NERI Nigeria Job for a Program Development Manager
An International Development Organization is seeking applications from qualified Nigerian nationals for the following:
Job Title: Program Development Manager
Position Summary:
The Program Development Manager
for Yobe (PDM-Y) will lead flexible, innovative, and rapid programming
activities throughout Yobe State. The primary function of this position
will be to identify, articulate and propose new areas of work. The PDM
will report to the Country’s Program Director (CPD) and will serve as
the principle liaison between the Yobe field team and the Senior
Management Team (SMT). H/She will advise the SMT and CPD on the
evolution of the political, legal and economic situation in Yobe, and
provide strategic guidance on how to continuously adapt the program to
ensure that it remains relevant, effective and immediately takes
advantage of programming opportunities as they arise.
The PDM-Y will establish goals
and targets with staff in the Yobe office towards achieving program and
work plan objectives. The PDM-Y will ensure that all processes comply
with governing international development regulations, Task Order
specifications and the project’s policy and procedures. The position
will coordinate closely with Grants, Finance, and Procurement
departments in Abuja to ensure adequate operational support to the Yobe
field office, and oversee timely and compliant grants management
processes. The PDM-Y will coordinate with the Monitoring &
Evaluation teams in the Yobe office and in Abuja to ensure that lessons
learned are captured and incorporated program-wide. The position will be
based in Abuja with extensive travel to Yobe State.
Reporting & Supervision:
The Program Development Manager reports to the Country’s Program
Director and will provide technical leadership and oversight to the Yobe
State Program Manager and Community Development Facilitators, who will
assist in activity development, activity implementation oversight and
reporting.
Primary Responsibilities:
Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
- Develop the overall program development strategy for Yobe State
through constant news monitoring, contact USG partners, other donors,
and regional staff;
- Train and manage the Yobe State Program Manager, and oversee
recruitment, training, and management of Community Development
Facilitators (CDFs);
- Manage processes and pipeline of Yobe State activity development
and maintain overall responsibility for proposal submission, data entry,
development of proposal content and finalization of budgets to ensure
continually high standard of objectives, focus, accuracy, efficiency and
feasibility of grants to be approved;
- Ensure that activity implementation is in accordance with USAID rules and regulations and Creative policies and procedures;
- Identify, review and manage lessons learned and best practices for
program activities through thorough completion of Final Evaluation
Reports to conclude project activities;
- Coordinate with Reporting and Communications team to provide inputs to weekly reports and success story products to donor;
- Respond to requests from the client as needed;
- Initiate and manage after-action reviews in coordination with
Investigation and Compliance team as needed for activities after
close-out.
- Oversee the programmatic implementation and monitoring of each
activity in coordination with providers, through Community Development
Facilitators and in coordination with the program’s Grant &
Procurement Manager. Also ensure the non-partisan implementation of each
activity and the achievement of outputs as stated in the activity
agreement using secondary sources of information;
- Input to grant and procurement
award processes to ensure that activity deliverables are achieved,
including drafting scopes of work for service providers and implementing
partners, evaluating and approving technical deliverables and setting
deadlines to ensure on-time delivery of project outputs;
- Gather lessons learned from the
M&E teams and periodically incorporate these into a revised Yobe
State program strategy, and work with PDMs from Borno and Adamawa States
to ensure lessons learned are incorporated across the program,
resulting in overall improved project design;
Qualifications:
- Minimum of five (5) years professional experience (including at
least two years of supervisory experience) working in complex and
challenging field operational contexts
- University degree in political science, development or other related social sciences field is required; Master’s desired;
- Previous experience working in Yobe State is mandatory;
- Willingness to travel to Yobe State up to 50% of the time;
- Strong analytical, organizational and communications capacity; and
- Fluency in oral and written communication skills in both English and Hausa.
- Prior experience with
international development organizations, particularly with transition
programming, and/or programs that have community-level engagement is
required;
- Familiarity with policies and
procedures in regards to financial management, financial reporting,
procurement processes, systems and grants management at international
organizations is required;
How to Apply
Interested applicants for this position MUST submit the following documents before 30th October, 2015:
- A current resume or curriculum vitae (CV) listing all job responsibilities AND
- A cover letter.
Please reference the job title and location on the cover letter and resume or CV.
Alternatively, Please Submit Applications to:
PO Box # 20350
ATTN: Human Resources Office
Abuja FCT, Nigeria.
Or to the following e-mail address:
[email protected]
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted