Climate and Green Skills Coordinator

ABOUT US

Oxfam is a global movement of people working together to end the injustice of poverty. This means that we tackle the inequality that keeps people poor. Together we save, protect and rebuild lives. When disaster strikes, we help people build better lives for themselves and for others. We take on issues like land rights, climate change and discrimination against women. And we won’t stop until every person on the planet can enjoy life free from poverty.

We are an international confederation of 22 organizations (affiliates) plus the Oxfam International Secretariat, all working together with partners and local communities in the areas of humanitarian, development and campaigning, in more than 77 countries. All our work is led by our core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness, Courage, Solidarity and Equality.

Oxfam Novib “Nigeria” is looking for CLIMATE & GREEN SKILLS COORDINATOR

Duty station: “Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State, Nigeria”

Type of appointment: “Fixed-term Contract”

Contract duration: “12 months” (With Possibility of renewal depending on budget and performance)

Work schedule: “Full-time” (40 hours per week)

Reports to: “The Consortium Project Manager”

Salary & Scale: “Grade Level C2 – Annual Gross Salary (N12,000,000.00)

Start date: “January 1, 2026”

Deadline for applications: “December 12, 2025”

Status: National Position

Preference: Candidates residing in Kebbi State are strongly encouraged to apply

CONTEXT

The job holder will ensure that Oxfam’s influence around the world including campaigns, advocacy, policy, research is high impact, and achieves systemic change with a focus on inequality, localization and gender and climate justice.

OBJECTIVE OF THE POSITION

The Job holder will lead the design, implementation, and monitoring of climate-smart livelihood interventions, green skills training for youth, and environmental sustainability activities in Kebbi State, Nigeria. The role builds capacities of communities, promotes adoption of climate-resilient practices, fosters green enterprises, and ensures integration of environmental conservation into project outcomes, targeting vulnerable households and youth.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)

Project Coordination and Management -

• Lead and coordinate the EU-SUSI Project’s Climate and Green Skills component, ensuring implementation aligns with the approved project design, guidelines, consortium agreements, and governance structures.
• Work closely with Oxfam colleagues at country, regional, and global levels, as well as consortium partners and government stakeholders, to develop comprehensive project plans, periodic workplans, and ensure their effective rollout.
• Collaboratively design and implement MEAL and research plans for the EU-SUSI Project, ensuring project quality, adherence to the log frame, and alignment with the overall MEAL framework.
• Collect gender-disaggregated data and document success stories, case studies for reporting and communications.
• Support adaptive management: suggest adjustments based on feedback, contextual changes (e.g., weather shocks), or uptake challenges.
• Regularly review the EU-SUSI Project budget against actuals (BVAs), ensuring compliance with donor requirements and working closely with the Business Support/Finance team.
• Ensure that all internal and external reporting for the EU-SUSI Project is timely, accurate, and of high quality, and develop project-related communication materials for visibility, learning, and donor engagement.
• Facilitate power analysis and support the development of theories of change for the EU-SUSI Project, applying strong team-building and collaborative approaches with consortium partners.
• Coordinate closely with the Country Team and Line Manager to support timely decision-making and ensure the project remains on track.
• Climate Campaigns – EU-SUSI Project Green Skills & Resilience Component
• Build and maintain partnerships with climate action groups, youth networks, green skills organizations, and civil society actors relevant to the EU-SUSI Project focus on climate resilience and green job opportunities for smallholder farmers, women, and youth.
• Engage communications, digital content experts, and media partners to enhance public awareness, visibility, and community engagement around EU-SUSI climate and green skills initiatives.
• Design and deliver impactful influencing activities under the EU-SUSI Project, including:
• public awareness campaigns on climate-smart agriculture and green skills
• community-based behaviour-change campaigns
• Private Sector and policy influencing campaigns
• mobilization of youth, women, and farmers on climate resilience practices
• Ensure that campaign strategies are shaped by community experiences, partner insights, and lived realities of farmers and vulnerable groups in Kebbi State, applying non-extractive, decolonized, anti-racist feminist principles in all project activities.
• Collaborate across the Oxfam confederation—country office, regional teams, affiliates, and advocacy offices—to align climate and influencing actions where relevant.
• Provide creative direction to ensure the EU-SUSI Project delivers strong narratives, impactful public engagement, and communication that resonates with diverse audience.

Other Responsibilities

• Uphold Oxfam values and principles, promoting gender justice, women's rights, climate justice, and inclusive development throughout EU-SUSI Project activities.
• Demonstrate strong commitment to equity, diversity, safeguarding, child safety, staff wellbeing, and do-no-harm principles in all programme delivery.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Education/Knowledge & Experience:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences, Environmental or Population Studies, Climate Change Administration, and other related fields.

Experience:

• Experience of working within either development sector, DRR, resilience, climate change or with youth or women’s empowerment in Nigeria.
• Experience of managing consortium-led or partnership projects with complex structure.
• Comfortable with complexity and the need for agility.
• Experience designing or implementing MEAL systems in consortium settings.
• Excellent project management skills and experience, including budget management, coordination with partners and reporting.
• Experience of developing accurate power analysis, advocacy strategies, and models and theories of change.
• Excellent communications and writing skills with previous experience of developing policy briefs, advocacy papers and communications material.
• Ability to manage large amounts of work, outstanding prioritisation and time management skills

Skills & Abilities:

• Demonstrable skills in gender analysis in humanitarian response or preparedness programming, and a clear understanding of the practical significance of gender issues in humanitarian environment.

• Demonstrated facilitation and coaching skills.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, a high level of analytical skills.
• Demonstrated financial management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage workflows and balance competing priorities.

• Ability to represent Oxfam in a professional and competent manner with external individuals and organizations.
• Well-developed conceptual, critical, and analytical thinking with the ability to convey complex information in a straightforward way and influencing this to a wider audience.
• Proven experience as a team player and demonstrably cooperative with members of other teams, responding quickly and accurately to queries and issues.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal English) and the ability to write clear, concise reports.
• Knowledge or appreciation of Nigeria in terms of its political, economic and social trends plus a good understanding of the key development and humanitarian issues in the region.
• Commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims and policies and experience of promoting women’s rights and the interests of marginalized people in all aspects of Oxfam’s work.
• Willingness to travel frequently to remote areas.

Desirable

• A proven track record in leading successful campaigns or advocacy initiatives that contributed to policy / practice / behavioral changes preferable related to climate change/ resilience and/or women and youth empowerment.
• Good understanding of climate crisis, climate justice, climate change adaptation, climate diplomacy and global dynamics of the climate change discourse.
• Expansive network with climate change activists, media organizations, CSOs, other INGOs, government, and rural communities.

Competency

• Influencing: To engage with diverse stakeholders in a way that leads to increased impact for the organization. To spot opportunities to influence effectively and where there are no opportunities, to have the ability to create them in a respectful and impactful manner.

• Self-Awareness: To develop a high degree of self-awareness around your own strengths and weaknesses and your impact on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes.

• Humility: To put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the strengths of everyone. we are not concerned with hierarchical power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of others across all levels of the organization.

WORKING AT OXFAM IN NIGERIA

• All our work is guided by our core values: Empowerment, Accountability, Inclusiveness, Courage, Solidarity and Equality.
• At Oxfam in Nigeria, we work according to the Feminist Principles - Oxfam Policy & Practice.
• Oxfam in Nigeria is based on the power of difference. That is why we aim to attract a diverse mix of talented people who share our standards, values and principles, and who are committed to prevent and eliminate any type of misconduct.
• We have an active policy against sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, any form of abuse of power or lack of integrity and financial misconduct. This subject will be covered in our application and selection process.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Do you believe that this is the job you are looking for? Then we would love to meet you! Please send your resume and cover letter.

• Only applications received before the closing date “December 12, 2025” and submitted via our application portal will be considered.

• Oxfam in Nigeria is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behaviour at work including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us.

• At the time of a contract offer, it is necessary for Oxfam in Nigeria to request valid references. Our candidates will be subject to appropriate screening checks, including criminal records and terrorism, financial checks or integrity screenings/references.

• This job opening is posted internally and externally, simultaneously. Internal candidates are given preference if they are sufficiently qualified or can be obtained in short term. We believe it’s important in our organization that our employees are offered maximum opportunities for growth in new themes and competencies. Priority for internal candidates supports this.

• Oxfam in Nigeria reserves the right, to its sole discretion, not to make agreements regarding this job opening, make an agreement in a lower level, or make an agreement with an amended job description.

• Only applicants shortlisted for the post will be contacted.