The British Council is the UK\u2019s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We create friendly knowledge and understanding between the people of the UK and other countries. We do this by\u00a0making a positive contribution\u00a0to the UK and the countries we work with – changing lives by creating opportunities, building connections and engendering trust.<\/p>\n
We work with over 100 countries across the world in the fields of arts and culture, English language, education and civil society. Each year we reach over 20 million people face-to-face and\u00a0more than\u00a0500 million people online, via broadcasts and publications. Founded in 1934, we are a UK charity governed by Royal Charter and a UK public body. We are\u00a0recruiting\u00a0to fill the position\u00a0below:<\/p>\n
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Job Title:\u00a0<\/strong>ACT Consultant (Coach & Mentor)<\/strong> Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n Background<\/strong> Recognizing that strengthened Civil Society actors have great potential to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development in Nigeria if their capabilities as drivers of change are enhanced, the ACT programme will implement innovative actions that will support the strengthening of institutional mechanisms, structures and processes aimed at improving the internal, external and programmatic environments of selected CSOs, networks, and coalitions.<\/p>\n The ACT programme is funded by the European Union under the 11th European Development Fund and is managed by the British Council.\u00a0 The programme will be implemented over a period of five years from July 2018, with the first 6 months serving as the programme\u2019s Inception Phase for the development of strategies for full programme implementation and will support the EU to strengthen the voice of civil society across all its current programmes.<\/p>\n ACT is working with different categories of CSOs including Networks\/coalitions who are different level of formation, therefore ACT would support \u201cEmerging\u201d CSOs- These are CBOs that provide services or support to local communities. They do not have organisational systems and processes in place, with very limited financial sources. In some cases, they are only funded by members of the organisation and they may not have a business operational space, thus making it very difficult to comply with registration or other legal requirements for its operations. There is limited evidence of gender and social inclusion mainstreaming.\u00a0 There is no consideration given to risk, ownership or the sustainability of activities. This category will be supported through Coaching.<\/p>\n ACT would also facilitate access to Mentoring support to \u201cDeveloping\u201d CSOs- These are CSOs that provide services or support to their constituents at local, state or national level; they have a system of governance in place, but may struggle to source required resources to be fully functional. There is evidence of Gender and Social Inclusion mainstreaming.<\/p>\n They have acceptable processes in place for management, financial records, plans and may have basic or adequate infrastructure to operate and make efforts to ensure ownership at constituent level.\u00a0 There is limited focus on sustainability as these CSOs may struggle to attract enough financial and human resources to remain fully functional and may lack some skills to manage and operate the CSO, or to fully mitigate against areas of potential risk. They are compliant with registration requirements but could be at risk of being non-compliant if not supported, are not always able to consider the sustainability of their CSO and are at risk of not accessing the required resources.<\/p>\n Another level of coaching and mentorship support is required for CSO networks\/ coalitions in the states- believed to have considerable reach based on the number of NGO memberships they have. Networks are complex, difficult to manage because it involves the governing of members who are autonomous with diverse objectives and goals. Through this support, the networks should learn to build trust of their members and other stakeholders by being open and accountable. Networks must create open lines of communication among members. Networks should have strategy to build technical capacity of members. The networks should be able to coordinate policies\/programs.<\/p>\n The Objectives of this Assignment<\/strong><\/p>\n Approach and Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n Scope of Work:<\/strong><\/p>\n Deliverables<\/strong> Risks:<\/strong><\/p>\n Monitoring & Evaluation:<\/strong><\/p>\n Timing and Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n Management Arrangements:<\/strong><\/p>\n Requirements<\/strong> To Apply<\/strong>
\nLocations:<\/strong>\u00a0FCT, Lagos, Kano, Sokoto, Edo, Adamawa, Borno and Rivers
\nAssignment Title:<\/strong> Coaching and Mentoring for selected ACT supported Civil Society Organizations
\nPay Band:<\/strong> Part Time
\nDepartment:<\/strong> Education & Society
\nJob Category:<\/strong> Education (non Teaching)<\/p>\n\n
\nThe Agents for Citizen-driven Transformation (ACT) programme was designed by the EU as its response strategy on the need to invest and engage more with the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in 7 states and FCT, Lagos, Kano, Sokoto, Edo, Adamawa, Borno and Rivers States).<\/p>\n\n
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\nThis Consultancy firm has been selected on the following basis:<\/p>\n\n
\nInterested and qualified candidates should download, fill and send the completed “ACT Expression of Interest Form” and their CV to:\u00a0NG-FCR.HR@ng.britishcouncil.org<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0using the Job Title as the subject of the email.
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