Senior Programme Officer at Africa Leadership Forum (ALF)

Africa Leadership Forum – We are leading Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) involved in socio-economic and manpower development in Nigerian and across Africa. Our engagement covers Governance, Women and Gender Development, Entrepreneurship and SME development, Youth, Health, Tech-Hub and Business Incubation.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Programme Officer

Location: Ota, Ogun

Job Description
As a result of expansion, there is the urgent need to fill the role of a Senior Program Officer to support effort of the Organization in the following Key Areas:

• Operations & Management
• Research
• Data Management
• Reporting and Communication
• Capacity Building.

Responsibilities

• To provide support in strategic direction to the organization
• Ensure support in effective, high quality, consistent implementation & delivery of the organisation’s programmes nationwide and internationally
• Work on the implementation of programmes, and at the same time provide feedback, advice and directions as appropriate and ensure that quality standards are met
• Establish and roll-out the most effective way to measure and articulate programme impacts
• Support the organization on key donor/partner and all stakeholders’ relationships thereby raising the profile of the Foundation
• Support in coordinating program portfolio to ensure the highest level of project quality and accountability, while fostering continuity through building local capacity and developing innovative programme interventions
• Cultivation of high level relationships with relevant stakeholders
• Keep abreast of the trends within the donor environment
• Drawing on programme practice to identify potential advocacy and research agenda
• Support in the development of networks and partnerships with national/regional/international institutions and donor collaboration, fund raising and project development within the country.

Requirements

• Postgraduate / Master’s qualification in Social Sciences, Management or a related field
• At least six (6) years’ professional experience with an international NGO
• Project management, planning coordinating skills
• Monitoring, evaluation and quality management skills
• Systems management skills with advanced levels of computer literacy
• People management and performance management skills
• High level written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to maintain exceptional levels of attention to detail under pressure
• Strong team management skills with experience of working in disparate teams
• Experience of working in projects with a huge budget size
• Experience working in a humanitarian context
• Experience in proposal development and reporting
• Significant experience in budget holding duties
• Willingness and ability to travel at short notice.

Benefits
Attractive.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.