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• Led advocacy and social inclusion of vulnerable groups across programme intervention in collaboration with state and community leadership • Supporting the implementation and building the resilient capacities of 46,875 households through strengthening Resilience, livelihood, Cash assistance and community cohesion across 6 LGAs in Yobe State, north east Nigeria• Providing leadership and coordination across Mercy Corps teams, consortium partners and government stakeholders.• Providing leadership in security management for the Field team, including providing inputs to the location-specific Security Plan, ensuring staff are fully briefed/trained on the agreed security measures appropriate to the area, staff understand individual and collective responsibilities for safety and security and ensuring incidents are reported, critical learning is recorded and corrective actions take• Providing leadership to the field operation Team and Operations Officer, ensure operation systems (procurement, transport, storage, communications, estate / buildings management, asset management) are in accordance with Mercy Corps systems and policies

• Led the successful distribution of Cash Assistance to 17,000 program beneficiaries across Gombe and Borno States, North East Nigeria • Ensured program implementation is responsive to communities, authorities, partners and consistent with Mercy Corps' program guidelines, principles, values, quality standards and strategic plan.• Developed program implementation strategies, including partnership frameworks, beneficiary targeting, distribution processes and capacity building of partners and community stakeholders as needed.• Initiated needs assessments, surveys and other data gathering tools to ensure that Mercy Corps has continued access to updated information and is able to address emerging needs in timely manner• Led the Integrated community approaches and capacity building into all activities as appropriate.• Ensured program implementation is on time, target and budget, using effective M&E systems to achieve the desired impact• Led the Development of strategies in empowering 2,800 older adolescent’s girls in Technical Vocational Skills Training across Borno and Gombe states (Ford Foundation Project)• Created and maintained systems ensuring effective and transparent use of financial resources and timely, accurate and informative reporting in line with donor and Mercy Corps policies and procedures

Led the overall design, planning and implementation of the Family Strengthening Programme (FSP) in Nigeria (Plateau, Lagos, Kaduna and Oyo states); a programme portfolio of 19 Million USD in 5 years.Developed strategies and collaborated with Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to enrolled 6341 girls in formal education and facilitated life skill sessions for out-of-school girls under the J&J Catapult Funded Project; another donor funded project that successfully strengthened the capacities of the girl-child towards self-actualization in Jos and environs.Facilitated and set up Child Social and Financial Education (CSFE) (Nigeria and Uganda) across 19 communities and government owned primary and secondary schools with 4,750 children from vulnerable households participating actively in social empowerment and financial literacy. Co-facilitated case-management training for 15 civil society and community based organizations under the Child protection Network, Plateau State and presently providing support in the development of a basic Child safeguarding Policy for child focused organizations in Plateau State and CBOsFacilitated and completed the establishment of 11 group income generating activities in livestock and agricultural production for organized savings group in line with DFID sustainable lively hood approach for caregivers and resettled IDPs in Zawan Community of Jos South.

Managed customer related services in relation to account openingSuccessfully coordinated relationship management between the bank and clientsActed as financial advisor to assigned clients

Managed customer related services in relation to account openingSuccessfully coordinated relationship management between the bank and clientsActed as financial advisor to assigned clients