State Program Coordinator At An indigenous NGO

Role: State Program Coordinator – Benue State

Date advertised – 11^th September, 2021

Application closing Date- 21^st September, 2021

Back ground:

An  indigenous NGO is expanding its operations to Benue State and seeks to employ a State Coordinator to oversee program implementation in the State. The State Coordinator will ensure program quality in the State, and implementation in accordance with the policies and donor standards. S/he will supervise program implementation and staff for state-based implementation. The State Coordinator also will serve as the program’s liaison with key stakeholders, including state officials of the MDAs and CSOs. S/he will ensure the state program is implemented according to approved work plans, meets scheduled deliverables, and realizes stated goals.

Working under the supervision of the Executive Director, the State Coordinator will take on the following roles and responsibilities for implementation of all aspects of the program in their assigned state:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan, direct, and coordinate activities to ensure that program goals and objectives are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters.
• Participate in the strategic development of program implementation strategies to achieve the technical objectives of the program.
• Review program implementation tools (consultancy agreement, work plan, budget, performance monitoring plan, program audits and assessments, etc.) to determine funding, procedures, staffing, technical assistance, and allotment of other resources needed for successful implementation of priority activities.
• Establish work plans, program teams, and standard operating procedures to meet program goals and ensure compliance with donor rules, policies and procedures, and local laws.
• Identify, and as applicable provide, appropriate guidance and training to Officers and staff to achieve program goals.
• Identify, establish, and maintain partnerships with internal and external stakeholders on program matters.
• Provide leadership to the program team, ensuring clarity regarding program priorities, activities, and timelines, as well as the allocation of resources necessary to achieve program objectives.
• Ensure alignment and coordination with regional activities implemented under the project.
• Oversee the development of the program’s periodic technical and financial reports to Head Office.
• Maintain effective and constructive communications about the program implementation.
• Model and encourage effective team-work, especially to enhance the role and effectiveness of program staff members.
• Ensure that all program staff members are fully familiar and operating in accordance with the NGOs values, quality standards, policies, and program objectives, as well as their individual responsibilities for upholding these standards and policies.
• Identify, develop, and conclude private sector partnerships in support of the program and its stakeholders, including partnerships and other strategies for realizing a significant cost-share requirement.
• Develop an effective communications strategy and team to manage program reports, marketing materials, and outreach activities.

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Basic financial management skills.
• Excellent management and communications skills, strong interpersonal skills to ensure internal coherence among diverse team members.
• Effective diplomacy and outreach skills to establish and maintain positive working relationships with local governments, local and regional stakeholders, donors and the international community (including other donor funded programs).

• Proven ability to coordinate a multisectoral development project.
• Excellent community mobilization, advocacy and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to organize systems to monitor administrative and implementation results.
• Report to supervisor on variances and status on regular basis.
• Work independently with initiative to manage high volume work flow.

• Perform detail-oriented work with a high level of accuracy.
• Interact with diplomacy and tact and follow-up on requests in timely and efficient manner.
• Use computer to accurately and rapidly enter and retrieve data and information.

• Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills with ability to work as a team member.
• Ability to plan and prioritize own work under tight deadlines, as well as to work on own initiative and as a member of a team.
• Ability to travel a minimum of 25%.

Qualifications and requirements:

• BSc/BA in development studies or its recognized equivalent with 4– 5 years’ experience in managing and implementing Rights based Projects/ activities in Nigeria, and specifically in a senior manager position.
• Or MS/MA degree in development studies or its recognized equivalent with 2 – 3 years relevant experience in Gender and Disability Programming.
• Demonstrated significant and recent experience in a leadership role on a donor funded activity relating to education is required.

This job description summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.

Equal Opportunity:

Women, young persons and persons with Disabilities are encouraged to apply.

To apply:

Kindly send your CV and cover letter as a single word document to [email protected] on or before 5pm on September 21, 2021.