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Pact works across multiple sectors and actors to combat corruption, promote democracy and improve health. Our funding partners run the gamut from the U.S. Government to private foundations to corporations, and our on-the-ground partners include Nigerian ministries and civil society organizations focused on advocacy, democracy and health. Since 2005, Pact ...
Detailed Description
The position is based in Abuja, Nigeria, with anticipated travel to other regions of the country. The Household Economic Strengthening (HES) Manager must be a dynamic individual with strong interpersonal and managerial skills, and a commitment to household economic strengthening. S/he will have day-to-day responsibility for monitoring implementation, ensuring adherence to timelines, budget management and achievement of objectives. Project oversight will include but is not limited to: managing daily project activities to ensure the project accomplishes its deliverables with high impact, logistics and operations, budget approval, supervision of all staff in the area of responsibility; as well as monitoring, reporting, and evaluation activities.
The HES Manager will be responsible for the design, implementation and technical quality of strategies and activities to improve the economic stability of young people and households caring for OVC. S/he will play a pivotal role in planning for all aspects of livelihoods and economic opportunities activities for the program. She/he will facilitate a team of staff in the development of social protection linkages and provision, savings group (VSLG) activities and the integration of enterprise expertise and market access and relationships for securing the economic well-being of targeted households.
The Manager will be involved in project implementation, and organizing and delivering training programs that address a wide variety of issues, including: social protection and livelihoods; savings and financial access; agriculture and food security; economic and market development; ensuring full two-way communication between economic-strengthening (ES) staff at the cluster level; ensuring delivery of specific training, coordination and execution of activities, and overall backstopping and troubleshooting. Proficiency in dealing with math, bookkeeping, and monitoring systems is essential, as is familiarity with the way Nigerian women think and work at the grassroots, whether in rural or urban settings. The position requires a high degree of integrity, professionalism, flexibility and perseverance, as well as the ability to anticipate, identify and resolve problems in the field quickly.
The HES Manager needs to be a committed listener who not only is eager to know not only what is happening in all aspects of the targeted households’ economic well-being, but also is able to give constructive feedback and support to those she/he supervises.
Specific Responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications
Applicants should submit their Resume/CV and cover letter on their suitability to: pactnghr@pactworld.org All CV’s/resume/applications MUST be in either word format or PDF. Applicants MUST indicate the position applied for on the SUBJECT of the mail.
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