Career vacancy for Capacity Development Program Officer at Pact Sokoto Nigeria 2014

Pact Nigeria is an independent international non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, DC, USA with offices in Nigeria as well as other countries.

Pact Nigeria seeks for a highly experienced and qualified candidate to fill the above mentioned position within the shortest possible time.

Job Title: Capacity Development Program Officer

Job Location: Sokoto
Open To: All qualified candidates

Job Description

• The position is part of Pact Nigeria’s team on the USAI D Nigeria’s funded Leadership, Empowerment, Advocacy & Development (LEAD) local governance project, which Pact is implementing in Sokoto as part of a consortium led by RTI. 
• The Capacity Development Officer will work closely with a team of technical staff on the program in Sokoto. Pact trainers in both Abuja, Bauchi as well as operations staff in Abuja to organize, design and implement trainings and mentoring on behalf of the project.
• The Capacity Development Officer will be responsible for ensuring the day to day implementation of capacity development interventions that will take place under the design of the program and within the proposed timeframe.
• The job holder will support partner organizations in the development of their own capacity development interventions including training by ensuring quality control and providing training of trainers support.
• The job holder will be involved in the capacity assessment of partner organization, develop and implement capacity development plan including training interventions in relevant technical areas such as networking, budget advocacy, communications, strategic, planning, program management and fundraising.
• The Officer will report to the Part1LEAD Senior Civil Society Specialist in Sokoto.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BA in Education, Sociology, Law, Development, Business/Public Administration or another related field
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in capacity development of CSOs and/or government
• Extensive knowledge of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Proficiency in developing and managing a budget; experience in developing strategic plans, work plans, fundraising plans; knowledge of sound financial, human resources, and administrative policy and procedure
• Experience in facilitation and training

Mode of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their resume/CV and cover letter on their suitability to: pactnghr@pactworld.org . 

Note 

• Applicants MUST indicate the position applied for on the SUBJECT of the mail.
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
• All CV’s/resume/applications MUST be in either word format or PDF, 

Application Deadline: 26th December, 2013