UNDP: Project Director Recruitment In Lagos Nigeria. July 11 2011
Employment Nigeria
01-Jan-1970
NIGERIA , NIGERIA ,
PROJECT DIRECTOR JOB IN UNDP JULY 11, 2011
Location : Abuja, NIGERIA
Closing Date: 26-Jul-11
Type of Contract :FTA International
Post Level :P-6
Languages Required :English
Starting Date : 01-Sep-2011
Duration of Initial Contract: One Year
Duties and Responsibilities
- Strategic advice on highly sensitive political issues to top level policy- and decision-makers, based on careful analysis and research;
- Development of a wide range of productive professional relationships, ranging from technical to policy levels, across a broad spectrum of stakeholders;
- Leadership in designing and managing relevant, feasible and monitorable large-scale capacity development programmes with demonstrable results;
- Strategic advice and direct input to facilitate successful project inception;
- Effective and professional managerial and technical leadership as well as oversight for project implementation;
- Coordination and provision of professional inputs of the highest quality across the entire project cycle;
- Implementation of performance measurement and monitoring systems subject to quality assurance by government and donors;
- Convening of and timely and efficient support for coordination mechanisms related to the project (Steering Committee) and potentially others bringing together with additional donors and partners.
Competencies
- Demonstrates integrity by modelling the UNs values and ethical standards;
- Promotes the shared vision, mission and strategic goals of the partners supporting the initiative;
- Displays strong cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;
- Treats all people fairly without favouritism.
Required Skills and Experience
Education:
- Advanced university degree (Masters or Phd) related to democratic governance and development, such as political science, economics and other social sciences.
Experience:
- Progressively responsible work experience of at least 12 years in democratic governance, including electoral issues, dealing with: policy dialogue and advisory work; leadership and management of research and analysis; design and execution of capacity development programmes; project management, including the leadership of multi-disciplinary expert teams, preferably funded by development partners (UN or other); and promotion of stakeholder/community awareness of and participation in democratic governance;
- An excellent understanding of the social, economic, political and historical trends underpinning African and, ideally, Nigerian governance and electoral processes;
- Skills in training, process facilitation, strategic planning, and partnership-building
- Advanced analytical skills, sound judgment, resourcefulness, ability to take initiative, capacity to work in a self-directed manner and in a multi-cultural environment, and ability to create a team-based work environment;
- Ability to prepare high quality policy briefs, analytical reports, and technical research reflecting global good practice in democratic governance;
- Excellent communication skills and fluency in English;
- Excellent PC user skills: word processing, spreadsheets, databases and web-based research. Applied knowledge of statistical packages such as SAS and SPSS will be an advantage.;
- Ability to travel within Nigeria and overseas.
Language Requirements:
- Strong skills in written communications in English particularly in preparing issue-based papers or reports.
- Excellent spoken English is also required.
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