Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Recruits Director of Research and Documentation


Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) Recruits Director of Research and Documentation

The Electoral Institute (EI) is an organ of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which is responsible for training for elections and electoral research. 

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following position:

Position: Director of Research and Documentation


Location: Abuja

What we require from the candidate
Applicants for the post of Director of Research and Documentation shall have the following requirements: 

  • Demonstrable capacity to engage development partners and donor agencies generally and technical capacity to initiate proposals for funding support.
  • Capacity for team work, good judgement and resourcefulness. 
  • A Ph.D in the Social Sciences or Humanities with ten years cognate experience.
    • Ample publications in reputable journals with a bias in elections and democracy.
  • Demonstrable capacity and working knowledge of ICT
  • Ability to initiate and implement research work on elections, governance, voter education, gender, political violence and democratization in general.

Conditions of Services
The remuneration shall be commensurate with that of a Director in the Commissions.

Deadline for Application

18th December, 2013

How to Apply 

Interested candidate should be submitted to:

The Secretary,
Independent National Electoral Commission
Plot 436 Zambezi Crescent, 
Maitama District,