Jobs
Current Job Vacancies at FHI 360, 13th November, 2018
FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender, youth, research and technology - creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories.
We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the position below:
Job Title: Finance Manager
Requisition: 2018202205
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job Type: Full time
Job Description
- FHI 360 is currently seeking a qualified Finance Manager for the upcoming five-year DFID Nigeria Health Investment programme.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage finance-related and operations aspects of the project.
- Establish and maintain sound and transparent accounting and fiscal control procedures for financial, sub-award and operations aspects of programme
- Ensure compliance of financial and operations systems with FHI 360 policies and procedures, DFID rules and regulation, terms and conditions, award requirements, and Government of Nigeria’s laws.
- Develop, analyze and monitor program budgets; monitor and track obligations and expenditures against budgets
- Advise the Finance and Administration Director regularly on financial matters
- Provide technical assistance, as needed, to local partners on financial compliance and reporting
- Prepare and submit periodic financial and accrual reports to DFID as required by the contract
- Contribute to the development of high-quality work plans, quarterly and annual reports, financial reports, and any other reports required by DFID
- Liaise with internal and external auditors in the review of project financial management
- Supervise other project-based finance and accounting staff
Minimum Requirements
- Master's Degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field is strongly preferred; or a Bachelor's accounting degree with 10 years' experience.
- 8+ years of relevant experience in administrative and financial management, including overseeing the finance and operations of equally large and complex projects.
- 2+ years’ experience working in a developing country; Nigeria experience is strongly preferred.
- Familiarity with HMG rules and regulations for commercial contracts is required.
- Knowledge in generally-accepted accounting, budgeting and fiscal control principles.
- Demonstrated experience and skills in developing and managing budgets of $50 million dollars or larger
- Relevant skills in automated accounting software systems and database spreadsheets;
- Experience building capacity in financial management of community-based organizations and implementing partners;
- Demonstrated ability to create and maintain effective working relations with NGO partners, community-based organizations and international donor agencies.
- Demonstrated leadership qualities, depth and breadth of financial management expertise
- Ability to work independently and manage a high-volume work flow
- Relevant computer software skills and familiarity with accounting software (including, at a minimum, the standard applications in MS Office)
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Job Title: Director of Finance & Administration
Ref No: 2018202201
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job Description
- FHI 360 is currently seeking a qualified Director of Finance and Administration for the upcoming five-year DFID Nigeria Health Investment programme.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide leadership to finance and operations aspects of the project, including general administrative processes, financial management, sub-award management, human resources, accounting, and logistics
- Establish and maintain sound and transparent accounting and fiscal control procedures for financial, sub-award and operations aspects of programme
- Ensure compliance of financial and operations systems with FHI 360 policies and procedures, DFID rules and regulation, terms and conditions, award requirements, and Government of Nigeria’s laws.
- Develop, analyze and monitor program budgets; monitor and track obligations and expenditures against budgets
- Manage project procurement processes
- Advise senior leadership regularly on financial and operations-related matters
- Provide technical assistance, as needed, to local partners on financial compliance and reporting
- Prepare and submit periodic financial and accrual reports to DFID as required by the contract
- Contribute to the development of high-quality work plans, quarterly and annual reports, financial reports, and any other reports required by DFID
- Liaise with internal and external auditors in the review of project financial management
- Supervise other project-based administrative, finance, procurement, administrative and contract staff
Minimum Requirements
- Master's Degree or higher in accounting, finance, business administration or related field is strongly preferred; or a Bachelor’s accounting degree with 10 years’ experience.
- 10+ years of relevant experience in administrative and financial management, including overseeing the finance and operations of equally large and complex projects.
- 2+ years’ experience working in a developing country; Nigeria experience is strongly preferred.
- Familiarity with HMG rules and regulations for commercial contracts is required.
- Knowledge in generally-accepted accounting, budgeting and fiscal control principles.
- Demonstrated experience and skills in developing and managing budgets of $50 million dollars or larger
- Relevant skills in automated accounting software systems and database spreadsheets;
- Experience building capacity in financial management of community-based organizations and implementing partners;
- Demonstrated ability to create and maintain effective working relations with NGO partners, community-based organizations and international donor agencies.
- Demonstrated leadership qualities, depth and breadth of financial management expertise
- Ability to work independently and manage a high-volume work flow
- Relevant computer software skills and familiarity with accounting software (including, at a minimum, the standard applications in MS Office)
Remuneration
The following is a summary of fringe benefits provided by FHI 360 to eligible employees:
Core benefits:
- Comprehensive medical plans (PPOs)
- Dental insurance
- Vision coverage
- Group life and AD&D insurance
- Health savings account
- Long-term disability
- Medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Dependent life insurance
- Business travel insurance
- Supplemental personal accident insurance
- Supplemental disability
- Life insurance
- Paid vacation, sick and parental leave
- 403(b) retirement plan
- Pension plan
Other benefits (will vary depending on work location):
- Public transportation program
- On-site fitness center
- Local credit union membership
- Health and wellness program
- Employee assistance program
- Qualified tuition programs (529 plans)
- Bicycle subsidy
- Legal assistance plan
- Pet insurance.
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Job Title: Monitoring & Evaluation and Value for Money Manager
Requisition - 2018202204
Location: Abuja
Description
- FHI 360 is seeking candidates for a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Director to provide technical leadership to an anticipated DFID-funded, five-year Health Investment Programme in Nigeria.
Key Responsibilities
- Designs and oversees the monitoring, evaluation and learning activities of the project;
- Leads the design, development, planning, and implementation of project evaluation activities. This includes development and dissemination of tools, materials, reports, papers, and intervention linked research;
- Ensure activities leverage best practices and deliver Value for Money (VfM) for DFID
- Develop strategies and tools for the design and implementation of monitoring of specific technical components;
- Work closely with the heads of projects to co-design monitoring tools, selecting indicators, and determining field monitoring responsibilities. Works to ensure tool compatibility and coordination within the M&E framework, and consistency with national and donor requirements;
- Responsible for providing technical assistance, developing and setting up systems for the timely collection, management, analysis, and reporting of valid and reliable data that meet donor reporting requirements;
- Focus on strengthening the M&E system, building capacity of partners and staff, and improving alignment and support to host-country M&E systems;
- Develop and lead the implementation of a robust learning agenda for continuous learning, collaboration and adaptation;
- Undertake periodic reviews of program and/or country M&E systems, and participate in planning M&E system strengthening actions. Provide guidance on information systems for quality assurance, as well as best practices documentation and reporting;
- Oversee the publication and dissemination of information on successful and promising approaches, lessons learned and other program results to program partners, donors, Government of Nigeria counterparts and other key stakeholders.
Minimum Requirements
- Master's Degree or higher in Monitoring and Evaluation, Public Health, Demography, Health Management, Social Science, Biostatistics, Statistics, or a related field required.
- 8+ years’ experience in monitoring, evaluation and research efforts, with at least five years experience in a management position.
- Strong understanding and demonstrated effective application of VfM
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills and ability to articulate technical information clearly and effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrated expertise in rigorous quantitative and qualitative research and analytical methods;
- Experience with DFID-funded projects;
- Strong background or formal training in evaluating international development programs such as but not limited to, Health Systems Strengthening, Integrated Health, Family Planning and Reproductive Health and/or Maternal and Child Health;
- Excellent report writing, analytical, and communication skills, including oral presentation skills.
- Extensive experience in knowledge management and dissemination of research findings.
- Demonstrated ability to create and maintain effective working relations with host country government personnel, stakeholders, NGO partners, and international donor agencies.
- Fluency in English required, proficiency in Hausa preferred
- Strong interpersonal, writing, and oral presentation skills in English.
- Ability to work independently and manage a high-volume work flow.
- Experience with and documented skills for design, implementation and oversight of electronic data collection tools (DHIS2, DHIS2 Tracker, CommCare, SurveyCTO), and in the use of data visualization techniques and software (DHIS2, Tableau, PowerBI, etc.)
- Strong skills using MS Excel Word, PowerPoint and Access, and at least one data management software program (SAS, SPSS, Epi Info, Atlas) and experience training others in its use is highly desirable.
Remuneration
The following is a summary of fringe benefits provided by FHI 360 to eligible employees:
Core benefits:
- Comprehensive medical plans (PPOs)
- Dental insurance
- Vision coverage
- Group life and AD&D insurance
- Health savings account
- Long-term disability
- Medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Dependent life insurance
- Business travel insurance
- Supplemental personal accident insurance
- Supplemental disability
- Life insurance
- Paid vacation, sick and parental leave
- 403(b) retirement plan
- Pension plan
Other benefits (will vary depending on work location):
- Public transportation program
- On-site fitness center
- Local credit union membership
- Health and wellness program
- Employee assistance program
- Qualified tuition programs (529 plans)
- Bicycle subsidy
- Legal assistance plan
- Pet insurance.
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Job Title: State Team Leader
Location: Abuja
Job Descriptions
- FHI 360 is currently seeking qualified State Team Leaders for the upcoming five-year DFID Nigeria Health Investment programme.
- State Team Leaders will oversee implementation the programme in the states determined by DFID.
- The position is contingent on the requirements of the solicitation and upon award to FHI 360.
Key Responsibilities
- The State Team Leaders will ensure programme objectives are achieved. Other key responsibilities include;
- Coordinate all terms of reference, reports (quarterly and annual) in line with approved budgets for the programme management and DFID
- Work closely with Deputy Team Leader, Strategic Management in planning and budgeting of programme activities
- Oversee and provide regular supportive supervision on performance and review of the process of project implementation in all programme activities
- Provide support to the Deputy Team Leader, Strategic Management on technical, administrative, and operational management of the programme
- Support the Deputy Team Leader in managing regular correspondence with DFID representatives on various stages of programme implementation;
- Responsible for the line management and supervision of Finance Officers and Admin Officers, Technical Officers, as well as participating in the recruitment of new staff into these positions as needed.
- Monitor the implementation of value for money initiatives as well as other milestone delivery reports;
- Lead the development of work plans and budgets and communicate these to staff and partners.
- Oversee strategy implementation and delivery of results in the state with close working relationship with the Deputy Team Leaders for strategic direction.
- Ensure compliance with DFID’s terms and conditions as well as FHI 360 rules and regulations
Minimum Requirements
- Master’s Degree or higher in Public Health, Policy and Governance, Health Economics, or other relevant field required
- At least 6 years of mid-level experience implementing, and managing or evaluating complex health programmes, with an emphasis on health systems strengthening; health financing; and/or health sector policy and strategies
- Demonstrated technical depth and understanding of the health policy environment and governance in Nigeria or in a country of similar development context; experience in Nigeria, particularly in the Northern regions preferred
- Demonstrated success managing large, complex international donor programmes; previous experience in managing a DFID contract strongly preferred
- Experience building and maintaining partnerships with other development programmes, local organizations, host country governments, and international agencies
- Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills in English required, working knowledge of Hausa preferred
- This job description summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.
Remuneration
The following is a summary of fringe benefits provided by FHI 360 to eligible employees:
Core benefits:
- Comprehensive medical plans (PPOs)
- Dental insurance
- Vision coverage
- Group life and AD&D insurance
- Health savings account
- Long-term disability
- Medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Dependent life insurance
- Business travel insurance
- Supplemental personal accident insurance
- Supplemental disability
- Life insurance
- Paid vacation, sick and parental leave
- 403(b) retirement plan
- Pension plan
Other benefits (will vary depending on work location):
- Public transportation program
- On-site fitness center
- Local credit union membership
- Health and wellness program
- Employee assistance program
- Qualified tuition programs (529 plans)
- Bicycle subsidy
- Legal assistance plan
- Pet insurance.
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Job Title: Deputy Team Leader, Technical
Requisition: 2018202203
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job Type: Full time
Job Description
- FHI 360 is currently seeking a qualified Deputy Team Leader, Technical for the upcoming five-year DFID Nigeria Health Investment programme.
- Serving as a member of the senior management team, the Deputy Team Leader supports the Team Leader to lead and oversee the technical activity implementation.
- The position is contingent upon award to FHI 360.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide management leadership (programmatic, financial, and administrative) for the programme, ensuring full alignment with national and international standards
- Lead development of the programme’s overall implementation strategy and workplans with the Team Leader and other senior level technical staff
- Supervise national level technical teams
- Ensures the programme provides and demonstrates good value for money
- Oversee the implementation of the programme, working with state-level teams to ensure the timely achievement of targets and the technical quality of all programme deliverables
- Supervise key personnel, assign responsibility, and enforce accountability
- Effectively represent FHI 360 and maintain working relationships with DFID, government counterparts, and relevant civil society organizations
- Communicate and collaborate effectively with the country DFID office, Federal and State Ministries of Health, State and local leadership, civil society, communities, and FHI 360 headquarters
- Maintain strong working relationships with programme staff, subcontractors, and external stakeholders
- Exercise sound financial management skills, including efficient programme spending
- Support the preparation and delivery to the client of budget variations and contract amendments
- Ensure compliance with DFID and FHI 360 rules and regulations.
Minimum Requirements
- Master's Degree or higher in Public Health, Policy and Governance, Health Economics, or other relevant field required
- At least 8 years of senior-level experience designing, implementing, and managing or evaluating complex health programmes, with an emphasis on health systems strengthening; health financing; and/or health sector policy and strategies
- Demonstrated technical depth and understanding of the health policy environment and governance in Nigeria or in a country of similar development context; experience in Nigeria, particularly in the Northern regions preferred
- Demonstrated success managing large, complex international donor programmes; previous experience in managing a DFID contract strongly preferred
- Experience building and maintaining partnerships with other development programmes, local organizations, host country governments, and international agencies
- Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills in English required, working knowledge of Hausa and other local languages preferred
Remuneration
The following is a summary of fringe benefits provided by FHI 360 to eligible employees:
Core benefits:
- Comprehensive medical plans (PPOs)
- Dental insurance
- Vision coverage
- Group life and AD&D insurance
- Health savings account
- Long-term disability
- Medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Dependent life insurance
- Business travel insurance
- Supplemental personal accident insurance
- Supplemental disability
- Life insurance
- Paid vacation, sick and parental leave
- 403(b) retirement plan
- Pension plan
Other benefits (will vary depending on work location):
- Public transportation program
- On-site fitness center
- Local credit union membership
- Health and wellness program
- Employee assistance program
- Qualified tuition programs (529 plans)
- Bicycle subsidy
- Legal assistance plan
- Pet insurance.
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Note: The above job description summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.
