NDI Job Vacancy in USA for Central and West African Applicants 2011

Employer: National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI)
Job Position: Program/Senior Program Officer
Level of Qualification:Master's degree preferably (a Bachelor's degree may be acceptable with work experience) in International Relations or related subject:
Region: Central and West Africa- CEWA
Location: United States of America - Washington, DC
Closing Date: Friday, 11 February 2011

The Central and West Africa team is seeking a Program Officer or a Senior Program Officer with political and managerial experience to support NDI's- National Democratic Institute for International Affairs - democratic development programs in the Francophone West Africa sub-region.

United Nations Jobs in Nigeria- Research Associate and Manager- Yobe, Jigawa and Abuja

Closing Date: Monday, 31 January 2011

Location: Nigeria - Yobe, Jigawa and Abuja

United Nations Jobs at Abdul Jameel Latif Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) for Research Associates in Yobe and Jigawa, and Research Manager in Abuja

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) is a network of 51 affiliated professors around the world who are united by their use of Randomized Evaluations (REs) to answer questions critical to poverty alleviation. J-PAL's mission is to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is based on scientific evidence.

NGO Job in West Africa- Executive Director at Open Society Institute

The Open Society initiative West Africa (OSIWA), under the Open Society Institute (OSI) calls for job application for the position of Executive Directors from the following west africa countries, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone.

Job Description

Responsibilities
Open Society Initiative West Africa (OSIWA) Leadership and Development
Provide strategic direction and initiative in the development of the foundation, constantly identifying opportunities and threats to the foundation and articulating leadership objectives in relation to these opportunities and threats.
Conceptualize open society issues and strategies in the Western African context, effectively relating these to African and global trends and dynamics, and interpreting the same in leadership to stakeholders.
Continually position OSIWA as a leader in promoting open societies in Western Africa, exploiting and developing the foundation's ability to combine programming approaches ranging from advocacy, convening, grantmaking, capacity building, and work through partnerships.