom are national staff, work in around 120 countries. As a recognised development service provider, we currently have 556 development workers in action in partner countries. Furthermore, in 2019, the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM), which is run jointly by GIZ and the German Federal Employment Agency, placed 262 integrated experts and 515 returning experts with local employers in our partner countries, or provided them with financial support, advice or other services.* *Personnel and business figures as at 31 December 2019 |
| Programme: | The transitional development assistance (TDA) project financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) “Strengthening capacities for conflict resolution between farmers and pastoralists in Central Nigeria” aims to establish the conditions for a de-escalation of the violent conflicts in Plateau State in Central Nigeria” (Plateau State). Violent conflicts over access to land between (semi-)nomadic herders and sedentary agrarian communities have escalated in recent years, threatening the country’s security and stability. The project focuses on the de-escalation and prevention of a further violent escalation of the conflict. To this end, strategies and plans for fair access to land will be developed, conflict resolution mechanisms established, and the productivity of agricultural land use increased. The project has a duration of 4 years (until 09/2023). The project focuses on three components that are being developed and implemented together with local and international partners: Enhancement of capacities of state and civil society actors in Plateau State to de-escalate resource conflicts between farmers and pastoralists. Create an environment where farmers and pastoralists are in a position to resume traditional trade and exchange relationships. Development of an impact and context monitoring that provides an informed and relevant decision-making basis for local decisionmakers and development cooperation projects for contextsensitive planning and implementation of activities. |
| Responsibilities & tasks: | A. Responsibilities Within the sensitive and multi-layered context of the farmer-herder conflict in Plateau State / Nigeria, the Community Liaison Officer contributes to identify, mobilize and build relations of trust and cooperation with selected herder and Fulani communities targeted to prevent and de-escalate conflict, strengthen livelihoods, good governance – and sustainable community development structures B. Tasks The community liaison manager (herders) ▪ Establishes links and co-operations of trust between residents of the project’s herder and Fulani communities and the project Develops networks and relationships, liaises with a variety of community representatives, such as leaders, local authorities, religious leaders, NGOs and other relevant stakeholders, youth groups, co- operations, associations, women and men ▪ Proactively and continuously gathers information and analyses social, environmental and political developments of selected target populations, feeds information back to the project and assures observations are taken into account when designing, implementing and evaluating interventions ▪ Mobilises the population to participate in the development, implementation and evaluation of project activities ▪ Pursues intervention approaches aimed at strengthening target groups’ self-help capacities, assures community development activities are carried out in a participative way ▪ Upholds quality assurance measures and proactively suggests necessary changes, improvements and initiatives in support of the program’s effectiveness ▪ Pursues cooperation, regular contact and dialogue with all programme components partners, relevant stakeholders and GIZ programmes to assure the highest possible use of synergies ▪ Contributes to evaluation activities, monitoring and reporting, documentation and communication in accordance to GIZ communication – and reporting regulations • Performs other tasks as and if requested by the Head of Programme • Undertakes approved business trips within Nigeria and – rarely – outside Nigeria if requested for an effective implementation of activities and / or for planning and professional development purposes • Assures to the best of his / her abilities to pursue the do no harm approach in planning, implementing, reporting, communicating and evaluating project interventions • Assures at all times a professional approach and adherence to GIZ rules and regulations and represents GIZ values in all activities and behaviour |
| Required qualifications, competences and experience: | C. Required qualifications, competences and experience Qualifications • Degree in Economics, Social Sciences, Business administraton, Peace and Conflict Development or in a similar area Professional experience ▪ 3 – 5 years of professional experience with national and international organisations in the field of community development and project implementation 3 years of experience in community work as part of development and/or humanitarian projects ▪ Ability to analyse, present, visualise data and practical skills in the use of office, statistical, graphical software ▪ Good knowledge and experience in the use of M&E software’s and Excel ▪ Proven good working knowledge of ICT technologies and computer applications (e.g. MS Office and Excel) ▪ Proven excellent knowledge of English, Fulani and Hausa languages, both oral and written ▪ Good communication skills ▪ A good team player who is willing to take on responsibility Other knowledge, additional competences ▪ knowledge of GIZ standards and procedures are an advantage ▪ knowledge of resource related conflicts and dynamics in the region of the Plateau State (Central Nigeria) ▪ capacity to work independently, structure tasks, comprehend new topics quickly ▪ ability to work in multi- functional working groups ▪ excellent writing and communication skills, a high frustration tolerance Duty station: Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria |
Submission Guideline:
You are kindly requested to submit your CV and letter of motivation as
one document with complete contact details via email to:
recruitment-nigeria@giz.de
(Please include vacancy no. 070 in mail subject)
GIZ Nigeria is an equal opportunity employer; both men and women are
encouraged to apply.
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
