Federal Reform Facilitator - PLANE - Abuja at DAI

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Reform Facilitator (RF) will provide support to the Federal Lead for the Federal-level engagement activities and effective management of reform research, design, implementation and monitoring for evidence-based policy approaches to education within Federal governments. In addition, he/she will;

• Maintaining   strategic   relationships   with   Federal   government   counterparts   and   other   relevant stakeholders, including, civil society, other reform programmes and development partners;
• Taking overall responsibility for the operation and delivery of Federal activities under the supervision of Federal and relevant Technical Leads;
• Support the development of workplans and budgets and implementation of Federal activities;
• Ensuring efficient and effective use of resources while achieving the best value for money in the commissioning of activities;
• Facilitating and delivering governance reform activities whilst ensuring governance reforms are owned and delivered by the Federal government under their agenda;
• Using a rapidly learning, flexible, responsive and adaptive approach to facilitating systems-strengthening reform with both government and non-government partners.
• Facilitating possible issue-based approaches to resolving specific service delivery problems with a connection to governance reform as models for improved service delivery.
• Working with the knowledge management unit and ensuring cross-learning within the Federal agencies, through the identification of existing networks, and the development of new peer learning platforms and locally developed tools;
• Coordinating Technical Advisors, State Reform Facilitators and short-term advisory support as applicable;
• Contribute to engagement with stakeholders, as appropriate.
• Use evidence on private schools relating to regulation and accountability, Public Private Partnership and financial inclusion to engage the federal government on non-state reforms. 
• Develop an activity plan and results chain for each intervention and review such documents on a periodic (at least quarterly) basis under the supervision of Federal and Technical Leads.
• Provide a written progress report to the Federal Lead monthly and contribute to the quarterly progress report.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• 4 – 6 years of experience in policy development and a strong track record of delivering results on complex multi-component programmes;
• A minimum of a university degree
• Experience in leading successful reform interventions and evidence of good working relations with relevant Federal government agencies;
• An ability to manage relationships and a sound understanding of institutional change in complex environments;
• Extensive experience in Nigeria specifically working at the Federal level;
• Cultural sensitivity and a good understanding of the education challenges of Nigeria and its dynamics;
• Experience in management of diverse teams and effective performance management;
• An excellent understanding of financial and technical delivery, monitoring and evaluation of programme impact and reporting against results;
• Excellent communication skills and ability to develop high-quality written materials.
• Strong facilitation and stakeholder engagement skills