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: