Oxfam Nigeria Job Recruitment (5 Positions)

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Job Title: Finance Coordinator

Location: Abuja
Type of appointment: Fixed-term Contract
Contract duration: 12 months (With Possibility of renewal depending on budget and performance)
Work schedule: Full-time (40 hours per week)
Reports to: Business Support Manager
Start date: January 1, 2026
Status: National Position

Context

• The Finance Coordinator will support the financial aspect of the EU-SUSI Project in the delivery of a high-quality, donor-compliant livelihoods, agriculture, and resilience programme.
• The job holder will work with the finance team to provide timely financial information, ensure compliance with financial procedures, and strengthen financial accountability for both Oxfam and its implementing partners.

Objective of the Position

• The Finance Coordinator will oversee all financial operations of the EU-SUSI Project in Abuja, ensuring proper planning, monitoring, reporting, and compliance with Oxfam and donor requirements.
• The role will lead financial administration, partner grant management, audits, budgeting, and reporting while providing strategic guidance and technical support to project teams and partners.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic Management and Transformational Leadership:

• Manage and supervise all financial administration systems, ensuring compliance with Oxfam financial management rules and donor requirements.
• Ensure that EU-SUSI Consortium is cost effective, efficient and complies with all organizational standards of management and accountability.  To ensure that project support functions are reviewed and improved where necessary.
• Lead verification of project expenditures and ensure appropriate authorizations before payments and recoveries.
• Maintain all financial records and transactions for the EU-SUSI Project in line with Oxfam procedures.
• Prepare timely monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, including budget tracking, variance analysis, cash flow statements, and forecasts.
• Design and implement a Grant Management System for partners, ensuring timely financing, reporting, and compliance.
• Lead SAGE-PASTEL bookkeeping function and ensure alignment with donor requirements.
• Ensure financial system data is current and accurate, supporting efficient decision-making and compliance.
• Ensure adherence to government tax laws and statutory obligations.
• Provide leadership to the staff reporting to this position and ensure implementation of Performance Management including objective setting, performance review, upward feedback /personal development plans in a timely fashion.
• Provide support to team members in adhering to the policies, procedures, and principles and financial and systems standards.
• Demonstrate effective people management skills in all aspect of the work including with partners.

Budgeting, Planning, and Monitoring:

• Prepare and review project budgets, ensuring proper allocation, monitoring, and reporting of project funds.
• Conduct budget variance analyses (BvAs) and provide financial information and recommendations to budget holders.
• Produce cash flow forecasts and ensure timely top-ups to guarantee availability of funds.
• Monitor partner financial performance, assess financial risks, and provide technical guidance.

Partner Support:
Partner Financial Supervision:

• Regularly (depending on the risks and support requirements of a partner) visit funded partners and review financial reports and financial statements, checking for completeness and accuracy
• Prepare reports on each visit, including an assessment of the adequacy of financial management of partner organizations, including cost management efficiency and value for money,

Partner Reporting and Review:

• Coordinate receipt, review and finalisation of partner financial reports in line with programme timetables and Oxfam and donor requirements
• Review and comment on financial information submitted by partners against compliance with grant agreement letter requirements, good practices and/ or in fulfilment of conditions precedent to disbursement of project funds.
• Monitor financial progress during the life of the project partnership to identify deficiencies, determine if earlier deficiencies have been corrected, and to support partners to resolve any management systems difficulties revealed.

Partner Organisational Development:

• Conduct financial and administrative reviews of prospective programme partners to determine adequacy of their accounting systems and internal controls, their financial status and their financial and institutional capability to implement activities.
• Based upon periodic reviews of specific activities, recommend changes to correct deficiencies or improve implementation and track implementation of these recommendations to completion.
• Support the partners to develop and maintain project financial reporting requirements and project audit in line with Oxfam requirements. Based on monthly visits provide advice on the improvement of financial management systems and activities of partner organizations.
• During monthly/quarterly visits seek to mentor financial staff in the effective implementation of their roles.
• Identify administrative capacity gaps and design appropriate capacity building programmes to address such gaps.
• Provide or organise training to partners to meet acceptable financial management practices and other systems requirements.

Budget Preparation and Analysis:

• Conduct analysis of partner budget proposals and work with programme team members to finalise partner budgets.

Reporting and Knowledge Management:

• Ensure the timely production of accurate donor and internal financial reports in required formats.
• Work with the finance and programme teams to include partner financial reports in project reporting on a timely basis and to minimum standards.
• Maintain organized filing and achieving of all financial documents for Oxfam and partner transactions.
• Support knowledge sharing within the project team on financial best practices, tools, and compliance requirements.
• Work with the finance and programme teams to include partner financial reports in project reporting on a timely basis and to minimum standards.

Capacity Building and Mentorship:

• Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and capacity building to Finance Officer and partner finance staff.
• Conduct training for project staff on financial procedures, compliance, and donor requirements.
• Support Oxfam teams in strengthening financial systems and reporting processes for sustainability and accountability.

Grant Closure:

• Lead on the implementation of Oxfam grant closure requirements as per policies.

Audits:

• Participate in the organisation, implementation and reporting of Expenditure Verification Report as required.
• Assist in resolving partners audit recommendations by solving financial and related problems and following up to ensure that audit recommendations are implemented

Education/Knowledge & Experience
Education:

• Master’s Degree in finance, Accounting, or Business Administration is an added advantage.
• Professional certification (desirable but highly valued): ACA, ACCA, ICAN, or CPA.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field.

Knowledge & Experience:

• 3–5 years of progressive finance experience, preferably in NGO, donor-funded, or international development projects.
• Proven experience in budget management, financial reporting, and compliance with donor and statutory requirements.
• Experience managing partner grants, reviewing partner financial reports, and ensuring compliance with Oxfam or donor standards.
• Experience in multi-donor project financial administration, including EU projects above Euro 5m, is highly desirable.
• Strong background in cash flow management, audit preparation, and financial forecasting.
• Prior experience using accounting software (e.g., PASTEL, SAP, Tally) and Microsoft Office tools.
• Strong analytical, planning, and financial management skills.
• Knowledge of Nigeria’s tax laws, statutory regulations, and reporting requirements.
• Ability to produce timely, accurate, and donor-compliant reports.
• Strong team leadership, mentoring, and capacity-building skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to work collaboratively with programme teams and partners.
• High level of integrity, confidentiality, and accountability in financial management.

Desirable:

• Membership or ongoing certification with a recognized professional body (CIPS, CIPSMN, ISM, etc.)
• Familiarity with logistics systems, processes, and policies (OPAL, EPO, procurement tools, supply chain standards).

Desirable:

• Experience managing donor-funded projects, or multi-donor grants.
• Familiarity with tax regulations and reporting requirements in Nigeria.
• Knowledge of PASTEL or similar accounting systems and MS Excel/ERP tools.

Competency

• Influencing: To engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization. To spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities, to have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.
• Self-Awareness: To develop a high degree of self-awareness around your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.
• Humility: To put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of everyone. we are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization.

Salary & Scale
Grade Level C2 – Annual Gross Salary (N12,000,000.00).

Application Closing Date
12th December, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Supply and Logistics Officer

Location: Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi
Type of appointment: Fixed-term Contract
Contract duration: 12 months” (With Possibility of renewal depending on budget and performance)
Work schedule: Full-time” (40 hours per week)
Reports to: Consortium Project Manager
Start date: January 1, 2026
Status: National Position

Context

• To support project teams and partners with high-quality supply chain and logistics services, enabling effective implementation of the EU-SUSI project in Kebbi State.
• This includes ensuring transparent procurement, timely delivery of goods and services, strong asset control, efficient fleet management, and safe operational environments.

Objective of the Position

• The Supply and Logistics Officer will provide technical and operational support in procurement, logistics, fleet, asset management, warehousing, facilities, and general administration to ensure effective, transparent, and accountable logistical support to Oxfam’s EU-SUSI project team in Kebbi State. The role will liaise closely with programme teams to ensure that all logistical components are adequately incorporated into planning, coordination, and implementation of project activities.

Key Responsibilities
Procurement and Supply Chain Management:

• Oversee and manage all procurement requirements of the Kebbi project office in line with Oxfam and donor procedures.
• Implement procurement activities using approved tools and forms (PRs, RFQs, POs, GRNs, bid analyses).
• Conduct market assessments to determine availability, cost, and suitability of goods/services.
• Support development and monitoring of project procurement and supply plans.
• Maintain an updated database of prequalified vendors; establish framework agreements for recurrent procurements.
• Ensure accurate and complete procurement files with supplier invoices containing valid TINs.
• Provide monthly procurement and logistics performance reports, highlighting gaps, challenges, and mitigation actions.
• Enforce adherence to Oxfam’s procurement thresholds, approval matrices, and anti-fraud safeguards.
• Ensure transparent vendor selection processes based on pre-set criteria and Oxfam ethical standards.

Transport, Fleet & Travel Coordination:

• Manage and track all project vehicles using Oxfam-approved platforms (e.g., TerrMar).
• Coordinate daily vehicle allocation for staff, partners, and visitors.
• Supervise drivers and ensure compliance with Oxfam fleet standards and road safety rules.
• Maintain accurate vehicle records including logbooks, repair histories, licenses, and insurance documents.
• Ensure timely renewal of vehicle and driver licenses, insurance, and related documentation.
• Prepare monthly fuel usage and fleet performance reports.
• Ensure regular vehicle preventive maintenance schedules are adhered to.
• Conduct regular checks on vehicle roadworthiness and safety compliance

Asset & Facility Management:

• Register, tag, and maintain updated records of all Oxfam assets and equipment.
• Conduct regular asset verification and annual physical inventory counts in line with Oxfam procedures.
• Monitor movement, transfer, and assignment of assets; update asset registers accordingly.
• Support replacement, repair, and disposal processes with proper documentation.
• Track lease agreements, rental payments, and facility maintenance schedules.
• Manage office repairs, liaising with landlords and service providers.
• Maintain a directory of approved service providers (IT, plumbing, electrical, generator, carpentry, etc.).
• Support IT Officer in identifying and escalating internet and network issues.

Warehousing and Stock Management:

• Ensure proper storage, safety, and segregation of goods based on Oxfam standards.
• Maintain accurate stock records and tracking systems.
• Oversee loading/unloading and ensure safe receiving and dispatch processes.
• Conduct regular stock reconciliations, reporting discrepancies immediately.
• Ensure proper housekeeping, safety, and security of warehouses.
• Maintain up-to-date inventory lists with serial numbers, project codes, condition, and location.
• Prepare monthly warehouse/stock reports and support year-end inventory verifications.

Office Administration & General Operations:

• Maintain organized filing systems for all logistics and procurement documents.
• Manage hotel bookings, venue arrangements, and workshop logistics.
• Monitor utility usage (electricity, water, fuel) and ensure cost-effectiveness.
• Ensure proper use and maintenance of office generator and fuel consumption records.
• Provide operational support for staff travel, communication systems, and office equipment.
• Supervise support staff (cleaners, guards) and ensure high performance and adherence to standards.

Compliance, Reporting & Coordination:

• Prepare weekly procurement trackers and monthly logistics reports for submission to Abuja.
• Prepare bi-annual asset register updates to the Abuja office.
• Ensure compliance with Oxfam’s policies on procurement, logistics, fraud prevention, safeguarding, and Code of Conduct.
• Work closely with the finance team to ensure accurate documentation, vendor payments, and audit readiness.
• Support internal/external audits by providing well-organized documentation.

Other Duties:

• Provide logistical support for emergency responses when required.
• Participate in coordination meetings with programme Team and partners.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Consortium Manager or Supply and Logistics Coordinator

Education / Knowledge & Experience
Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Procurement, or a related field.
• Professional certification (desirable): CIPS, CIPSMN, ISM, or equivalent.

Skills & Experience:

• 3–4 years’ experience in logistics and procurement within INGO, donor-funded projects, or humanitarian settings.
• Experience in fleet, warehouse, and asset management.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Nigerian procurement laws and donor regulations (EU, UN, DFID, USAID, etc.).
• Experience supervising support staff (drivers, cleaners, guards).
• Experience in handling logistics and procurement.
• Experience working in a relatively insecure state-based environment.
• Excellent Logistics, negotiating, supply management, Communication & Interpersonal Skill Level.
• Knowledgeable in Microsoft word and excel application – Level of IT Expertise Required.
• Excellent documentation and record-keeping skills.
• Strong negotiation, vendor management, and market assessment skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• High integrity, transparency, and commitment to Oxfam values.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook); familiarity with logistics software is an added advantage

Desirable:

• Membership or ongoing certification with a recognized professional body (CIPS, CIPSMN, ISM, etc.)
• Familiarity with logistics systems, processes, and policies (OPAL, EPO, procurement tools, supply chain standards).

Competency:

• Influencing: To engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization. To spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities, to have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.
• Self-Awareness: To develop a high degree of self-awareness around your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.
• Humility: To put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of everyone. we are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization.

Salary & Scale
Grade Level D1 – Annual Gross Salary (N8,016,695.00).

Application Closing Date
12th December, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Candidates residing in Kebbi State are strongly encouraged to apply.

Job Title: MEAL Officer

Location: Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi
Type of appointment: Fixed-term Contract
Contract duration: 12 months” (With Possibility of renewal depending on budget and performance)
Work schedule: Full-time” (40 hours per week)
Reports to: Consortium Project Manager
Start date: January 1, 2026
Status: National Position

Context

• The EU-SUSI Project MEAL team will collaborate with government, civil society, private sector, and research partners to implement a resilient livelihoods and agricultural development programme in Kebbi State.
• The team will ensure effective consortium coordination, quality monitoring, learning, and accountability, with a focus on supporting smallholder farmers—especially women and youth.

Objective of the Position

• The MEAL Officer will support the EU-funded SUSI Project in Kebbi State by implementing monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning activities, ensuring high-quality data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• The role contributes to evidence-based decision-making and supports the Consortium Manager in liaising with government ministries, NGOs, private sector actors, and research institutions involved in the project.

Key Responsibilities
MELSA Systems Management & Programme Support:

• Support the development and strengthening of the participatory MELSA system within the EU-SUSI Project, ensuring it incorporates MELSA principles and aligns with both international and Oxfam programme standards.
• Assist in the timely implementation of monitoring frameworks and tools to ensure consistent and high-quality information is available on project performance and impact.
• Manage specific MELSA processes, methodologies, and tools, including indicator tracking through project management information systems (MIS) and reporting.
• Support the review of MELSA data quality, reports, evaluations, baselines, and surveys, and contribute to improving data quality and reporting from the field.
• Participate in programme/project planning processes, particularly developing logical frameworks and MELSA plans, ensuring adherence to Oxfam’s programme quality standards.
• Support the planning of programme/project learning review meetings.
• Provide technical and specialist advice to the EU-SUSI Project team, both proactively and on request.
• Assist in conducting outcome harvesting to track impacts of EU-SUSI Project interventions.
• Work with ICT4D consultants to periodically update the project management information system (MIS).

Capacity Building for Partner and Oxfam Staff:

• Support EU-SUSI Project teams in establishing knowledge creation, sharing, and learning loops, including producing case studies, presenting key results, and facilitating learning workshops.
• Contribute to enhancing the skills and knowledge of Oxfam staff and implementing partners in planning, monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
• Facilitate MELSA learning events and processes and help ensure a strong ongoing learning network across the EU-SUSI Project.
• Support the development of MELSA plans for implementing partners.
• Train Oxfam and partner staff on MEL for influencing tools.

Partner Management:

• Review partner reports periodically to ensure compliance with Oxfam policies and procedures on partner management.
• Develop templates for partner activity reporting.
• Participate in partner risk management processes (PRISMA).
• Attend regular meetings with partner organizations to understand their context and operating environment and ensure positive, open, and productive working relationships.
• Establish and strengthen the complaints and response mechanism (CRM) at each project location to ensure beneficiaries can safely and confidentially provide feedback.
• Monitor complaints received and follow-up processes through a tracking mechanism.

Education / Knowledge & Experience
Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Statistics, Economics, Business Administration, other relevant qualifications.

Experience:

• Minimum of 4 years “hands-on” working experience in designing learning, and monitoring systems; program work, including field experience and/or with institutional donors.
• Good knowledge and experience of learning, and capacity development/transfer in relation to managing donor grants or donor funded programmes.
• Critical focus on providing a superior service level to managers and colleagues and delivering agreed results within time and budget constraints and to expected standards.
• Good organizational and personal management skills, with ability to priorities work issues to meet deadlines with minimal supervision and adjust to constantly changing situations while maintaining focus on delivery and follow-through.
• Well-developed conceptual, critical, and analytical thinking with the ability to convey complex information in a straightforward, interesting way, and influencing this to a wider audience.
• Excellent personal communication skills, in written and verbal English.
• Proven awareness of professional standards, trends and issues affecting this set of responsibilities, demonstrating continuous learning.
• Ability to represent Oxfam in a professional and competent manner with external individuals and organizations.
• Proven experience working with partner organizations and helping them develop their independent expertise and ability to deliver results, through effective capacity building and learning and development activities.
• Strong analytical skills and experience using a Computerized information management system (Ms. Word, Excel, Statistical analysis software etc.)
• Tech savvy with a strong level of IT Expertise and use of mobile survey/field data collection tools ODK, Kobo Toolbox, GIS mapping, etc.)
• Excellent in various statistical packages and software including SPSS, STATA, Excel, Access, etc.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims and policies and experience of promoting women’s rights and the interests of marginalized people in all aspects of Oxfam’s work.
• Knowledge or appreciation of Nigeria in terms of its political, economic and social trends plus a good understanding of the key development and humanitarian issues in the region.

Desirable:

• Knowledge and / or experience of common Oxfam norms objects, standards and tools.
• Good knowledge and awareness of issues related to Oxfam’s strategic objectives and theories of change.

Competency:

• Influencing: To engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization. To spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities, to have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.
• Self-Awareness: To develop a high degree of self-awareness around your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.
• Humility: To put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of everyone. we are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization.

Salary & Scale
Grade Level D1 – Annual Gross Salary (N8,016,695.00).

Application Closing Date
12th December, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Candidates residing in Kebbi State are strongly encouraged to apply.

Job Title: Gender and Safeguarding Officer

Location: Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi
Type of appointment: Fixed-term Contract
Contract duration: 12 months (With Possibility of renewal depending on budget and performance)
Work schedule: Full-time (40 hours per week)
Reports to: Consortium Project Manager
Start date: January 1, 2026

Context

• The EU-SUSI project team alongside with the job holder will work collaboratively with government, civil society, women-led groups, private sector actors, and community structures to deliver a transformative livelihoods, food security, and resilience programme in Kebbi State and to ensure that all project interventions are gender-responsive, inclusive, accountable, and aligned with Oxfam’s standards for safeguarding and women’s rights.

Objective of the Position

• The Gender and Safeguarding Officer will lead the integration of gender justice, protection, and safeguarding principles across all components of the EU-SUSI project in Kebbi State.
• The role ensures that project interventions are gender-responsive, inclusive, conflict-sensitive, and aligned with Oxfam’s Feminist Principles and Safeguarding Standards.

Key Responsibilities
Programme Support, Gender Analysis & Technical Leadership:

• Support in the implementation of the EU-SUSI Gender Action Plan and Safeguarding Work Plan, ensuring alignment with project objectives and Oxfam Nigeria’s Country Strategy.
• Support the collection, analysis, and reporting of Sex, Age, and Disability Disaggregated Data (SADDD) across all MEAL processes.
• Work with local partners and consortium actors to address structural barriers to women’s participation, leadership, protection, and access to resources.
• Support and coordinate Gender Action Learning System (GALS), while supporting women-led advocacy platforms to influence local safety net policies and resource allocation
• Promote and uphold safe, ethical, and survivor-centered approaches in all interventions related to GBV, PSEAH, child protection, and safeguarding.
• Support the design of activities that promote women’s economic empowerment, protection, inclusive governance, peacebuilding, and social norms change.

Safeguarding, Protection & Accountability:

• Serve as the EU-SUSI project-level Safeguarding and PSEAH Focal Point in Kebbi State.
• Strengthen community-based safeguarding mechanisms, including safe reporting channels and accessible referral pathways.
• Ensure all staff, adhoc staffs and partners understand and sign Oxfam’s:
  • Safeguarding Policy
  • Child Safeguarding Standard
  • Feminist Principles and Code of Conduct
  • Anti-bullying and Anti-harassment standards
• Support the setup and monitoring of Community Accountability Reporting Mechanisms (CARM), ensuring inclusivity for women, girls, and persons with disabilities.
• Work closely with GBV service providers, relevant ministries (Women Affairs, Social Welfare), and protection actors to maintain an updated referral pathway.

Partnership and Stakeholder Coordination:

• Provide support to project implementing partners to strengthen gender and safeguarding integration in all interventions.
• Support State Ministries, women’s rights organizations, community leaders, traditional institutions, and civil society groups to advance women’s rights and voice.
• Facilitate the establishment and mentoring of Gender & Safeguarding focal points within partner organizations and community groups.
• Represent Oxfam at State-level gender, GBV, PSEAH, and safeguarding coordination platforms.
• Build alliances with Women’s Rights Organizations to amplify influencing and advocacy efforts.
• Coordinate partner engagement in international observances, including International Women’s Day and 16 Days of Activism Against GBV.

Communications, Knowledge Management & Learning:

• Identify and share best practices, success stories, and innovations in gender-transformative programming.
• Work with MEAL and Communications teams to produce gender-sensitive content for project learning, visibility, and donor reporting.
• Ensure gender and safeguarding considerations are incorporated into project reviews, learning events, monitoring visits, and reports.

Capacity Strengthening:

• Support in the training for staff, partners, volunteers, and community actors on:
• Gender-transformative approaches
• PSEAH and child safeguarding
• Survivor-centered response
• Gender mainstreaming in development and humanitarian programming
• Social norms change and positive masculinities

Education / Knowledge & Experience
Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Gender Studies, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Humanitarian Studies, or related fields.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in gender programming, safeguarding, protection, or GBV-focused interventions in development/humanitarian settings.
• Strong understanding of gender justice, women’s rights, and power analysis methodologies.
• Experience working with rural communities in northern Nigeria, preferably the North-West.
• Good knowledge of gender-transformative approaches, SBCC methods, and community-based protection systems.
• Practical experience managing safeguarding/PSEAH frameworks, incident reporting, and referral systems.
• Experience in conducting gender analysis, training, and designing gender-responsive interventions.
• Proficiency with MS Office and digital data tools.
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation, and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to travel frequently to remote locations.

Desirable:

• Experience working with donor funded projects or consortium arrangements.
• Experience in conflict/post-conflict or hard-to-reach contexts.
• Understanding of safeguarding case management and referral systems.
• Experience collaborating with women-led organizations and protection actors.

Competency:

• Influencing: To engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization. To spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities, to have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.
• Self-Awareness: To develop a high degree of self-awareness around your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.
• Humility: To put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of everyone. we are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization.

Salary & Scale
Grade Level D1 – Annual Gross Salary (N8,016,695.00).

Application Closing Date
12th December, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Accountable Governance Coordinator

Location: Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi
Type of appointment: Fixed-term Contract
Contract duration: 12 months” (With Possibility of renewal depending on budget and performance)
Work schedule: Full-time” (40 hours per week)
Reports to: The Consortium Project Manager
Start date: January 1, 2026
Status: National Position

Context

• To facilitate collaborative governance and social protection processes by coordinating multi-stakeholder engagements, building capacities, and promoting inclusive planning and accountability mechanisms.
• This involves working with government officials, CSOs, communities, and partners to strengthen systems, enhance data-driven decision-making, and ensure responsive service delivery, ultimately empowering communities and improving governance outcomes in Kebbi State.

Objective of the Position

• The Programme Manager, Accountable Governance, will be responsible for managing Oxfam’s overall policy and governance component of the project. He/she will be responsible for working with government to ensure policies are implemented, provide technical leadership on policy and governance issues, coordinate and plan with other donor-funded programs to facilitate favourable policies for Oxfam projects.

Key Responsibilities
Program Management:

• Provide technical leadership for the design, formalization, and management of innovative policy and governance initiatives in Kebbi State on the EU-SUSI project.
• Conduct management and skills gap assessments of State and LGA officials, delivering tailored training on planning, data management, and disaster preparedness, and supporting LGAs to link their data systems to the state social protection database
• Strengthen the capacity of local government (6 LGAs in Kebbi State) to develop inclusive, community-driven development plans.
• Ensuring quality and integrity of implementation, including adherence to technical guidelines, administrative systems, and established deadlines
• Conducting capacity gap assessments, delivering trainings on digital literacy, data security, and gender-sensitive analysis, and upgrading the state Social Safety Net Register (SSNR) platform for real-time, disaggregated data entry and reporting.
• Coordinating and support training on the SSNR purpose, data collection, encoding, verification, and linkage of state-LGA data, emphasizing inclusivity and national framework alignment.
• Coordinate a multi-stakeholder technical working group to review existing models, document lessons, and integrate the Household Economy Diary methodology.
• Facilitate inclusive planning processes with women, youth, persons with disabilities, CSOs, government officials
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders: State Ministries, NASSCO, SOCU, LGAs, CSOs, community leaders, rights holders (women, youth, marginalized groups)
• Conducting a comprehensive review of existing systems and structures (using KIIs, FGDs), facilitating participatory problem-mapping with SOCU, LGAs, CSOs, and rights holders, and documenting findings in learning briefs.
• Establish gender-transformative community platforms for data validation, accountability, and rights-holder feedback.
• Advocate for inter-agency coordination to enhance SNR data use and reporting, linking with other states and national activities.
• Manage communication flows (updates, requests, feedback) between stakeholders, project staff, and partners.
• Support integration of community-based disaster risk reduction plans into LGA development plans.
• Evaluating the relevance and appropriateness of current and future programming in relation to policies affecting or hindering Oxfam’s projects
• Undertaking staff capacity building and training sessions

Team Management:

• Foster collaboration between government (SOCU, MBEP, LGAs), CSOs, and communities in Kebbi state under the EU-SUSI project.
• Provide team members with information, tools, and other resources to improve performance and reach objectives.
• Implement performance planning and management systems, establish performance expectations with team members, and regularly provide constructive feedback on team members’ performance.
• Contribute to country team-building efforts, help team members identify problem-solving options and ensure the integration of all team members into relevant decision-making processes.
• Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.
• Promote accountability, communicate expectations, and provide constructive feedback via regular performance reviews.

Finance and Compliance Management:

• Monitor governance activity spending, Weekly and Monthly report and ensure alignment with budget and donor rules.
• Identify financial risks, promote transparency, escalate fraud/non-compliance.

Documentation and knowledge sharing

• Document success stories, case studies, and challenges for learning and reporting for the EU-SUSI project.
• Organize dissemination (trainings, dialogues), advocate for inter-agency coordination.
• Coordinate development/publication of Best Practices Manual for Social Protection & Safety Net Programming (including Household Economy Diary)
• Lead reviews of existing social protection systems; conduct participatory problem-mapping with SOCU, LGAs, CSOs, and rights holders.

Influence & Representation:

• Organize policy dialogues, dissemination forums, and targeted meetings with MBEP, SOCU, and humanitarian actors.
• Identify, build and manage collaborative partnerships with governments and other stakeholders.
• Communicate effectively to ensure overall project targets and donor obligations are met.
• Proactively form relationships with community members to complement Oxfam’s funding.
• Represent all Oxfam’s projects on governance issues at technical and strategic planning meetings, or as requested by the Head of Programmes and Influencing.

Education/Knowledge & Experience
Education:

• Master’s Degree or its equivalent in International Relations, Development Studies, Management, Social Sciences, International Development or another relevant field.

Experience:

• Experience working in Northern Nigeria strongly preferred.
• A minimum of 7 years of progressive work experience including at least 2 years in a senior management or technical advisory role on large, education, project focused, skills building program.
• Strong understanding of compliance issues.
• Strong management skills, with good understanding of relevant cross-cultural issues in high security environment. Experience managing a multi-organizational team (international and national partners) is a plus.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English required, including report development, writing, and editing.
• Demonstrate attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members.
• Demonstrate experience working with country-level ministries and government officials.
• Ability to provide leadership, communicate effectively and build high performance teams in support of achievement of organizational objectives.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to build relationships with colleagues at long distances in a multicultural environment.
• Solid experience in resource mobilization with a variety of donors.
• Numeracy and the ability to interpret financial data to provide management support to budgetary processes, including planning, monitoring and reporting

Desirable:

• Commitment to equal opportunity, gender equality and the principles of diversity.
• Preference: Candidates residing in Kebbi State are strongly encouraged to apply.

Competency:

• Influencing: To engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization. To spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities, to have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.
• Self-Awareness: To develop a high degree of self-awareness around your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviour to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.
• Humility: To put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of everyone. we are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization.

Salary & Scale
“Grade Level C2 – Annual Gross Salary (N12,000,000.00)

Application Closing Date
12th December, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online