Country Director - Nigeria

International Alert is looking for an exceptional peacebuilding professional to lead its Nigeria country programme.

Based in Abuja, you will lead and develop our peacebuilding work in Nigeria, including developing strategic priorities and ensuring these are reflected in programming plans, managing the country programme, supervising partners and ensuring quality control of our peacebuilding outcomes. You will be managing current initiatives in the area of post-conflict recovery and reintegration, gender and conflict sensitivity.

Our methodology is based on long-term engagement in conflict-affected regions and you will be required to develop a clear strategy that can be sustained over time.

With a postgraduate degree in a relevant subject, you will have substantial experience in peacebuilding, you will be an experienced manager able, among other things, to commission, supervise and ultimately deliver research outputs and data from programme monitoring. You will have an eye for detail in project management and enjoy working in a diverse team.