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Job Title: In-Country Fund Associate Nigeria, UK PACT
Job Requisition ID: req24632
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job type: Full-time
Job mode: Hybrid
Duration: 12 Months Contract
Programme Overview
- UK PACT (Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions) is a UK Government programme funded through International Climate Finance (ICF) that has been running since 2018. The programme’s overall objective is to alleviate poverty, working primarily through reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
- UK PACT is a flexible technical assistance (TA) programme that is designed to support ODA eligible countries to increase their future climate ambitions, reduce their emissions, and accelerate just transitions to clean growth.
- A key feature of UK PACT is that it aims to respond explicitly to partner government demand for capacity building interventions, and that it shares UK expertise (for example in areas such as climate legislation, green finance, and smart energy).
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- We are searching for an experienced In-Country Fund Associate Nigeria, UK PACT at our Abuja facility.
- The Nigeria Fund Associate will be a key in-country member of the Palladium UK PACT team supporting management of day-to-day activities from project implementation and reporting to stakeholder engagement and context analysis to ensure overall programme success.
- The position is hybrid, with in-person presence in Abuja determined by programme activities and client requirements, and functions under the guidance and direct supervision of the Nigeria Country Fund Manager.
Specifically, the Nigeria Fund Associate will:
Strategy Development and Engagement:
- Support on continuous context analysis and assessment of local market capacity to identify the most appropriate avenues for interventions and pathways to climate change impact within each key strategic sector; and
- Support further demand scoping for UK PACT-funded projects in-country, including stakeholder mapping and engagement, identification of complementary existing programmes (funded by the UK and other donors) to avoid programme duplication, and horizon scanning.
- Take the lead in overseeing MEL frameworks across the portfolio, ensuring alignment with programme objectives, synthesising insights across projects, and identifying opportunities for cross-learning and strategic adjustments
Stakeholder Relationships:
- Support the UK PACT Nigeria Country Fund Manager in promoting UK PACT funding opportunities to potential implementing partners, project and programme outputs to intended beneficiaries, and broader UK engagement on low-carbon development where relevant
- Working closely with the UK PACT Nigeria Country Fund Manager, contribute to, and where appropriate lead the management of day-to-day interactions with local stakeholders, specifically supporting the relationships with project applicants and grant recipients/implementing partners
- Maintain an excellent working relationship with local FCDO team at Post to collaboratively design and generate buy-in for the programme activities.
Key Competencies and Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:
- Programme and grant management skills, with experience supporting the deliver and management of projects, grantees or subcontracts
- Strong reporting skills with proven ability to contribute to client formal reporting and ad-hoc requests.
- Good knowledge and/or willingness to learn more about the environmental / low carbon sector in terms of policy landscape, relevant state and non-state actors in relation to climate change, and low-carbon economic development. Experience in climate policy and governance is preferred.
- Good knowledge and understanding of the local political economy and business operating context in Nigeria, including socio-economic context and development challenges and priorities
- Strong organisational, inter-personal administration and communication skills
- Strong financial management and administration skills, with the ability to review and quality assure the financial reports of projects
- Professional fluency in written and spoken English
- Shows flexibility and ability to adapt to changing circumstances
- Highly collaborative and committed to close working and open communication with colleagues in post and in the UK, and other UK PACT partners
- Commitment to neutrality in all dealings with stakeholders, including political stakeholders, to build trusted relationships and ensure maximum effectiveness of the programme.
Application Dealine Not Specified.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Interested and qualified candidates should click link below to Apply.
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