Reintegration Specialist at Neem Institute

Neem Institute – We are a professional development, training and research institute. Focused on capacity building, strategic communications and the use of applied research.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Reintegration Specialist

Location: Borno

Job Description

• The Candidate will be responsible for implementing the organisation’s Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) programme.
• To succeed in this role, the successful candidate will need to have a proven ability to build relationships with key institutional stakeholders at the government, security and community levels.
• The candidate will coordinate all programme activities which will include leading a team of specialists in providing reintegration services and designing implementation and evaluation tools to guide the delivery of the project.
• The job will involve the reinsertion, rehabilitation and reintegration of high risk individuals.

The Reintegration Specialist’s main responsibilities include:

• Maintaining records of progress and providing written reports and statistics to funding sources and other regulatory agencies.
• Conducting group counseling for program participants
• Monitoring programs/projects to assess progress, identify bottlenecks and potential problems and take timely decisions to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for timely resolution
• Carrying out community engagements to ensure buy-in from the stakeholders
• Coordinating programme initiatives on returns and reintegration with other stakeholders, and develop inter-agency synergies and complementarities, supporting a common vision and implementation approach;
• Documenting each participant’s progress and maintaining all files and information in a confidential manner.

Required Skills and Experience
Education:

• Master’s Degree or equivalent in International Development, Humanitarian Affairs, Conflict Resolution, International Relations or other relevant Social Science disciplines.

Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of relevant experience in the management of   reintegration, rehabilitation  or community development;
• Experience working with displaced populations; particularly the socio-economic reintegration of returnees or other groups;
• Experience working in conflict and post conflict settings.
• Proven capacity of and experience in team building;
• Project Management experience required
• Must possess excellent administrative, verbal and written communication skills.
• Previous experience working with security services or the military necessary
• Strong interpersonal skills

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in written and spoken English;
• Fluency in spoken Hausa
• Kanuri language ability would be a great advantage.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.