Organizational Development Expert

Job summary

Position: Organizational Development Expert

Reports to: Management

Job type: Contract

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Duration: 2 months

Start Date: October 2025

Application: Individual/Organisation

Role description

Sydani is seeking an Organizational Development (OD) Expert to assess the current organizational capacity and readiness to implement a multi-year maternal health systems transformation. This role includes designing and facilitating a targeted capacity-building workshop and developing an actionable organizational strengthening roadmap.

Responsibilities

Conduct Organizational Assessment

1. Review existing documents such as organizational charts, policies, program reports, and existing capacity assessments relevant to the institutional context
2. Develop and administer assessment tools (e.g., surveys, team interviews, stakeholder consultations) to analyze capacity across key domains (e.g., leadership, collaboration, systems thinking, change management, knowledge management, and equity and inclusion)
3. Analyze findings to identify key capacity gaps and develop practical solutions and recommendations to inform capacity building and organizational strengthening

Facilitate Capacity Building and Organizational Strengthening Workshop

Following the assessment and validation session, the OD Expert will:

1. Develop training materials and facilitate a workshop responding directly to assessment findings
2. Deliver interactive training and skill-building sessions to enhance adaptive leadership, collaborative skills, and systems change readiness
3. Support the team to co-create actionable steps and facilitate the integration of strengthened capacities beyond the workshop
4. Document workshop learning outcomes and agreed follow-up actions

Co-create Organizational Strengthening Roadmap

1. Collaboratively draft a 2–3-year organizational strengthening roadmap

Develop Technical Report

1. Develop technical report highlighting strengths, weaknesses and areas for strengthening within the organization

Deliverables

1. Inception report detailing assessment methodology, tools, and approach
2. Assessment tools and data collection findings
3. Capacity building workshop facilitation report and workshop outputs
4. Final organizational capacity assessment technical report and actionable strengthening roadmap

Required Qualifications and Competencies

1. Advanced degree (or equivalent experience) in Organizational Psychology, Human Resource Management, Public Health, International Development, Public Administration, or related fields
2. At least 7 years of progressive experience in organizational development and/or consulting and change management, with a minimum of 5 years advising health, public sector, or complex systems change organizations
3. Demonstrated experience designing and conducting participatory organizational capacity assessments for multidisciplinary teams
4. Proven experience in developing and implementing organizational strengthening programs or change management plans for system transformation efforts
5. Deep understanding of systems thinking, adaptive leadership, and equity-focused organizational change
6. Exceptional written communication skills and experience developing strategy documents or funding proposals
7. Experience working in public health or consulting for organizations in Africa, ideally Nigeria or West Africa, is a significant asset