Jobs at Echo For Technical Assistant

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Location

Abuja

Job Description

In order to facilitate and to maximise the impact of the humanitarian operations financed by the European Union in West Africa and of the EU civil protection activities coordinated by the European Commission, the expert will be appointed to the post of humanitarian Technical Assistant (T/A) in Nigeria by the European Commission’s Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection – ECHO.

Responsibilities

• The expert will be based in Abuja, Nigeria. He/she will be required to carry out regular missions to identify and assess humanitarian needs and to monitor programmes in the country.
• At the request of ECHO Brussels, the expert may also be called upon to carry out missions linked to his specific responsibilities to neighbouring countries or to Brussels, and should be prepared to react to a current or evolving crisis in any other region in the world following a request by DG ECHO Brussels.

Qualifications and Skills

• Language: very good command of English and good command of French.
• The candidate should have at least 7 years of professional experience in delivering humanitarian assistance, with experience in at least 4 of the following domains.
• Management of multi sectorial Humanitarian Aid programmes.
• Disaster preparedness.
• Post emergency & Post conflict rehabilitation.
• Nutrition.
• Protection.
• Food Security.
• Livelihood support/ income generation.
• Previous experience in Sub Saharan Africa is required.

How to Apply

Please follow the procedures below:

Interested candidates should send their application to echo-experts-jobs@ec.europa.eu

With the following:

1. Subject of the message: 61 – Technical Assistant – Nigeria, Abuja
2. Forename:
3. Surname:
4. E- mail:
5. Phone number(s):
6. ID application number (DG ECHO database “Individual Experts Online”):
7. Available from (dd/mm/yyyy):

Documents to be attached:

1. Curriculum Vitae.
2. Motivation.

Deadline

10 October, 2013