Senior Project Manager at Seismic Consulting Group Limited – Abuja

Seismic Consulting Group Limited is recruiting a full-time Senior Project Manager in Maitama, Abuja. The position leads donor-funded projects from mobilisation to close-out, with accountability for deliverables, budgets, quality, compliance and stakeholder relationships.

Project planning and delivery

• Take ownership of one or more donor-funded projects, delivering against contracts, terms of reference, budgets and agreed quality standards.
• Prepare and update work plans, schedules, resource allocations and risk registers.
• Monitor deliverables, milestones, spending, scope changes and project risks; address delays proactively.
• Coordinate project inception activities, mobilisation, kick-off meetings and inception reporting.

Clients, partners and team leadership

• Serve as day-to-day contact for donor agencies, government counterparts, project task teams and other stakeholders.
• Prepare donor-compliant technical reports, presentations, progress briefings and deliverables.
• Work with implementing partners, beneficiaries and authorities, including during field missions.
• Lead staff, consultants and technical specialists across disciplines, allocate tasks and review outputs for quality.
• Coordinate subcontractors and joint-venture partners and monitor their performance.

Budgets, compliance and project learning

• Oversee project budgets, forecasts, invoicing, cost control and contractual obligations.
• Apply donor frameworks and World Bank procurement, fiduciary, safeguards and reporting requirements.
• Handle contract amendments, variations and close-out documentation.
• Use monitoring and evaluation frameworks to assess results and outcomes; maintain quality assurance and lessons-learned records.
• Support expressions of interest, technical and financial proposals, bid strategies and client relationship development.

Required qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Development Studies, Public Policy, Economics, Engineering, Social Sciences or a related field; a master’s degree is an advantage.
• Five to ten years of project management experience, including at least four years leading donor-funded projects.
• Demonstrated project delivery for the World Bank or comparable development partners, such as AfDB, UN agencies, FCDO, USAID or the EU.
• Knowledge of donor-funded implementation frameworks, procurement, programme delivery, compliance, financial oversight and reporting.
• Experience managing budgets, multidisciplinary teams, schedules, risks and projects spanning more than one sector.
• Excellent written and spoken English, report writing and presentation skills.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office and tools such as MS Project, Asana or Trello.

Additional advantages and competencies

• PMP, PRINCE2 or an equivalent project management credential.
• Monitoring and evaluation, data collection or digital delivery platform experience.
• Experience preparing development-sector proposals or expressions of interest.
• Understanding of the Nigerian and wider African public-sector development context.
• Willingness to travel within Nigeria and internationally for projects and client meetings.
• Strong delivery focus, stakeholder engagement, leadership, evidence-based judgement, adaptability, ethics and confidentiality.