Lead Innovation and Strategist at Kest Professional Services

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the team’s efforts to provide superior service to clients and partners
• Apply your business strategy experience to support client teams and strategic initiatives around development
• Manage specific client relations (on transformation and improvement programs with direct contact to key members of client organisations
• Provide analytical support to team members.
• Work closely with client teams to probe paradigms, develop recommendations based on the findings and ultimately drive implementation and change
• Participate in or lead key internal knowledge-building initiatives as well as conferences and client workshops.
• Develop key documents through research, rigour, and engagement
• Grammatical writing of, and editing logical and detailed reports and proposals
• General Administration and Engagement
• Engage with high profile executives from different sectors in the country
• Analytical support to team members
• Supervising and developing staff
• Conducting assessments, designing programs, developing proposals, overseeing implementation, creating, and adhering to project timelines and plans, collecting, and validating data, and ensuring compliance and delivery on all aspects of grants, especially from multilateral donors

Key Requirements

• Candidates should possess Bachelor's Degrees
• At least six years of experience working in development, community engagement, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), sustainability, or related field
• Minimum of five years spent conducting research, engaging in advocacy, or managing programs or partnerships in complex and conflict-afflicted environments
• Minimum of three successful years in a management position, with responsibility for supervising, and developing staff
• Computer literacy, including use of internet and search engines for sound research
• Availability for a minimum period of two years
• Proven passion for development
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines, to analyse and prioritise assignments, and to work independently, as well as a team
• A sense of humor and passion for the group’s mission
• Strong orientation for detail
• Ability and willingness to travel within Nigeria and periodically internationally.
• Experience in research design, data analysis, and interpretation
• Experience in establishing sector guidance and sustainability reporting, desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and adhere to budgets and oversee financial accountability
• Demonstrated network and ability to undertake high-level representation with the Nigerian government; Ministries and agencies at federal, state and local levels, legislature and/or judiciary
• Experience advocating for new policies or approaches to sensitive and complex issues, like protection, humanitarian access, or human rights.
• Demonstrated capacity to mobilise program funding including donor cultivation and grant writing.

Key Competencies:

• Highly organised, analytical, accurate and detailed oriented Content and caption creation skills
• Passion for development
• Good oral and written English Language
• Effective organisational abilities
• Team working
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Strong research skills
• Time management skills.