About the Role
Pan-Atlantic University is inviting applications for the position of Impact Story Specialist for the NiWEMA programme. Guided by our mission to form competent and committed professionals who serve with personal initiative and social responsibility, this role captures, crafts, and amplifies human stories of transformation across a five-year, 750,000-participant reach.
Key Responsibilities- Design and implement a systematic impact story collection framework spanning online and physical delivery streams, individual and cluster participation models, and diverse target sectors.
- Conduct in-depth interviews and fieldwork with participants, facilitators, and partners across Nigeria to gather evidence-based impact narratives.
- Develop cluster transformation stories documenting how sector-based groups in fashion, food, agriculture, and other industries have grown and accessed new markets.
- Write high-quality impact case studies, human interest stories, and programme profiles for funder reports, publications, and advocacy materials.
- Produce multimedia impact content including short video profiles, audio testimonials, photo essays, and social media assets in collaboration with communications.
- Collaborate with the Monitoring and Evaluation team to ensure qualitative impact stories complement and contextualise quantitative data.
- Ensure all impact documentation adheres strictly to informed consent, safeguarding, data protection, and ethical storytelling standards.
- Bachelor's degree in Communications, Journalism, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or a related field.
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in impact documentation, journalism, or storytelling within a development, NGO, or social enterprise context.
- Demonstrated expertise in producing impact case studies across digital contexts and field-based community settings.
- Proficiency in multimedia content production, including basic video, photography, and audio recording.
- Fluency in English is required; proficiency in major Nigerian languages (Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo) is a distinct advantage for field documentation.
- Deep commitment to ethical storytelling, participant dignity, and the responsible representation of vulnerable populations.
- Competitive compensation package aligned with industry standards.
- Opportunities for professional growth within a prestigious academic and development institution.
- Meaningful work directly contributing to women's enterprise development and national economic growth in Nigeria.