West Africa Partnership for Development at Preston Associates for International Development

Responsibilities

• Lead the coordination of all in-country projects in line with client’s requirements and Preston Associates quality standards.
• Lead the overall implementation, monitoring, evaluation, reporting and supervision of all in-country project activities in accordance with the project requirement.
• Provide direction, leadership, and management oversight in developing and implementing programs, projects, and strategies at the country level.
• Proactively source for business opportunities and contribute to in-country proposal writing and technical reports in line with bilateral and multilateral organizations and other major funders standards in ensuring Preston Associates quality control and quality assurance standards.
• Maintain working relationships with business partners, clients, organizations, relevant government agencies and other key stakeholders in-country.
• Support knowledge management to create a knowledge management strategy and framework for the in-country operation.
• Leverage existing platforms to support and advance knowledge-sharing in the country.

Requirements

• At least a master’s degree in public health, public policy, demography, statistics, international development, environmental science, social sciences or other related field
  and experience.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience with tangible results in one or more of the following development sectors: health, agriculture, education, technology, gender, environment/climate change, and governance.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience with demonstrated results in research, program monitoring and evaluation, project management, and technical writing.
• Operational experience with multilateral (EU, World Bank, IMF, UN, EDF etc.), bilateral organizations (USAID, FCDO, CIDA etc.) and other major funders e.g., Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, MasterCard Foundation, etc.
• Proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative research, analysis, implementation research approaches, management information systems, data visualization and reporting
• Must be fluent in English or French or Portuguese (Two languages will be an added advantage).
• Must have excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills, with great attention to detail.
• Excellent networking, teamwork, and stakeholder relationship management skills in public and private settings.
• Proactive, self-starter and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated use of Advanced Excel, Tableau, PowerBI, R, Stata, (for quantitative analysts) Nvivo, ATLAS.ti (for qualitative analysts) and database management tools.