Program Associate - Nigeria Strengthening Civic Advocacy And Local Engagement (SCALE)

Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences, Accountancy, Administration, Knowledge Management, or related field.
  
• Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible NGO experience in program management, partner management, monitoring, evaluation and learning, and office operations/administration.
  
• Competency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint required
  
• Ability to maintain financial records and prepare financial reports.
  
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills are required.
  
• Ability to take initiative, work independently, and to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
  
• Strong oral/written communication skills in English.  
  
• Experience with USAID-funded governance programs highly desired.
  

Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences, Accountancy, Administration, Knowledge Management, or related field.
  
• Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible NGO experience in program management, partner management, monitoring, evaluation and learning, and office operations/administration.
  
• Competency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint required
  
• Ability to maintain financial records and prepare financial reports.
  
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills are required.
  
• Ability to take initiative, work independently, and to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
  
• Strong oral/written communication skills in English.  
  
• Experience with USAID-funded governance programs highly desired.
  

• Works closely with the Project Advisors to support SCALE partners with implementing project interventions, including coaching, mentoring and field visits, where necessary, and the development of annual workplans.
  
• Provides technical assistance to SCALE SGBV and CEFM (Component 5), backstop the Vulnerable Population
  
• Manager and engage with resource partners and clusters on implementation of project activities on behalf of the team.
  
• Represent the component in events and activities and develop reports of participation.
  
• Support Organizational Capacity Assessment of SCALE clusters and select resource partners and provide technical support for documentation of progress made by assessed organizations in implementing their capacity development plans.
  
• Supports project team to organize meetings with partners and other stakeholders.
  
• Maintains smooth relationships with all partners and stakeholders.
  
• Supports generation of monthly and quarterly reports, including success stories, and tracking progress on targets and indicators.
  
• Works with Project Advisors and the MEL team to develop and disseminate information to familiarize target audiences with SCALE project scope and activities.
  
• Maintains technical filing systems for the office.
  
• With support from the MEL team, assist partners to set up and maintain filing systems.
  
• Support project partners to ensure appropriate means of verifications of project results are collated and stored.
  
• Provides secretarial, administrative, and logistical support for meetings and other project events.
  
• Assists with the procurement of materials needed for project events.
  
• Other tasks as deemed necessary by the Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP).