JOB DESCRIPTION – TLPO1

Job Objective

The recruiter is Nigeria’s pioneer education partnership organisation, specialising in research, design, implementation, support and evaluation of education programmes, projects and initiatives across the public, private and non-profit sectors. We seek to fill the role of a Programme Officer for our organisation.

The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, communication skills and a proven ability to lead, plan and manage organisational systems. The successful candidate will work as a key part of the core implementation team to coordinate the design and delivery of various programmes within the organisation.

Job Title: Programme Officer (PO)
Department: Consultancy
Reports to: Head of the Consultancy Unit

Key Roles and Responsibilities
Programme Development - Consultancy
The PO will support and be partly responsible for:
• Coordinating programmes within the Consultancy department.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with key education sector partners in government and within the international donor community.
• Participating in monitoring and review of activities in the state and prepare monthly progress reports of these.
• Preparing and finalising knowledge products in specific areas of research assigned
• Contributing to development of toolkits, manuals and activity reports.
• Working closely with international and local stakeholders (both Governmental and Non-governmental) and local country teams to ensure initiative is delivered to schedule and within budget.
• Representing and making presentations on behalf of the organisation from time to time at events.
• Assisting in processing of travel and logistics for workshop/ meeting participants including travel arrangements and monetary advances
• Assisting in preparing budgets and maintaining financial records for specific activities
• Working closely with teams in the management of a newly established training initiative.

Technical and Behavioural competencies
The ideal candidate must:
• Be passionate about education transformation in Nigeria
• Must be highly organised, reliable attention to detail and ability to work independently
• Have excellent communication and inter-personal skills, and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, partners, external actors and allies
• Have excellent analytical skills, strong research and writing skills and proficiency in written and spoken English
• Have the ability to work under-pressure, meet deadlines and prioritise workloads
• Be a team player with strong leadership skills and the ability to build value adding relationships with people at all levels across the public, private and civil society sectors
• Have the ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team with respect for diversity and to respond positively to mentoring and directions

Experience/ Qualification
• Degree in education or development related field from a recognised university (possession of a Masters’ degree is an added advantage)
• Minimum of 3 years of cognate experience in the development sector, research, education, policy advocacy
• Experience in working with international development organisations (working on development and/or donor/grant funded programmes will be an added advantage)
• Multilingual speaker desirable, especially in French
How you will be assessed
Within the context of the role described above, the ideal applicant will be someone who has the following key capabilities:
• Supports strategic direction: Understands the direction the organisation is going and contributes to this
• Achieves results: Demonstrated ability to contribute to the ongoing work of teams
• Displays personal drive and integrity: Complies with organisation procedures and maintains strict confidentiality on work-related issues
• Communicates with influence: Demonstrated capacity to work in teams and utilise sound interpersonal and communication skills
Others:
• Based in Lagos and willing to travel extensively nationally and internationally

Remuneration
Very competitive full time package commensurate with experience and demonstrated competence

To apply, candidates should send a copy of their CV and covering letter to jobs@lagosrecruit.com