Project Officer (Nigeria) at BBC Media Action

BBC Media Action is the BBC’s international development organisation, and we believe in the power of media and communication for good. We work in more than 20 countries around the world, supporting the independent media essential to democracy and development. Last year, our projects and programmes reached 130 million people facing poverty, inequality and insecurity with information they could trust, helping to improve health, bridge divides, challenge prejudice, and save and change lives. We follow the editorial standards and values of the BBC, but we rely on funding from donors and partners to carry out our work.

BBC Media Action delivers a portfolio of projects in Nigeria. It seeks to expand this portfolio of work, but also to ensure that existing projects are delivered on time, on budget, to the highest standards and in accordance with BBC editorial values as well as Media Action methodologies.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Project Officer, Nigeria

Location: Nigeria (Right to work in Nigeria required)
Reports to: Senior Project Manager
Contract: Fixed-term employment
Duration: One year

Job Purpose

• The BBC Media Action office in Nigeria is looking for a Project Officer to support the delivery of a portfolio of projects across Nigeria.
• This role involves providing support in developing and writing proposals and reports, overseeing contractual procedures and compliance, and building and maintaining relationships with a diverse range of partners, including broadcasters, NGOs, international development agencies, government coordinating bodies, and audiences.
• Additionally, the role includes stakeholder and resource management, such as organising training programmes and logistics.
• The role reports to the Senior Project Manager and will work closely with other departments.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide support to the team to ensure that projects are delivered to the highest standards, including monitoring the delivery of projects against agreed objectives and the work plan.
• Support the project management team with all donor narratives and financial reports to be submitted across all projects
• Communicate and coordinate effectively with BBC Media Action Nigeria’s project
  implementation partners, including programme delivery partners.
• Manage relationships with broadcast partners and oversee the broadcast partner output distribution process.
• Liaise with other BBC Media Action teams and ensure delivery of specific components of projects as agreed.
• Provide support to business development, including coordinating input into proposals and writing or editing proposals and budgets.
• Serve as the contact person for correspondence with the partner stations’ management, including sending out invitations and announcements of project activities.
• Coordinate due diligence checks with partner stations we will be working with under our different project activities.
• Ensure that project activities comply with BBC Media Action and donor standards around the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults.
• The role will also lead or support in ensuring that relevant safeguarding due diligence is conducted with any local partner organisations that may be working with vulnerable adults or children as part of the project, and where any
  risks are identified, ensure that projects are designed to mitigate these risks.
• Any other tasks assigned by Media Action to achieve project and organisational objectives.

Required skills, Knowledge, and Experience

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven track record in forming effective relationships with a range of local and international partners.
• Experience managing activity budgets and reporting/providing updates against scheduled activities and/or spend.
• Experience in report writing.
• Good judgment and decision-making skills, including the ability to adapt, react and respond to crises, and to evaluate risk.
• Ability to work on own initiative and organise time effectively within a range of often conflicting deadlines, juggling competing priorities to meet project needs and objectives.
• Demonstrable business development skills.
• Understanding of and commitment to international development, including the use of media for developmental goals.

Application Closing Date
12th August, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CV with cover letter (in English, PDF or Microsoft Word format) which outlines their experience and suitability for the role, and availability status to: hr.recruitment@ng.bbcmediaaction.org using the job title as the subject of the mail.

Note

• Only applicants with a separate cover letter will be considered.
• Please do not send certificates or other attachments.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.