NGO jobs vacancy in Abuja Nigeria 2014 at Water AID

WaterAid, a UK registered international charity dedicated to the provision of safe water, sanitation and hygiene to the world’s poorest people invites suitably qualified candidates to fill these exciting opportunities:

1. HEAD OF PROGRAMS

Will be responsible for lending strategic leadership towards achieving the objectives of WaterAid and ensure effective implementation of our program delivery
The position is based in Abuja but will require regular travel to support our work in the states, LGAs and over 35 local partner organizations and occasional travel outside the country
REQUIREMENTS
ü  Master’s degree in the Social Sciences, Public Health or Engineering or other relevant field
ü  Not less than 10 years post graduation experience, 5 of which must have been at senior management position providing supportive leadership and mentoring to teams of high skilled professionals in a multi-cultural setting
ü  Excellent demonstrating strong analytical and problem solving skills complemented by sound evidence affirming your previous experience applying these to the design and implementation of development projects using the NGO approach
ü  Experience managing international donor grant funded projects and be familiar with grant donor regulations
ü  Previous experience implementing WASH programs will be an advantage

1. PROGRAM COORDINATOR SUSTAINABLE TOTAL SANITATION-NIGERIA (STS-NIGERIA) PROJECT (1 YEAR FIXED TERM – RENEWABLE)

Will oversee planning and delivery; program monitoring and reporting, communication & partnership liaison and staff management on a new program which seeks to consolidate WaterAid’s years of work to improve effectiveness, efficiency
The position is based in Abuja but will require regular travel to support our work in the states, LGAs and over 35 local partner organizations and occasional travel outside the country
REQUIREMENTS
ü  An undergraduate and master’s degrees in the Natural, Physical or Social Sciences
ü  Not less than 10 years experience of which 5 must have been in a senior development program management or coordination role
ü  Strong demonstrable experience I the effective management and delivery of complex community based development projects with multiple stakeholder in a developing country context
ü  Experience with managing multiple project stake holders including community level stake holders, government officials, donors etc
ü  Experience with implementation of an action learning and research project in a development setting
To apply, interested persons should access the application pack on our website: “www.wateraid.org/jobs and fill out the application from online. Completed electronic application forms should be sent to: “hrnig@wateraid.org” latest Thursday 24^th January, 2014.