Context

International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) is an intergovernmental organization with 35 member states hailing from different continents around the world. International IDEA aims to support sustainable democracy worldwide, doing so, inter alia, by working with both new and long-established democracies to strengthen the institutions and culture of democracy. Located at the interface of research and practice, International IDEA serves as a forum for dialogue and uses comparative experience and analysis to identify good practices for democracy-building. It also produces knowledge tools and practical guides for democracy support. The Institute maintains a global network of experts, provides training materials, and offers strategic advice to democracy actors at the international, regional, and national levels.

International IDEA anticipates managing the second phase of the “Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC) Phase II Programme” in Nigeria. The programme is funded by the EU for a period of five years. The programme will work towards three anticipated Outcomes:

• Outcome 1: Enhanced performance, quality, and oversight of the criminal justice system and of justice service delivery.
• Outcome 2: Improved access to justice for vulnerable women, children, juveniles, persons with disabilities and victims of sexual and gender-based violence.
• Outcome 3: Increased transparency and accountability of anti-corruption systems and reforms.

The Associate Project Officer, C1 (Criminal Justice Component), will be responsible for supporting the planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting, and communication of the project.

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Supports the Project Manager in the design, management, and oversight of C1 (Criminal Justice Component) plans, strategies, and processes;

2. Coordinates and manages relationships with partners and stakeholders, including efficient follow up with partners on tasks and expectations, and liaison with state focal persons on agreed actions;

3. Plans, organizes, and manages related events and activities at the federal level;

4. Supports the Project Manager, the Monitoring and Evaluation team, and other programme staff to develop, prepare, deliver, and monitor the activity implementation plan and records and measures progress against programme performance indicators;

5. Supports and actively monitors timely delivery against activity schedules, targets, and milestones on all relevant interventions and assignments;

6. Ensures the collection, collation and analysis of participants and stakeholder feedback for all interventions and events to ensure quality and effectiveness can be assessed and recommend improvement;

7. Supports knowledge management processes and activities, including the development of summary reports and stories of change that feed into the quarterly impact reports, newsletters, and other knowledge management products;

8. Ensures safe and accessible project documentation including, building, and managing folders containing contracts, budgets, activity reports, data, deliverables, and contact lists; and makes regular updates to existing documentation as may be required;

9. Supports the Project Manager with the development of consultants Terms of Reference and oversees consultants delivery and inputs, including the review of consultant deliverables against ToR’s to ensure agreed outputs and outcomes are delivered;

10. Maintains cordial, and professional relationships with Government and CSO partners and state focal persons to ensure that activities are implemented according to plan at the state level; Works with and supports consultants, focal government personnel and CSOs to deliver and manage high quality inputs for the RoLAC II Programme at state and federal level;

11. Liaises with support teams to manage arrangements for consultants and visitors including booking travel, accommodation, and such other support they may require;

12. Provide administrative and logistic support to consultants and beneficiaries;

13. Support financial and technical reporting to internal/external clients and stakeholders, ensuring reporting standards are in accordance with client and programme standards;

14. Actively builds professional networks and information channels that maintain an excellent understanding of relevant developments, stakeholders, and opinion formers in the development sector to support the creation of high-quality programmes and events;

15. Carries out other duties and responsibilities as related to the post that may be assigned from time to time.

Finance administration

16. Manages all administrative aspects to ensure timely procurement in line with established organizational policies and guidelines. Quality assures and provides feedback to the Procurement Officer on the quality of services and items procured; Ensures appropriate branding of of all capital equipment procured for the project, in accordance with organizational and EU branding and visibility guidelines;

17. Provides financial support to the Project Manager and Finance team, including detailed budgeting for planned events, raising advances, issuing payments to workshop participants, processing of workshop claims, and retirement of advances in a timely manner;

18. Monitors expenditure against workplan and projects to ensure expenditure targets are met.

Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)

19. Supports the Project Manager, the Monitoring and Evaluation team and the Communications team in gathering data and evidence to consolidate monthly, quarterly, annual and such other strategic programme reports;

20. Supports the planning and implementation of M&E reflection sessions including documentation of lessons learned to improve quality of activities being planned for implementation.

General Profile

• Requires good knowledge, excellent skills and initial experience in Criminal Justice, Democracy Development, parliamentary work and project management;
• Will contribute to assigned projects in different aspects of the project life cycle; will draft various documents (briefs, reports, concept notes, info-notes etc.) and will support the projects vis-à-vis all internal and external stakeholders;
• Driven and motivated, can work independently and within a small team, to produce high-quality deliverables in a timely manner;
• Adds value to team-based activities in their unit; collaborates with other stakeholders and partners in the projects as required; shows initiative;
• Follows internal procedures to ensure high standards of performance and compliance with Institutional guidelines;
• Has the intellectual ability to switch context and keep tight deadlines if necessary;
• Can be expected to travel to any geographical area involved in their projects;
• Acts in accordance with International IDEAs core values; Respect, Integrity, and Professionalism;
• Integrates a rights-based approach, gender, and diversity perspective in all activities.

Reporting line

• Project Manager, C1, RoLAC II (NG-FC)

Education and Experience

• University degree in law.
• A minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in Rule of Law and/or Criminal Justice within Nigeria is essential;
• Experience promoting compliance with criminal justice legislation, and supporting coordination in the criminal justice sector at the federal and state level;
• Experience and working with government agencies and civil society organizations in Nigeria is an asset;
• Experience of working on EU projects, as well as familiarity with EU processes and systems considered an advantage;

Terms of Contract:

• Local Post.
• Fixed term appointment till 31 December 2027.
• Remuneration - USD 1,680 Monthly Gross Salary

Please note as this is a local post, International IDEA will bear no costs relating to the relocation of the selected candidate to the duty station. This position is open to those legally authorized to live and work in Nigeria for the duration of the contract. International IDEA is not able to support work permit applications. 

Applying for this position:

• Applications should be submitted online no later than 23:59 (WAT) Thursday 12 December 2024. 
• Please note that all applications must be made in English.

Selection Process:

• Evaluation of qualified candidates will include a written test assessment and up to two (2) interviews.
• Candidates selected to proceed to the next stage of the process will be contacted once all applications have been carefully reviewed.
• All candidates will be notified of the status of their application via email once the process has been finalized.

International IDEA is an equal-opportunity employer which seeks to further diversify its staff in terms of gender, culture and nationality.