Impact Story Specialist

Impact Story Specialist

The Impact Story Specialist captures, crafts, and amplifies the human stories of transformation generated by NiWEMA across its full five-year scope, 750,000-participant reach, and dual delivery model. The role involves gathering and documenting impact narratives from individual entrepreneurs and sector-based clusters across Nigeria.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a systematic impact story collection framework.
• Conduct in-depth interviews and fieldwork with participants, facilitators, and partners.
• Develop cluster transformation stories across various sectors.
• Write high-quality impact case studies, human interest stories, and programme profiles.
• Produce multimedia content such as videos, audio testimonials, and photo essays.
• Maintain an organised, consent-verified archive of impact stories and multimedia assets.
• Collaborate with M&E function to ensure qualitative impact stories complement quantitative data.
• Identify and develop stories that highlight the program's gender impact.
• Ensure all documentation is conducted ethically and with informed consent.
• Support the Project Director in positioning NiWEMA as a thought leadership reference.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, Journalism, Development Studies, Social Sciences, or related field.
• Minimum of 6 years' experience in impact documentation, communications, journalism, or storytelling within a development, NGO, or social enterprise context.
• Demonstrated experience producing impact case studies across digital and field-based settings.
• Experience documenting collective or cluster-level impact is an advantage.
• Proficiency in multimedia content production including basic video, photography, and audio recording.
• Fluency in English. Proficiency in Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, or other Nigerian languages is an advantage.
• Deep commitment to ethical storytelling including informed consent and participant dignity.

How to Apply Please submit a cover letter and your CV to niwemaproject@pau.edu.ng, using the Job Title as subject line E.g "Project Director".