Programme Officer at Grid Consulting

The Programme Officer will provide operational and financial coordination to the Programme Partnership Agreement (PPA) activities and other assiqned projects within Malaria Consortium, Nigeria. She/he will report directly to the Country
Programme Manager and work closely with the in-C~untry Programme Management Team, Technical Coordinator and the UK PPA Coordinator.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Coordinate all inputs from the Country office towards completing all grant concept notes, applications and planning documents for PPAinitiatives;
• Manage and ensure proper maintenance of project registers, development of PPA initiatives progress reports and briefings on the implementation of the PPA initiatives;
• Work closely with the Finance team to finalise all budget requirements for PPA grants in Nigeria;
• Contribute to business development in terms of drafting and review of proposals and conducting of field or desk based research;
• Create and maintain consultant. database to include detailed movement, terms of reference and reports, tracking contract expiration and renewal and provide upto date information on consultants when required;
• Provide support on filing, documentation, minutes taking and other secretarial assignments during weekly meetings and when necessary;
• Provide support in the organization of other country office project initiatives, programme or workshops and trainings;

Qualification:

• Interested candidates must have a degree in either Public health, Social sciences, project management or other related fields.
• S/he must have at-least 5 years project management experience and demonstrable, experience in planning, evaluation, budgeting and financial monitoring.
• The ideal candidate must be analytic, highly organized, self-motivated with excellent communication skills.
• Candidates must be proficient in the use of Microsoft office packages especially MS Excel and other relevant database tools.