Job Title: Regional Reform Facilitator
Reports to: Reform Manager
Location: Lagos (with frequent travels to other south-west states)

BACKGROUND: 
The Accountability Responsiveness and Capability (ARC) Programme in Nigeria is seeking a dynamic, dedicated and result-driven individual to assume the role of Reform Facilitator for the south-west regional hub.  ARC is Pilar one (1) of the UK Department for International Development’s Partnership to Engage Reform & Learn (PERL) working with the Government of Nigeria  federal and state governments to help them locally develop systems for improving the ways that resources are managed, and services are delivered. The five-year programme commenced in May 2016.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
The role of Reform Facilitator is to provide strategic advice and facilitation of regional activities supporting governance reforms within the south-west states. She/he will be responsible for:

• Facilitating improved governance, resource management and service delivery across states within the region;
• Maintaining strategic relationships with government counterparts and other relevant stakeholders, including federal, state and local government, civil society, other reform programmes and development partners;
• Facilitating and delivering regional governance reform activities whilst ensuring governance reforms are owned and delivered by state governments within the region under their own agendas;
• Using a rapidly learning, flexible, responsive and adaptive approach to facilitating regional governance reform;
• Facilitating possible issue based approaches to resolving specific service delivery problems with a connection to governance as models for governance reform and improved service delivery;
• Facilitating a reform outreach, knowledge management, and knowledge market approach to supporting governance reform within the region;
• Working with the central knowledge management unit and engaging in supporting cross learning within the regions and between regional, state and federal locations, through the identification of existing networks, and the development of new peer learning platforms and locally-developed tools;
• Implementing work plans and budgets;
• Undertaking monitoring of implementation and overseeing result tracking for regional activities.

REQUIREMENTS:
The individual we are looking for will have:

• 5 years experience of managing change in the public sector and a strong track record of delivering results on complex multi-component programmes;
• Experience of advising successful reform interventions and evidence of good working relations with relevant state governments;
• An ability to manage relationships and a sound understanding of institutional change in complex environments;
• Experience in Nigeria and in at least one of the South West states;
• Cultural sensitivity and a good understanding of the Political Economy of Nigeria and specifically the South West region;
• Experience of working in diverse teams;
• An excellent understanding of financial and technical delivery, monitoring and evaluation of programme impact and reporting against results;
• An excellent understanding of the Agriculture sector and Ease of Doing Business especially as it relates to the South West region;
• Good understanding of other key service delivery areas including Health and Education is desirable;
• Excellent communication skills and ability to develop high quality written materials is essential.

METHOD OF APPLICATION: 
Candidates who meet the above requirements should send an application letter and an updated CV to Sadiat_Giwa-Osagie@dai.com. All applications must be submitted on or before Tuesday, 31st July 2018. The subject of the mail must contain the title of the position applied for and applications without a subject title will NOT be processed. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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