SABER Legislative Analyst and Stakeholder Manager at Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG)

JOB DECSCRIPTION 

• Provide Strategic leadership towards the provision of technical support to the State Houses of Assembly through the Joint Secretariat with the Conference of Speakers of State Legislature of Nigeria 
• Establish and Maintain a working relationship with other relevant partners such as the NBA-SBL, PEBEC, NGF 
• Implement the SABER secretariat operational framework which consist of: Legislative reform strategy, Programme management processes, day-to-day SABER activities, technical working groups, expert network, partnerships and continual review of SABER policy, procedures and processes.
• Implement legislative and regulatory reform initiatives that ultimately improve the ease of doing business and drive sustainable economic growth and development.
• Support with Subnational legislative components for grants on request
• Provide support for citizen engagement, strengthening communication for impactful reform, involving both internal and external stakeholders. 
• Prepare an internal and external stakeholder plan for effective stakeholder engagement 
• Coordinate the implementation of SABER programmes, projects and initiatives approved by the Governing Council.
• FacilitatE external resources mobilization and fundraising for SABER.
• Develop and implement budget and funding plan for SABER.
• Generate SABER corporate performance reports for board and executive decision making.
• Conduct legislative impact assessments on SABER bills before and after passage into law.
• Support the Planning and implementation of the legislative stakeholder engagement strategy for NASSBER and SABER.
• Serve as official liaison between the NESG community and the legislative arm of government.
• Establish, maintain and upgrade a system for comprehensive repository of all national legislations and legislative support instruments.
• Establish, maintain and upgrade a system for comprehensive database for all Senate and House of Representative Leadership of the whole and committees and heads of national legislative service (clerks and their principal officers).
• Design and support presentations of legislative briefs at forums, mini-summits, Nigerian economic summit and pre-summit events.
• Work with the NESG grants and donor relations office to develop the legislative input component of grants proposals and fundraising briefs.
• Develop NASSBER legislative intelligence programme for ensuring the efficient and effective track, monitoring and reporting of all national legislative changes.
• Other duties that may be assigned.

Key Skills:

• Team Player, Stakeholder Engagement and Management, Managerial skills, Communication, Research, Strong Writing Skills, Public Speaking, Data Management and Analysis,

Education:

• Suitable candidate should possess a Bachelor’s degree in law and a call to bar certificate

Experience:

• At least 1 year of work in a top-tier law firm with expertise on key sectors of the economy, Understanding of Nigeria’s regulatory landscape. In-depth Knowledge of the Nigerian Legal System and Political-Economic dimensions will be an advantage.