STTA Project Manager at North East Regional Initiative (NERI)

Number of Positions: (1) Bassa & Mangu

Job Location: Plateau State

Contract Term: Short Time

Position Summary: 

The STTA Project Manager (PM) is responsible for the design, implementation and close-out of a portfolio of activities. The STTA Project Manager works in close collaboration PPBA and NERI Program Manager, NERI with Senior Management (including USAID/OTI) and community stakeholders to identify, prioritize and design activities that will respond to community development priorities in order to further the objectives of the NLCB program. The STTA Project Manager is responsible with oversight of project activities to ensure that all tasks are completed within timeframe and budget parameters defined during project design. The STTA Project Manager is tasked with the programmatic and administrative closeout of all activities, including final reporting, disbursement of funding (in concert with finance staff) and disposition of any project inventory. The STTA Project Manager serves as the main point of contact for state-level actors and community stakeholders to ensure that all activities fit within a strategic and coherent portfolio.

Reporting & Supervision: 

The STTA Project Manager reports to the Executive Chairman PPBA, NERI Team. The STTA Project Manager should expect direct interactions with the NERI Senior Management Team. The STTA Project Manager will supervise one or multiple Program Officers within PPBA and collaborate horizontally with other departments including procurement, logistics, security, and monitoring & evaluation to ensure successful activity implementation.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DELIVERABLES 

Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Responsible for general oversight of a portfolio of projects. The geography of targeted communities as well as type of programming is expected to change frequently over the course of the program.
• In concert with senior management, advice on programmatic design of new projects, including identification of potential local partners and beneficiaries, monitor implementation to ensure timely completion and adherence to budget and administrative and programmatic closeout throughout the portfolio of activities.
• Take a leadership role in the program’s learning process by feeding information in a timely manner on political and security developments in the PM’s target area. .
• Work alongside Government of Nigeria (GoN) officials, community stakeholders and civil society actors to ensure coherent and strategic programming as part of a unified project endeavor.
• Serve as the focal point of the objectives and purpose.
• In coordination with Program Officers, establish community-level project oversight committees to ensure community buy-in of activities.
• Help set up transparent management and oversight mechanisms and work to incorporate as wide a range of project beneficiaries, GoN and other important stakeholders as possible.
• Comply with all Creative and USAID procedures and policies with regards to ethics and compliance, grants management, HR, finance, operations and security. 
• Perform other tasks, as assigned.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• University degree in a related field is required
• At least 5 years of general work experience is required.
• Experience in working with communities to implement grassroots development projects preferred.
• Prior experience (3 years or more) in grants management with international-funded projects is highly desirable.
• Proficiency at using Microsoft office: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook etc. is required.
• Ability to work under short deadlines and efficiently handle multiple tasks.
• Attention to detail and the ability to function well in a team.
• Experience of working in a conflict environment is a plus.
• Fluency in oral and written English is required.
• Fluency in languages spoken