Team Leader, Support for Construction and Real Estate Sector in Nigeria

The Organisation and the Project

Coffey International Development is a global development consultancy focused on making a difference by improving the lives of world communities. We are the trusted advisers to many donor agencies, national governments, and private sector organisations around the world. We come from all over the globe, to create an organisation with approximately 1,400 people working in over 70 countries.

Coffey will soon be initiating the DFID funded ‘Support for the Construction and Real Estate Sector’ in Nigeria. The project is part of a major programme of collaboration between the Federal Government of Nigeria, the Department for international Development (DFID) and the World Bank: Growth and Employment in States (GEMS), and will run for five years. Initially the project will focus on Lagos State, but will subsequently spread its activities to work in two to three other states. The project will work within the construction and real estate sector to improve inclusive growth, competitiveness and employment generation in the sector. It will establish a group of influential industry stakeholders, drawn from the public and private sector, and will support them in preparing an industry development plan, and thereafter in coordinating its implementation.

We are seeking expressions of interest for the position of Team Leader.

The Position

As the Team Leader, you will lead and manage the inception and implementation of the project, and ensure that it effectively delivers against its terms of reference and budget. This will involve the management of a team of full time project staff and a number of national and international expert consultants. You will develop and maintain strong relationships with project stakeholders, including members of the stakeholder groups, consortium partners and DFID / World Bank staff.

Your key accountabilities will include:

• For each state in which the programme operates, help to establish a group of influential construction and real estate industry stakeholders, drawn from the public and private sector, and support them in preparing an industry development plan, and thereafter in coordinating its implementation.
• Lead effective programme implementation, including grant and financial management and monitoring and evaluation.
• Supervise programme staff to ensure that their work is carried out to a high professional standard, within budget and in accordance with agreed work plans and schedules and to the full satisfaction of the Client.
• Supported by other programme staff, lead and manage a team of expert consultants in the development of  a  strategy  and  action  plan  for supporting  the  growth  of  the  construction  industry.
• Manage the design and implementation of a programme of reform to the TVET system for the construction industry in the states in which the programme operates.

The Person

To be considered for this position you will have a post graduate level qualification in construction management, private sector development or a related area, combined with extensive experience in managing projects in developing countries which aim to improve industry competiveness. Experience in the construction and real estate industry will be an added advantage.

The ideal candidate will have project management and leadership expertise, exposure to implementing technical assistance projects, an ability to bring together sector stakeholders and an understanding of Monitoring and Evaluation principles. A proven understanding of using project interventions to improve the functioning of market systems is required, ideally applying the Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) approach.

Candidates with experience in West Africa will be highly regarded.

For more information, a detailed Terms of Reference and to apply please go to COFF-524