Programme Officer at Access to Justice (A2Justice)

Access to Justice (A2Justice) - The Organization is seeking exceptional candidates to fill existing vacancies for the under-listed positions. Both positions ore based in the organization’s office s the FCT Abuja and require occasional travel to, and short-residencies in Lagos.

Job Title: Programme Officer (21/2 years)

Location: Abuja

Job Description
Reporting to the Deputy Director/Executive Director, this person will be responsible for the following;

• Implement existing projects to monitor integrity and independence of the judiciary in Nigeria and publicize threats to these institutional values, as well as the administration of justice of Nigeria as a whole.
• Implement and monitor projects that have strong access to justice and human rights content.
• Develop proposals that cover conceptual, methodological, operational, evaluative, and financial elements for consideration by grant making institutions;
• Conduct research and fact-finding inquiries relevant for the project’s or organization’s goals and objectives.
• Identify needs for policy changes at State and Federal levels that will positively impact the administration of justice, ease access to justice obstacles, strengthen accountability for human rights violations and undertake advocacy for the reform of, or adoption of policies to achieve the desired goals.
• Develop partnerships with funding agencies to support project activities.
• Prepare project documents for approval. Copied from: www.hotnigerianjobs.com

Requirements
The required candidate should be a qualified attorney of at least 4 years post-call experience, with strong familiarity with the national, regional and international system for the protection of human rights, legal advocacy, excellent and demonstrable written and verbal communication skills, and a passion for the mission of the organization. Copied from: www.hotnigerianjobs.com

Remuneration
Compensation is within the M1,000,000 - N1,500,000 p/a range.

Application Closing Date
30th March, 2014

How to Apply
Applicants are invited to submit a resume and a cover letter and a minimum of two professional references by March 30, 2014, to: [email protected] and should write "Programme Officer" as appropriate in the subject line of their emails. This organization is an equal opportunities employer and third party interventions are neither necessary nor welcome.