Mott MacDonald’s International Development Services Unit, IDS, operates within the international development sectors of Environment and Water, Education, Health and Social and Economic Development. Together we implement and manage projects and programmes in developing countries and emerging economies around the world. We are committed to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and to provide our expertise to help improving lives of people in need.
Job Title: Team Leader
Kano – Nigeria
Job Description
Job description of the Team Leader
You will be responsible for (but not limited to):
Provide overall leadership and technical direction for the program, including leading the strategic planning, implementation and reporting.
Overall programme management, including people management and oversight of progress
Stakeholder management, and acting as the principal point of contact with program and technical staff, government partners, private sector, service providers
Design, develop and implement strategies and project work plans
Lead the process of collecting, synthesizing and disseminating clear information through technical reports as well as regular progress reports.
Communicate effectively with other projects, donors, and other stakeholders for raising awareness about the program and for ensuring collaborative engagement
Provide leadership for achieving programme results, targets and milestones as per the logical framework
Candidate Specification
Degree in economics, business, or related fields
Experience of over 15 years in developing countries for private sector dev projects, ideally in Nigeria and the region, SSA
Successfully delivered large complex, multi-year, multi-disciplinary DFID projects for business environment reform, investment climate reform, private sector development
Successfully delivered results for women’s economic empowerment, inclusion of the youth
Deep understanding of constraints to the private sector in Nigeria, especially in the North
Experience implementing DFID procedures, policies, and reporting requirements.
Good understanding of the government economic policy, and experience of managing public private dialogue successfully
Established track record of achieving results within difficult working environments
Oral, written, and spoken English fluency required
Hausa competency desired
What we offer
Mott MacDonald is a well-established company in International development. We offer you a freelance, full-time position in Northern Nigeria. We offer a competitive fee rate and the chance to develop not only northern Nigeria, but also your own personal growth.
Job Profile
For the upcoming LINKS programme in Northern Nigeria, Mott MacDonald is looking for a Team Leader.
About the programme
The LINKS Programme will result in increased income of GBP 3 million in northern Nigeria, with specific challenging targets for women and people living with disability through new jobs, farming incomes and self-employment opportunities, including the creation of 100,000 jobs. The programme will work primarily in the three northern states of Kano, Kaduna and Jigawa. The value chains with the highest potential are identified as agriculture, renewable energy and renewable off-grid power solutions and ICT. This programme is the successor of GEMS, which has been a successful DFID intervention. The LINKS programme will be implemented for 7 years.
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