Pact Nigeria Job Vacancies, 17th December 2014

Pact Nigeria seeks for highly experienced and qualified candidates to fill the vacant positions on a new project. The Strengthening Accountability & Quality Improvement Project (SAQIP) in Nigeria is designed to develop the capacity of the Gombe State Primary Health Care Development Agency
(SPHCDA) and its associated Local Government Authority (LGA) structures to carry out their mandate to provide quality maternal neonatal and child health services through public Primary Health Centers (PHCs), while empowering community structures such as Ward Development Committees (WDCs) to provide the oversight needed to ensure delivery of quality health services at PHCs. The project is based in Gombe, Gombe state with field offices in select local government headquarters.

The positions below are all based in Local Government Areas in Gombe State, with the exception of the IT assistant which will be based in Gombe.


Open to:              All qualified candidates
Opening Date:     December 16^th 2014
Closing Date:       December 24^th 2014
Station:                Gombe LGAs, Gombe State Nigeria


 Position: M&E and Learning Assistant
Description:

• Supports all M&E functions at LGA level, including data related to LGA Health Teams, PHCs, WDCs and sub-grantees.
• Possession of 2 years of cognate experience in monitoring and evaluation in an INGO or NGO. Experience working with Civil Society Organizations and Government partners a strong plus.
• Preference will be given to applicants who speak Hausa and understand the local context.

• Supports general office functions including logistics, procurement, and maintenance of assets.
• 1-2 years project office assistant experience required. Preference will be given to applicants who speak Hausa and understand the local context.

• Supports trouble shooting with internet, GIS and SMART phone usage. Supports data entry and database creation.
• Sc. in Computer Science, information Technology or its equivalent.
• At least 2 years relevant experience in areas of information Technology management with a minimum of 1 year in an International NGO.

• Supports all finance and grants functions at LGA level including local procurement and advances to WDCs on sub grants.
• Possession of 2 years of cognate experience in fund accounting in an INGO or NGO. Experience with accounting standards/practices of international organization a strong plus.

• Responsible for ensuring the day to day implementation of capacity development interventions taking place under the design of the program and directs organizational and relational capacity development of LGA Health Teams and WDCs.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in capacity development of CSOs and/or government partners. Preference will be given to applicants who speak Hausa and understand the local context

• Provides support for quality programming at LGA levels. Communicates, consult and engage with stakeholders to ensure that initiatives meet policy obligations. Works within the LGA offices to support outreach with ward development committees (WDCs)
• 3 years demonstrated substantial experience in community engagement. Preference will be given to applicants who speak Hausa and understand the local context.

• Provides daily program support services ensuring high quality, accuracy and consistency of work to the SPHCDA in coordination with the HSS Advisor.
• 2 years program support experience required. Preference will be given to applicants who speak Hausa and understand the local context.

• Serves as a liaison with sub grantees managing mother’s groups. The Mother’s group assistant provides ongoing mentoring to sub-grantees managing Mothers Groups, collects data from sub-grantees on Mother’s groups and enters information into database and analyzes.
• 2 years program support experience in economic empowerment or strengthening project is required. Preference will be given to applicants who speak Hausa and understand the local context.