The organization, Sahei Gender Development Initiative, was formally known and called Sanitation and hygiene education initiative (SGDI). The organization is a Nigerian non-governmental and not-for-profit making organization incorporated with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in November 2014. It is an organization that facilitates, advocates, and rai...
Duration: 10 months
Job summary
The Consortium Program Manager serves as the driving force and primary executive lead for a multi-partner initiative. The position holder is responsible for ensuring high-quality, compliant, and timely delivery of project outcomes across the entire consortium structure. This role coordinates with diverse partner organisations, manages the Consortium Management Unit (CMU), oversees donor budgets, and serves as the central liaison among the consortium, institutional donors, government ministries, and key stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
The Consortium Manager will operate independently from partner’s operations. Some responsibilities associated with the role include:
- Coordinating with consortium members to ensure high-quality implementation of activities, compliance with donor and consortium rules, and accountability to beneficiaries.
- Ensuring effective coordination and communication among consortium members, programmatic and finance/support teams across partners, donors, and other stakeholders. Coordination is one of the key elements of the position.
- Recruiting and managing consortium-specific staff, consultants and sub-contractors as needed to carry out activities.
- Managing the consortium budget, assets and resources.
- developing and implementing a multi-year consortium strategy (programmatic and financial).
- Acting as a focal point for the consortium. Representing the consortium to external stakeholders - donors, government, coordination bodies, and local and international NGOs. Network with relevant actors to help achieve consortium objectives.
- Responsible for all aspects of grant management including but not limited to submitting high-quality proposals to donors, financial and programmatic reporting, grant filing, partnership agreements, and sharing grant information (reports, proposals, agreements) with consortium members.
- Coordinating the monitoring and evaluation of member activities as needed for reporting, learning and possibly advocacy purposes.
- Coordinating meetings and implement the agreed course of actions.
- Ensuring compliance and adherence to SGDI policies, guidance and procedures.
Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL)
- Support the operationalization of the Joint Results and Learning Platform to coordinate, harmonise, and align MEAL frameworks and tools across both consortia.
- Ensure the consolidation, analysis, and strategic utilization of output and indicator data to drive adaptive management and continuous program improvement.
- Facilitate cross-consortium learning reviews and reflection sessions to extract and document best practices, case studies, and institutional knowledge.
- Safeguard the integration of essential cross-cutting priorities including gender equity, protection, conflict sensitivity, and accountability to affected populations into everyday program delivery.
Professional competencies
- Minimum 5 years of experience in senior project management and/or coordination for an international organisation with responsibility for programming in a humanitarian, conflict or post-conflict context; or equivalent; specific experiences and knowledge on Rapid Response Mechanism.
- Proven experience in project cycle management and grant management.
- Strong communication, inter-personal, facilitation and diplomatic skills, including the professional credibility to provide coordination and sometimes guidance to member organisations.
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities.
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal, with strong writing and editing skills.
Context/specific skills, knowledge and experience:
- Knowledge about Wash, Protection, HLP etc…
- Experience with external representation.
- Experience working in complex emergencies, volatile contexts.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
- Strategic Leadership and Project Management
- Stakeholder Engagement and Community Mobilization Oversight
- Technical Oversight of Programme Components
- Coordination, Representation, and Partnerships
- Monitoring, Reporting, and Quality Assurance
- Team Leadership and Capacity Strengthening
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