Deadline: 11 February, 2021
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Pearls Africa is seeking to fill the role of a Programmes and Operations Officer.
Pearls Africa is a pathbreaking organisation that is working to transform learning to empower Africans.
In the last seven years of award-winning and internationally celebrated work, Pearls Africa has prepared young girls and women for a greater future through I.T. training, skills acquisition, internships and mentorships.
Responsibilities
- Act as focal person for all operational matters, providing leadership on day-to-day operations including, but not limited to, project management, finance, human resources, procurement, communications, and monitoring and evaluation
- Provide operational and administrative support for the effective delivery of ongoing projects
- Design, manage and document integrated process delivery, optimising the use of resources on projects
- Design and apply data collection tools and processes for operation support services, performance and resources
- Organise periodic progress reviews and ensure timely preparation of progress reports
- Recommend corrective measures to overcome operational constraints
- Review and monitor project budgets and prepare revisions as required, in line with Pearls Africa and donor guidelines
- Monitor project transactions with a view to preventing accounting errors
- Support the preparation of contracts for consultants, implementing partners and vendors
- Ensure effective working relationships with the various functional roles in Pearls Africa
- Organise project events and prepare reports of activities
- Organise and facilitate training for project beneficiaries, other staff and volunteers
- Oversee the development and implementation of communication plans and tools
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with relevant stakeholders
- Maintain close contacts with donor and partner organisations, ensuring regular communication
- Participate in relevant meetings with donors, partners, other stakeholders and prepare reports of meetings
- Prepare presentations and participate in workshops and webinars and prepare reports of events attended
- Undertake research and prepare analytical reports on new project and programme opportunities
- Provide leadership on new project and programme design, drafting concept notes and proposals
- Collect and analyse data and trends required for planning and negotiating programme and project activities
- Prepare work plans for new project and programmes
Requirements
- Integrity and ability to work as a team member as well as independently
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Development Studies, Political Science, International Relations, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
- Certificate in Project Management will be a plus
- Five years, minimum, of progressively responsible experience in programme and project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation activities, with two years, minimum, working for a non-governmental organisation
- Experience in working on a USAID-funded project will be a plus
- Knowledge of programming cycle, programming tools (Logical Framework and Theory of Change etc.)
- Proven ability to draft project documents and reports
- Technical competence to apply techniques and tools that collect a wide range of inputs, and to conduct information gathering, research and analysis using digital technology
- Documented experience in conducting baseline or feasibility studies, market and impact assessments will be a plus
- Ability to design, negotiate and lead efforts to develop new projects and programmes
- Experience in building effective relationships with donors, partners and stakeholders, including government officials at federal and state levels
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills with sterling ability to communicate effectively in multicultural environments and to multiple audiences
- Excellent written, speaking and presentation skills in English
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
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