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Job Titles

1. Programme Officer
2. Assistant Programme Officer
3. Human Resources/Administrative Officer
4. Finance Officer

Location: Lagos/Nigeria

Date of Joining: July 2018

Reporting to: Senior Programme Officer

Job‐Type:  2‐year renewable contract

About the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) is a non-governmental organisation with a vision to stimulate the emergence of a socially just community defined by the ethics of inclusion, transparency and accountability through the mechanism of investigative journalism. Initially known as the Wole Soyinka Investigative Reporting Award (WSIRA) at inception in 2005, the change in name became necessary in 2008 to reflect the intentions of the initiators to embrace a more robust line of activities that have greater capacity for engendering the right values of investigative journalism in the Nigerian media. The Centre is named after Professor Wole Soyinka in recognition of his life-long work in support of the freedom of expression, freedom to hold opinion, and freedom to impart them without fear or favour and without hindrance or interference.

Summary of positions

The WSCIJ is currently seeking to engage persons with a passion for excellence and commendable work ethics to support its programme work spanning across various thematic issues. The prospective candidates will be expected to bring a combination of intellectual curiosity, strategic thinking, interest in working with others, respect for the dignity of all human beings, ‘never‐say‐die’ spirit, passion for social justice, love for veracity, competence with social media and keen interest in investigative reporting.

We are interested in gaining colleagues who are up for daring and exciting challenges and willing to join the team to contribute to the vision to enable social justice in Nigeria through the mechanism of investigative reporting.

Duties/Competencies/Education and Experience for Programme Officer:

Duties:

• Provide input for WSCIJ’s strategic programme planning, development and implementation
• Plan activities to achieve programme objectives
• Perform monitoring and evaluation of activities
• Make concrete inputs for proposal/funding submissions and reports
• Prepare and submit activity reports, meeting minutes and financial reports on regular basis as may be required
• Produce and manage content for webpage and social media and support in local campaigning
• Relate appropriately with key stakeholders within private, public and civil society sector in Nigeria and abroad
• Perform other roles as may be required by the organisation

Competencies:

• Verifiable ability to lead and inspire others
• Demonstrated understanding of the media and its workings in relation to the Nigerian polity, regional trends and global affairs
• Excellent project management skills
• Ability to be discreet and manage sensitive information
• Good Information Technology skills and ample grasps of the use of social media tools including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for public engagement
• Capacity to take initiative and work under pressure with or without supervision
• Commendable interpersonal relationship etiquette
• Proficiency with the use of Microsoft packages especially excel and word
• Entrepreneurial spirit and creative mind‐set
• Demonstrated ability to work sensitively with diverse people, interests and issues
• Ability to think outside the box
• Readiness for travels (sometimes at short notice)

Education and experience:

• Proof of higher education and or experience
• At least four years’ experience working in a similar role with a record of relevant accomplishments
• Excellent communication skills with evidence of good written and spoken English
• Experience with project managing, rolling out, leading or coordinating programme operations especially those related to the development sector
• Good appreciation of data and its deployment
• Experience working with a media focused non-governmental organisation will be regarded as additional merit
• Journalism experience may be an advantage

Duties/Competencies/Education and Experience for Assistant Programme Officer:

Duties:

• Support planning of activities to achieve programme objectives
• Provide assistance with monitoring and evaluation of activities
• Conduct desk research to support proposals
• Prepare and submit draft activity reports, meeting minutes as may be required
• Contribute to gathering draft content for webpage and social media platforms
• Perform other support roles as may be decided by the organisation

Competencies:

• Strong leadership potential
• Fair understanding of the media and its workings in relation to the Nigerian polity, regional trends and global affairs
• Basic project management skills
• Ability to be discreet and manage sensitive information
• Fair Information Technology skills/deep interest and grasps of the use of social media tools including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube for public engagement
• Fair grasps of the use of Microsoft packages especially excel and word
• Capacity to take initiative and work under pressure
• Commendable interpersonal relationship etiquette
• Entrepreneurial spirit and creative mind-set

Education and experience:

• Proof of higher education and or experience
• At least two years’ experience working in a similar role with a record of relevant accomplishments
• Excellence communication skills with evidence of good writing and verbal English diction
• Appreciation of project management cycle
• Experience from a media focused non‐governmental organisation will be regarded as additional merit

Duties/Competencies/Education and Experience for Human Resource & Administrative Officer

Duties:

• Support staff management – recruiting, training and development
• Team performance management and appraisals
• Ensure staff, remuneration, staff welfare and benefit management
• Database management
• Facilitate learning and development
• Ensure labour regulations and policies Implementation
• Liaise with external contacts as may be required
• Ensure quality control compliance
• Advise line managers and other employees on employment law and WSCIJ’s employment policies and procedures
• Negotiate salaries, contracts, working conditions or redundancy packages with staff and representatives.
• Perform other roles as may be required by the organisation

Competencies:

• Human resource management and administrative skills
• Demonstrable skills in providing line management supervision.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Project cycle monitoring and supervision
• Multi‐tasking skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence
• Good analytical skills and conflict resolution
• Excellent customer service skills
• Project management skills
• Good computer skills especially as they relate to HR and administration
• Ability to be discreet and manage sensitive information

Education and experience:

• Proof of relevant higher education and or experience
• Minimum of 3 years of post qualification experience in general Human Resource and administration functions.
• Appreciation of project management cycle
• Experience from a media focused non-governmental organisation with transferrable competences will be regarded as additional merit

Duties/Competencies/Education and Experience for Finance Officer

Duties:

• Prepare budgets for the organisation and projects
• Manage finances for the organisation
• Liaison with partners on financial and accounting matters
• Create monthly/annual forecast
• Prepare financial reports
• Keep financial records management
• Reconcile daily, monthly and yearly transactions
• Prepare balance sheets
• Process invoices, receipts and payments
• Resolve financial issues
• Perform other support roles as may be decided by the organisation

Competencies:

• Deep knowledge of finance and accounting regulations and processes
• Good grasps of the use of Microsoft packages especially excel and word
• Strong leadership skills
• Basic project management skills
• Ability to be discreet and manage sensitive information
• Exposure to financial management software and their uses
• Capacity to take initiative and work under pressure
• Commendable interpersonal relationship etiquette
• Entrepreneurial spirit and creative mind‐set

Education and experience:

• Proof of higher education and or experience
• At least three years’ experience working in a similar role with a record of relevant accomplishments
• Excellent communication skills with evidence of good writing and verbal English diction
• Appreciation of project management cycle
• Experience from a media focused non‐governmental organisation will be regarded as additional merit
• Accounting, ACA/ACCA (MSc Accounting and/or PMI/Prince II will be an advantage)

Remuneration

WSCIJ remuneration and benefits are competitive with similar roles in the sector.

Application mode

To apply, kindly a motivation letter stating how you fit the bill and why you would like to work with WSCIJ along with your resume as a single document, to career@wscij.org

Deadline – Friday 29 June 2019

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted

*WSCIJ is an equal opportunity employer. We are happy to work with all persons despite their gender, age, ethnic origin, religious inclination or physical disability as long as they are passionate, competent and have the right work attitude.