Project Coordinator at Centre for Social Cohesion Peace and Empowerment (CENSCOPE)

Role purpose

To lead day-to-day implementation of the project; coordinating activities, field operations and reporting across the seven target LGAs, and serving as the operational anchor beneath the Project Manager.

Key responsibilities

• Lead delivery of the project workplan and coordinate activities across the seven target LGAs.
• Coordinate field operations, scheduling and logistics with Project Officers and field teams.
• Consolidate activity, monitoring and donor-reporting inputs and prepare progress reports.
• Liaise with government, community and coalition stakeholders alongside the PM and Advocacy Officer.
• Track deliverables against the logframe and support budget-aligned activity planning.
• Uphold safeguarding, data-protection and donor-compliance standards across all activities.

Qualification & Specification

Essential

• Bachelor's degree in development, education, project management, social sciences or a related field (master's an advantage).
• At least 4 years' experience coordinating donor-funded projects, ideally in conflict-affected Northeast Nigeria.
• Proven activity coordination, field management and report-writing skills.
• Strong stakeholder management; fluency in English; Hausa and/or Kanuri strongly preferred.

Desirable

• Experience in girls' education, gender, or policy/budget advocacy programming.
• Familiarity with logframes and MEAL processes.

Important Note

• Safeguarding & equal opportunity CENSCOPE works with children and vulnerable people and is committed to safeguarding. 
• The successful candidate will sign CENSCOPE's Code of Conduct and complete mandatory PSEA and child-protection training; roles involving direct contact with children are subject to enhanced checks. 
• CENSCOPE is an equal-opportunity employer, qualified women, young women and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the organization reserves the right to close this vacancy prior to the stated deadline once a suitable candidate is identified.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.