RTI International Jobs: Vacancy for Senior Technical Manager

RTI International Jobs: Vacancy for Senior Technical Manager


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RTI International implements a five year, USAID-funded, local governance project aimed at improving governance and service delivery in Bauchi and Sokoto States.

We are seeking for a highly qualified professional in our Bauchi office for the position below.

POST TITLE: Senior Technical Manager
 
THE CANDIDATE: 

1. The Senior Technical Manager will provide technical leadership and quality control for the result-oriented technical terms and crosscutting technical staff,

2. The candidate we seek is a senior Governance Specialist who has expertise in project management in the areas of systems strengthening at the LGA level, capacity building for participatory planning and budgeting of public funds, civil society capacity building, and working with local governments to improve the delivery of services to people,

3. The position is at grade 11 and reports to the Senior Director of Programme.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
 
1. Project management and strategic thinking and implementation,  

2. Project Monitoring consistent with required results,  

3. Attend meetings and represent the project on technical issues,
 
4. Work closely with the Senior Director of Programme to understand and meet project needs requirements,  

5. Provides reports on program status and implementation issues,  

6. Contributes to quarterly and annual reports to LEAD,  

7. Supervision of Senior Technical Specialists,  

8. Other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. A degree plus 12 years or Master Degree plus 9 years relevant experience,  

2. A minimum of 5 years experience working with local governments or civil society preferably in Northern Nigeria,
 
3. Excellence report writing, communication and interpersonal skills, strong computer skills, including MS Word, Power Point and Excel,
 
4. Ability to work under pressure and in team environment.
 

HOW TO APPLY:
 
Please E-mail your cover letter and CV in reverse chronological order (including E-mail and phone contact) to: info@lead.rti.org on or before 24th December, 2010. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We are proud to be equal opportunity employer.