TEAM MEMBERS

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE:

The Programme Director, Programme Manager and the Unit heads functions as the Management Committee, which shall be the consultative decision-making organ of the organization.

The Programme Director is the head of the Management team and is responsible for the day-to-day programmatic decisions, coordination and supervision and also chair all the Management Committee meetings. The Programme Manager acts in this same capacity in the absence of the Programme Director.

The Management Committee meet every Monday by 10:00 a.m. PROMPT.

Functions of the Management Committee include:
• Programme planning, review and assessment
• Proposal conceptualization and development
• Review and projections of weekly activities
• Staff welfare and development
• Review and approval of monthly, quarterly, and yearly unit and organization-wide work-plans.

UNIT OPERATION AREAS: The Operational Units are established to ensure effectiveness and appropriate division of labour within the organization. The Operational units are seven in number namely:

1. Office of the Programme Director
2. Office of the Programme Manager
3. Training and Capacity Building
4. Research and Communication
5. Policy and Advocacy
6. Broadcast Media
7. Administration and Finance

Each unit is headed by a Unit Head who is responsible for designing and implementing the Unit’s work-plan and other related operational activities falling into the Unit’s operational ideas.

Unit heads have full authority to design and execute programmes within their respective units, subject to approval by the Management Committee. All the units are interdependent on one-another; however each unit will be autonomous and implement their work-plans innovatively. This arrangement will enable the unit heads and staff members to exercise greater initiative in the discharge of their duties, and to work more cohesively as a team. It will also give more room for learning by doing, and for staff members to task their innate potentials for success.

To ensure that each unit work cohesively, unit members are provided with an appropriate work-space.

The roles and responsibilities of operational of each unit is as broadly described below:

Office of the Programme Director
• Resource mobilization
• Organizational development
• Financial management and control
• Organization-wide planning, monitoring and evaluation
• Strategic planning
• Programme development
• Alliance-building, networking and partnerships
• Image management and branding
• Liaise and develop DEVCOMS’ relationship with board and stakeholders including media, civil society, government, technical and donor partners

Office of the Programme Manager
• Programme coordination
• Programme planning and monitoring
• Conceptualize, design and plan projects
• Responsible for day-to-day running of projects and programmes
• Approval of unit programming strategies and operational direction
• Providing technical support for all units
• Motivation, sanction and supervision of all programme staff
• Donor reporting and management information systems
• Manage and build human resource capacities within units
• Lead in the development of yearly, quarterly and monthly unit work-plans
• Ensure implementation of organizational policies as it affects programmes
• Assist the Programme Director in overall running of the organization

Training and Capacity Building (TCB)
• Organize and coordinate all training programmes aimed at staff and stakeholders including workshops, seminars, roundtables etc
• Conduct training needs assessment for staff and stakeholders, and plan training programme accordingly
• Manage and coordinate the Internship and Mentoring Programmes
• Identify and develop other capacity needs of DEVCOMS main stakeholders – the journalists and media institutions – and develop plans to address these needs
• Identify and develop annual, quarterly and monthly training plans for staff and stakeholders
• Identify and develop a database of trainers, consultants and resource persons for all organization’s projects and activity areas.
• Maintain and update a database of all beneficiaries and participants in all DEVCOMS-organized training programmes
• Develop a method of generating feedback, ongoing communication and tracking impact of training programmes and progress of training alumni
• Conduct evaluation of training programmes, monitor impact and feed results into future training exercises

Research and Communication (R & C)
• Writing and production of all organization’s publications, including newsletters, bulletins, reports etc
• Maintain, manage and update the resource centre and library
• Maintain, manage, update and generate content for the website, SciPH and Reproductive Health Forums
• Monitoring, research and analyses of media publications on science and public health
• Production of annual reports, project reports and related publications
• Develop and maintain organization-wide management information system
• Communication and interfacing with organization’s stakeholders, especially the media
• Organize monthly roundtable discussion for journalist and other key stakeholders on relevant or current science and public health issues.
• Identify and organize DEVCOMS and stakeholders participation at Fellowships, Conferences and Events at the national and international levels.
• Daily assessment and dissemination of relevant information from the organization’s emails and other e-listserv

Policy and Advocacy (P&A)
• Responsible for all advocacy activities, including meetings, policy roundtables, networking events, coalition-building activities etc
• Participation in policy, advocacy and networking events and activities
• Conduct monitoring of critical science and public health-relevant policies, legislation and commitments to ensure strong linkages between policy and intervention
• Develop and maintain a list of personalities and stakeholders on critical science and public health issues
• Work with R & C unit to analyze and research interventions on all science and public health-policy related issues
• Implement the policy advocacy components of all DEVCOMS projects

Broadcast Media (BM)
• Production of all audio-visual programmes
• Maintain, manage and update the studio
• Work with R & C unit to monitor, research and analyze of media broadcasts on science and public health
• Provide necessary support to journalists from broadcast media working on science and public health issues

Administration and Finance
• Management of organization and project accounts
• Provide for day-to-day accounting and financial transactions
• Recruitment of personnel and maintenance of personnel records
• Implementation of the personnel policy
• Development of human resource capacities
• Office administration and maintenance
• Staff motivation, welfare and discipline
• Financial procedures and processes
• Stock-keeping, purchasing and inventory management
• Insurance, taxation, pension administration and legal matters
• Office maintenance and general support to programmes
• Generate and implement ideas towards the sustainability of the organization

Personnel
• Akin Jimoh (Mr) – Program Director

 • Iyalla Kayode - Program Assistant (Training and Research)  

• Ijeoma Iheme – Program Assistant (Broadcast Media)

• Bola Kolapo (Ms) - Program Accountant

• Femi Adeolu Amele (Mr)– Broadcast Media

Support Staff
• Akinpelumi Akinlolu (Mr) – Volunteer
• Lucky Kawekwune (Mr)– Volunteer
• Nkechi Offor (Ms) Cleaner