Campaign and Innovation Specialist - Nigeria Strengthening Civic Advocacy and Local Engagement (SCALE) at Palladium Group

Requisition ID: req13162
Duration: 1 year, with the possibility of extension for additional 2.5 years. 

Project Overview and Role

•  SCALE is a USAID-funded 5-year project (Oct 08, 2020 – Oct 07, 2025), implemented by Palladium in collaboration with the local resource partners.
• The objective of the SCALE project is to strengthen the financial, management, and advocacy capacity of local civil society organizations (CSOs) and Business Membership Organizations (BMOs) in Nigeria to create a more accountable, transparent, peaceful, and democratic Nigeria with more effective and efficient public service delivery.
• SCALE supports civil society organizations (CSOs) and business membership organizations (BMOs) across all of USAID/Nigeria’s programmatic sectors with a basket of managerial, business strengthening, and advocacy capacity-building interventions aimed at advancing Nigerian CSO sustainability combined with targeted grants to advance mutually agreed upon priorities.
• The project is designed to enhance local civil society organizations’ ability to be positive and responsible change agents in Nigeria.
• The SCALE project is looking for a highly driven and creative advocacy professional to join its technical team to provide support to SCALE CSO/BMO partners in implementing effective advocacy and awareness campaigns to support their policy reform agenda. 
• The position will also manage SCALE innovation strategies and partners.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Campaign:

• Provide technical support to SCALE partners in developing advocacy campaign strategies for engaging diverse stakeholders
• Initiate Strategic Campaign actions to be undertaken by relevant project components and partners.
• Work closely with the Policy and Governance Advisor to support communications elements of partners’ campaign initiatives as well as ongoing media strengthening support to project partners.
• Facilitate design and implementation of campaigns around key global events such as World Water Day, International Women’s Day, and 16 Days Campaign Against Gender-Based Violence.
• In collaboration with the SCALE Communications and Media team, facilitate efforts to jointly keep diverse audiences informed about SCALE.
• Ensure strict adherence to the branding and marking policy of the project.

Innovation:

• Manage a portfolio of innovation activities for SCALE.
• Work with SCALE innovation partners to establish work plans, activities, budgets, and milestones for measuring progress and results.
• Track and report progress in implementing innovation activities i.e process, timelines, and outcomes against objectives and set results.
• Monitor progress and identify risks for timely action and early resolution.
• Ensure full compliance of sub-awardees with SCALE and USAID rules and regulations
• Ensure that all monthly, quarterly reports from awardees are received promptly.
• Lead efforts to share achievements and learning from the implementation of innovation activities including promoting opportunities for adoption, adaptation, and scale-up of successful innovations.
• Build relationships with a network of key stakeholders to help influence project outcomes and adoption
• Keep track of technological and knowledge developments within and outside the project and promote the use of this knowledge to gain insights that can be used to design or formulate requests for tailored concepts in the future.
• Maintain a future focus, looking ahead to designing new concepts for call for innovation proposals.

Cross-cutting:

• Provide monthly, quarterly, and annual reports and other reports as requested.
• Document and share impactful stories to reflect project achievements with campaigns, media, communications, and innovation activities.
• Work collaboratively with other SCALE teams in the delivery of SCALE goals, objectives, and results.
• Carry out other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Degree in International Affairs, Public Administration, Policy, Social Sciences, Law, Development Studies, or related field.
• Prior experience with designing, implementing and measuring results of effective advocacy campaigns.
• Demonstrated relevant experience in civil society engagement and policy reform in Nigeria.
• Strong technical expertise in the design and implementation of innovation projects.
• Significant experience in planning and implementing successful campaign and media work.
• Good organizational, verbal, and written communication skills as well as ability to multi-task.
• Experience in engaging with government, civil society, and the organized private sector.
• Experience in multi-sectoral coordination and networking with a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated strategic ability, diplomacy, written and oral communication, and negotiation skills.
• Strong organizational skills and strategic thinking; attention to detail; flexible and able to work efficiently with multiple tasks.
• Strong in written and spoken English.
• Competency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint required.