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Team Leader – Skills For Prosperity, Nigeria is needed at Palladium Group
JOB TITLE: Team Leader – Skills for Prosperity, Nigeria
Ref.: req8025
LOCATION: Nigeria
Project Overview and Role
- Global Prosperity Fund’s ‘Skills for Prosperity’ is a £75m DFID programme, which seeks to improve the cost-effectiveness, access, quality, relevance and equity of skills through innovative approaches in 9 Middle-Income Countries around the world, including Nigeria.
- In Nigeria, the Skills for Prosperity (S4P) country programme will work in six targeted states to: Improve access to quality Higher Education and TVET for youth and young women, with a focus on improving access to and the quality of apprenticeships, and supporting training institutions to deliver demand-driven, competency-based training,
- Strengthen education-to-employment linkages, and
- Build the capacity of training institutions to improve outcomes for vulnerable women and people with disabilities.
- Apprenticeships, training, and capacity building interventions will focus on identified high growth sectors of the economy (Agriculture/Agribusiness/agro-allied industries; Creative and Entertainment, and Information and Communications Technology sectors).
- S4P aims to directly benefit 6,000 youth and women in targeted states of Kano, Kaduna, Enugu, Edo, Benue and Lagos.
- We are looking for talented individuals with a relevant track record, and interest or experience in the private sector and skills training. Most of all we are looking for team members with the drive to tackle new and complex challenges and work with us to learn, adapt and deliver sustainable benefits for Nigeria.
- As well as a competitive salary, bonus and benefits, we are an outgoing, creative, and supportive team and offer a personally and professional rewarding environment above all.
Required Qualifications
Requirements:
The ideal Team Leader will have the following essential skills:
- Outstanding leadership skills, including extensive experience managing multidisciplinary teams for demanding donors, and demonstrable ability to bring the best out of team members
- Proven track record in designing and leading education, skills and/or youth employment development programmes, offering an experienced and balanced bridge between supply and demand thinking approaches to skills and education development
- Extensive experience and knowledge of Nigeria and its context, including understanding of the local political economy and existing networks of relevant high-level contacts in business and government
- Demonstrable previous experience managing large donor programmes in Nigeria
- Excellent networking and relationship-building skills and experience convening multi-stakeholder groups comprising private sector, government and non-governmental actors
It is desirable that the Team Leader also has significant experience in:
- Working with the UK Government, and in particular the Department for International Development
- A thorough understanding of the UK Government’s Prosperity Fund aims and objectives
- A strong background and understanding in delivering gender and socially inclusive programmes
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Job Features
Deadline | 15th May, 2020. |