State Project Manager Job Vacancy At Marie Stopes Nigeria
Employment Nigeria
01-Jan-1970
NIGERIA , NIGERIA ,
Marie Stopes Nigeria (MSN) is a results-orientated non-profit Social Enterprise, which uses modern management and marketing techniques to meet the needs of the underserved and dramatically improve access to high quality family planning and other reproductive health services in Nigeria. MSN is part of Marie Stopes internationals Global Partnership, which operates in over 42 countries Nationwide.
Job Title: State Project Manager
Location: Sokoto
Reporting to: Programme Manager
Duration of contract: 1 year
Probationary period: 3 months
Responsibilities
- Drafting, reviewing and implementing work plans in consultation and coordination with other departments
- Prepare and submit high quality programmatic progress reports according to donors / MSNs schedules and guidelines
- In consultation with the appropriate manager, recruit, interview and select staff and/or volunteers with appropriate skills for the project activities.
- Measure and evaluate project outputs and deliverables as established during the planning phase and through-out life of project
- Ensure robust relationships and networks with relevant private and public sector, civil society, and government stakeholders are created anti maintained with a view to strengthening MSNs impact and future funding opportunities
- Ensure compliance with all relevant MSN and donor rules and requirements
- Support the preparation of financial reports
- Support MSN M&E function in measuring project outputs and evaluating project impact
- Executing project activities according to plan anti donor guidelines
- Monitoring project progress and making adjustments as necessary to ensure targets are met and the project in successfully completed Ensuring that all project information is captured, documented and appropriately shared
- Ensure all project activities are Implemented on test and within budget and at the required level of quality
- Any other duty reasonably assigned by line manager
Qualification & Skills
- A degree or Diploma in Development or a related field
- Excellent team building and leadership skills, interpersonal communication skills-both oral and written
- Familiarity with the different culture, social and religious identities in Nigeria, international health, development issues and the international donor community
- Experience logical frameworks, behaviour change models, marketing planning and program management tools preferred fluency in spoken and written English, and pidgin.
- Atleast 5years experience in a project management role for a non-governmental development organisations
- Experience managing Dfid, USAID, EU, or Gates funded projects
- Highly proficient in the English language, particularly in written work
- Excellent writing skills including the ability to create clear concise arguments and motivations
- Ability to work to deadline and motivate others to do the same
- Sensitive to issues of participation and preferably knowledge of participatory approaches.
- Agreement with the MSI Global Partnerships Mission, Vision and Goals
Application Closing Date: 15th March, 2013
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send your application and CV (as a single document) to:
recruitment@mariestopes.org.ng ,
quoting the job title & location applied for as the subject of the email,
Note: Applications that do not follow this format will not be considered,
Sorry the application deadline for this job has elapsed
