Project Manager at VSO Nigeria

VSO is the world’s leading independent international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in over 40 developing countries. VSO has been operating across Nigeria since 1958 and has accompanied the country through complex social change and growth, alongside local conflict and instability building capacity of civil society and government structures. VSO Nigerias current strategy 2012-15 promotes holistic integrated development of marginalised youth by promoting employment employability and enterprise development, enhancing quality of education and nurturing leadership to promote youth participation and accountability in governance.

VSO Nigeria is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Project Manager
Job Reference: -MMW4P

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Role overview

• VSO is seeking a dynamic, experienced, and competent Project Manager to manage and co-ordinate project activities, monitor and report on progress against targets, ensure programme learning and responsiveness and liaise with stakeholders. The position manages the development, implementation and successful delivery of VSO’s high visibility IMA4P project embedded within country programmes; supports programme teams and partnerships to maximise VSO’s impact in reducing poverty through contributing towards systemic change in key markets.
• The post holder will report to the Regional Director and will be located preferably in Abuja, Nigeria or possibly Accra, Ghana (with some international travel to project locations in Nigeria, Cambodia, Malawi and Tanzania); S/he will also have line management responsibility for one programme staff and liaise closely with other project staff based in the four project countries.
• This is a two year fixed term contract with possibility for renewal.

Skills, qualifications and experience required

• You are a dynamic project management expert with experience in leading a dispersed and multidisciplinary team on delivery of results as well as managing significant grants income to fully achieve project goals. You will possess an understanding of the importance of markets to disadvantaged people, and of pro-poor market development and will lead others to pursue significant or innovative funding opportunities, find creative and effective ways to allocate funds and people on complex projects.
• You will have interacted at a country, regional or global capacity in supporting and enabling others to meet project goals and have demonstrated your leadership in project implementation. You also have experience in ensuring donor reporting requirements including financial reports are met.

Remuneration
This position comes with attractive salary and benefits.

Application Closing Date
30th June, 2014

Interview/Assessment date(s)
The week of 23rd June 2014

Start date
August 1, 2014

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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