Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) is an international development company. For more than 45 years, we have worked on the frontlines of international development, tackling fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governance, and instability. Currently, DAI is delivering results that matter in some 80 countries.
Our development solutions turn ideas into impact by bringing together fresh combinations of expertise and innovation across multiple disciplines. Our clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and national governments.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Lead Risk Financing Adviser roles within Centre for Disaster Protection
Job Code: 6635 Location: Nigeria
Description
The Centre for Disaster Protection was launched by the UK Prime Minister in July 2017 to strengthen resilience in developing countries through better preparedness and planning backed by risk-based financing arrangements. The Centre is funded with UK aid from the UK government.
The Centre for Disaster Protection works to change how the world prepares and pays for disasters. Identifying, planning for and financing disasters before they strike saves lives, reduces suffering and protects livelihoods and economies, especially for the poorest and most vulnerable communities.
The Centre brings countries together with international development, humanitarian and private sector organisations to find solutions and advocate for change. We find ways to stop disasters devastating lives by supporting countries and the international system to better manage risks. To do this, the Centre provides advisory services, builds knowledge, catalyzes innovation and creates partnerships across the development, humanitarian and financial sectors.
With Covid-19, the world is more aware than ever of the importance of being prepared and working together to address risks. The Centre’s work has never been more crucial. With a recent funding uplift from the UK government to mid-2025, the Centre is entering a new period of organisational growth, evolving beyond its start-up phase to tackle the increasingly urgent impact of climate change and frequency of disasters around the world.
The Centre’s technical work is focused on cross-cutting goals as set out in our five-year strategy (2019-2024):
Advice – quality assurance and advisory services and training: We will have a respected and widely used quality assurance function that has increased the quantity and quality of risk financing products and services. Our effective technical assistance and capacity building will have supported high risk, vulnerable countries to make better disaster risk management decisions through knowledge exchange and genuine skills transfer.
Evidence and Learning: We will be internationally recognised as driving change through evidence, experimentation and learning which will strengthen the global evidence base on disaster risk financing.
Advocacy and Influencing: Through advocacy and influencing and being a positive disrupter, we will have improved the quality and quantity of disaster risk financing through the multilateral system.
Additionally, we are focused on building effective systems and processes on people and operations to support the Centre to rapidly yet strategically scale and grow in a way that promotes diversity, equity and inclusion and ensures the organisation is a great place to work.
The Roles
As part of our organisational growth plan, we are expanding our Advisory team and recruiting up to three Lead Risk Financing Experts to support the delivery of the Centre’s ambitious workplan – in which our advisory offer is a strategic priority.
This workstream includes advice, quality assurance and training to developing country governments, international development and humanitarian organisations and donors to improve disaster risk management and financing. The workstream aims to ensure high quality crisis and disaster risk financing is available to and used to good effect by countries and organisations, so that the most vulnerable people are better protected.
Examples of work to be undertaken may include, for example: leading a team of consultants to provide technical advice to a low-income country government or a regional development bank on a disaster risk financing product; leading a review of a proposal from a humanitarian agency for a new risk management or financing initiative; or leading on the design of specific risk financing solutions and presenting findings at a global event.
In addition to role-specific responsibilities, the Lead Risk Finance Experts will be required to:
Uphold the organisation’s values and contribute to a positive organisational culture.
Build the Centre’s external reputation through delivering excellent technical work and the development of innovative solutions.
Develop effective partnerships and relationships at senior levels across the development, humanitarian and financial sectors.
Manage and supervise teams of Centre staff and consultants, coaching and mentoring colleagues as required, including potentially direct line management of a Risk Analyst.
One of the roles will also lead our training programme, increasing a range of stakeholders’ knowledge and enabling them to better engage with both the theory and practice of DRF to challenge the current system of slow and inefficient disaster relief. The Centre’s training aims to create a common language around DRF, encourage dialogue and debate around best practice, facilitate peer learning exchange, and ultimately equip stakeholders to do more and better DRF.
The Centre’s DRF training offering has been conceptualised, delivered and evaluated with a number of different stakeholders, ranging from country governments to multi-lateral institutions and humanitarian organisations.
Due to the pandemic, the foundational training modules have been delivered remotely and feedback from our stakeholders has been extremely positive.
This workstream is now at scale-up stage, with the scope to build upon this success and shape a comprehensive training programme and learning strategy to amplify the impact of this workstream.
Skills and Experience
Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience:
Significant relevant professional experience from senior level advisory roles.
Significant technical expertise (and where relevant, professional qualifications) in disaster risk financing or a relevant field, such as public financial management, insurance, risk management, risk modelling, actuarial science, economics, shock-responsive social protection / services, or humanitarian finance.
Broad experience delivering technical assistance projects and/or analytical and advisory services in a developing country context.
Strong track record in complex client management and the ability to build effective strategic partnerships across different sectors and stakeholders, including working with government at a senior level.
A strong understanding of actors, incentives, and institutional and policy environment of multilateral and bilateral international development.
Strong track record in presenting to large, senior, and multi-stakeholder audiences.
Excellent written and oral communication skills in English; other languages, particularly French, would be advantageous.
Ability to take initiative and work effectively as part of a dynamic, multidisciplinary team.
Relevant professional experience in developing and delivering training and/or professional education, learning and development is a plus, and is a requirement for the training role.
Experience commissioning, supporting or delivering research in a developing country context is a plus.
Person Specification:
Successful candidates should:
Demonstrate a strong commitment to building resilience and reducing vulnerability in low and middle-income countries.
Understanding of and commitment to the Centre’s values and mission.
Be willing to travel to Africa, Asia, and other international locations as needed including lower income and fragile, conflict-affected contexts (as a guide, one week every 1-2 months, to be arranged only if restrictions due to COVID-19 allow.
The Offer and Benefits
After a successful probation period, the contract will be until the end of June 2025, renewable if project funding is extended. The roles will be contracted by DAI Global UK, who are the Centre’s managing agent.
A competitive salary in the region of £60-80,000 depending on experience.
A generous benefits package including 25 days annual leave (plus public holidays) and a contributory pension scheme.
We have an office in the City of London, but we are open to considering flexible, part-time and remote working arrangements.
For contracting purposes, candidates must be resident in and have the right to live and work in one of the following countries: UK, Belgium, Austria, Serbia, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Croatia, Pakistan, Nigeria, USA.
The Centre is committed to building a diverse workplace and so we particularly encourage applications from diverse backgrounds that are typically under-represented in this sector.
DAI is a global development company with corporate offices in the USA, the UK, the EU, Nigeria, Pakistan, and project operations worldwide. DAI tackles fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governance, and instability; it works on the frontlines of global development, transforming ideas into action—action into impact. DAI is committed to shaping a more liveable world.
Any questions about the role or the recruitment process should be sent to: [email protected] (please do not send applications to this email address).
We are recruiting for these vacancies on a rolling basis, meaning there is no fixed deadline and applications will be assessed as they are received, and the vacancies will remain open until they are filled.
Job Title: Business Development Specialist – Recruitment / Relationship Management
Job Code: 6952 Location: Nigeria
Reports to: Associate Director, Head of Business Development
Role / Responsibilities
The BD Specialist will work on DAI’s new business efforts in Nigeria through a mix of regular and on-demand tasks.
S/He will lead in the identification and recruitment of consultants/ project team for business development proposals.
Under the guidance of the Head of BD, the Specialist will work closely with staff engaged in new business to win new business for the Operating Platform, as well as respond to requests supports from DAI business units in other parts of the world.
Responsibilities
Specific tasks include the following:
Facilitate winning new business in Nigeria and other business units. Related subtasks include:
Lead and manage the development of local proposals across market segments – donor, foundation, private sector and GON
Develop and recommendation of short-term and long-term strategies for business expansion through identifying new business
Lead complex recruitment assignments that require creative applications of knowledge to specific recruitment challenges
Source appropriate candidates through internal and external networks, industry events, DAI’s internal recruitment database and online electronic resources
Negotiate candidate salaries, benefits, and allowances in compliance with donor, company and project requirements
Cultivate strong relationships with potential clients, while maintaining existing client relationships.
Proactively track and engage with market segments to identify business opportunities
Facilitate recruitment decision-making by the business development team to meet the deadlines
Follow standardized processes to screen and select the best candidates, ensuring compliance with all governmental and client employment specifications
Ensure that all staffing documentation submitted with proposals complies with donor specifications (including letters of commitment, references, due diligence, and other proposal documents)
Re-write candidates’ CVs to address qualifications required for roles specified in proposals; provide other writing inputs to proposals, as needed.
Undertake billable project work when the opportunity arises.
Other duties as specified by the Head of Business Development and other assigned authorities.
Minimum Requirements and Person Specification
Applicants must meet the following requirements to be considered for the position:
Bachelor’s / Master’s Degree with 5 – 7 years of work experience in relevant areas to include: relationship management, recruitment, proposal development, research & analysis.
Demonstrated experience in business development in the development sector, inclusive of proposal development for donor organisations -USAID, FCDO, EU, World Bank – International Foundations and Nigerian Government.
Proven capacity for research and analysis
Excellent writing, facilitation, and inter-personal skills
Job Title: Technical Writer, Business Development Specialist
Job Code: 6953 Location: Nigeria
Reports to: Associate Director, Head of Business Development
Role / Responsibilities
The Technical Writer will work on DAI’s new business efforts in Nigeria through a mix of regular and on-demand tasks.
Under the guidance of the Head of BD, the Technical Writer will work closely with staff engaged in new business to win new business for the Operating Platform, as well as respond to requests supports from DAI business units in other parts of the world.
Specific tasks include the following:
Facilitate winning new business in Nigeria and other business units. Related subtasks include:
Lead in technical writing for the development of local proposals across market segments – donor, foundation, private sector and GON
Provide technical inputs to proposals managed by other business units to include but not limited to identification and engagement of local partner, research and proposal draft reviews
Develop thought leadership across various sectors
Facilitate field research for proposal development.
Conduct on-line background/contextual research and analysis of relevance to proposal opportunities.
Cultivate good relationships with potential clients, while maintaining existing client relationships.
Undertake billable project work when the opportunity arises.
Other duties as specified by the Head of Business Development and other assigned authorities.
Minimum Requirements
Applicants must meet the following requirements to be considered for the position:
Master’s Degree with 7- 9 years of work experience in relevant areas to include: proposal development, technical writing, approach and work plan development international, research & analysis.
Demonstrated experience in business development in the development sector, inclusive of proposal development for donor organisations -USAID, FCDO, EU, World Bank – International Foundations and Nigerian Government.
Proven capacity for research and analysis.
Excellent writing, facilitation, and inter-personal skills.
The Graphic Design Specialist will provide creative inputs and operational support to the implementation of the DAI strategic communication, knowledge management, and learning portfolio.
In line with the knowledge management & communications strategy, he/she will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to produce high impact deliverables.
The Graphic Designer will be responsible for enhancing the design elements of DAI’s internal and external communications in print and digital media, including newsletters, presentations, print publications, reports, proposals, infographics, case studies, discourse events, websites, social media, online resource platforms, media products, and media campaigns and so on.
This is a full-time, professional graphic & visual design position providing support to a broad range of creative needs.
The Graphic Design Specialist will work primarily within the SCKM unit based in Abuja and will provide support as necessary to support projects, including potential travel to the field.
Roles and Responsibilities
Lead digital design efforts in the Nigeria office and ensure adherence to brand guidelines.
Ensure digital and creative products are effective across platforms and align to a cohesive and compelling visual aesthetic.
Possess photography, videography, and digital analytics skills
Create branded visuals based on target audience, communication goals, requirements, and limitations, including website assets, infographics, illustrations, logos, icons, social media posts, flyers, brochures, video, and other creative assets to support communication services.
Participate in collaborative learning, brainstorming, and feedback sessions to help envision themes, design directions, and concept development for marketing, events, and other initiatives.
Create illustrations, infographics for articles on DAI online publications.
Update digital design and print-ready marketing material.
Adapt graphics for use across all platforms (social media, video, print, banner).
Utilize client and/or DAI style guides and brand standards in the design process.
Ensure final graphics and layouts are high-quality, digitally accessible, and align with brand standards, and maintain consistency across brands and campaigns.
Aptitude for strategic thinking and an ability to present ideas based on industry best practices.
Excellent writing, facilitation, and research skills
Commitment to a career in international development, research & analysis, and communications.
Ability to work under tight deadlines.
Qualifications and Person Specification
A Master’s Degree in any discipline and a strong design portfolio that provides evidence of creativity and an ability to interpret design briefs aesthetically.
At least 6 years of experience working in the fields of graphic design and multimedia for development projects.
Proficiency in a range of computer design packages Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop and in the use of digital marketing tools like MailChimp
Knowledge of design layout of art and copy – arrangement, hierarchy, typography, and digital applications size, style, and related aesthetic concepts.
Storyboard, design, and typography skills.
Expertise integrating audience research and user testing.
Thorough understanding of the print process and ability to handle quality assurance.
Experience editing video in Premiere, Final Cut, or creating motion graphics with After Effects.
Understanding of UI design, Sketch, Adobe XD software, HTML / CSS / JavaScript is a plus.
Ability to adapt to new insights and learn in the course of your work.
Adept at working remotely and in-office in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment.
Team player—collaborative person with good interpersonal skills able to interact with a variety of people.
Secondary focus will be similar to the primary responsibilities but on the Oracle Cloud environment.
Working in Oracle Fusion environment to fix, enhance or develop new reports using OTBI.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum of 4 years of functional Oracle experience and a College Degree.
Technical knowledge of Oracle EBS 12.1.3, specifically in the modules for Human Resources, and Oracle Time and Labor.
Demonstrated experience with SQL (familiarity with tools such as TOAD, SQL Developer is strongly desired) .
Able to research, troubleshoot, and support complex system customizations.
Must be able to maintain a high degree of professional integrity and a positive ‘can-do’ approach.
Able to work independently, as well as part of a team.
Organized and self-motivated.
Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex or technical information clearly, and tailor communication style to diverse audiences.
A ‘customer service’ mentality with the confidence to lead by example.
Able to build and maintain good working relationships with staff at all levels of the organization and external clients from diverse backgrounds.
Authorized to work in Nigeria. Applicants must specify their preferred work country in their application.
Willing and able to adjust work schedule, if needed, to support teams located in different time zones/countries.
Equivalent education and experience will be considered.
Preferred Qualifications:
At least two years of experience in an IT focused customer support role, is strongly preferred.
Experience with Oracle Cloud Financials and Projects preferred.
General EBS Knowledge to deal with User accounts and access.
One or more years of experience with Oracle Cloud (HR).
Reports to: Senior Manager, Integrated Support Services
Roles and Responsibilities
The Administrative and Logistics Specialist will be responsible for providing efficient support and ensure success of administrative and logistics activities to DAIN Corporate and Projects, while providing efficient utilization of resources, and procurement and logistics processes in accordance with DAI Global standards, and are carried out in a manner consistent with the objectives of DAIN.
The Administrative and Logistics Specialist will be in-charge of the implementation of administrative and logistics activities, he/she will oversee keeping clear records for all administration and logistic operations, such as coordinate airport logistics, hotel reservations and process travel requirements for all consultants, staff of the organization (local and international); engage the services of external vendors for specialized repair work; track inventory of all maintenance jobs as well as ensure timely completion of all major and minor repair work; maintain, monitor, and retire the office petty cash used for office stationeries and other expenses..
Specific Tasks
Specific tasks include the following:
Coordinate airport logistics, local travels hotel reservations and process travel requirements for staff, consultants, projects and BUs.
Provide and facilitates support to all staff by responding to requests for mechanical and electrical repairs and problems;
Handling office tasks, such as filling, generating reports, setting up for meetings, and recording supplies.
Engage the services of external vendors for specialized repair work and services;
Occasionally inspects the office to detect malfunctions, broken door, bulbs, etc. as well as take notes and make recommendations for areas that require repair;
Track inventory of all maintenance jobs as well as ensure timely completion of all major and minor repair work;
Perform administrative support duties for maintenance related activities including completing and submitting a periodic maintenance checklist to the Admin manager;
Manage office vehicle movement, fuel card top-up and make periodic report for DAI corporate and project
Maintain a daily logbook, stock count and checklist for provisions and supplies;
Management and reporting of office petty cash and
Provide start up support for projects, engages with vendors for procurement of goods and services
Support with procurement of good and service for both DAI corporate and projects
Responsible for Abuja office asset and inventory, tracks and register all corporate asset.
Coordinate and support with events Management for DAI corporate, engage with vendors for preparation as well as work with team members.
Educational and Professional Qualifications and Other Requirements
Applicants must meet the following requirements to be considered for the position:
First Degree in Management or related discipline
Highly proficient in all Microsoft office tools, especially Excel, Word and PowerPoint
The candidate must have proven work experience in either industry or practice; or alternatively, be able to demonstrate substantial experience in an existing similar role.
Excellent organizational and time-management abilities
Self-motivated with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
Exceptional presentation and communication skills are the top priority
High levels of professionalism, initiative, energy, creativity and flexibility
Job Title: Business Systems Analyst / Senior Business Systems Analyst
Job Code: 6862 Locations: Nigeria
Grades: 7 / 8
Department: Management Systems Team, Information Technology
Reports to: Director, Information Technology
Supervisory Requirements: None
Function of the Position
The Business Systems Analyst is a member of the Management Systems Team (MST) with in the Office of Information Management and Technology (OIMT). MST is focused on developing management systems for DAI ’s projects around the world.
The business systems analyst will be part of a strategic initiative to move the existing systems into new platforms and re- imagine the way that system solutions are provided to our global users.
S/He will also work with DA I ’s current projects to identify system requirements and will work with IT developers to enhance existing systems.
Roles and Responsibilities
New Systems Analysis and Testing:
Contribute to system analysis of project and corporate needs in support of DAI’s digital strategy to ensure that the new project management system suite is stream lined, user friendly and supports DAI’s corporate vision and best practices.
Serve as a key liaison between DAI’s IT development team; project users and corporate stake holders to identify the system or reporting needs. Document these requirements and work with development teams to identify the best platform or reporting tool to address them.
Develop requirements documentation for hand over to software development teams for project or corporate systems.
Assist in functional testing of newly developed system functionality and collaborate with developers to resolve identified issues.
Existing Systems Analysis, Configuration and Reporting:
For DAI project users, often in-person at location, facilitate the process of defining system requirements, conducting system analysis and enabling configurations.
Identify modifications needed to existing processes in the system based on user input or compliance changes.
Learn and understand system data structures and help the team analyze corporate and project reporting needs; identify best platform and solution.
Ensure that the management and reporting needs at the field level align with the needs of corporate project, finance and contract management.
Minimum Qualifications
Grade 7: Minimum of 4 years experience and a Bachelor’s Degree or 2 years of experience and a Master’s Degree.
Grade 8: Minimum of 5 years experience and a Bachelor’s Degree or 3 years of experience and a Masters Degree.
(Equivalent combination of training and/or experience will be considered);
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail.
Experience with gathering and document user requirements, as well as working through these with developers from the position of a systems analyst.
Demonstrated interest in leveraging digital solutions to meet critical business needs.
Experience in oral and written communication including analysis, report preparation and report presentation
Proven ability to be flexible and work well under pressure, both individually and in a team environment, to meet deadlines
Ability to travel to all countries where DAI implements its projects, barring times when DAI Global security has deemed travel unsafe – (estimated travel requirement up to 20%)
Strongly Preferred Qualifications:
Some system testing or test script writing experience.
Advanced MS Excel skills
Knowledge of HTML, Javascript, and/or SQL
Experience using Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook
Experience with Agile methodologies for requirements gathering and development.
Preferred Qualifications:
Demonstrated interest in systems and Information Technology field.
Facilitation, training, and presentation experience.
Understanding of the development industry in general including major donors (i.e., USAID, US State Department, EC, etc.).
Other language a plus (Spanish, Russian, French, Arabic)
Job Code: 6913 Location: Nigeria
Department: IT
Reports to: Senior Director, DevOps
Function of the Team
Many of DAI’s legacy systems, including its project information management system used around the globe, are undergoing a strategic transition to new platforms that will support DAI’s strategy to become a data-enabled, cloud-first organization.
This reflects the continuing technological change and our clients’ increased data collection, reporting, and integration demands. In identifying and transitioning to the Target State Platforms, we also need to recognize that DAI projects have specific needs and sometimes operate in low connectivity environments.
DAI’s Current Technology stack includes, but is not limited to, Oracle ERP, Azure Cloud, MS 365/Net (including Dynamics, Power App, and Power BI), SharePoint, Lotus Notes, and a variety of EUCs (End User Computing).
Function of the Position
The Site Reliability Engineer will be responsible for working with the various IT teams to ensure that DAI’s IT systems and services are functioning properly, and that when issues are identified, they are addressed in a timely manager.
They also provide input into the roll out of new features, and adoption of new technologies.
Roles and Responsibilities
Set-up monitoring systems to detect problems before they become outages.
Work with development and operations teams to design, build and maintain core infrastructure pieces that allow DAI scaling to support thousands of concurrent users.
Perform root-cause-analysis and host (blameless) “postmortem” meetings for unanticipated service disruptions.
Document every action so that findings turn into repeatable actions–and then into automation.
Contribute to the evaluation and adoption of new technologies, which may include JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, C#, Kubernetes, etc.
Debug production issues across services and levels of the stack.
Additional responsibilities as deemed necessary.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
Grade 9: Minimum of 7 years of relevant software development and/or site reliability engineering experience and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar area; or 5 years of relevant software development and/or site reliability engineering experience and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science or similar area.
At least one year of demonstrated experience as a full-stack developer with hands on knowledge of languages like Java, Python etc. and exposure to application / infrastructure architecture;
Knowledge of software development methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile, SAFE, Spiral, etc. (Experience with Agile is strongly preferred.)
Experience collaborating cross-functionally on availability / performance issues in order to identify root-cause, determine areas for improvement, and drive those actions to closure through effective solutions.
Good written and oral communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex or technical information clearly, and tailor communication style to diverse audiences.
Able to work independently and as part of a team.
Able to build and maintain strong working relationships with staff at all levels of the organization and external clients from diverse backgrounds.
Authorized to work in the United States, United Kingdom, Serbia, Nigeria without sponsorship.
Willing and able to adjust work schedule, if needed to support teams located in different time zones/countries.
Equivalent education and experience will be considered.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with ERP type Systems (Oracle ERP, SAP, etc.).
Experience analyzing existing SQL queries for performance improvements.
Familiarity with DevOps processes, including CI/CD.
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