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Job Purpose

• The Communications Coordinator who reports to the Director, Organisational Effectiveness will lead the Communications Hub and be responsible for the development and implementation of ActionAid Nigeria’s (AAN’s) Communication Strategy; including planning and managing public affairs/relation and publicity in order to influence and inform AAN’s stakeholders, staff, partners and donors.
• S/he will liaise with and provide support for the different thematic functions at AAN on publications, publicity & press relations to drive the advocacy and campaigns of AAN.

Specific Responsibilities

• Coordinate and act as the central communications point for national media activities
• Develop and implement innovative and effective communication and media strategies for
• ActionAid Nigeria, including fundraising and marketing projects.
• Manage documentation and publishing of all AAN manuals, and publications including audiovisuals, and maintain an updated repository for posterity.
• Build the capacity of AAN staff and partners in understanding, documentation and communicating the progress made in various AAN’s thematic areas.
• Support the development and strengthening of partnerships among stakeholders, government departments and NGOs for effective collaboration and coordination on strategic national & global concerns.
• Coordinate the annual review of AAN communications work, including the development of annual reports in print and video formats.
• Oversee content development for AAN policy influencing, website and other social media platforms.
• Build and maintain contact with the media, donors and supporters including popular media, influencers, and political circles to raise AAN’s profile.
• Oversee production of digital and multimedia communications content in line with
• ActionAid global brand guidelines and donor marking plan.
• Track, monitor and report AAN communications metrics and use insights for learning.
• Any other responsibilities as assigned by the line manager

Key Working Relationships:

• Internal: Entire AAN Staff
• External: The Media, Relevant Government Agencies, Donor Community, Influencers, Partners, INGO Community and other stakeholders

Person Specifications
Education/Qualifications:

• First Degree in Communications, Social Sciences or Arts / Humanities is essential
• Masters Degree in relevant field is desirable
• Membership of Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), and Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) is desirable
• Membership of NUJ and other relevant professional bodies is desirable

Experience:

• At least 7 years work experience, 4 of which should have been spent in similar role in the development sector is essential
• Experience managing communication and advocacy projects as well as working with the media is essential
• Website development/management and digital communications is essential
• Capacity building experience including training, facilitating, coaching, and mentoring is essential
• Experience as a media focal person for an organisation/department is desirable
• Experience as a reporter, sub editor or proof-reader is desirable
• Familiarity with popular media sector and previous relationship with same is desirable

Skill / Abilities:

• Online i.e. website management and digital communications
• Understanding of the role of advocacy work and communication in development
• Strong communication and writing skills
• Ability to provide practical solutions within set deadlines
• Multi-tasking skills
• Public speaking skills
• Excellent planning and prioritization skills
• Strong interpersonal skills

Desirable:

• Possess working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Social Blade, Google Analytics and Microsoft Office
• Understanding of Human Rights Based Approach to programming and storytelling.

Personal Qualities:

• A person of integrity
• Creative and takes initiative.
• Willing to work additional hours at crucial times.
• A self-motivated person able to work without close supervision
• Able to work effectively in a diverse team environment
• Effectively promote AAN’s mission, values and objectives.

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Overall Purpose

• The post holder will be a part of the Country Management Team.
• S/he will lead and coordinate the operationalisation of effective and appropriate systems and processes for planning, measuring progress and impact, learning and reporting across the organisation.
• S/he will also provide leadership in meeting Accountability, Learning and Planning System (ALPS) requirements at all levels.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Technical:
Planning and Reporting:

• Promote and support AAI’s Accountability, Learning and Planning (Alps) system and domestication within AAN, partner organisations and communities
• Lead the process of development and review of strategic documents such as country and programme strategy papers and translate these into departmental/unit plans for operational delivery
• Coordinate the overall planning processes across the organisation including analysing organisation-wide plans (three-year and operational) to ensure delivery of strategic objectives and prepare gap analysis and gap closure recommendations for review at Country Management Team meetings.
• Lead on the development of organisation-wide report, management updates and other reports as necessary to ensure accountability across Local Rights Programme (LRP) to other donor funded projects
• Coordinate the project steering committee meetings convened by the Director of Programmes

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning:

• Work collaboratively with unit Leads to develop systems for monitoring progress against country strategy papers and other strategies
• Develop standards and tools as well as provide technical advice – guidance, coaching, training - to local and national programme teams and implementing partners on M&E
• Take a lead on LRP monitoring and evaluation system
• Coordinate the annual Participatory Review and Reflection process (PRRP) with programme partners and development of Annual Progress Document
• Responsible for quality control of evaluations, partnership appraisals and peer reviews
• Ensure that feminist lens, power analysis and rights perspectives are fully incorporated into ActionAid’s planning, monitoring and evaluation processes
• Ensure implementing partners’ compliance with agreed programme standards including meeting reporting requirements
• Co-ordinate the operationalization of action research to elicit issues impacting on power, poverty, gender and vulnerability especially from the perspective of the poor and excluded people
• Actively engage in applied research to increase capacity in the organisation to test theories of change and promote innovation leading to increase impact

Management Information Systems

• Provide oversight to the management of the Impact Assessment and Shared Learning unit and the Knowledge Management working group
• Position Data Management System (DMS) as a core part of meeting the information needs of the organisation in an efficient and cost-effective way
• Participate in the development and implementation of programme and organisation learning activities of ActionAid Nigeria (AAN)
• Develop and support the operationalisation of management information systems (MIS) for capturing and managing data including baseline and coverage information, emanating from programme work in the communities

Human Resources:

• Ensure performance management and staff development of both direct reports and staff in extended matrix teams
• Monitor the team’s performance against the agreed organisational standards and ensure that problems are identified and resolved
• Foster the necessary consultation, communications and good relation with other departments and the entire organisation

Others:

• Responsible for Impact Assessment and Shared Learning budget
• Support the various themes in the development of funding proposals for programme work, especially in definition of progress and impact assessment processes
• Build and sustain networks with organisations and practitioners working in the areas of impact assessment and shared learning with a view to influencing and learning from approaches and practices beyond AAN
• Assume any other responsibilities relevant to the position as assigned by line manager.

Representation:

• Represent AAN and ensure the maintenance of optimum relations at all levels with Government agencies, Private Organisations, as well as Non-Governmental
• Organisation in Nigeria.
• Represent AAN at meetings within ActionAid Federation and platforms relevant to the role.

Key Relationships:

• Internal Relationships: Entire AAN staff, AAI team
• External Relationships: Partners, Networks & Donors

Person Specification
Education/Qualifications:
Essential:

• First Degree in Social Sciences or Arts / Humanities
• Master's Degree in a related field

Desirable:

• Membership of relevant professional Institute.

Experience:
Essential:

• Minimum of 8 years work experience, 5 of which should be in a similar role in the development
• Excellent quantitative and qualitative monitoring and evaluation skills and familiarity with the range of approaches and methods currently being deployed in the development sector
• Human Rights Based Approach programming and monitoring  experience, including working with partners and social movements
• Experience designing and monitoring campaigns

Desirable:

• Deep understanding of and commitment to human rights based approach including women’s rights, with knowledge of methodologies that are effective in monitoring and evaluation

Skill Abilities:

• Strong writing skills
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills
• Ability to influence and encourage others to new concepts and ways of working within an environment of change
• Excellent planning and prioritization skills
• Demonstrable IT skills
• Highly numerate
• Excellent skills in policy analysis and interpretation

Personal Qualities:

• A person of integrity
• Creative and takes initiative
• Ability to work effectively in a diverse team environment
• Willing to work additional hours at crucial times
• Self motivated person able to work without close supervision
• Proven Leadership Qualities
• Effectively promote AAN’s mission, values and objectives.

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Job Description

• The post holder will be a member of the ActionAid Nigeria Country Management Team (CMT) and will provide management with relevant financial information to assist in the smooth running of the organisation.
• S/he will ensure the financial and legal integrity of the organization on donor-funded projects in particular and within the framework of the policies and procedures established and the requirements of the local law.
• This post involves a full range of financial control and management activities.

Person Specification
Education / Qualifications:

• First Degree in Accounting / Finance is essential
• Master's Degree in a relevant field is essential
• Nationally recognised Professional Accounting Qualification is essential.

Experience:

• At least 10 years post-NYSC experience is essential
• At least 6 years post professional qualification experience with 3 years in a senior position is essential
• Experience in implementing financial control systems is essential
• Experience in using SUN Accounting Systems & Spreadsheets is essential
• Experience in working with international development agencies in a similar position is desirable
• Audit firm experience is desirable
• Experience working with different cultures and nationalities is desirable.

Skills / Abilities:

• Excellent management & leadership skills
• Excellent skills in facilitation and capacity building for inter-linkages between staff, partners & stakeholders
• Ability to work without supervision
• Ability to work under pressure
• Ability to multitask and negotiation skills
• Ability to interface effectively with other members of staff and solve problems using own initiative.

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Job Purpose and Background

• ActionAid Nigeria (AAN) together with ActionAid Denmark (AADK) has partnered up on a Global Entity to support youth activism and social movements. The galaxy of activities includes rapid response mechanisms for human rights defenders (HRDs), movement-led action research, capacity building, digital activism, and flexible funding streams to civic formations in their various iterations.
• AAN plays a major delivery role in the The Global Organising Leadership Development programme (GOLD) and in setting up and reaching the objectives of the Global Entity.
• The Programme Coordinator will direct the strengthening and support of movements
• S/he will contribute to the co-creation and implementation of a leadership program for activists, Human Rights Defenders and social movement leaders together with a global team of colleagues in India, Tanzania and Denmark.
• The Global Organising Leadership Development programme encompasses a variety of approaches with the aim of supporting activists in achieving their goals. The capacity building initiatives are strategically designed to ensure the achievement of the overall longterm outcomes by building and sustaining the ability of movements to push for just, feminist, resilient and green societies.

About GOLD

• The programme acknowledges the different needs social movement activists might have and meets these needs by building the core ability of young people to organise their constituencies, setting visions and agree on principles, analyse the contexts they are operating in as well as their own organisational vulnerabilities as a movement, craft strategic plans and mobilise support around their agendas.
• S/he will serve as an interface between social movements, ActionAid Nigeria and the
• partners in the Global Entity and the GOLD programme.

Specific Responsibilities
Programme Coordinator Role:

• Co-create the learning content for social movements and activists in close collaboration with the GOLD team in Denmark, Tanzania and India.
• Encourage and support excluded groups and communities living in marginalization to be effective drivers of their own change
• Assist movements and organisations in building alliances and platforms.
• Identify, reach out to and provide support to change agents who organize, and involve the public to actively oppose anti-people policies and seek positive, just solutions.
• Implement the planned activities under the umbrella of the GOLD programme,
• Nurture movements of (young) people with the requisite political knowledge and capacity in line with their causes.
• Monitor, document, and share critical debate around movement issues for Global Entity/Global Organising Leadership Development programme (GOLD) adaptation and management.
• Facilitate linkage between Activista and other social movements, organising spaces, networks, and mass organisations platforms. Capacity Development
• Provide continuous support through coaching, support visits, formal, and informal training to emerging and exiting movements in the region.
• Support capacity development for Activista, other youth platforms and movements.
• Support capacity building of movements on strategy, tactics and campaigns Documentation, Communication and Reporting
• Document and share learning from Global Entity/Global Organising Leadership Development programme (GOLD) at national and international forum
• Ensure Global Entity/Global Organising Leadership Development programme (GOLD) documents are uploaded in the AAN SharePoint, CMS etc.
• Coordinate the storage, retrieval, and review of Global Entity/Global Organising Leadership Development programme (GOLD) related information
• Collaborate with other international GOLD colleagues to submit success stories or case studies on lessons learnt for dissemination with the wider audience.
• Ensure timely implementation of and reporting on agreed activities in the Global Entity/Global Organising Leadership Development programme (GOLD)
• Participate in AAN programme meetings and share experiences from the field, bringing up issues of general programme nature for collective decision-making.
• Facilitate the sharing of information among social movements, Global Entity/ Global Organising Leadership Development programme (GOLD) team, and other stakeholders.

Financial Management:

• Submit timely financial reports on funds released for activities in compliance with AAN financial reporting requirements.
• Ensure judicious and appropriate use of funds and other resources given to social movements in adherence to agreed use of resources with flexibility in use to respond to changes and value adding opportunities when they occur. Representation
• Participate at relevant initiatives and campaigns of broad-based youth platforms, networks, coalitions, and social movements that AAN belongs to or may deem relevant to her goals and objectives.
• Represent AAN at public events, relevant national youth advocacy networks and initiatives – including attending meetings on behalf of AAN Others
• Carry out any other responsibilities assigned by line manager. Internal Relationships: Entire AAN team. External Relationships: The GOLD team and the Global Entity, Partners, Donors, Communities, CSOs, youth organisations, and relevant government agencies.

Person Specifications
Education / Qualifications

• First Degree in Social Sciences or Arts/Humanities/Law is essential
• Masters’ Degree in a relevant field is desirable

Experience:

• At least seven (7) years post NYSC experience, four of which should be in a similar position with particular emphasis on social forum and movement building in the civil society space is essential
• Experience in project management is essential
• Experience with activism and good knowledge of the past, current and emerging social movement landscape of Nigeria and neighbouring countries is essential
• Experience working with youth, coalitions, networks, and movement is desirable

Skill / Abilities:

• Background in community organising and direct action and connections to social movements on the African continent
• Running and facilitating physical and online capacity strengthening activities (trainings, workshops, webinars etc), doing post training evaluations for better impact
• Ability to set clear outcomes for capacity activities, assess and collect needs and expectations from movements, is a plus.
• Strong communication and writing skills
• Excellent skills to motivate and inspire a functional team will be essential
• Strong analytical / problem-solving skills.
• Multi-tasking skills
• Negotiation skills
• Excellent planning and prioritization skills
• Highly numerate

Personal Qualities:

• A person of integrity, creative and takes initiative.
• A person of tested emotional intelligence.
• Able to work effectively in a diverse team environment.
• Willing to work additional hours at crucial times.
• A self-motivated person able to work without close supervision.
• Able to effectively promote AAN’s mission values, and objectives.