Project Coordinator (Abuja)

Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy and a major global oil producer, with oil and gas revenues accounting for approximately 90% of foreign exchange earnings. This structural dependence creates profound long-term fiscal and economic vulnerability as global energy markets evolve and international climate commitments accelerate diversification of energy systems worldwide.

The Nigeria BOGA (Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance) Fund Programme supports Nigeria’s economic diversification beyond oil and gas by delivering data-backed insights to inform policies and investments that drive economic diversification, build a skilled and resilient workforce, and promote gender equity and social inclusion.

Important: please only submit your application via the Google Form.

The Project Coordinator will support the effective day-to-day coordination and administration of the Nigeria BOGA Fund Programme over its implementation period. Based in Abuja and embedded within APRI’s Nigeria office, the role will ensure that programme activities, partners, timelines, reporting requirements, meetings, and deliverables are well organised and delivered in line with the agreed workplan.

The Coordinator will work closely with the Head of Programme, APRI team, programme partners, and relevant stakeholders to support work planning, activity implementation, partner coordination, documentation, risk & progress tracking, stakeholder engagement, and reporting. The role will also support monitoring of relevant policy, initiatives, and sector developments to help inform programme implementation and stakeholder engagement.

This is an operational and coordination role suited to a professional with strong programme management, administrative, communication, and stakeholder coordination skills, as well as a good understanding of Nigeria’s policy and institutional environment.



Key Responsibilities

Programme Coordination and Delivery

• Lead day-to-day coordination of programme activities across partners, ensuring delivery against agreed workplans, timelines, budgets, and programme objectives.

• Coordinate planning processes, facilitate communication across partners, monitor implementation progress, manage programme risks, and support adaptive management throughout implementation.

• Serve as the primary operational focal point for programme coordination and delivery.

Stakeholder Engagement and Partnership Management

• Support the development and maintenance of productive relationships with government institutions, development partners, private sector actors, research organisations, and civil society stakeholders.

• Coordinate stakeholder engagement activities, policy dialogues, consultations, and high-level meetings, ensuring effective participation and follow-up.

• Support stakeholder mapping, engagement planning, and relationship management to strengthen programme influence and impact.

Strategic Intelligence and Opportunity Identification

• Monitor developments across Nigeria’s energy, climate, economic diversification, and broader political economy landscape to identify emerging risks, opportunities, and implications for programme delivery.

• Maintain awareness of relevant policy processes, stakeholder initiatives, sector developments, and international discussions that may influence programme objectives.

• Identify opportunities for programme evidence, analysis, and convening activities to contribute to ongoing policy discussions, government processes, and stakeholder engagements.

• Provide regular strategic updates and recommendations to programme leadership.

Communications, Learning and Knowledge Management

• Support strategic communications and visibility efforts by identifying opportunities to showcase programme activities, findings, and achievements.

• Maintain systems for knowledge management, documentation, learning, and institutional memory across the programme.

• Support the capture and dissemination of lessons learned, evidence of influence, and programme success stories.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting

• Maintain oversight of programme performance, monitoring progress against agreed indicators and milestones.

• Lead the preparation of donor reports, programme updates, risk assessments, learning products, and other reporting requirements.

• Coordinate data collection, documentation, and reporting processes across programme partners and support programme reviews, evaluations, and audits as required.

• Master’s degree or equivalent in project management, public administration, public policy, economics, international development, climate policy, energy, political science, environmental studies, or a related field.

• 3 - 5 years of relevant professional experience supporting or coordinating complex, multi-stakeholder programmes, preferably in climate, energy, economic development, public policy, or international development contexts.

• Demonstrated experience in project coordination, programme management, partner coordination, meeting management, documentation, reporting, monitoring, and accountability processes.

• Experience working with or supporting engagements involving government institutions, development partners, research organisations, civil society, private sector actors, or energy sector stakeholders.

• Good ability to track relevant policy, sector, and political economy developments and identify implications for programme implementation and stakeholder engagement.

• Excellent written, organisational, analytical, and communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear meeting notes, reports, briefs, and action trackers.

• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills, with the ability to coordinate across multiple partners and institutions.

• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, follow up on action points, and work effectively in a dynamic programme environment.

• Good understanding of Nigeria’s policy and institutional environment, with awareness of the country’s climate and energy transition priorities and oil and gas sector landscape, will be an advantage.

Interested candidates should submit the following during the application. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for a competency-based interview. This contract is initially setup for 12 months, with the possibility of extension.

• CV (maximum 4 pages)

APRI is an equal opportunity employer. Please understand, that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. APRI reserves the right to close this recruitment process early if a suitable candidate is identified.

Important: please only submit your application via the Google Form.

APRI - Africa Policy Research Institute is an independent, nonpartisan institute researching key policy issues affecting the African continent. Its goals are to provide input to the German and EU policy-making processes on Africa and options on key policy issues to African stakeholders.

To achieve this, APRI taps into the expertise of African intellectuals, scholars, and networks, collaborating with a wide range of organizations at home and abroad to conduct policy research that looks beyond prevailing narratives and transcends disciplinary hegemonies to center Africa. Its outputs include reports, policy briefs, and short analyses, with the goal of expanding to other innovative ways of disseminating its work.