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Save the Children – Nigeria: National Programme Manager Recruitment

Information Nigeria

December 3, 2012

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1 Job Description

2 Desired Skills & Experience

3 Company Description

4 Additional Information

Job Description

Save the Children and Action Against Hunger/Action Contre le Faim (ACF) are planning an extension of their major nutrition programming in Northern Nigeria, through a large-scale pilot of nutrition-sensitive cash programming.

Decisions on funding are expected in December 2012/January 2013.

The programme is expected to make a significant impact on improving the health, nutrition and life chances of tens of thousands of mothers and children.

Save the Children is now looking for experienced development professionals to lead this programme, who will work with, and be supported by the existing operational structures of Save the Children and ACF, including their finance, logistics and security systems. These roles will be critical for the delivery of results for children expected by this programme.

Desired Skills & Experience

We are seeking CVs both from professionals with substantial experience of cash transfer approaches, and managers with a track record of delivering at-scale, results-focused programmes with an understanding of nutrition, health or cash transfers. The roles are expected to be based in Abuja for up to five years, with travel to Northern Nigeria.

Closing date: 9th Dec

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Company Description

Save the Children works in more than 120 countries. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Our vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

From emergency relief to long-term development, Save the Children helps children to achieve a happy, healthy and secure childhood. Save the Children listens to children, involves children and ensures their views are taken into account. Save the Children secures and protects children’s rights – to food, shelter, health care, education and freedom from violence, abuse and exploitation.