Deadline: Not specified

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Evidence Action is seeking to fill the position of Programme Management Associate.

Evidence Action is a global nonprofit with an approach distinctive to international development: exclusively scaling interventions that are backed by strong evidence and can be delivered with exceptional cost-effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Support the day-to-day planning, implementation, and coordination of national and state-level programme activities, cutting across different programmes
• Support national-level coordination with governments, programme implementing partners, and other stakeholders
• Draft meeting agendas, minutes and reports for internal and external activities and provide support for training and capacity building activities
• Engage in coordination and networking with other Evidence Action units, project partners and other relevant stakeholders
• Support the country director to track and manage work plans for technical assistance
• Contribute to internal working groups to leverage experiences and learnings across the state programme geographies
• Occasionally contribute to operational research projects such as desk reviews and/or case studies
• Support field teams on field data administration
• Work with the team to develop and roll out knowledge management tools, processes, and systems with programme teams in Nigeria
• Take delegated responsibilities in logistical and field operation planning, supervision and reporting
• Support the country director to implement good practices in file storage and programme documentation
• Coordinate with the team to gather communications material, including photos, data points, consent forms, etc
• Provide additional support to the country teams as needed and perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with two years, minimum, of work experience in public health programmes, community or social enterprises/NGOs
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Organised and self-motivated individual who is dedicated to excellence and can complete tasks with minimal supervision
• Quick learner and problem solver who can quickly grasp programme information and identify and act on opportunities for improvement
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to juggle competing priorities and deadlines and to communicate clearly and proactively when plans change
• Demonstrated strong writing skills and project management skills
• Tech-savvy and experienced in using a range of cloud-based tools and systems (such as Asana and Slack), as well as Microsoft Office suite
• Team player who is eager to join a fast-paced, growing and diverse team with a startup atmosphere
• Alignment with Evidence Action’s core values

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