CSO Development Specialist - Northeast and Northwest, Nigeria at PACT

Location: Nationwide

Position Summary

• The CSO Development Specialist will organize, design and implement trainings and mentor multiple CSOs, building their capacity to advocate for citizens services and work directly with the State and Federal government (S)he will coordinate closely with other senior project staff to assist in designing and implementing the full program effectively.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate with other senior project staff on program planning and implementation
• Represent Pact in interactions with donors, partners and other stakeholders
• Ensure accurate and detailed reporting to Pact and the donor.
• Oversee the review and improvement of Project’s capacity building manuals, materials and methodologies;
• Manage the development and implementation of training interventions in relevant technical areas such as networking, budget advocacy, communications, strategic planning, program management, fundraising, etc;
• Support partner organizations in the development of their own training interventions by ensuring quality control and providing training of trainers support;
• Provide followâ€up technical assistance and ongoing mentoring to organizations with a particular focus on organizational development, skills building, and implementation of strategic plans;
• Work with project staff to collaboratively plan, measure and monitor Project’s organizational capacity building efforts;
• Coordinate with project staff on sub grant solicitation, selection and implementation.
• Any other task assigned by the supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree in Education, Sociology, Law, Development, Business/Public Administration or related field. Master degree is preferred.
• Minimum of six years relevant experience in providing technical assistance to large donor-funded and capacity development programs.
• Demonstrated experience with large grant-making programs and working with local partner organizations.
• Extensive knowledge of strengthening the capacity of local organizations.
• Fluent in English and Hausa (both written and spoken) and excellent verbal and written communication skills.