Jobs
Graduate Jobs in an Internationally Funded Development Project in Nigeria, November 2014
A New Internationally Funded Development Project seeks the following
candidates for immediate placement in a new Abuja office to manage an
innovative advocacy in child and family health project.
Position: Monitoring and Evaluation Officer/Assistant – Abuja
- The M&E officer MUST be passionate about using data to track the
performance of the project.
- S/he will operationalize the M&E
framework of the project by developing the M&E plan;
- tracking and
evaluating all activities and conducting baseline, midterm and end line
evaluations; develop and review annual M&E budgets and work-plans
for grantee and sub-grantees;
- develop and implement M&E reporting
guidelines and systems designed to inform the direction of the project,
including data quality and data use strategies;
- ensure the alignment of
research and M&E activities with program goals, and contribute to
the development of annual work-plans to identify project targets and
ensure inclusion of M&E activities; and train grantee and
sub-grantee M&E staff on M&E guidelines, survey instruments,
data collection tools, and other tools for M&E.
- The ideal candidate
will have 3-4 years’ experience conducting M&E in an international
environment or a donor funded public health or rights based program;
- knowledge of statistical software (such as SPSS, EPI-INFO);
- strong
interest and competences in data collection and analysis;
- first degree
in the Social Sciences having read statistics.
- A post-graduate Degree in
Demography, Statistics, Sociology, Development Studies or Public Health
will be an advantage.
Position: Finance Officer (1 position in Abuja, 1 position in Kano)
Under the direction of the Director Grants and Finance, the Finance
Officer will make and manage budgets and be responsible for ensuring
compliance with contractual requirements of donor funds.
- S/he will assist the Director of Grants and Finance to ensure the
accurate keeping of all books of accounts for projects; including
checking account, supply registers and all accounting records; ensure
compliance with the contractual financial requirements of the project;
support accounting workflows of the office.
- The incumbent will also be required to prepare financial reports for
projects, monitor and track obligations and expenditure as well as
analyze burn rates; provide training and backstopping on the accounting
systems.
- The ideal candidate will possess a first degree in Accounting,
Finance, Business Administration or in any other relevant field with 2-5
years of post National Youth Service experience, of which at least 1
year must be in similar role in a donor funded program.
- A candidate with professional accounting qualification; proven
ability to management grants; excellent computer skills with specialty
in spread sheet, accounting software or a relevant Post Graduate Degree
will have an advantage.
Salaries and fees are competitive and staff will be engaged on the basis of 1 year renewable contracts over 3 years.
Other Vacancies: Suitably qualified candidates are also encouraged to apply for vacancies of
Office Assistant and Program Assistant. The project also has openings for Public Health and Organizational Effectiveness consultants.
Application Procedure:
Qualified candidates should submit CV and 1 page letter of application to:
[email protected] before
30th November 2014 for first screening and 14th December for second screening.
Please insert applicant’s full name and post applied for in the subject
of the E-mail.
Only shortlist candidates will be contacted for an
interview.
