Consultant at Catholic Relief Services (CRS)

Project Background

• CRS has a long and rich history of collaboration with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (Global Fund). In Nigeria, CRS has been a Co-Principal Recipient (PR) of the Global Fund Malaria grant since January 2017. As a Co-PR, CRS partnered with its sub-recipients, the National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP), the State Malaria Elimination Program (SMEP), and other stakeholders to coordinate and implement Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention since 2018.
• For the 2024-2026 Grant Cycle 7 (GC7) of the Global Fund Malaria grant, CRS has remained a Co-PR with NMEP, strengthening the synergy and collaboration with NMEP to improve access, efficiency, and impact of quality malaria services in the 13 GF-supported states.
• These critical interventions include malaria treatment and prevention services such as facility and community-based case management of malaria, seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC), ITN campaign/Routine distribution, Integrated ITN and SMC campaign, social and behaviour change activities, and routine M & E activities. CRS implements through three sub-recipients - Society for Family Health (SFH), Malaria Consortium (MC), and Management Sciences for Health (MSH) to support SMC implementation in 8 states (Adamawa, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Niger, Taraba, and Yobe) in collaboration with the NMEP who provides leadership and ICT4D support for the campaign.

Duties and Responsibilities
The Consultant will be working to support the CRS Finance team under the direct supervision of the GFM Deputy Finance and Grant Director.

Their Duties and rRsponsibilities are as follows:

• Review and analyze supporting documentation of financial transactions to ensure all required documents are accurate and complete for external reviewers and auditors.
• Ensure total compliance with donor and CRS grant regulations and reporting requirements.
• Monthly complete validation of SR transactions.
• Work with assigned SR to ensure timeliness in meeting various financial reports submission deadlines.
• Follow-up and Close-out all compliance and other findings during the quarterly monitoring visits to the assigned SR.
• Assume other tasks as directed by the GFM Deputy Finance and Grant Director for the GF grant implementation.

Key Requirements

• B.Sc. degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business Administration. Strongly preferred courses in accounting.
• Professional qualification in accounting (ACA/ACCA/CPA) an added advantage
• Minimum of three years accounting experience, preferably with an international or local NGO.
• Familiarity with Global Fund regulations is preferred.
• Proficient in Excel and experience with Word and PowerPoint.

Personal Skills:

• Excellent analytical skills with ability to detect and report inconsistencies.
• Excellent organizational skills with great attention to detail.
• Ethical conduct in accordance with recognized professional and organizational codes of ethics.
• Proactive, resourceful, solutions and results oriented.
• Ability to work collaboratively.
• Effective verbal and listening communications skills

Duration

• This engagement will be for an initial period of Seven (7) Months, subject to renewal upon satisfactory performance.

Remuneration
The Consultant will receive a remuneration that corresponds to his or her level of experience, in accordance with the CRS policy on remuneration for services rendered. Modalities for payment will be specified in the service contract, which will be signed between the Consultant and CRS.