Executive Director Policy Advocacy and Research The Nigerian Economic Summit Group Vacancies

The Nigerian Economic Summit Group is an independent, non-partisan organization, committed to fostering open and continuous dialogue on Nigeria economic development. The Group seeks to define and facilitate the implementation of an economic agenda that will help create an environment conductive to good governance, responsible private sector investment and sustainable private sector- driven economic growth and development.

As part of its effort to effectively deliver on its mandate to provide a platform for fostering open and continuous dialogue on Nigeria economic development, The Nigerian Economic Summit Group seeks to recruit experienced and motivated individuals with the right complement of technical and managerial skills to fill key positions within our management team one of which is Executive director policy advocacy and research

Jobs Detail

Job title: Executive director policy advocacy and research

Ref No.: EDPR

Qualification(s)

• Masters degree (Ph.D Preferred) in statistics, economic, political science, public policy, international relations or a relevant discipline

Job Experience & skills

• Very good appreciation of the Nigerian economic environment, key industry dynamics and ongoing private sector development initiatives
• Excellent understanding of key policy levers and instruments and ability to adapt relevant influencing and advocacy strategies at the national and international level to a variety of decision makers and high level audiences
• Excellent knowledge of conducting both qualitative and quantitative research studies/ evaluation and ability to produce research publications and articles for a variety of audiences
• Excellent understanding of innovative knowledge management practices and information management systems
• Minimum of 12 years for Ph.D holder 15 years for masters, relevant experience, of which at least 8 must have been at an executive/ strategic management level
• Excellent IT skills, especially programming and statistical software (such as SPSS)
• Very strong leadership, relationship management, communication (written and oral), presentation/ facilitation, project management, analytical, problem solving, organizational skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools

closing date: May 4 2010

How to apply for this job

Qualified candidates with requisite experience should forward their detailed curriculum vitae to: info@nesgroup.org with the position and reference number as the subject

website: www.nesgroup.org