Vacancies: Capacity Development Advisor, Monitoring Evaluation Results and Learning Advisor
Open To: All qualified candidates
Opening Date: July 25th, 2013
Closing Date: August 8th 2013
Pact is an independent international non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC, USA with offices in Nigeria as well as other countries. Pact Nigeria is currently expanding its program portfolio and seeks highly experienced and qualified candidates to fill the open positions on a demand creation and systems strengthening for effective coordination project in Benue and Kebbi state.
Position: Capacity Development Advisor (Abuja)
This position holder will lead all CD 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 CD for the various networks including and not limited to SEMCM, NAPPMEDs etc. The post holder will supervise and provide support to the Demand Capacity Development Officers at state offices. This position reports directly to the PM.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 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 of experience in capacity development of CSOs and/or government
- 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
Position: Monitoring Evaluation Results and Learning Advisor (Abuja)
The MERL Advisor will be in charge of all activities related to monitoring and evaluation as well as results and learning for the project. S/he will develop tools to monitor and report on project interventions. The post holder will conduct assessments and write reports about all project activities to inform project management team and the donor. This Advisor will also liaise with the CD Advisor to provide CD for CBOs as well as state partner staff in MERL. The post holder will introduce innovative data collection and management approaches including the use of mobile tools for data collection and reporting. The post holder will supervise and provide support to the MERL Assistants at state offices This position reports directly to the PM.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Postgraduate or Master degree in Development Studies, Research Methods, Statistics, Social Sciences Measurement and Evaluation, Project Planning and Management or other relevant field preferred
- Minimum of 7 years of active MSE work experience in development programming required ideal candidate will have both theoretical and practical background in MSE and skilled in qualitative and quantitative MSE methodologies and techniques.
- Excellent computer skills, including experience with Excel, PowerPoint. Publisher, Epi-Info, Epi-Data, SPSS, Access, DHIS, SQL, and any other statistical packages.
Applying for the Job:
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their resume/CV and cover letter on their suitability to: pactnigerianinfo@pactworld.org. The deadline for submission is close of business on 8th August, 2013. CV/Application MUST be in either word format or PDF. Applicants MUST indicate the position applied for on the SUBJECT of the mail (i.e. Project Manager). Note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Salary attached to this position will be based on cognate experience.
