International Budget Partnership (IBP) is currently recruiting interested and qualified Country Manager in Nigeria. Here are the requirements and how to apply.
Country Manager, (IBP Nigeria Office)
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Please
note candidates must be eligible to work in Nigeria.
(We will be reviewing candidates on a rolling basis and reserve the
right to close this role at short notice - please apply at your earliest
convenience.)
Salary: Competitive
and commensurate with experience – we will appoint between $89,000 - $100,000.
Contract length: Full-Time (Initial 2-year fixed-term contract, with a view to extend)
Location: Abuja,
Nigeria.
Preferred start date: January 2024
Physical demands: In country travel may be extensive at times, more limited travel
internationally.
Reports to: Director
of Programmes
Job Overview
The International Budget Partnership (IBP) is looking to appoint a strategic
team leader and dynamic political strategist with a strong understanding of
fiscal governance and a proven ability to engage and support effective
civil society led campaigns to lead its work in Nigeria.
We seek an experienced manager, with excellent external representation
skills and a strong network of influence with civil society, government and
other key stakeholders.
The successful candidate will manage a small but capable team with significant
expertise and experience, to effect change and impact lives by ensuring that
public resources match public priorities. You will need technical
expertise and credibility to lead this team and contribute to
advancing strategic change objectives in several areas of fiscal governance
programming.
The Country Manager is also responsible for ensuring a strong
monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) approach and culture among
the program team and partners, enabling adaptive strategic approaches and
evidence-based results.
Responsibilities and duties (Essential duties of the job include, but are
not limited to, the following):
Strategy and Learning (30%)
- Leads and directs
the development and implementation of the country strategy, including
program strategies for SPARK, Tax Equity and other new areas of
programming as relevant. This includes identifying the key program
partners, and planning and providing the optimum mix of support that
partners require to increase the impact of their strategic engagement.
- Oversees and
facilitates planning, monitoring and evaluation, and learning processes
that feed into adaptive country program strategies at country level in
accordance with IBP frameworks and processes, and in collaboration with
SPARK and Strategy and Learning (SALT) teams.
- Maintains current
knowledge of public financial management and broader civil society space,
governance and political economy issues within the country.
Networking and Partnerships Development (30%)
- Maintains current
knowledge of public financial management and broader civil society space,
governance and political economy issues within the country.
- Identifies and
cultivates opportunities for new partnerships and forms of engagement.
- Represents IBP at
the national, and where appropriate the regional level.
- Manages relations
with partners in -country, including facilitating linkages between and
among grantees, broader civil society partners and other key governmental
and non-governmental stakeholders.
- Ensures that
partners are provided with analytical support, technical assistance and
learning facilitation in a timely manner. This includes workshops and
meetings with program partners and technical advice for designing and
completing technical and political analysis needed to strengthen their
campaigning and engagement efforts.
Financial and People Management (30%)
- Supervises IBP
Nigeria team, ensuring a collaborative, supportive and accountable team
culture oriented towards achieving strong results in partnership with
program stakeholders, and reflecting IBP’s shared values.
- Supports partners
in the processes of applying for, and overseeing the use of their grant resources,
as appropriate and/or required.
- Manages and
monitors the annual budget for the Nigeria country strategy and conducts
outreach for potential donor partners in/for the country, as may be
designated by the Executive Director, to explore, negotiate, and secure
funding support required to implement the IBP country strategy.
- Leads and directs
the work of in-country consultants, as appropriate, to undertake the
effective implementation of the country strategy, including engagement
with government actors, media, and other relevant stakeholders.
Other Responsibilities (10%)
- Participates in
IBP all-staff retreats, and in all Spark and Tax Team meetings.
- Develops terms of
reference for independent contractors required in the implementation of
the IBP country strategy, negotiates and secures approval for these terms
of reference, and recruits and manages consultants for the IBP country
strategy as appropriate.
- Supports the
Director of International Programmes in managing all awards to IBP that
support work in the country, whether for SPARK or other activities under
the country strategy, including narratives for proposals, reports, and
other communication materials as required.
- Implements and
complies with IBP administrative and financial protocols, policies and
procedures.
Core competencies
- Strategic,
Political and Systems Thinking Skills
- Strategic thinker,
superior political analytical skills; and strong experience in identifying
and addressing challenges that relate to fiscal governance systems. In
particular, strengthening the role of citizens and civil society in
strategically engaging public institutions and processes related to public
policies, resources and service delivery. This includes:
- Deep understanding
of the complexities of power and political dynamics in the country and how
they relate to exclusionary fiscal governance and inequitable service
delivery outcomes.
- Ability to
constantly read and interpret the environment for opportunities that will
advance IBP’s country strategy priorities in general (and risks that must
be mitigated), and the initiatives of CSO partners directed at realizing
budget impacts and outcomes in particular.
- Ability to adapt
and refine IBP’s country and program strategies as progress and challenges
emerge, context shifts, and evidence and learning evolve.
- Ability to advise
CSO partners on effective strategies for campaigns and engagements, based
on extensive knowledge of both successful and less successful approaches
and experiences.
- Ability to
identify potential problems and formulate alternative courses of action
- Experience with
guiding relevant Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (PMEL)
approaches relevant to adaptive programming and collaborative learning in
collaboration with partners and other stakeholders to create a shared
culture of learning, adaptation and impact.
Capacity Building and Engagement
- Extensive
experience in building capacity of CSOs and supporting CSO and citizen
engagement in fiscal governance processes and issues. This includes:
- Ability to support
CSO partners in strengthening their own analytical and strategic
capacities needed for their campaigns and other engagements.
- Ability to engage
with membership-based and grassroots organizations (unions, cooperatives,
social movements) around service delivery and public resources issues.
- Experience with
coalitions or other collective platforms bringing together civic (and
where relevant, government or private sector) actors to work towards
shared objectives.
Relationship Management
- Strong
interpersonal skills, including the sensitivity for building relationships
and alliances across different groups, and the ability to thrive in and
contribute to a culture of collaboration and teamwork in a diverse work
environment. This includes:
- Ability to
establish, support, and grow networks of CSOs, including CSO networks for
specific service sectors or issues, as well as multi-stakeholder networks
where CSOs actively engage.
- Ability to
effectively facilitate the connections between CSOs partners, and their
networks, and other accountability actors from government, oversight
institutions, the media, and other CSOs.
- Ability to support
CSO partners gain the skills to build and strengthen relationships with
other accountability actors.
Leadership and Management Skills
- Extensive
management experience, covering the key areas of grant management,
managing implementation of advocacy, research and networking undertakings,
and managing staff and budgets. This includes:
- Ability to
effectively oversee the administration of grant awards to CSO partners.
- Ability to plan,
execute and manage budgets for the country program.
- Excellent written
and verbal communication skills; high-level ability to communicate
effectively with partners, colleagues, consultants, and representatives of
government and other multilateral organizations.
- Demonstrates a
high level of organization; a strong ability to prioritize tasks to meet
multiple deadlines.
- Ability to work
independently with minimal supervision, while maintaining regular and
frequent communication with other colleagues geographically dispersed
- Proficiency with
Microsoft Office package, required, proficiency with other specialist
software applications, desirable.
- Proficiency in
language(s) relevant to the country is required.
Personal Attributes
- Personal qualities
of integrity, credibility and a commitment to and passion for IBP’s
mission
- Highly flexible
and adaptable to shifting environments and works very well under pressure.
- Motivated to learn
and willing to contribute to learning initiatives.
Education and Experience
- Master's Degree in
a relevant field (Public Finance Management, Public Administration, Public
Management etc.) Equivalent experience in a relevant field combined with
specialized experience in similar organization/s, may be considered in
lieu of a master’s degree.
- Minimum 10 years
of experience in fiscal governance, government budgeting or public policy,
or related development field, in Nigeria.
- Experience in
managing adaptive program implementation, including leading and directing
program teams, managing program budgets and grant funding to civil society
organizations, and proactively coordinating with other work units of a
larger organization.
- Substantial
working knowledge of fiscal governance, government budgeting or public
policy, or related development field, in Nigeria.
- Proven ability to
work with marginalized communities and the organisations that represent
them, including supporting grassroots service delivery monitoring and/or
advocacy campaigns.
- Substantial
working knowledge of fiscal governance, government budgeting or public
policy, or related development field, in Nigeria.
- Proven ability to
understand the complexities of power and political dynamics and how they
relate to inequitable outcomes.
- Proven effective
networker with considerable social influence able to convene broad reform
coalitions of civil society, media and government in country.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified applicants should follow the link below to
submit CV and application letter.
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Application Deadline:
- >> CLICK HERE TO APPLY ONLINE
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