Key Experience / Qualification / Skills

• At least a First Degree in Communication, Public Health, Social Development, Management or related disciplines required.
  
• At least six (6) years post-NYSC experience in INGO
  
• Experience in USAID / DFiD/BMGF or other donor-funded projects is an asset.
  
• Experience in project management
  
• Proven excellent technical oral, written, and editing abilities.
  
• Ability to present and write for multiple audiences.
  
• Extensive working knowledge of Microsoft Office
  
• Ability to work well with others in team environments.
  

Field Operations Management:

• Follows up with regional teams in the assigned region to ensure that agreed tasks are delivered on schedule.
  
• Work closely and coordinate support office functions and channels to regional and programme managers to ensure leadership and growth of centers, outreach, MS Ladies, Public Sector Support(PSS), and Social Franchising operations
  
• Support regional and state teams in the development of annual and quarterly budgets and financial performance targets, and monitoring budget management and performance.
  
• Ensure equitable distribution of resources according to the work plans and resource needs of all team members.
  

Programme Operations, Implementation and Management:

• Provide budget codes and track approvals versus actual expenses.
  
• Review staff advances and retirements and ensure all compliance measures are in place
  
• Lead in setting up new state teams and channels; launching new offices and supporting them to grow to high productivity and efficiency.
  
• Work closely with field operations team members, take a strategic, forward-looking role in establishing MSI Nigeria's future programme direction, with particular focus on driving MSI Nigeria towards programme sustainability.
  

Advocacy and Stakeholder Management:

• Lead on the formation of effective partnerships within the development arena to increase the status and level of recognition for MSI Nigeria’s work and to influence policy, practice, and grant-making decisions of donors and the NGO sector in assigned states
  
• Ensure visibility and raise the profile of MSI Nigeria among key stakeholders, including selected donors partners, by organizing and attending meetings and maintaining professional relationships with strategically placed individuals within target institutions
  

Reporting, Monitoring and Evaluation:

• Collate monthly, quarterly and annual Operations reports flowing from all focal channel staff in the region
  
• Work with Regional RM&E to produce regional monthly factsheet.
  
• Manage and report periodically on the field implementation of regional annual work-plan among others.
  

Leadership:

• As a senior member of the operations team, demonstrate a strong commitment to MSI Nigeria ’s mission and goals and encourage a similar commitment from all team members.
  
• Link, train and harmonise different channel and support units in the regions to work efficiently together in order to meet field operations requirements as well as achieve MSI Nigeria goals
  
• Ensure that a high level of communication is maintained with other MSI Nigeria departments, as well as with external partners.