Livelihoods Coordinator

Location: Borno State

Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc
Experience: Minimum 6 years
Job Field: NGO / Non-Profit
Application Deadline: November 20, 2026.

Finpact Development Foundation (FINDEF), an indigenous non-governmental organisation, is seeking a Livelihoods Coordinator to oversee livelihood recovery and economic strengthening activities, including savings groups, vocational training, agricultural market linkages, and child-safe market initiatives.

• Establish and support 80 Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs), including training officers and community facilitators.
• Deliver financial literacy and household financial management sessions.
• Develop and monitor child-safe market agreements with traders, transporters, and agricultural processors.
• Conduct market assessments and coordinate market-linked vocational training for at least 800 youths.
• Establish linkages between trained youths, employers, buyers, and business networks.
• Support agricultural market linkages and post-harvest activities for farming households.
• Coordinate data collection, monitor project outcomes, and prepare reports for management and donors.

• Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Business Administration, Rural Development, Agricultural Economics, International Development, or a related field.
• Minimum 6 years of experience in livelihoods, enterprise development, or economic recovery programming, including at least 2 years in a coordination or management role.
• Experience establishing VSLAs, conducting market assessments, and designing market-linked livelihood interventions.
• Ability to engage traditional community authorities and integrate protection considerations into economic programmes.
• Fluency in Hausa or Kanuri, with good English proficiency.
• Familiarity with digital data collection platforms such as KoBoToolbox.
• Experience in Borno State or northeast Nigeria is an advantage.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with commitment to humanitarian values, safeguarding, accountability, and gender sensitivity.

How to apply: [email protected]