International Programme Executive - Nigeria

Contract Type: Fixed Term 12 months

Hours: Full Time, 35 hours per week

Closing Date: 23:59 on 9th February 2025

Salary: £22,800.00 to £30,000.00 dependent on your location, skills, knowledge and experience (£22,800 – £26,000 dependant on experience, plus London weighting of £4,000 as applicable)

Location: This role is based in London. Other UK based locations will be considered. We are hybrid working (at least 2 days in the office for London based staff, 3 days working remotely).

Interviews: 17th & 18th February 2025

Are you passionate about ensuring young people across the world are given opportunities to learn, earn and thrive? Do you have contextual knowledge of, and experience working in Nigeria? 

If yes, read more!

We are looking for an International Programmes Executive to support the expansion and delivery of our programmes in Nigeria.

King’s Trust International works with local partners around the world to support them to deliver education, employment and enterprise programmes with a focus on youth.

You will work with a mixture of governments, NGOs, corporate partners and employers to support them to deliver safe and impactful programmes and to meet agreed targets and report on progress to both internal and external stakeholders. You will be the local partners’ ‘critical friend’ and focal point of contact, and you will be supporting them in setting up new programmes. This may include delivering programme design, training and producing toolkits and resources, and developing evaluation frameworks. You willwork with local partners on all aspects of programme delivery  - project implementation, review, monitoring and evaluation and  budget management. 

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Please note: This role will require travel - Up to 20% of time spent abroad on project visits subject to any UK and/or local government restrictions.

Please apply via our website and include a cover letter of no more than two pages, covering the following:

• Why you want to work for the King’s Trust International, what is it about our work that interests you?
• What you think are the main challenges and opportunities faced by young people in Nigeria, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds?
• From the job description, what areas would you describe as your strengths?
• What experience you have of working in Nigeria?

Perks for working at The King’s Trust International:

• Great holiday package. 30 days annual leave entitlement, plus public holidays. Office closure the days between Christmas and New Year
• Fantastic Family leave. Receive 13 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay for maternity and adoption leave and pro rata entitlement for shared parental leave. Receive 8 weeks full pay for paternity leave.
• Flexible and agile working. Where operationally possible, you can work your hours that support a work-life balance including compressed hours and hybrid-working (part office - part home based) or working from home options.
• Benefits platform. Everything from health and financial wellbeing support to discounts on your favourite restaurants, shops and cinemas
• A free employee assistance programme (EAP) to support your mental wellbeing.
• KTI will contribute 5% of your salary to the workplace Pension Scheme
• Generous life assurance cover (4 x annual salary)
• In-house and external training opportunities available throughout the year

King's Trust International is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment, we undertake basic disclosure checks (or international equivalents) in accordance with the Codes of Practice for all roles within King’s Trust International, and for our roles working directly with young people, at an enhanced level. Having a criminal record will not automatically exclude applicants.

In further support of a Safeguarding First approach we are signatories to the Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. The Scheme facilitates the sharing of misconduct data between employers. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her/their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

We are committed to equitable work practices and believe in building a diverse organisation that is representative of and responsive to the needs of our young people and stakeholders. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, Mixed and other Ethnic candidates which are currently under-represented throughout King’s Trust International. As a disability confident employer, we will interview applicants that meet the essential criteria who have declared a disability. Please let us know if you need any adjustments at the interview stage.

A NOTE FOR RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a preferred supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!

Req ID: 3360