Project Manager (Business Environment) at the Ogun State Economic Transformation Project (OGSTEP)

The Ogun State Economic Transformation Project (OGSTEP) is a comprehensive effort that will help propel Ogun into a high-income State that is inclusive and sustainable. The program will lift Ogun’s gross national income and raise per capita income, meeting the World Bank's threshold for high income state. The purpose of OGSTEP is to increase the participation of the private sector in the economy of Ogun State with a focus on improving the business-enabling environment, strengthening agri-food value-chains and upgrading skills. OGSTEP, along with the Government State Development Program (SDP) serves to achieve economic development in the state. OGSTEP builds upon the policy directions, strategies and programs of the SDP (organized around five cardinal programs covering agriculture production and industrialization, infrastructure and rural development, education, health, and affordable housing and urban renewal) and aims to accelerate strategic reforms and public investments to enable greater private sector participation in the State’s economy.

Consequent to the above, it will increase the State revenue and help achieve the Government Transformation Program. Ogun State is also focusing on governance as a cross-cutting area to improve government efficiency in the delivery of key SDP outcomes and to ensure the sustainability of these outcomes through a results-driven financing of the cardinal programs. The Program proposes to support a subset of the overall expenditure program of the State that are related to the SDP’s cardinal objective of agricultural production and industrialization, alongside skills development and improved public sector performance. With a combined use of result-based financing and technical assistance, the World Bank is well positioned to support Ogun State in implementing the SDP. The Program funding will consist mainly of IDA credit (World Bank Group) and will be disbursed base on the Disbursement Linked Indicators (DLIs) in components/Result areas. The program will last for a period of five (5) years all things being equal.

Application are invited for:

Job Title: Project Manager (Business Environment)

Location: Ogun
Project Title: Ogun State Economic Transformation Project (OGSTEP)
Reports to: Project Coordinator on the day to day implementation of the project and periodically to the Sector Head (Honourable Commissioner) on strategic issues discussed at the level of the Project Steering Committee or Project Technical Committee.
Duration of employment: 2 Years (Renewable upon satisfactory performance)

Nature of Assignment

• Project Managers are being engaged for the Implementation Phase of this project and as such successful candidate shall work fulltime at the Project Offices, reporting directly to the Project Coordinator on the day to day implementation of the project and to the Sector Head (Hon. Commissioner of the Implementing Agency) on strategic issues discussed at the level of the Project Steering Committee or Project Technical Committee.

Scope of Work:

• The principal task of the Project Manager (Consultant) is to be responsible for the day-to-day management of tasks executed by OGSG public and civil servants, as well as individual and firm consultants hired under OGSTEP in relation to the Implementation of the Business Enabling Environment sub-component of OGSTEP. The Project Manager (Bus. Environment) will report both to the Sector Head (Honourable Commissioner) and the Project Coordinator (OGSTEP).

Recruitment Qualifications/ Competencies
Education:

• Minimum master’s degree in management, economics, public administration, public finance or other relevant fields

Experience:

• 10 years’ post-graduate relevant work experience in designing, implementing and supervising development programs for the public sector, five (5) of which must be in a Project Management Office environment (PMO/PIU)
• Experience in private sector development with core expertise in a technical area- e.g. implementing doing business reforms, investment promotion, etc.
• Experience of working with the Nigerian federal and state governments, in particular the Ministries of Land, Urban & Physical Planning, Commerce & Industry
• Experience of working with international organizations, bilateral donors and international financial institutions;
• Proven ability to draft, edit and produce written proposals and result-focused report.
• Proven experience working with government, civil society, international organizations, and donor Agencies.
• Proficiency in the use of computer applications such as Microsoft Office packages, Cloud computing, SharePoint etc.

Language Requirements:

• Effective communication in English Language

Application Closing Date
25th Janaury, 2021.