Team Lead, Consulting

Full Time

The Team Lead will be responsible for the coordination and excellent delivery of the team’s programmes and projects – ensuring that the strategic objectives of the team are being achieved within an agreed timeframe and with measurable impacts. S/he will ensure synergistic and efficient programmes/project development within the team, certifying that the projects and programmes are complementary in their implementation and output.

S/he will focus on improving, redesigning or innovating existing operational processes, structures, systems or methods to ensure the efficiency of strategy implementation.


Job title
Team Lead, Consulting

Reports to
Director of Programmes

Closing Date
TBD

Location
Abuja


Roles & Responsibilities

The Team Lead will ensure:

Team Management

  • Facilitating the development of strategies for managing different aspects of functional operations

  • Managing staff and ensuring synergy within the team

  • Ensuring the effectiveness of staff appraisal and development programmes

Budget Management

  • Ensuring the availability of resources to achieve long-term objectives in the business unit.

  • Projects budget forecasting 

Programme Management

  • Contributing concrete ideas for the articulation of the team’s objectives and strategies

  • Preparing workplans for the smooth execution of the team’s programmes and projects

  • Application of complex and hardly standardised methods

  • Managing strategically important short to medium-term oriented projects

  • Assisting in the development of mid-term assumptions and scenarios for the Programmes function

Stakeholder Management

  • Building and maintaining trustworthy external relationships e.g with Donors, Partners and other relevant stakeholders

Project Monitoring and Evaluation

  • Facilitating analysis, evaluation and development of new solutions to projects and programmes.

Programme Reporting

  • Accurate reporting of the team’s progress on projects and programme work plans to internal and external stakeholders.


Roles & Responsibilities

Qualification & Experience

  • Minimum of an undergraduate degree in Management Science, Public Relations, Social Sciences, or other related fields.

  • At least 6 years of work experience, with 3+ years in a team management role.

  • Managed or implemented projects in the public sector in the past.

Technical, Core and Behavioural Competencies

  • Data Analysis

  • Communication Skills

  • Presentation Skills

  • Strong project management skills managing complex, multifaceted projects resulting in measurable successes and programme growth.

  • Networking and Relationship Management

  • Business Development

  • Leadership Skills

  • Concept Note Development