Current Career Opportunities at UNDP Nigeria

• Develop workshop/training programmes/modules/manuals;


• Facilitate dialogues/workshops/trainings;


• Prepare comprehensive activity reports.

The expertise areas required are:

• Conflict Prevention and Management;


• Business Management;


• ICT with expertise in setting up ICT-based early warning and early response system.

Outcome/Deliverables
At the end of each programme/event, consultants will be expected to deliver the following outcomes/results:

• Workshop/training modules/manuals;


• Effective delivery of programme as prescribed; and


• Comprehensive activity report.

• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability;


• Highest standard of integrity, discretion and loyalty;


• Excellent understanding of organisational issues;


• Commitment to professionalism;


• Knowledge in conducting training sessions and good facilitation skills;


• Good understanding of change management, including system development and organizational skills;


• Commitment to quality;


• Commitment to deadlines;


• Objectivity, honesty and fairness;


• Logic and ability to operate systematically;


• Excellent oral and writing communication skills;


• Timely and accurate submission of reports and other required documents;


• Substantive and linguistic quality of documents prepared;


• Commitment to confidentiality of the assignment and handing over of products and documents paid for by UNDP used in the delivery of consultancy outputs.

• Second degree in social sciences, conflict prevention and resolution, psychology, political science, law, business management, computer science and humanities;


• Applicants with first degree and not less than 15 years experience in academic, training and cognate experience in any of the areas will be considered.

 Experience:

• At least 10 years cognate experience in the areas of workshop/training/dialogue facilitation with focus on any of the broad areas mentioned above;


• A mixture of academic experience, facilitation and workshop skills will be an asset.

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• Provide administrative support for effective management of the trainings, workshops, dialogue fora, meetings;


• Circulate Logistic Note to the participants and ensure compliance;


• Provide participants with the relevant information about the particular event, accommodation, entitlements and check-in to the hotel;


• Maintain accurate list of participants and their accounts details;


• Take daily attendance of the participants with their signatures


• Package and distribute writing materials for the participants;


• Liaise with the hotel personnel and service providers to ensure that facilities and services meet the standard requirements;


• Attend to complaints from the participants;


• Work with the hotel personnel to prepare the workshop venue for the workshop;


• Liaise and work with the organizing partners for a successful programme;


• Prepare the report of the programme; and


• Carry out any other duties as may be assigned by the Programme Co-ordinator.

The consultants will be required to provide administrative and logistic support to trainings, workshops, dialogue fora and meetings.Specifically, the consultants will, among others, be required to perform the following tasks:

• Provide administrative support for effective management of the trainings, workshops, dialogue fora, meetings;


• Circulate Logistic Note to the participants and ensure compliance;


• Provide participants with the relevant information about the particular event, accommodation, entitlements and check-in to the hotel;


• Maintain accurate list of participants and their accounts details;


• Take daily attendance of the participants with their signatures


• Package and distribute writing materials for the participants;


• Liaise with the hotel personnel and service providers to ensure that facilities and services meet the standard requirements;


• Attend to complaints from the participants;


• Work with the hotel personnel to prepare the workshop venue for the workshop;


• Liaise and work with the organizing partners for a successful programme;


• Prepare the report of the programme; and


• Carry out any other duties as may be assigned by the Programme Co-ordinator.

Expected Outcomes/Deliverables
At the end of each programme/event, consultants will be expected to deliver the following outcomes/results:

• Ensure effective implementation of programme;


• Accurate list of participants with their NUBAN account details;


• Daily list of participants with their signatures;


• Contribute significantly to the success of programme; and


• Provide programme report.

• Strong writing skills particularly in preparing issue-based papers or technical reports;


• Meeting deadlines and maintaining high-quality of output even while working under pressure;


• Good judgment and experience working in a multi-cultural setting are critical;


• Excellent communication / organizational skills, attention to details;


• Ability to operate personal computers, corporate and commercial software applications and databases such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Internet;


• Highest standards of integrity and discretion are essential.

• Minimum of School Certificate or higher qualification in any field of study or similar qualifications.

Experience

• At least 5 years working experience in training/workshop/dialogue management, rapporteur and report writing;


• Similar work experience in international organizations or UNDP;


• Experience in UN training/workshop management.

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