Recent Vacancies at Pact Nigeria, 18th April, 2017

Pact is an international non-governmental organization with headquarters in Washington DC, USA. Pact has been in Nigeria since 2005, and currently implements donor funded development projects across the country in the area of Health, integrating livelihoods, capacity development, and governance systems. Pact is seeking highly experienced and qualified candidates to fill in the positions below for the upcoming State2State $38,000,000 USD project which will increase effectiveness, accountability and transparency of selected states and local governments in Nigeria. We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Project Manager Location: Nigeria Department: Program Delivery Department Overview

• Pact exists to help create a world where those who are poor and marginalized exercise their voice, build their own solutions, and take ownership of their future. Pact's Nigeria conflict mitigation program will contribute to realizing this purpose by:
  • Enhancing the role of women and youth in peacebuilding and long-term conflict mitigation.
  • Targeting farmer and pastoralist groups experiencing conflict or at risk for conflict.

• Reporting to the Nigeria Country Director, the Project Manager will be responsible for technical leadership of the program, ensuring the implementation of high-quality, evidence-based interventions, and management a team of staff and sub-partners to ensure quality, timeliness, and efficiency of all activities and products generated under the project.
• The Project Manager will also lead and oversee program monitoring, evaluation, and learning, and project implementation.
• The Project Manager will also provide technical expertise on peacebuilding and conflict mitigation.

• Coordinate and oversee the quality of all technical activities, providing direction, feedback and support to ensure success and achieve project goals.
• Ensure program adherence to internationally accepted technical norms and standards of practice.
• Ensure effective coordination, communication and standards of practice among the project partners;
• Ensure high quality program delivery and the cost-effective use of Pact and USAID resources.
• Ensure staff and partners receive required management support and technical assistance on program design, budget/work plan development, and M&E planning.
• Provide regular written/oral program progress updates, as requested.
• Establish and manage Pact’s local technical training activities.
• Provide input into and assure that all donor reporting requirements on program impact are met, including assisting implementing partners in setting up reporting and tracking systems to provide such information in an efficient and timely manner.
• Facilitate continuous quality assessment and improvement and ensure that program best practices are documented and disseminated throughout the program cycle.

• A Master's Degree or Higher Degree in International Development or a related field is required.
• Proven experience implementing programs addressing at least one of the following technical areas: conflict mitigation, peacebuilding, land tenure dispute, natural resources management and concessions, gender-based violence, youth/gender disenfranchisement, and/or credible dispute resolution.
• At least ten years of experience designing and implementing programs addressing peacebuilding, conflict mitigation, land tenure disputes, and/or natural resources disputes, ideally in Liberia.
• At least five years of experience as a technical advisor or senior manager of a peacebuilding or conflict mitigation program.
• Experience interacting with developing country governments, international organizations, other bilateral donor and civil society representatives, and senior level government officials.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and sustain professional relationships with civil society organizations, communities and host country government counterparts.
• Demonstrated proficiency in supervising staff, including providing constructive, timely feedback, and building cohesive teams.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to effectively present complex ideas to diverse audiences.
• Strong planning and time management skills, including the ability to multitask with ease, adapting to frequently changing priorities.
• At least three years of experience implementing USAID projects.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of USAID policies and regulations.
• Ability to sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with internal colleagues and contacts in donor and partner organizations.
• Proven ability to lead diverse teams to successful outcomes.
• Strong working knowledge of the People-to-People Approach.
• Demonstrated experience implementing and managing programs in resource-constrained countries.
• Working experience in Liberia.
• Nigerian national preferred.

• Pact exists to help create a world where those who are poor and marginalized exercise their voice, build their own solutions, and take ownership of their future. Pact's Nigeria conflict mitigation program will contribute to realizing this purpose by:
  • Enhancing the role of women and youth in peacebuilding and long-term conflict mitigation.
  • Targeting farmer and pastoralist groups experiencing conflict or at risk for conflict.

• The Finance and Administration Officer (F&AO) will be responsible for the overall administration and financial operations for a conflict mitigation program in Liberia.
• The F&AO will oversee internal control systems and procedures, operational accounting, financial reporting, auditing, sub award financial management and monitoring, forecasting and budget realignments for the project.
• S/he will also work closely with the Project Manager and headquarters personnel to ensure compliance with all donor regulations and for effective and pro-active management.
• This position is contingent upon funding.

• Design and implement systems and procedures in compliance with Pact standards, ensuring effective internal controls and minimizing risks for Pact; ensure that corrective action plans approved by headquarters in response to external or internal audits and other monitoring reviews are implemented as planned and scheduled.
• Manage project finances to ensure effective use of resources to achieve project objectives in compliance of all donor and Pact requirements.
• Monitor the project budget on a regular basis and provide financial projections and analysis to relevant staff.
• Assist with project start-up and close-out activities.
• Ensure all transactions are recorded in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and supported by relevant and verifiable source documents.
• Ensure that all financial records are properly stored and secured.
• Ensure that monthly account reconciliations are performed and appropriate plans are put in place and executed to resolve unreconciled differences.
• Ensure financial monitoring systems provide timely and relevant reports to Pact and project staff, including analysis and tracking of grant commitments (i.e. cash advances), obligations, awards and liquidations, to support efficient accountable implementation.
• Monitor proper management of cash flow ensuring project liquidity at all times. This includes preparation of cash flow forecasts on monthly and quarterly basis and planning for timely preparation and replenishment for partners and others.
• As applicable, provide technical assistance in financial management and compliance to local partners.

• Advanced Degree in Finance, Accounting, Administration or other relevant subject area.
• At least five (5) years of progressive experience providing finance and administration support to programs of similar size and scope.
• Highly motivated with strong attention to detail.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Working experience in Nigeria.
• Experience supporting USAID-funded programs.
• Strong management and coordination skills and the ability to multi-task.
• Nigerian national preferred.

• Pact exists to help create a world where those who are poor and marginalized exercise their voice, build their own solutions, and take ownership of their future. Pact's Nigeria conflict mitigation program will contribute to realizing this purpose by:
  • Enhancing the role of women and youth in peacebuilding and long-term conflict mitigation.
  • Targeting farmer and pastoralist groups experiencing conflict or at risk for conflict.

• Pact seeks a Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) Officer for an USAID-funded program implementing peacebuilding and conflict mitigation activities at the community level.
• The M&E Officer will provide overall leadership and oversight for project monitoring, evaluation and learning.
• S/he will lead the monitoring of data collection, collation, storage, analysis, and reporting, ensuring that data is audit worthy and incorporated into program reports for submission to USAID.
• Under his/her guidance, the project will utilize monitoring data to maximize program impact.
• This position is contingent upon funding.

• Develop and oversee the implementation of the project monitoring plan (PMP).
• Lead the development of relevant M&E tools and platforms, and provide M&E specific technical training, mentoring, and coaching to project staff and CSO partners, as appropriate.
• Develop strong monitoring and evaluation data collection and analysis systems to ensure the effectiveness of program interventions.
• Strengthen availability and use of high quality data for decision making.
• Strengthen Pact and CSO partners’ data management and quality improvement systems, ensuring that data is audit worthy and readily available. Where problems exist, support the identification and execution of solutions.
• Lead and maintain the project’s knowledge management.
• Contribute to program reports for submission to donor.
• Support program staff and senior management to make informed and timely decisions related to program implementation project using data.

• Master's Degree in Conflict Peacebuilding, Demography, Sociology, Biostatistics, Psychology or a related field.
• At least eight (8) years of experience in monitoring, evaluating and research.
• Experience in working on USAID projects, including USAID indicators.
• Demonstrated experience in governance and peacebuilding program target setting and reporting.
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Demonstrated experience and familiarity with research methodologies, qualitative and quantitative research methods, data analysis, sampling techniques and establishing M&E systems in developing countries.
• Proficiency with database management software and online search tools required.
• Working experience in Nigeria.
• Nigerian national preferred.

• This position holder will lead all Capacity Development activities for both CBOs and other state partners.
• S/he will develop context specific support for each of the CBOs based on assessments of the capacities and needs.
• S/he will support the organizational improvements of our partner CBOs.
• The position holder will also be in charge of capacity development for the various networks. The position holder will supervise and provide support to the Institutional Strengthening Officers/Assistants at state offices.
• This position reports directly to the Project Director.

• Coordinate and maintain a sustainable capacity of CSO’s and partners for the project.
• Design and develop capacity development materials, manuals and methodologies/strategies ensuring its implementation in the project.
• Facilitating, training, coaching and mentoring of partners and CBOs.
• Contribution and coordination to organizational development manuals.
• Coordination of unit team and various organizational projects; relationship management of key stakeholders.
• Supervision and enhancement of internal capacities within the organization and among our CSO partner.
• Design and develop assessment tools for organizational assessment to build sustainable institutions.
• Provide support with technical review of proposals; budget planning and financial oversight of sub partners.
• Develop a strategy to build Coalition and networking with partners and CSOs.
• Other tasks as assigned.

• MA in Education, Sociology, Law, Development, Business/Public Administration or another related field. Additional qualification in Public/Community Health is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience in capacity development of CSOs and/or government partners.
• Extensive knowledge of Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in developing and managing a budget; experience in developing strategic plans, work plans, fundraising plans; knowledge of sound financial, human resources and administrative policy and procedure.
• Experience in facilitating and training as well as production of training and capacity assessment reports.

• All CV’s/resume/applications must be in either word format or PDF.
• Applicants must indicate the position applied for on the subject of the mail.
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.