Job Title: Program Officer

Job Type: Contract Full Time

Tenure: 6 Months (Renewable)

Location: Abuja

Job Description:

• The Program Officer, will be responsible for providing technical assistance and managerial support for the development, implementation and monitoring of activities, for the organization.
• S/He will have overall responsibility for formulation of projects, ensuring achievement of project objectives and completion of activities while adhering to scope, budget, and schedule requirements.
• Responsibilities include project initiation and start-up, managing the development and monitoring of implementation plans and budgets, program reporting and documentation, donor and partner relations, compliance, programmatic monitoring, and close-out.

Responsibilities:

• Provide program management, technical and administrative support to project teams.
• Support in the development of proposals seeking for grants.
• Support the development of work plans and track performance against project timelines, budget, objectives, and deliverables.
• Troubleshoot, prioritize, and address programmatic, financial, administrative, and logistics needs and other project requirements.
• Support the development of project budgets and budget modifications, and monitor project expenditures to ensure activities are implemented within budgetary guidelines.
• Support implementation teams to achieve timely, high-quality project deliverables and ensure they meet project objectives and donor requirements
• Monitor implementation progress and address issues in a timely manner, keeping senior staff apprised of activity progress and challenges.
• Coordinate the provision of technical and management support to country programs.
• Support and coordinate program activities in project states.
• Prepare and submit progress reports, presentations, project briefs and other project materials.
• Ensure compliance with donor requirements and GHI policies and procedures.
• Support the documentation and dissemination of project accomplishments, results, challenges, and lessons learned among internal and external partners.
• Ensure that the project’s Gender Equality Strategy is understood and incorporated into activities as appropriate.
• Develop, in collaboration with the senior management team, an annual program plan that supports GHI’s long-term operations strategy.
• Ensure open communication, timely issue resolution, and effective project development.

Requirements/Qualification:

• Must possess a Master’s Degree
• Ability to conduct research
• Technical writing skills
• At least 2 years of project and program management in either of WASH, climate change, urban development, environment, energy, or related sectors.
• Demonstrated ability in working and collaborating with a wide range of local and international partner/donor organizations.
• Experienced and demonstrated success in coordinating activities with multiple stakeholders to optimize use of limited resources, including development of joint work plans.
• Prior experience in project management cycle.
• Strong interpersonal skills and experience working effectively in teams and cross-cultural settings
• Must possess excellent management, documentation, presentation, and written communication skills.
• Ability to work under pressure in fast-paced environment
• Adaptable, creative, collaborative and able to think strategically.
• Purpose driven and outcome focused – moving roadblocks, tackling difficult problems and is action oriented.
• Operate as a nimble learner – knowing personal strengths, weaknesses and limits, has a growth mindset. Impeccable negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Excellent skills in facilitation, team building and coordination.