Technical Officers at the Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Project

A new donor funded Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) project rolling out in January 2021 is currently recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Technical Officer

Location: Abuja, FCT with 10% travel to states
Job Type: Full Time
Engagement mechanism: 1-year renewable contract
Slots: 2

Requirements for the Job

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Entrepreneurship or related field (Postgraduate Degree will be a strong advantage)
• 2-4 years work experience in women’s economic empowerment related field
• Ability to work well with WEE beneficiary organizations, members and their communities
• Demonstrated interest and passion for the field of women’s economic empowerment as evinced by members, publications or blogging
• Excellent computer skills and ability to use data analysis software
• Ability to conduct internet-based research
• Ability to work in a team
• Deep curiosity and innate interest conducting research
• Experience in designing and / or conducting advocacy engagements
• Excellent technical report writing capacities
• Critical thinking and analysis skills to solve problems
• Ability to work within tight deadlines and under pressure
• Detail-oriented to maintain accurate records and information within systems
• Young, competent and suitably qualified Technical Officers with a flair for research, problem solving and building social capital in WEE membership.

Responsibilities

• The TO will be a member of the team responsible for managing project start up activities including project kick-off meetings and monitoring the progress
• Conduct on-line research, produce reports and translate to advocacy products
• Coordinate the development and activities of WEE beneficiary organizations and their communities
• Produce technical project reports, develop, track and implement project
• work-plans and participate in evaluation
• Documentation of lessons learned and success stories
• Coordinate with learning community through verbal presentations, webinars, meetings and on-line engagements.

Salary

• Competitive.

Deadline: 27th November, 2020.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their Applications with the following below to: weeapplications@gmail.com The subject of the email must state the name of the applicant and the position.

• A letter of application in the body of the email;
• A Resume / CV as an attachment;
• A writing sample of a knowledge produce produced entirely by the applicant.

Note

• We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a virtual interview
• Female candidates are especially encouraged to apply.