The International Republican Institute (IRI), 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 position below within its offices in Abuja, Nigeria:
Job Title: Program Manager
Location: Abuja
Duties and Responsibilities
- Take lead in the design and implementation of the political party strengthening and empowerment programs
- Take lead in the design of training programs and materials and implementation of capacity building activities for political party development and political empowerment
- Organize stakeholder dialogues, develop training materials
- Track and brief staff /consultants on the political and policy developments, legislative changes, technical developments in the country that affect the organization's activities and/or objectives
- Contribute to the development of funding proposals and formulation of implementation plans
- Provide technical assistance in capacity building, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation to the organization's implementing partners and target group.
Qualifications and Experience
- Master's degree preferred in governance, development, social sciences, or project management
- At least 10 years work experience (5 years at management level)
- Strong understanding of Nigeria's political system and political parties
- Institutional capacity building experience, project design and implementation, monitoring and evaluation skills desirable
- Training experience specifically manual design, organizing and conducting training
- Experience with evaluation and impact reporting to donors
- Experience in building and fostering relationships as well as capacity to communicate fluently with different stakeholders (civil society, media, government, political parties and staff)
- Proven integrity, objectivity and professional competence; demonstrated sensitivity to cultural diversity, PWD and gender issues.
Application Close Date
Not Stated.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their applications to:
[email protected], stating the Job Title in the subject of the email, listing the names and contact points of three (3) references and attaching.
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