Pact MCGL Nigeria Senior Specialist Jobs
Pact MCGL Nigeria Senior Specialist Jobs
Position Overview Pact is part of the consortium implementing the MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership (MCGL) project, a five-year global funded USAID project to provide targeted Maternal Newborn Child Health, Family Planning and Reproductive Health (MNCH/FP/RH) and Technical and Capacity Development Assistance to countries to facilitate countries’ journeys to self-reliance. MCGL aims to contribute to global technical leadership and learning, and USAID’s policy dialogue for achievement of global MNCH/FP/RH goals through support to globally endorsed MNCH/FP/RH initiatives, strategies, frameworks, guidelines, and action plans. Pact contributes to the MCGL consortium through its approaches in Capacity Development and Governance.
Pact seeks a Senior Specialist to support Pact’s capacity development and governance work for MCGL in Nigeria. This position will be Pact’s focal point in Nigeria, responsible for quality design and delivery of all MCGL activities. Successful applicants will work closely with Pact and other consortium partners, ensuring that activities are implemented in compliance with all donor, consortium, Pact, and project-specific policies.
This includes support to local partners through Pact’s approaches such as the Integrated Technical and Organizational Capacity Assessments (ITOCA), Organizational Performance Index (OPI), Organisational Network Analysis (ONA) and others, as well as application of the Behaviorally Focused Applied Political Economy Analysis (BF-APEA), a methodology aimed at analyzing the drivers of stakeholder behavior and mapping the behaviors required to achieve sustainable development outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
Technical support
Develop and implement Pact’s strategy for capacity development and governance for MCGL Nigeria
Provide technical and management leadership for the delivery of high-quality activities in the workplan
Design or adapt capacity development methods and tools for implementation under MCGL Nigeria
Facilitate ITOCA, OPI and ONA with local partners
Develop materials and processes for topics identified for capacity development of partners, including training, mentoring, coaching, peer learning and other methods
Provide comprehensive, customized, and documented mentoring and technical assistance to local partners in the identified areas of the program
Consolidate assessment results across the cohort of partners to identify and analyze organizational capacity patterns and identify new strategic directions for support
Conduct periodic review/mapping of the organizational strengths/assets that exist among the partners so that best practices and expertise can be exchanged locally
Manage Pact’s Capacity Solutions Platform for partner organizations
Work with Pact, partners and local researchers to design, conduct, and apply results of the BF-APEA
Contribute to analyses, development of recommendations, and workshops/presentations to relevant stakeholders as necessary and appropriate
Contribute to the collaborating, learning, and adapting processes of the program
Remain up to date
with latest methodologies, best practices and donor requirements and ensure that the project results are consistent with the best practices of the sector
Perform other duties as needed, as the workplan evolves during this period
Management and coordination support
Lead all aspects of activities planning, monitoring and implementation in collaboration with relevant stakeholder
Supervise at least one staff member in Pact’s MCGL Nigeria team
Provide regular updates on project progress and participate in relevant working groups, meetings, and workshops
Document effective capacity development approaches, methodologies and activities for sharing as best practices with Pact, including active participation in Pact’s Community of Practice for capacity development and governance
Basic Requirements
BA with 8+ years or MA with 6+ years of experience in international development, public health, organizational development, or related fields
Demonstrated strong research, analytic and presentation skills to a diverse range of stakeholders
Demonstrated leadership in implementing technical and organizational capacity building programs with grassroots organizations, civil society organizations, governments, private sector
Excellent facilitation skills and knowledge of approaches and methods relevant to capacity development
Demonstrated flexibility, adaptability, and the ability to perform and collaborate in a fast-paced environment
Ability to steer collaboration with a consortium of partners to produce timely and high-quality results
Must be local to Nigeria
Preferred Qualifications
Preference for candidates with experience implementing and/or overseeing complex qualitative research
Preference for candidates who have demonstrated understanding of the complex governance issues affecting health sector performance
Experience managing a small team with direct reports
Prior experience managing USG projects is a plus
How to Apply
For more information and job application details, see; Pact MCGL Nigeria Senior Specialist Jobs
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