SAVI NGO Jobs for State Programme Officer in Enugu,Jigawa,Kaduna,Kano,Lagos

SAVI NGO Jobs for State Programme Officer in Enugu,Jigawa,Kaduna,Kano,Lagos
The State Accountability and Voice Initiative (SAVI) is one of five State Level Programmes (SLPs) funded  by DFID designed to improve  the efficiency and effectiveness of public  resource use  in selected  states in Nigeria.
SAVI is currently working  in Enugu, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Lagos, Yobe and Zamfara States with the Programme head quarters in Abuja. SAVI is recruiting qualified candidates to fill the position of an additional State Programme Officer in 5 of the SAVI state offices: Enugu, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano and Lagos.

• Applicants should have a University degree or other  relevant  educational background combined  with relevant  working experience (field as well as desk based) within the specified  state or surrounding region.
• Minimum of 5/10 years experience  in working  with CS, State House of Assembly (SHoA), the Media language of the specified state fluently, Proactive  approach and the ability to think “outside the  box when developing solutions and strategies, independent, self-driven; able  to handle multi-tasks with detail-minded, ad passionate about the development  of the specified  state. 

• Support to the State Team Leader (STL) to facilitate technical delivery of the state programme, through the state team, as a team, including  inputs from local, national & international advisers/consultants
• Support  to STL with process/Progrss monitoring, reporting documentation dissemination, etc
• Support to STL in engagement with local programme oversite bodies and other  development  partners
• Monitor the political, security and economic  environment which could impact on SAVI’s work through the media and other sources of information
• Preparation of a regular typed note on progress against  state programme  activities, to be  presented  at SAVI staff meetings. The monthly progress update note  should bullet point  achievements for that period and main activities for the next month (with dates)
• Monitor and report  performance of advocacy projects, participate in strategy development as well as  developing  case study of results every quarter
• Support the STL in budget forecasting  for the coming quarter
• Manage delivery of delegated technical support to CS, Media, SHoA, through programme initiatives and advocacy partnerships (APs) including  AP budgeting  and financial retirements during their  incubation period
• Provision of direct  technical support  (empowerment-based capacity building  inputs) to partners as required
• Further development  and management  of both paper and computer-based filing systems for records relating to each initiative/advocacy partnership responsible for, including  printed copies of all key partners notes, emails, documents, relevant information and activities.