Programme Officer at Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA )

Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA ) of Lagos is a 75 year old faith-based non-governmental organisation committed to empowering young people for development of self, family and community. Through innovative programmes and projects, we impact the body, mind and spirit of young people without any form of discrimination.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Programme Officer
Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Main Tasks

• Building relationships with strategic partners for policy and programme (25%)
• Identify and build relationships with development agencies, policy, and research organisations that are critical to YMCA of Lagos in delivering its objectives and programmes
• Recruit and manage new and old volunteers
• Contribute to design and development of project proposals
• Draft technical and financial proposals to secure funding
• Manage associate consultant contributions to proposal development
• Establish and maintain relationships with key contacts in strategic partner organisations
• Represent YMCA of Lagos at relevant networks, workshops, seminars and policy events
• Develop ideas and projects for formal collaboration with targeted development agencies, policy, and research organizations
• Identify and track emerging opportunities through the institutional funding strategy and action plan

Contract Management and Reporting (15% of time):

• Manage contracts with institutional funders in cooperation with YMCA of Lagos and associated YMCA alliances
• Manage and coordinate scheduled reporting to meet institutional donor reporting requirements

Learning, Sustainability and Impact (35% of time):

• Coordinate lesson learning from monitoring and evaluation of assigned YMCA of Lagos programmes/projects portfolio and support sharing of best practice and policy insights
• Coordinate overall programme portfolio to ensure key performance indicators are met, and programme impact is in line with stipulated strategy
• Develop and manage specifically commissioned and funded monitoring and evaluation initiatives, both qualitative and quantitative

Supporting Information and Communications Needs (10% of time):

• Work closely with fundraising and communications team to share information aboutprogramme portfolio, pipeline, specific projects and programme impact
• Support sharing of information between YMCA of Lagos and associated alliances and partners

Programme Policy Development (15% of time):

• Contribute to strategic planning within the Programme team, including annual and medium term planning and monitoring
• Liaise with YMCA of Lagos’s Senior Programme Officer to ensure that members’ expertise is best used to aid the development of YMCA of Lagos research, policy and programming
• Contribute to relevant policy debates and discussions to ensure that YMCA of Lagos has increasing policy and community influence.

Person Specification (E = Essential D = Desirable)
Experience:

• Developing budgets and grant monitoring systems (E)
• Work/volunteer experience in YMCA (D)
• Institutional fundraising (D)
• Facilitation of organizational learning (D)

Qualifications

• Minimum of a First Degree in Social Science, Administration, Development or related subject (E)
• Minimum of 2 years work experience.

Knowledge / Skills:

• Good IT skills (minimum of MS office suit) and report writing (E)
• Understanding of issues related to community and international development in Africa (E)
• Knowledge of rural and social development issues in Africa (E)
• Good working knowledge of English language (E)

Personal Qualities:

• Capacity to conceptualise programme interventions (E)
• Able to communicate complex issues in a concise, accessible and engaging way (E)
• Able to work as part of a team in a co-operative and supportive manner (E)
• Comfortable planning and delivering multiple activities under pressure to strict deadlines and high levels of precision (E)

Commitment to:

• YMCA of Lagos aims and objectives (E)
• Creative and adaptable working, prepared to travel to meetings, conferences, training and undertake overseas field trips (E)

Languages:

• Fluency in spoken and written English.
• Ability to speak and understand the prevailing local language in Lagos would be desirable, but not essential

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and a short Covering Letter to: Lagosymca@yahoo.com clearly indicating the job title as the subject of the mail

Application Deadline  15th February, 2022.