Call for application: PIND seeks a consultant to manage it’s PIA Project

Following the enactment of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) law in 2021, PIND seeks to create awareness for, and educate community stakeholders about the PIA, and build the capacities of NGOs and CSOs working in the sector to function effectively. PIND is also exploring opportunities to work with some Settlors to develop governance documentation in setting up their HCDTs and broad technical support. Currently, PIND has two PIA projects – the Bridges Project and Support to Chevron Nigeria Ltd PIA implementation efforts.

The objective of the consultancy is

1. Ensure that PIND’s PIA-related goals (ensuring that the Host Community Development Trusts (HCDTs) are productive avenues for community development) are achieved
2. To manage the daily implementation of all PIND’s PIA-related projects and provide strategic insight
3. To report project activities, outcomes, and learnings to relevant stakeholders and funders.

The consultant will have a matrix reporting to the Advocacy Manager and the Economic Development manager as direct reports for this project. All correspondence and internal alignments would be done through that channel. Monthly work plans will be pre-agreed and monthly achievements will be reported at the end of the month with an invoice for the days worked.

 

1. Serve as the primary field resource to relevant stakeholders on a technical Role for PIND in the implementation of PIA activities, and coordinate PINDS PIA-related activities working with internal and external stakeholders

 

2. Support/Facilitate the PIA Multi-Stakeholder Platform

• Support all the activities of this working group
• Coordination of quarterly meetings of the MSP
• Documenting and reporting community development models that would emanate from the MSP engagements
• Follow up on the action items emanating from the MSP joint and individual engagements.
• Address conflict issues that may arise from the intergroup interactions and embed a mechanism to address MSP-related grievances.

 

3. Provide up-to-date information on PIA activities at national and sub-national levels

• Develop and share briefs on PIA-related news, events, and discussions
• Develop opinion editorials on the impact of the implementation of the PIA in the region with a focus on PIND’s interventions as case studies or references
• Develop concept notes on the convening of stakeholders for a National and sub-national discussion on the lessons on the implementation of PIA
• Support the coordination & implementation of the PIA Stakeholder discourse.

 

4. Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

• Review and embed the project M&E framework that provides the logic for the project
• Review and update indicator metrics to measure project success

 

5. Other tasks as may be assigned.