Location: Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Job Purpose:

To lead, coordinate and supervise the planning, monitoring and successful implementation of a project that seeks to increase women’s engagement in politics in Rivers state by 2019 in accordance with SDN’s Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (PMEL) system and donor requirements.

Reporting line: Programme Manager

Responsibilities:

The Team Lead will ensure the strategic direction of the Women in Governance project through:

• Strategic oversight of planning, budgeting and implementation of the programme, tracking use of financial resources and timely achievements of programme objectives;
• Support the development of a strong women’s interest group that can promote women’s engagement in politics and challenge gender discrimination within political spaces in Rivers state
• Lead in the development of a project-wide communications strategy and set-up of key communications channels for a public campaign
• Develop and run a public campaign aimed at creating an enabling environment for women to run for political office and  ensure political representatives respond to and prioritise the needs of women
• Develop an advocacy strategy aimed at engaging influential individuals to get commitments on delivering objectives determined in the campaign and advocacy strategy
• Regular aggregating and analysing reports and programme documentation on programme activities, outcomes and impact;
• Setting up milestones and targets for the programme and constant monitoring and programme quality control, in collaboration with SDN’s Programme Management team; and constant monitoring and analysis of the environment, making recommendations for readjustments on a monthly and quarterly basis;
• Timely delivery of donor reports, in compliance with donor requirements, and other programme documentation;
• Identifying, building and managing strategic partnerships which are central to the programme and whilst overseeing partner local partner organisations, consultants and stakeholder engagements;

On-going management tasks:

• Direct and supervise the programme staff in day-to-day operations of projects, in accordance with the project M&E operational plan, providing any necessary support and mentoring to ensure smooth, timely and effective implementation of project activities;
• Engage with members of the Women in Governance group and the project team to coordinate their activities
• Monitor and provide strategic guidance to the programme, to ensure that they are managed for impact and in a manner that is accountable to donors and beneficiaries, as specified in project strategic M&E documents;
• Lead on the monthly and weekly programme meetings dedicated to strategic reviews of project direction and ensure that project targets are met and timely decisions on corrective actions are made and implemented;
• Closely monitor the performance of programme staff to ensure the timely delivery of quality work, as specified in their job descriptions and work plans;
• Closely monitor the performance of external consultants and partners to ensure that all their contractual obligations are adhered to, as specified in the contact.
• Regularly appraise programme staff and provide feedback and mentoring support to enable them to do their jobs better;

Reporting and communication:

• Supervise preparation of work plans, timesheets and activity budgets for each project/activity and staff member;
• Regularly supervise and ensure of data collection, documentation and analysis by the project staff, in close collaboration with the project’s M&E Officer;
• Supervise and mentor project staff in preparation of activity reports and drafting monthly strategic progress reports (according to internal SDN templates and M&E framework for specific projects);
• Support Finance and Admin team in the UK and Nigerian office in monthly activity progress and expenditure tracking, as specified in project schedule and budget;
• Timely submission of internal monthly and quarterly analytical reports on programme progress and achievement of strategic objectives (according to internal SDN templates and M&E framework for specific projects) – including strategic recommendations and financial statements, with input and assistance from project staff;
• Support in the communication of lessons learned to external audiences: donors, media, civil society;

Key Qualifications

Assessment of candidates will be based on proven experience and capacity with evidence of the following or equivalent experience as follows:

• Post graduate degree in social sciences or related field;
• At least 8 years’ experience in programme management in women and girl’s rights advocacy, coalition building, development; and/or related fields including democracy and governance issues
• Donor reporting experience
• Proven ability to negotiate multiple relationships with various stakeholders and local partners;
• Demonstrated experience in financial management and programme administration of grants; knowledge of major donor rules and regulations, and the ability to manage multi-donor funding;
• Demonstrated planning (including budgeting) and proposal writing skills;
• General knowledge of the political and socio-economic dynamics in the Niger Delta region is essential.
• Excellent IT skills: Ms Word, Excel proficiency is required
• Strong oral and written communications skills;
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills, as well as the ability to build and conduct effective professional working relationships at all levels, both internally and externally.

Benefit:

SDN offers an exciting environment for all her employees; excellent compensation plan plus handsome incentive and robust benefit packages.

How to apply

All qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their CV and cover letter online as a single document to:

daniel@stakeholderdemocracy.org and ola-olu@stakeholderdemocracy.org not later than May 31st, 2018

The subject of the application email should be Team Lead/SDN/Port Harcourt.

Please include how you heard about this vacancy in your cover letter.

Note: Availability of position is subject to being awarded the contract for the project. Only shortlisted candidates would be contacted.