We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Program Associate – Nigeria Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE)
Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time
Project Overview and Role
- The objective of the SCALE project is to support civil society organizations (CSOs) and business membership organizations (BMOs) across all of USAID/Nigeria’s programmatic sectors with a basket of managerial, business strengthening, and advocacy capacity-building interventions aimed at advancing Nigerian CSO sustainability combined with targeted grants to advance mutually agreed upon priorities.
- The activity is designed to enhance local civil society organizations’ ability to be positive and responsible change agents in Nigeria.
Purpose of Position
- The Program Associate will provide both technical, administrative and monitoring support for SCALE activities.
- The Program Associate will report to the Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP).
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
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- Works closely with the Project Advisors to support SCALE partners with implementing project interventions, including coaching, mentoring and field visits, where necessary, and the development of annual workplans.
- Provides technical assistance to SCALE SGBV and CEFM (Component 5), backstop the Vulnerable Population
- Manager and engage with resource partners and clusters on implementation of project activities on behalf of the team.
- Represent the component in events and activities and develop reports of participation.
- Support Organizational Capacity Assessment of SCALE clusters and select resource partners and provide technical support for documentation of progress made by assessed organizations in implementing their capacity development plans.
- Supports project team to organize meetings with partners and other stakeholders.
- Maintains smooth relationships with all partners and stakeholders.
- Supports generation of monthly and quarterly reports, including success stories, and tracking progress on targets and indicators.
- Works with Project Advisors and the MEL team to develop and disseminate information to familiarize target audiences with SCALE project scope and activities.
- Maintains technical filing systems for the office.
- With support from the MEL team, assist partners to set up and maintain filing systems.
- Support project partners to ensure appropriate means of verifications of project results are collated and stored.
- Provides secretarial, administrative, and logistical support for meetings and other project events.
- Assists with the procurement of materials needed for project events.
- Other tasks as deemed necessary by the Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP).
Required Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, Accountancy, Administration, Knowledge Management, or related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible NGO experience in program management, partner management, monitoring, evaluation and learning, and office operations/administration.
- Competency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint required
- Ability to maintain financial records and prepare financial reports.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills are required.
- Ability to take initiative, work independently, and to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
- Strong oral/written communication skills in English.
- Experience with USAID-funded governance programs highly desired.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
Job Features
Job Category | Program Associate |