Assistant Program Officer at an International Organization

An international non-governmental organization currently implementing a program to improve the participation of key Nigerian stakeholders in electoral and political processes is looking for Nigerian citizens to fill the underlisted position within its offices in Abuja, Nigeria. These stakeholders include: political parties; election authorities; media; and under represented groups such as women, youth and persons with disabilities.

The specific objectives of its program are to:

• Strengthen the capacity of political parties to more effectively and responsibly participate in the electoral process.
• Strengthen capacity of domestic observers and party agents to monitor national and state elections.
• Enhance the democratic role of and use of new and traditional media in the political process.
• To promote stakeholder dialogues on the electoral process.

We are recruiting for the positions below:

Job Title: Assistant Program Officer (APO)

Location: Abuja
Reporting: The APO reports to the Country Director

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist in design and implementation of the programs to achieve the organization's objectives
• Assisting the development of the program narrative reports
• Assist the Country Director and Program Managers in the management of specific project activities
• Take minutes of program meetings
• Serve as rapporteur for program events, workshops and conferences
• Assist in the preparation and organization of events, workshops and conferences
• Assist in the collection of data for monitoring and evaluation of organization's activities
• Proof-reading and editing, for grammar and style, correspondence and documents before signatures
• Design and/or draft presentations in PowerPoint.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of University degree in governance, development, social sciences, or project management
• Not less than 4 years' experience working on projects on inclusiveness and participation of women, youth and persons with disabilities in electoral and political processes
• Experience in design, monitoring and evaluating democratic governance programs
• Computer proficiency in Microsoft
• Training experience including material development, design and implementation of training activities
• Good communication skills.
• Experience in building and fostering relationships as well as capacity to communicate fluently with different stakeholders (civil society, media, government, political parties and staff).

Application Closing Date
31st May, 2013

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their applications and CV's to: [email protected]