Senior Program Specialist (Service Delivery) at RTI International

Job Description

• The Overall responsibility of the Sr. Program Specialist is for the design, direction, and implementation of the Service Improvement component and program activities.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Liaise with Senior Specialist in Governance, Civil Society Strengthening, and Budget Transparency components to ensure compatibility and consistency across the technical components.
• Coordinate with other USG assisted programs to find areas of complementarity.
• Contribute to and assist with LG and CSOs assessment activities.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to design and deliver training to local government officials and members of civil society organizations.
• Provide final written and verbal reports on program activities as at when due.
• Coordinate data collection, information dissemination, training and other program activities with Governance Program Coordinators, Communications Manager and Capacity Building Manager.
• Anticipate program needs, making and following recommendations.
• Collaborate with M&E to ensure monitoring is consistent with required results and provide written and verbal feedback to program management staff as needed.
• Attend meetings and represent the project on technical issues with/to implementing partners, development partners, and stakeholders.
• Assist LEAD financial managers to ensure that timelines and budgets/ financial disbursements for project implementation activities align.
• Ensure quality supervision and mentoring for Junior Specialists and Governance Program Coordinators on service delivery activities.
• Ensure timely preparation of cost-share information on activities with Government partners of the Project.
• Other duties as assigned by the leadership of the Project.

Required Experience Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelors' Degree and 10 years or MA degree plus 6 years' experience
• Degree in Political Science, Public Administration, International Relations, Development Studies or related fields.
• Experience in Northern Nigeria preferred
• Excellent technical and managerial skills
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent team player who works well independently.