Institutional Strengthening Officers at Pact Nigeria

Pact is an international non-governmental organization with headquarters in Washington DC, USA. Pact has been in Nigeria since 2005, and currently implements donor funded development projects in 4 States in the area of Health, integrating livelihoods, capacity development, and governance systems.

We seek a highly experienced and qualified candidate to fill the position below:

Job Title: Institutional Strengthening Officer

Location: Gombe

Position Summary

• This position holder will lead all Capacity Development activities for both CBOs and other state partners.
• S/he will develop context specific support for each of the CBOs based on assessments of the capacities and needs.
• S/he will support the organizational improvements of our partner CBOs.
• The position holder will also be in charge of capacity development for the various networks. The position holder will supervise and provide support to the Institutional Strengthening Officers/Assistants at state offices.
• This position reports directly to the Project Director.

Specific Duties

• Coordinate and maintain a sustainable capacity of CSO’s and partners for the project.
• Design and develop capacity development materials, manuals and methodologies/strategies ensuring its implementation in the project.
• Design and develop assessment tools for organizational assessment to build sustainable institutions.
• Provide support with technical review of proposals; budget planning and financial oversight of sub partners.
• Develop a strategy to build Coalition and networking with partners and CSOs.
• Facilitating, training, coaching and mentoring of partners and CBOs.
• Contribution and coordination to organizational development manuals.
• Coordination of unit team and various organizational projects; relationship management of key stakeholders.
• Supervision and enhancement of internal capacities within the organization and among our CSO partner.
• Other tasks as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• MA in Education, Sociology, Law, Development, Business/Public Administration or another related field. Additional qualification in Public/Community Health is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in capacity development of CSOs and/or government partners.
• Extensive knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in developing and managing a budget; experience in developing strategic plans, work plans, fundraising plans; knowledge of sound financial, human resources and administrative policy and procedure.
• Experience in facilitating and training as well as production of training and capacity assessment reports.

Application Closing Date
19th April, 2017.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their Resume/CV's and cover letter on their suitability to: [email protected]

Note

• All CV’s/resume/applications must be in either word format or PDF.
• Applicants must indicate the position applied for on the subject of the mail.
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.