SABER Legislative Analyst and Stakeholder Manager at Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG)

Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) is Nigeria's leading private sector think-tank dedicated to achieving sustainable economic development through private sector-led initiatives. Convener of the annual Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) since 1993, as a platform for bringing together private sector leaders and senior public sector officials to discuss and dialogue on the future of the Nigerian economy.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: SABER Legislative Analyst and Stakeholder Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Provide Strategic leadership towards the provision of technical support to the State Houses of Assembly through the Joint Secretariat with the Conference of Speakers of State Legislature of Nigeria
• Establish and Maintain a working relationship with other relevant partners such as the NBA-SBL, PEBEC, NGF
• Implement the SABER secretariat operational framework which consist of: Legislative reform strategy, Programme management processes, day-to-day SABER activities, technical working groups, expert network, partnerships and continual review of SABER policy, procedures and processes.
• Implement legislative and regulatory reform initiatives that ultimately improve the ease of doing business and drive sustainable economic growth and development.
• Support with Subnational legislative components for grants on request
• Provide support for citizen engagement, strengthening communication for impactful reform, involving both internal and external stakeholders.
• Prepare an internal and external stakeholder plan for effective stakeholder engagement
• Coordinate the implementation of SABER programmes, projects and initiatives approved by the Governing Council.
• FacilitatE external resources mobilization and fundraising for SABER.
• Develop and implement budget and funding plan for SABER.
• Generate SABER corporate performance reports for board and executive decision making.
• Conduct legislative impact assessments on SABER bills before and after passage into law.
• Support the Planning and implementation of the legislative stakeholder engagement strategy for NASSBER and SABER.
• Serve as official liaison between the NESG community and the legislative arm of government.
• Establish, maintain and upgrade a system for comprehensive repository of all national legislations and legislative support instruments.
• Establish, maintain and upgrade a system for comprehensive database for all Senate and House of Representative Leadership of the whole and committees and heads of national legislative service (clerks and their principal officers).
• Design and support presentations of legislative briefs at forums, mini-summits, Nigerian economic summit and pre-summit events.
• Work with the NESG grants and donor relations office to develop the legislative input component of grants proposals and fundraising briefs.
• Develop NASSBER legislative intelligence programme for ensuring the efficient and effective track, monitoring and reporting of all national legislative changes.
• Other duties that may be assigned.

Requirements
Education:

• Suitable candidate should possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and a call to bar certificate

Experience:

• At least 1 year of work in a top-tier law firm with expertise on key sectors of the economy, Understanding of Nigeria’s regulatory landscape. In-depth Knowledge of the Nigerian Legal System and Political-Economic dimensions will be an advantage.

Key Skills:

• Team Player, Stakeholder Engagement and Management, Managerial skills, Communication, Research, Strong Writing Skills, Public Speaking, Data Management and Analysis.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their resume and cover letter to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.