Associate, Program DTW (South South) at Evidence Action

Job Purpose

• Evidence Action’s Deworm the World Initiative is an incredibly high-impact program, helping to treat over 6 million children annually for intestinal worms through providing technical assistance to governments in Nigeria. As an Associate, Deworm the World, you will collaborate daily with our zonal and in-country teams to support school-based deworming programs in Cross River State, Nigeria. Based in Cross River State and reporting to the Manager, Deworm the World Initiative, South-South, Nigeria, you will make important contributions to high-quality programs that deliver deworming treatment to millions of children each year. Energised by this opportunity for enormous impact (and by the prospect of becoming an expert on both parasitic worms and at-scale programming), you will provide critical support to operational, financial, project management, and communications. Your keen attention to detail and team-oriented approach to work will enable you to efficiently execute both short- and long-term projects, whether administrative or strategic in nature.
• Evidence Action is also piloting new programs and in case such will be implemented in Cross River State, the position holder will provide the needed support to the entire teams and to the stakeholders

Duties and Responsibilities

Project management support

• Support the Manager, South-South Nigeria, to track and manage work plans for technical assistance to mass school-based deworming programs and other projects.
• Draft and edit supporting program documentation, and coordinate review processes for external-facing deliverables such as reports, proposals, presentations, or briefs.
• Contribute to internal working groups to leverage experiences and learnings across the state program geographies.
• Occasionally contribute to operational research projects such as desk reviews and/or case studies.
• Support field teams on field collation and data administration for various activities through different technologies. Operational management support
• Work with the team to help develop and roll out knowledge management tools processes, and systems with the program team in Nigeria.
• Provide occasional support to draft and review MoUs, contracts, and partnership agreements.
• Take delegated responsibilities in logistical and field operation planning, supervision and reporting.
• Support the team to implement good practices in file storage and program documentation.
• Liaise with the operations department to arrange travel for staff, partners, and guests as needed.

Financial management support

• Submit and track payment requests
• Contribute to budget development and review processes.
• Facilitate monthly financial and budget monitoring report reviews.
• Provide occasional support to process invoices or payment requests as needed.

Communications support

• Coordinate with the team to gather communications material, including photos, data points, consent forms, etc
• As Evidence Action is a dynamic organisation, it must be willing to provide additional support to country teams as needed and perform other duties as assigned.

External Relationships:

• In collaboration with the Manager, programs, conduct stakeholder meetings at the country and sub-county levels, ensuring communications between the program and stakeholders are well managed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 3+ years’ work experience in the management of program work with community or social enterprises/NGOs.
• Organised and self-motivated individual who is dedicated to excellence and can complete tasks with minimal supervision
• Quick learner and problem solver who can quickly grasp program information and identify & act on opportunities for improvement
• Strong attention to detail
• Able to juggle competing priorities and deadlines, and to communicate clearly and proactively when plans change
• Demonstrated strong writing skills and project management skills
• Tech-savvy and experienced in using a range of cloud-based tools and systems (such as Asana and Slack etc), as well as Microsoft Office suite
• Team player who is eager to join a fast-paced, growing and diverse team with a start-up atmosphere
• Alignment with Evidence Action values