Our ambitious goal is to mobilize 10 million young people, cutting across religious, ethnic, and socio-economic divides in the country to be actively engaged in the electoral process by 2015.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Programs Lead

Job Location: Lagos

Job Description

• We are looking for a self-driven individual with a strong work ethics, collaborative spirit, leadership, fundraising, planning, strategizing, marketing, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities
Program Management:

• Execute project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs.
• Effectively apply EiE’s methodology and enforce project standards.
• Prepare and present reports to board, funders, and community stakeholders.
• Manage relationships with organizational coalition members – strategy input and partnerships on programs
• Generate innovative project ideas and strategies related to EiE’s mission and goals.
• Design evaluative measures to track program effectiveness.
  Oversee collection of performance data on programs and activities, for evaluation and strategic review and reporting purposes.
• Minimize exposure to risks on projects.
  Maintain a working knowledge of significant developments and trends in the non-profit sector dealing with good governance and civic engagement.
• Maintain official records, documents and internal/external communications as appropriate.
• Ensure project documents are complete and stored appropriately.
• Manage project timeline.
• Perform the cost-benefit analysis to estimate the strengths and weaknesses of new projects.

Stakeholder Management:

• Work with community agencies, organizations, and institutions as appropriate to carry out organisational and program goals.
• Engage stakeholders in advocacy to advance EiE’s mission and goals.
• Prepare and present reports to the board and funders, as well as community stakeholders.
• Manage relationships with partners.
• Identify fundraising strategies that benefit and complement the mission and the vision of EiE.

Team Collaboration and Management:

• Challenge project members to develop as leaders while serving as mentors.
• Ensure working environment is conducive to the nature of EiE’s work and impromptu causes.
• Identify resource needs and assign individual responsibilities.
  Supervise the activities of the Programs Team.

Organisational Development:

• Maintain regular contact with funding organizations and report on program activities in intervals mutually established between funders and EiE.
• Ensure effective systems to track progress, and regularly assess program components, to measure successes to effectively communicate to the Board, funders, and other stakeholders.
• Seek contracts and partnerships and spearhead the development of proposals.
• Take a leadership role in seeking out and writing funding applications
• Prepare and submit reports as required – including weekly reports; monthly reports for the Board and funding organizations/sources.
• Prepare final reports for funding organizations/sources in cooperation with the Administrator.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
• 5 years of minimum experience in a similar role.
• Proficiency with Microsoft office.
• Working knowledge of grants and fund-raising activities.
• Have apt knowledge and interest in governance and politics.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter to: cvs@eienigeria.org using the Job Position as the subject of the email.

2.) Media Lead

Job Location: Lagos

Job Description

• We are looking for a highly motivated individual with experience and passion for content strategy, blogging, governance, and politics.

Responsibilities

• Manage EiE’s presence on social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and similar community sites.
• Create and maintain a media editorial calendar and posting schedule.
• Display in-depth knowledge and understanding of Social Media platforms, their respective participants (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest etc.) and how each platform can be deployed in different scenarios.
• Design campaigns to engage and increase followership on all media platform.
• Locate and engage advocates and influencers within the community (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram etc.) to foster dialogue.
• Communicate briefs to 3rd parties.
• Monitor trends regarding issues of interest to EiE.
• Validate every content and material used by EiE.
• Innovate alternative channels to disseminate EiE’s message and showcase its work.
• Develop content for the various media channels (TV, press, internet etc.) to maximize EiE’s objectives and to engage citizens.
• Manage EiE’s relationship with traditional media partners – radio and TV stations.
• Communicate with media partners in a consistent, informed and unbiased voice.
• Manage EiE’s relationship with new media partners – digital marketers, influencers etc.
• Manage EiE’s relationship with online media partners – Ynaija, Premium Times, Bella Naija etc.
• Build strategic relationships with local, regional and international media outlets.
• Serve as EiE’s contact person for appearances, printing, publishing, and all digital content.
• Provide a monthly report on EiE’s media presence, trends, opportunities and challenges.
• Responsible for carrying out internal assessment of the status and direction of media, documenting the key achievements, challenge, impact and recommendations.
• To prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reports highlighting objectives and achievements of the media unit.
• Continuously monitor the success rate of programs/projects activities against the plans, executions and engagement on all media platforms.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or at least 8-10 years of relevant experience.
• High comfort level with traditional and new media platforms – Newspaper, TV, Radio, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube etc.
• Apt knowledge and interest in governance and politics

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter to: cvs@eienigeria.org using the Job Position as the subject of the email.

3.) Senior Media Associate

Job Location: Lagos

Job Decription

• We are looking for a highly motivated individual with experience and passion for content strategy, blogging and online community development.

Responsiblities

• Update the social media calendar and posting schedule.
• Update the EiE blog twice weekly with relevant information.
• Consistent voice in all content creation.
• Develop ample content according to brief and requirements.
• Respond to all questions asked on EiE’s social media platforms
• All EiE owned/organised events must be live-tweeted.
• Increase followership on all social media platforms such as Twitter, blog etc. by at least 15% quarterly.
• Ensure EiE’s infographics is received and published in the appropriate newspaper.
• Ensure the weekly Newsletter broadcast is done.
• Ensure the set expected date of delivery of the print materials is adhered to.
• 0% design and content error on print materials.
• Prepare and submit weekly summary of analytics of all social media engagement to the management.
• Assist in planning and organising the annual Social Media Week.
• Ability to pay attention to fine details.
• Understand how to respond to trolls, negative comments.
• Ability to convey ideas in writing.
• Ability to maintain a consistent voice when writing on behalf of the company
• Ability to speak eloquently and fluently with courtesy and caution
• High comfort level with social media platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube etc.
• Ability to use Social Media Analytics tools.
• Ability to spot, understand, and set trends.
• Understand how to engage audiences on different social media platforms e.g. Twitter, Facebook etc.
• Ability to speak and understand at least two Nigerian Local Languages.
• Ability to develop relationships with audience, media vendor, media partners and clients and nourish existing ones.
• Understands how to engage audiences on different social media platforms e.g. Twitter, Facebook etc.
• Ability to develop the right and engaging content.
• Ability to work together with colleagues to pool skills, ideas and objectives.
• Ability to develop well informed advice and strategies that are sensitive to the needs of the stakeholders and partners.
• Ability to exercise personal responsibility and autonomy to meet objectives.

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or at least 3 years of relevant experience.
• High comfort level with social media platforms – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube etc.
• Valid contact in traditional and new media

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter to: cvs@eienigeria.org using the Job Position as the subject of the email.