New Vacancy at Adam Smith International for a Senior Project Manager, MAFITA
Adam Smith International is an award-winning global
company that delivers impact, value and lasting change through
economic growth and government reform. Our reputation as a global
leader has been built on the positive results our projects have
achieved in many of the world’s most
challenging environments.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Project Manager, MAFITA
Tracking Code: 137-140
Location: Kano, Nigeria
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Department: Inclusive Economic Growth
Background
- MAFITA is a £32m, six year youth employment programme operating
in Nigeria’s northern states, funded by DFID and implemented by Adam
Smith International in partnership with City & Guilds and Making
Cents.
- Through a combination of innovative skills development and job
creation interventions, MAFITA will support over 60,000 marginalised
young people to find employment or become entrepreneurs by 2021.
- MAFITA is a flagship youth employment programme for DFID and Adam Smith International.
Job Description
Commencing with a design phase in April 2015, MAFITA is currently in its
pilot intervention phase which runs until April 2018. Following the
pilot phase, MAFITA will run three years of full-scale implementation
between 2018 and 2021. MAFITA’s pilot interventions include:
- Component 1 (Community Skills Development Centres - COSDECs):
MAFITA will support the re-modelling of business apprenticeship
training centres in the target states.
- The COSDECs will be designed to operate as a ‘One-Stop-Shop’
skills delivery facility offering foundational skills, vocational,
entrepreneurial, life skills training, incubation facilities to the
beneficiaries, as well as a community-based governance structure.
- Component 2 (Apprenticeships): MAFITA will also champion skill
delivery mechanism in the informal sector that will be tailored to suit
the specific circumstances of the marginalised youth. Technical and
vocational education and training (TVET) facilities will be used to
train master craftspeople (MCPs), who will then educate beneficiaries
through apprenticeship schemes.
- Access to Business Development Services: MAFITA will support
graduates of the training programmes that opt for self-employment to
develop their ideas into viable start-ups.
- Training to Work: MAFITA will facilitate the provision of
information on job opportunities and requirements, simplifying the
access to the labour market for graduates seeking employment.
- The Senior Project Manager position is wide-ranging, covering
oversight / delivery of core programme management functions and taking a
substantial stake in shaping and delivering the programme together with
the Team Leader and other senior programme team members.
- The selected candidate will manage a team of approximately eight
(including a project manager and project assistant, finance and
operations specialists, and four state coordinators) and have overall
responsibility for ensuring effective and efficient delivery of MAFITA’s
key programme management functions.
- Component 3 (TVET): MAFITA will support selected technical
colleges to build their capacities in terms of human resources and
equipment to meet the minimum requirement of the National Board for
Technical Education (NBTE) to be able to deliver relevant and quality
skills delivery at level 3 of the national qualification framework for
MAFITA beneficiaries.
- Component 4 (LED and MSE support): Improving local economic
development to ensure demand for target beneficiaries in self- or
wage-employment. Access to Finance: MAFITA will facilitate the design of
effective access to finance strategies that will help micro-lenders
deliver financial products that serve beneficiaries and micro and small
enterprises (MSEs).
What We Offer You
- We’ve built a culture to reflect our principles, full of like
minded professionals who are smart, passionate and great at what they
do.
- We are proud to offer you a dynamic and friendly team
environment, a highly competitive package and the opportunity to work on
a highly successful portfolio of programmes.
Required Skills
- Desirable - Masters in a relevant subject
- Good undergraduate Degree in a relevant subject
- Good negotiation skills.
- Advanced project management skills.
- Good people management skills.
- Good budget, finance and forecasting skills.
- Ability to build effective, credible client relationships and networks.
Required Experience:
- Practical experience managing large-scale, complex development
projects in developing countries, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa
(experience in Nigeria is desirable);
- Experience managing project teams, consultants and other stakeholders, in particular private sector firms in desirable;
- Experience undertaking relevant research and producing high quality written research outputs
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply