Technical Project Manager at Mercy Corps
The Technical Project Manager will be part of Mercy Corps Nigeria's Resilience and Climate Adaptation portfolio and will lead implementation of the Protecting Food Security Against Flood & Drought Cycles project in Katsina State.
- The project aims to strengthen community resilience to climate-induced flood and drought cycles through integrated investments in climate-resilient infrastructure, ecosystem restoration, sustainable land management, and community capacity strengthening.
- Activities include flood mitigation structures, solar-powered water systems, food and fodder storage facilities, and climate-smart agricultural and rangeland management interventions.
- The Technical Project Manager will provide overall technical leadership, project management, coordination, quality assurance, compliance oversight, and stakeholder engagement to ensure successful delivery of project outputs, achievement of outcomes, and adherence to Mercy Corps' technical standards and donor requirements.
The Position
The Technical Project Manager is responsible for the overall planning, technical implementation, coordination, quality assurance, monitoring, and successful delivery of all project components.
- The position provides leadership across engineering, agriculture, natural resource management, procurement, operations, finance, MEAL, and community engagement functions to ensure integrated implementation of climate resilience interventions.
- The Technical Project Manager will supervise technical teams and coordinate with government agencies, contractors, consultants, community structures, private-sector partners, and implementing partners to deliver sustainable, high-quality project
Essential Responsibilities
Technical Leadership and Project Management
Provide overall technical leadership for the implementation of climate adaptation and resilience interventions.
- Lead project planning, implementation scheduling, budgeting, monitoring, and adaptive management.
- Ensure all project activities are implemented according to approved work plans, budgets and donor requirements.
- Coordinate implementation of the project's three technical
- Ensure integration of engineering, agricultural, environmental, and community-based approaches throughout implementation.
- Oversee technical assessments, feasibility studies, site selection, and engineering
- Review and approve Bills of Quantities (BoQs), technical specifications, engineering drawings, and construction methodologies.
- Ensure all infrastructure complies with Mercy Corps Infrastructure Minimum Standards, Nigerian regulations, and international engineering standards.
- Ensure construction quality through regular inspections, testing, certification, and contractor supervision.
- Develop quality assurance and quality control systems across all project
- Ensure project implementation remains on schedule, within scope and within
- Lead project risk management and mitigation
- Ensure environmental and social safeguards are fully integrated into project
Minimum Qualifications & Transferable Skills
Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Agricultural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Natural Resource Management, Project Management, or related technical discipline.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Climate Change, Environmental Management, Project Management, or related field preferred.
- Minimum of 8–10 years of progressively responsible experience managing large-scale resilience, infrastructure or climate adaptation programmes.
- Demonstrated experience managing donor-funded development
- Strong technical knowledge of Climate adaptation, Nature-based solutions, Water infrastructure, Rural infrastructure, Sustainable agriculture, Watershed management, and Construction supervision.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary
- Strong contract and construction management
- Experience working with government institutions and community
- Excellent planning, budgeting, coordination, and reporting
- Strong analytical and problem-solving
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Professional Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent) is highly desirable.
Deadline: 14 August 2026
How to Apply
Interested Applicant can apply via this link
