Seismic Consulting Group Limited is a multidisciplinary advisory and innovation firm committed to delivering data-driven, tech-enabled, and impact-focused solutions to global development challenges. With core competencies spanning consultancy, technology, vocational education, infrastructure, fintech, and artificial intelligence, Seismic operates at the intersection of innovation and development to serve governments, donor agencies, and the private sector.
Our flagship innovation hub, the Seismic AI Lab, pioneers applied research and digital tools that enhance decision-making and service delivery in sectors such as education, governance, health, and financial inclusion. As a mission-driven company, Seismic combines the operational rigor of international consulting firms with the agility of a tech startup, ensuring quality, compliance, and client satisfaction across all engagements.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Project Manager
Location: Maitama, Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time
About The Role
- As we continue to grow and take on new opportunities, we’re looking for a Project Manager to join our team and be part of our next stage of growth.
- We’re looking for someone who can lead with confidence, think beyond the day-to-day tasks, connect the bigger picture, and bring people together to turn plans into results.For us, it’s not just about managing projects.
- It’s about taking ownership, solving problems, collaborating across teams, and continuously looking for better ways to do things.
- The ideal candidate should also possess strong experience in project planning, financial oversight, risk management, monitoring and evaluation, technical reporting, stakeholder engagement and donor compliance, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver results within demanding project environments.
- The Project Manager owns the on-time, on-budget and on-quality delivery of one or more donor-funded projects, leading multi-disciplinary teams of consultants and technical experts, to ensure every deliverable meets acceptable standards and contract terms.
- The ideal candidate must demonstrate a strong understanding of donor-funded project management frameworks, including theirimplementation methodologies, reporting standards,programme delivery, compliance requirements, procurement and reporting procedures.
- Previous hands-on experience managing projects funded by GIZ, the British Council, the World Bank or comparable international development partners will be a key consideration in the selection process.
Key Roles and Responsibilities
Project delivery and planning:
- Lead end-to-end delivery of assigned projects against the terms of reference, contract, work plan and budget.
- Develop detailed work plans, schedules, resource plans and risk registers, and update them as conditions change.
- Track milestones, deliverables and expenditure; flag risks, delays and scope changes early and propose solutions.
- Run project start-up, including inception reports, kick-off meetings and mobilisation of teams.
Client and stakeholder management:
- Serve as the main day-to-day contact for task teams, development agencies, government counterparts and other stakeholders.
- Prepare and present progress reports, briefings and deliverables that meet donor quality and formatting standards.
- Coordinate with beneficiaries, implementing partners and local authorities, including during field missions.
Team and technical leadership:
- Lead and motivate multi-disciplinary teams of staff, sector specialists and short-term consultants across several sectors.
- Assign tasks, set quality standards and review technical outputs before submission to the client.
- Coordinate subcontractors and joint-venture partners, and manage their performance and deliverables.
Financial and contract management:
- Manage project budgets, forecasts, invoicing and cost control in line with contract terms and donor frameworks.
- Ensure compliance with World Bank procurement, fiduciary, safeguards and reporting requirements.
- Manage contract variations, amendments and close-out documentation.
Quality, monitoring and learning:
- Apply monitoring and evaluation frameworks to track results and report on outcomes, not only outputs.
- Maintain quality assurance processes and document lessons learned for use across Seismic projects.
Business development support:
- Contribute to expressions of interest, technical and financial proposals, and bid strategy for new development-sector opportunities.
- Support client relationship growth and help build Seismic's reputation for delivery.
Qualifications and Experience
Required:
- 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.
- 5–10 years of project management experience, including at least [4] years leading donor-funded projects.
- Demonstrated experience delivering projects for the World Bank, or comparable agencies such as the AfDB, UN agencies, FCDO, USAID or the EU.
- Strong knowledge of World Bank procedures, including procurement, safeguards, fiduciary and reporting requirements.
- Proven record of managing budgets, schedules, risks and multi-disciplinary teams across more than one sector.
- Excellent written and spoken English, with strong report-writing and presentation skills.
- Advanced skills in MS Office and project management tools (MS Project, Asana, Trello or similar).
Preferred:
- PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent project management certification.
- Experience with monitoring and evaluation, data collection, or digital delivery platforms.
- Experience writing or contributing to proposals and expressions of interest for development tenders.
- Familiarity with the public sector and development context in Nigeria and across Africa.
- Willingness to travel domestically and internationally for field missions and client meetings.
Core Competencies:
- Delivery focus: keeps complex, multi-sector work on schedule and within budget.
- Stakeholder skills: builds trust with donors, governments and partners and handles difficult conversations with tact.
- Leadership: guides diverse teams, delegates well and holds a high standard for quality.
- Analytical judgement: weighs evidence and risk, and makes sound decisions under pressure.
- Adaptability: works comfortably across sectors, geographies and changing donor priorities.
- Integrity: applies donor compliance, ethics and confidentiality standards without exception.