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Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) is an international development company. For more than 45 years, we have worked on the frontlines of international development, tackling fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governance, and instability. Currently, DAI is delivering results that matter in some 80 countries.

Our development solutions turn ideas into impact by bringing together fresh combinations of expertise and innovation across multiple disciplines. Our clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and national governments.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Program Officer

Location: Lagos
Project Title: Youth-powered Ecosystem to Advance Urban Adolescent Health and Well-being program
Reports to: Technical Director (Lagos)
Programme End-date: May 2025

Programme Overview

  • The Youth-powered Ecosystem to Advance Urban Adolescent Health and Well-being activity is a five-year USAID funded programme in Nigeria, beginning in May 2020.
  • The program, in partnership with select local NGOs will foster, develop and support an ecosystem of safe spaces for youth to gain life-skills, access sexual, reproductive health and rights (SRHR) information, as well as referrals to local facilities.
  • The primary goal of the programme is to improve the health and well-being of urban, poor adolescents; ages 15–19, by increasing voluntary family planning (FP) uptake and continued use – from a holistic, human capital perspective.

Job Summary

  • The Program Officer will provide technical support and assist in the implementation and coordination of program activities, particularly for multi-sectoral partnerships, capacity development to local partners, and M&E activities in the target cities.
  • S/he will assist in the development of work plans, support the team and management to ensure adherence to proposed budgets as well as to build and maintain relationships with local communities.

Responsibilities
Other duties and responsibilities include:

  • Working closely with the Technical Director, build and maintain partnerships and relationships with program partners, such as non-profits, federal agencies and community organizations, in order to expand resources, raise funding and educate the public about the work of the project.
  • Participate in the development of project Implementation Plan, training manual/curricula and other various standard operational procedures (SoP).
  • Assist in developing and monitoring annual work plans, program initiatives and budget development including coordination and operationalization of YPE4AH project result framework.
  • Support effective project management, coordination and provide support to partners on the project implementation procedure, data management and effective financial management.
  • Provide support as needed, the preparation and timely submission of detailed reports by the partners on project activities on a quarterly and annual basis in compliance with project requirements.
  • Support the development of annual, quarterly donor and government report writing including management and updates.
  • Participate in project monitoring and supportive supervision to partners, project sites and communities.
  • Provide support to government and key stakeholders to ensure community buy in and sustainability of the YPE4AH activities.
  • Support, as needed, the mobilization of private partners’ support for activities.
  • Assist in collection of data to inform and support Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Research related activities.
  • Represent the YPE4AH Health project at various meetings, technical working groups and relevant forums.
  • In collaboration with DAI Nigeria’s Strategic Communications team, manage and produce program content for program website and activities as required.
  • Provide support to all programme activities for the state office.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences or related field
  • Minimum of 5 years professional work experience on a U.S Government funded project will be preferred and an added advantage
  • Demonstrated project management experience including budget development, event planning, coordinating multiple partners and stakeholders
  • Demonstrated strength and experience in writing technical reports
  • Excellent written and oral communications skills; fluency in English language is essential
  • Exceptional attention to detail and strong organizational skills
  • Strong critical thinking skills, ability to solve problems and resourcefulness
  • Demonstrated ability to work within a team environment
  • Strong computer skill in MS Office Suite is required
  • Fluency in local language will be an added advantage
  • Understand cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality, and age sensitivity and adaptability of states (Lagos and Kano).

Application Closing Date
5th October, 2021.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note: DAI will only contact candidates that are successful at this pre-qualification stage.

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Development Alternatives, Inc (DAI)

DAI was founded in 1970 by three graduates of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government intent on providing a more dynamic and effective brand of development assistance. This entrepreneurial approach would look beyond traditional philanthropy to embrace the virtues of the private sector, and build a company that delivers social and economic development on a competitive, cost-effective, best-value basis—a social enterprise that is self-sustaining because it is profitable.

Employee-owned DAI is now a global development company with a record of delivering results in 160 countries. But it remains today what it was as a start-up: innovative, alert, self-critical, and forward-looking—and driven by a powerful sense of corporate purpose. Our mission remains essentially unchanged from the days of the founders.

A Consistent Mission

DAI’s mission is to make a lasting difference in the world by helping people improve their lives. We envision a world in which communities and societies become more prosperous, fairer and better governed, safer, healthier, and environmentally more sustainable.

Incorporated in 1970 as Development Alternatives, Inc., DAI made its earliest mark through a series of analytical studies. In 1973, we won a contract to analyze 36 U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) projects in Latin America and Africa.

The resulting study, Strategies for Small Farmer Development, cemented the firm’s growing reputation, and we built on this momentum to seek more substantial assignments implementing projects in the field. Our first major project was to revitalize the agricultural economy in the North Shaba region of Zaire. Other implementation initiatives in rural and agricultural development followed in Sudan and elsewhere.

Among a new generation of DAI employees joining the firm in the 1980s was current CEO Jim Boomgard, a Ph.D. agricultural economist who played a key role in developing an approach to small business promotion in developing countries and managed a landmark multicountry study called Growth and Equity through Micro-enterprise Investments and Institutions (GEMINI).

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0 USD Lagos CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Development Alternatives, Inc (DAI)

Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) is an international development company. For more than 45 years, we have worked on the frontlines of international development, tackling fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governance, and instability. Currently, DAI is delivering results that matter in some 80 countries.

Our development solutions turn ideas into impact by bringing together fresh combinations of expertise and innovation across multiple disciplines. Our clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and national governments.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:Job Title: Program OfficerLocation: Lagos Project Title: Youth-powered Ecosystem to Advance Urban Adolescent Health and Well-being program Reports to: Technical Director (Lagos) Programme End-date: May 2025
Programme Overview
  • The Youth-powered Ecosystem to Advance Urban Adolescent Health and Well-being activity is a five-year USAID funded programme in Nigeria, beginning in May 2020.
  • The program, in partnership with select local NGOs will foster, develop and support an ecosystem of safe spaces for youth to gain life-skills, access sexual, reproductive health and rights (SRHR) information, as well as referrals to local facilities.
  • The primary goal of the programme is to improve the health and well-being of urban, poor adolescents; ages 15–19, by increasing voluntary family planning (FP) uptake and continued use - from a holistic, human capital perspective.
Job Summary
  • The Program Officer will provide technical support and assist in the implementation and coordination of program activities, particularly for multi-sectoral partnerships, capacity development to local partners, and M&E activities in the target cities.
  • S/he will assist in the development of work plans, support the team and management to ensure adherence to proposed budgets as well as to build and maintain relationships with local communities.
Responsibilities Other duties and responsibilities include:
  • Working closely with the Technical Director, build and maintain partnerships and relationships with program partners, such as non-profits, federal agencies and community organizations, in order to expand resources, raise funding and educate the public about the work of the project.
  • Participate in the development of project Implementation Plan, training manual/curricula and other various standard operational procedures (SoP).
  • Assist in developing and monitoring annual work plans, program initiatives and budget development including coordination and operationalization of YPE4AH project result framework.
  • Support effective project management, coordination and provide support to partners on the project implementation procedure, data management and effective financial management.
  • Provide support as needed, the preparation and timely submission of detailed reports by the partners on project activities on a quarterly and annual basis in compliance with project requirements.
  • Support the development of annual, quarterly donor and government report writing including management and updates.
  • Participate in project monitoring and supportive supervision to partners, project sites and communities.
  • Provide support to government and key stakeholders to ensure community buy in and sustainability of the YPE4AH activities.
  • Support, as needed, the mobilization of private partners’ support for activities.
  • Assist in collection of data to inform and support Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Research related activities.
  • Represent the YPE4AH Health project at various meetings, technical working groups and relevant forums.
  • In collaboration with DAI Nigeria’s Strategic Communications team, manage and produce program content for program website and activities as required.
  • Provide support to all programme activities for the state office.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in Social Sciences or related field
  • Minimum of 5 years professional work experience on a U.S Government funded project will be preferred and an added advantage
  • Demonstrated project management experience including budget development, event planning, coordinating multiple partners and stakeholders
  • Demonstrated strength and experience in writing technical reports
  • Excellent written and oral communications skills; fluency in English language is essential
  • Exceptional attention to detail and strong organizational skills
  • Strong critical thinking skills, ability to solve problems and resourcefulness
  • Demonstrated ability to work within a team environment
  • Strong computer skill in MS Office Suite is required
  • Fluency in local language will be an added advantage
  • Understand cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality, and age sensitivity and adaptability of states (Lagos and Kano).
Application Closing Date 5th October, 2021.

Method of Application Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note: DAI will only contact candidates that are successful at this pre-qualification stage.

 2021-10-06

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