Organizational Context

The purpose of the five-year (2020-2025) “State Accountability, Transparency and Effectiveness” (“State2State”) Activity is to increase the accountability, transparency and effectiveness of selected states and local governments (LGAs) in Nigeria. This will be achieved by: Increased Efficiency of Sub National Government Operations: strengthening governance systems (with a focus on public financial management [PFM] and procurement, as well as monitoring and evaluation) related to the delivery of services in key sectors (basic education, primary health care, and water, sanitation and hygiene [WASH]); Improved Sub National Government Responsiveness to Citizen Needs/CSO Engagement: increasing government responsiveness to citizen  needs and priorities; and Improved Sub National Capacity to Manage Conflict: improving government and civil society capacity to manage conflict (through work on prevention, mitigation and reconciliation with the same sectoral partners, not stand-alone assistance to the police or judiciary). State2State will achieve this purpose by facilitating the strengthening of subnational governance systems in a sustainable manner, supporting the efforts of local reformers, and building on locally derived solutions including, to the extent possible, reforms already working in other parts of Nigeria.

• Identify and address gaps in capacity of partner states and organizations (including target individuals) through a range of technical assistance, mentoring and peer learning.
• Provide technical/programmatic support in engaging STTA consultants and subcontractors engaged by State2State in providing capacity building or assessment services to State2State.
• Facilitate and participate in periodic onboarding and or catch-up meetings (for updates on their respective consultancies) with STTA Consultants and Sub-contractors engaged by State2State to provide capacity building and/assessment services.
• Review/develop capacity building workshop training materials, including agenda, pre- and post-training tests, power point presentations slides, etc., in consultation with State2State technical/program team.
• Review capacity building training reports and/capacity assessment reports, as well as any other survey reports assigned to her/him.
• Provide periodic technical program support (in-person and virtual) to CE/CB Specialists across State2State’s six focal states.
• Review draft activity concept notes (including ToRs, where applicable) and activity reports from the CE/CB Specialists and other specialists, where applicable.
• Develop a weekly work plan (including report/reconciliation of previous week’s workplan) and harmonize it with weekly workplan of CE/CB Specialists and send to the CEDATL on a weekly basis.
• Participate in State2State weekly meetings (virtual/in-person). The meetings currently include: i) Mondays’ State Team Leads’ interstate staff meetings with Tech Team Leads, from 4:00-5:00pm; ii) Thursdays’ Senior Staff meetings, from 9:15-10:30am; and iii) All Staff Monthly meetings, held every first business/workday of each month, from 9:00-10:30am.
• Support State2State’s MEL team in planning and conducting periodic learning events of our interventions for necessary scale-up and /adaptation by other State2State partners and or non-partners for State2State’s priority good governance reforms and improved service delivery in priority sectors; basic education, primary health care and WASH.
• Ensure sustainable capacity for implementing reforms.
• Strengthen individual and institutional capacities of partners for State2State’s good governance reforms and improved service delivery in priority sectors.
• Ensure sustainable skills building and knowledge applications.
• Help states access and translate Nigeria’s latest reform knowledge to fit local conditions.
• Collect and share capacities and knowledge and link State2State staff and partners across states as they identify, test, and refine innovations for possible adaption, replication/scale up.
• Channel project support to build capacity, improve government-civil society information flows, generate reforms, and secure improvements in service delivery in basic education, primary health care, and WASH.
• Provide technical assistance to state and federal level partners.
• Build capacity of civil society organizations to manage funds; engage women and youth to develop projects, build conflict mitigation skills, and participate in local government and state planning and budgeting.
• Incorporate capacity building into State2State grant process, managing capacity building through trainings as well as applied learning and mentoring; contributing to grantee’s capacity building plans tailored to the specific needs of grantee organizations.
• Carry out any other function(s) as may be assigned by the Line Manager (CEDATL), Deputy Chief of Party and or Chief of Party.

·         Ability to produce high quality reports as well as other expected outputs and outcomes in a timely manner while understanding and anticipating the evolving client needs.

·         Strong organizational and soft skills.

·         Ability to work effectively independently in-person and remotely.

·         Excellent written and spoken English, sound judgment, strategic thinking, and the ability to manage competing priorities and people.

·         Demonstrates integrity by modelling DAI’s and State2State’s values and ethical standards and fulfils all obligations using gender and social inclusion (GESI) approach.

Functional Competencies

·         Experience in working for USAID donor funded program(s), or with civil society and government organizations to drive a reform agenda, preferably governance and basic service delivery in basic education, primary health care, and WASH.

·         Experience in providing capacity building services for government officials/MDAs and CSOs to drive a reform agenda, especially in State2State’s governance reforms and priority sectors of basic education, primary health care, and WASH.

·         Demonstrated effective training, capacity building and coaching skills, networking, interpersonal skills, creative problem solving, conflict, and ethical management skills.

·         Demonstrable experience in managing capacity building aspects of governance programs, especially in State2State’s governance reforms and priority sectors of basic education, primary health care, and WASH.

·         Demonstrable experience in development of capacity building materials.

·         Demonstrable experience in quality review of reports and training materials.

·         Strong skill set in reporting, monitoring and evaluation.

·         Sound knowledge of current global practices in capacity building/development.

·         Excellent communication skills and experience in working with government officials/MDAs, CSOs, short-term consultants and sub-contractors.

·         Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook, etc.) and other software that is used in data collection and management.

A minimum of first degree in social sciences, development studies, or relevant field required. Master’s degree preferred.

Experience

Essential

·         At least 12 years of demonstrated experience in the conducting of capacity assessments and designing appropriate capacity building programming to address the identified capacity gaps to meet project goals.

·         Excellent written and oral communication skills.

·         Computer literacy in word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software (Microsoft Office).

·         Strong verbal and written communication skills;

·         Ability to work under pressure, to tight deadlines, and in demanding and/or austere conditions;

Language requirements:

Essential: Fluency in English, written and spoken.

Desirable: Fluency in Hausa and/or other local languages.

Assessment Type

Capacity Based assessment.

Qualified candidates should apply using the position as the subject of the email and send to [email protected] on or before 21^st June 2022. DAI Nigeria will only contact candidates that are successful at this pre-qualification stage.

Applications from women, people with disabilities and young people who meet the above qualifications are encouraged to apply.

IMPORTANT: Please list the title of the position you are applying for in the subject line of your email.  

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