Background:
The purpose of the five-year (2020-2025) “State Accountability, Transparency and Effectiveness” (“State2State”) Activity is to increase the accountability, transparency and effectiveness of selected state and local governments (LGAs) in Nigeria. This will be achieved by: strengthening governance systems (with a focus on public financial management [PFM] and procurement, as well as monitoring and evaluation) related to the delivery of services in key sectors (basic education, primary health care, and water, sanitation and hygiene [WASH]); increasing government responsiveness to citizen needs and priorities; and improving government and civil society capacity to manage conflict (through work on prevention, mitigation and reconciliation with the same sectoral partners, not stand-alone assistance to the police or judiciary). State2State will achieve this purpose by facilitating the strengthening of subnational governance systems in a sustainable manner, supporting the efforts of local reformers, and building on locally derived solutions including, to the extent possible, reforms already working in other parts of Nigeria.
Position Objectives:
The Deputy Chief of Party and Program Lead (DCOP) will serve as a key member of the State2State senior management team. S/he will be responsible for the harmonization of supply-demand activities to help secure traction for change in partner states. In coordination with the Chief of Party (COP), s/he will lead efforts with the State Team Leads (STLs) to harness reforms within states through their own facilitation, convening, and collaboration skills. S/he will provide leadership in the design and implementation of technical activities, including leading annual work plan development process and regular review of project results in coordination with the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) team for ensuring lessons learned, best practices are applied as appropriate. S/he will supervise STLs and the design of state-level programs of work. S/he will play a significant role in coordination with key counterparts, including with USAID/Nigeria and with other USAID and donor-funded programs.
Responsibilities:
The DCOP, with formal redelegation of authority from the COP, acts on behalf of the COP and serves as the principal point of contact in Nigeria for procedural and substantive matters in the absence of the COP. The DCOP will be responsible for all day-to-day technical activities and implementation of the activity, which includes timely engagement with State2State colleagues at the state level as well as with Technical Team Leads (TTLs), among others, to ensure robustness and appropriateness of State2State interventions.
Scope of Work:
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Qualifications and Specifications:
Note: This is a local hire position only for Nigerian Cooperating Country Nationals (CCNs).
Interested and qualified candidates should click on the link to apply on or before the close of work on January 19, 2023.
Note: Applications from women, people with disabilities, and young people who meet the above qualifications are encouraged.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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