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Are you looking for your next global development job in Nigeria? Nigeria plays a central role in African and international politics. Given its importance across various sectors, the country hosts a significant presence of private sector organizations, multilateral companies, and INGOs.
Out of the more than 1,880 Nigerian jobs posted on the Devex platform since last year, the top cities with the most openings are Abuja, Lagos, and Maiduguri.
In this edition of Career Hub, I’m highlighting the most active hiring organizations in Nigeria since January 2023. Plus, featured job postings from the likes of UNOPS, Oxford Policy Management, and more.
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Top jobs this week
1. Graduate Economist
Oxford Policy Management
Australia
2. Knowledge Management Associate
UNOPS
Nepal
3. Gender Equality & Social Inclusion Adviser
Adam Smith International
Malawi (Remote)
4. Information Management Assistant
USAID
Egypt
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Nigeria’s top INGOs
We've analyzed over 1,880 job postings to determine the top private sector companies, multilateral organizations, and INGOs hiring in Nigeria. Here are the top three INGOs:
1. Danish Refugee Council
DRC is the leading Danish NGO focused on the protection of displaced individuals and communities worldwide. Over the past 12 months, the organization posted 109 Nigeria-based jobs on Devex’s job board.
2. International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
IITA is a research-for-development organization dedicated to improving agricultural practices and food security in Africa. Over the past 12 months, the organization posted 64 Nigeria-based jobs on Devex’s job board.
3. FHI 360
FHI 360 is a global organization that provides development solutions to advance equity, health, and well-being. Over the past 12 months, it posted 46 Nigeria-based jobs on Devex’s job board.
Read more: The top global development employers hiring in Nigeria (Career)
Explore jobs at the top three U.N. and multilateral agencies: UNICEF | United Nations Development Programme | World Bank Group.
Explore jobs at the top three private sector organizations: Management Sciences for Health | DAI | University Research Co., LLC.
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Members-only jobs this week
1. Senior Data Officer
Food and health NGO
India | Worldwide (Remote)
2. Procurement Analyst
United Nations agency
Panama
3. Individual Consultant: Development of Organic Fertilizer Preparation
Development agency
Sierra Leone | Ghana
4. Individual Consultant: Financial Expert
International financial institution
Indonesia
Identifying where you are on the career design map
“We’re moving away from people and careers fitting into a preordained framework.”
— Dan Freehling, career and leadership coach and founder of Contempus LeadershipDuring a recent digital Devex career event, we spoke with Dan Freehling, a career coach and founder of Contempus Leadership, about how to design the development career you want. To do so, Freehling created the “Career Design Map” to ensure your career aligns with both adaptability and purpose.
The map highlights four meaningful career types alongside warning areas he calls “dangerous seas” at the extremes of each axis. There’s no right or wrong place to land, but the extremes can be risky, Freehling explains.
So, where are you, and where do you want to be?
The meaningful four:
Contributor. This is someone on the lower end of both career and leadership. “You're doing enough to contribute to a team or to a cause, but not so much that you know it's a main part of your life,” Freehling says.
Go-getter. This is when your career advancement is still relatively low, but you're leading beyond what would be expected of someone in your role, Freehling explains.
Expert. You're relatively high in career advancement but low in leadership — you're more of an individual contributor but the confidence in yourself and from others, as well as the value you're bringing to the organization, says Freehling.
Executive. You're very high in both career advancement and leadership — and you're able to do this in a way that's sustained, open, and humble on both, he says.
The dangerous seas:
Invisibility. If you are too low on the career axis, you could be in the sea of invisibility. “The confidence in yourself and others is too low,” Freehling says.
Arrogance. This is when your confidence in yourself and in those around you is too high, he explains. “You've accomplished a lot, and then the humility is not there,” Freehling says.
Disengagement. Too low on leadership leads to being disengaged — you don't really have a purpose that is driving you.
Burnout. Too high on leadership can lead to burnout. You're enabling people to achieve a common purpose, but you care so much that you do it in an unsustainable way.
Read more from our event: 4 steps to designing the development career you want (Career)
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Around the watercooler
News and views from around global development worth knowing about.
• Does global development have a retention problem? A recent study conducted by NYC-based water NGO FLUSH has shed light on why professionals decide to leave the sector. [Devex Pro]
• Burnout is hitting humanitarians. Though the true rate of burnout among humanitarian workers is hard to determine, many studies report up to one-third of humanitarian staff experience psychological distress. [Devex Pro]
• Cutting world hunger by 2030. Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva lifted millions out of poverty and hunger in his country. Now, as Brazil hosts the G20, he is setting his sights on the whole world.
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About the author
Katrina J. Lane
Katrina Lane is an Editorial Strategist and Reporter at Devex. She writes on ecologies and social inclusion, and also supports the creation of partnership content at Devex. She holds a degree in Psychology from Warwick University, offering a unique perspective on the cognitive frameworks and social factors that influence responses to global issues.
