DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION

Lextorah LDS

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Lagos, ng on site Until 8/21/2026 First posted February 23, 2026 Last posted February 23, 2026
Job description

The Electoral Institute (EI) is an organ of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which is responsible for training for eclections and electoral research.Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for this position.

A Ph.D in the Social Sciences or Humanities with ten years cognate experience.

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.

Demonstrable capacity to engage development partners and donor agencies generally and technical capacity to initiate proposals for funding support.

Capacity for team work, good judgment and resourcefulness.


About this role

Summary

Lead research on elections, governance, voter education, and democratization; engage partners.

Job title

Director of Research and Documentation

Experience level

10+ years

Industry

government

Location requirements

Lagos, Nigeria; remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

Ph.Dsocial sciencesICTresearchfundraising

Preferred skills

teamworkjudgmentresourcefulness

Specializations

electionsgovernancevoter educationdemocratization
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Lagos, Nigeria

On-site City