Manager - Governance, Security and Justice for Strengthening Peace and Resilience in Nigeria

• Key member of the Senior Leadership Team
• Delivery of the PMU, systems, policies, and operational procedures
• Develop, manage and facilitate programme work planning
• Oversight of resourcing and mobilisation of experts
• Grant and financial management
• Reporting and quality assurance
• Contract management and compliance
• Risk management
• Communications and knowledge management

• Demonstrated experience as a project or programme manager on FCDO-funded programmes, including managing adaptive processes and cycles of work planning
• Demonstrated experience managing governance or peacebuilding programmes that have both demand and supply components
• Excellent understanding of key concepts such as gender equality and social inclusion, institutional reform, transparency and accountability, and tools, such as political economy analysis and conflict analysis
• Experience managing teams of up to 10 people, comprising a range of nationalities
• Highly organised, able to coordinate and oversee multiple areas of work at any given time while maintaining accurate and high-quality outputs
• Highly numerate with experience of creating and managing complex budgets, and of overseeing the disbursement of grants
• Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing
• Analytical with an ability to think strategically, logically, and problem-solve individually
• A ‘team-player’ with strong soft skills able to build effective relationships with team, clients and partners and manage complex stakeholders with competing interests
• Pro-active, self-motivated, and able to thrive in a fast-paced programme and team environment.
• Tenacious, resilient and able to cope well with change and uncertainty
• A willingness to be based in Abuja, Nigeria, under a seconded arrangement
• A university degree in social studies, economics, political science, education, psychology, or any relevant field.

accommodation and a competitive remuneration package