Project Lead at Human Capital Partners (HCP)

Human Capital Partners (HCP) is a professional services firm specializing in the provision of HR consulting services covering the entire spectrum of the Human Resources value chain. HCP is the successor firm of the erstwhile Executive Selection and Training Services group of KPMG in Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Project Lead

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Description 

• We are a result-oriented social enterprise, which uses modern management and marketing techniques to provide reproductive health care and allied services. Our Nigeria’s goal is to meet the needs of underserved
• Nigerians and dramatically improve access and use of a range of reproductive health services.
• We are part of Reproductive Choices’ Global Partnership which is in over 37 countries worldwide and it operates in Nigeria through five service delivery channels.
• We seek a Project Lead in our Programme Operations directorate to oversee an anticipated large grant funded by the Children Investment Fund Foundation.
• The Project Lead – Challenge fund is responsible for the high-quality stewardship of newly approved and anticipated CIFF investments totaling over $25m to advance sexual and reproductive health services and increase modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR) in seven states in Nigeria viz Bayelsa, Kogi, Sokoto Gombe, Jigawa, Bauchi and Ebonyi.
• This is an exciting senior manager role that requires management, leadership and strong communication and facilitation skills, analytical and problem-solving skills, excellent ability to work across teams to deliver results, and great attention to detail.
• S/he will be responsible for providing key day-to-day management oversight of the CIFF challenge grant, ensuring country programs and support office teams are reporting, spending, and delivering as per proposal deliverables and objectives. The role also includes strategic data analysis of program performance and report compilation.
• The role will build relationships across the organization, including international operations. Furthermore, the role holds full responsibility for the management of the external partners on the challenge grant that are strategic to our 2030 goals.

Core Important Areas

• CIFF Challenge Grant Project Management & Compliance.
• CIFF Challenge Fund Project monitoring, reporting and evaluation.
• Advocacy and Stakeholder Management.
• Leadership.
• Business development and fundraising.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Advanced Degree in public health or related discipline required.
• Must have at least 8 years of project management experience and the last three years must be one
• managing a large grant on sexual and reproductive health preferably on family planning.
• Must have an excellent understanding of the sexual and reproductive health and family planning
• environment in Nigeria.
• Must have experience managing donors including CIFF, BMGF, USAID, FCDO, BMZ etc
• Must have accuracy, attention to detail and high numerate and analytical skills.
• Must have strong communication skills – both written and verbal; diplomatic and able to manage
• sensitive information.
• Must have highly developed interpersonal skills, including cross-team negotiating and relationship
• building and must have the ability to work under own initiative.
• Must have advanced advocacy skills and ability to engage with top government stakeholders.

Skills:

• Proven excellent technical oral, written, and editing abilities.
• Proven excellent project management abilities.
• Ability to present and write for multiple audiences.
• Extensive working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Ability to work well with others in team environments.
• Experience in Stakeholder engagement and management.
• Should be able to work in deadline-driven / results-orientated atmospheres.
• Strong people management skills
• Strategic guidance and planning skills
• Report writing.

Attitude / Motivation:

• Motivated personally and professionally to develop.
• Willingness to travel as requested.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.