Project Director Full Time

The BBC Media Action office in Nigeria is looking for a Project Director to lead the implementation of a multi-year, multi-component Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) programme funded by the Gates Foundation and focused on reproductive health and family planning in Northern Nigeria. This role ensures the project is delivered to a high standard, on time, and in alignment with the expectations of BBC Media Action and the Gates Foundation.

The Project Director is ultimately responsible for delivering the project activities. They maintain oversight of interventions across the project, leading on media, civil society and government partnerships; overseeing creative processes; and providing strategic and technical guidance to specialist and project teams to ensure the project is delivered to high quality, within budget and to timeline

The role reports to the Country Director and will work closely with other implementing teams and the Senior Management Team.

Required skills, knowledge, and experience:

• Substantial experience of working in both the media and development sectors; with excellent understanding of reproductive and family planning projects, including the use of media and communication for behaviour and social change.
• Able to build, influence and maintain effective working relationships with diverse stakeholders outside of a line management relationship.
• Experience managing complex activities with demonstrated capacity to manage project/activities effectively.
• Experience of overseeing budgets for a complex project. • Sound financial knowledge including cost versus benefit analysis and forecasting; the ability to see the wider implications of project performance.
• Experienced controlling programme activity and providing decision support to allow prioritisation based on strategic contribution and use of resources (people, funds, time, etc.).
• Confident public speaker with experience of presentations to colleagues, donors and stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Good contextual understanding of Northern Nigeria and Hausa language

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