Job Vacancies at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Controlling the daily cash/check management, supporting the project accounting staff, overseeing and preparing the projects books in accordance with the Finance Manager's instructions and MSF protocols, standards and procedures in order to provide accurate, reliable and updated financial information.

Accountabilities

• Controlling the daily cash and check management and ensuring that all receipts and documentation meet MSF requirements (procedures, deadlines, information, signatures ...). Tracking bills/vouchers, invoices and other running costs and analysing the related information (costs, service contracts ...) in order to give reliable and updated information.
• Controlling cash advances and cashbook movements for each petty cash box, recording all IN and Out transactions, ensuring that cashbox balances always reflect the actual amount of money kept in the cashboxes and investigating any discrepancy. Ensuring strict compliance with cash control procedures for each cashbox / currency (daily cash control, weekly cash inventory and reconciliations)
• Performing currency exchange operations in accordance with the country's exchange rate policy
• Ensuring a monthly account report in accordance with MSF procedures, checking individual entries and preparing the necessary administrative documents (originals) as a basis for justification and explanation of payments and receipts made.
• Preparing the timely payment of taxes .
• Being responsible for the processing of accounting software peripheral accounting (project and capital) including checking the quality of the mission accounting allocations and their conformity (correct encoding of salaries, following up and matching of internal transfers and advances in the mission, checking invoices and their allocations, preparing payment order documents to be sent to HQ). Analysing the problems of the cash box discrepancies and giving technical help to find solutions.
• Being responsible for filing accounting documents and their annexes, preparing documents for audits, organizing the scanning of documents and archiving mission financial documents.

Context Specific Accountabilities

• Cash box management and ensuring that all invoices, receipts and documentation meet MSF requirements (procedures, deadlines, information, signatures, etc.).
• Encoding Cash and bank entries in Unifield.
• Ensuring strict compliance with cash control procedures for each cashbox / currency (daily cash control, weekly cash inventory and reconciliations)
• Periodically traveling to project locations to support the finance teams or/and gap filling if there is need.
• Involved in progressive training of the field teams.
• Cover the functions of the Accounting Manager / Finco Assistant in coordination if there is need.
• Organizing the scanning of documents and archiving mission financial documents, ensuring proper filing of accounting documents.
• Assist the Accounting Manager with preparation of yearly audit requirements.
• Responsible for remitting all statutory Contributions to all government offices.

Minimum Required Skills and Qualifications
Education:

• B.Sc in Accounting / Finance / Business Administration
• Professional qualification Professional qualification such as ACA. ACCA, ICAN, CFA etc.
• Knowledge of financial management systems, accounting policies and standards, tax management, cost accounting, Budgeting and planning, etc.

Experience:

• In administration and accountability (minimum of 2 years).
• Knowledge of Unifield Accounting package or any other similar ERP
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel databases and MS Office (Outlook, Word)
• Prior work experience with an INGO would be beneficial.

Note: This job description may be amended in line with the activities or evolution of the Mission.

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Main Purpose

• Promoting, implementing and following up the universal hygiene standards/ precautions, bio-hazard prevention and infection control, security rules and ensuring high standards of hygiene of his/her working environment.

Job Description

• Ensure daily availability of water, soap in all HWP.
• Ensure that all staff who work in this area know the procedures and protocol and respect all procedures and standards in term of IPC.
• Ensure rigor hygiene in the caretaker area
• Ensure that all the cleaners in duty prepare surfanios before started their duty
• Ensure that all wards are cleaned before ward round and cleaner stay available close to his dedicated ward.
• Ensure that all the procedures are knew and respected by all staff.
• Ensure asepsis before and during all procedures
• Ensure the disinfection of all bed and mattress by the cleanersbetween two patients.
• Ensure the availability of hydro alcoholic and sufanios before each ward round of the doctor.
• Ensure that all admitted patients receive the admission kit.
• Perform cleaning and minor maintenance for biomedical equipment used. Following the user manual and protocols and alert supervisor in case of malfunctioning.
• Supervising and training nurse-aids, nutritional assistants, cleaners and other related staff under the supervision, ensuring teamwork and adherence to all appropriate protocols and procedures.

Requirements
Education:

• Essential: recognized Nurse Degree / Diploma
• Desirable Bachelor’s in Science of Nursing

Experience:

• Desirable: 2 years of previous experience and previous experience in other NGO’s
• Demonstrable experience in supervising and training others in a team setting.

Languages:

• Essential fluent in English / Hausa.

Competencies:

• Results and Quality Orientation
• Teamwork and Cooperation
• Behavioral Flexibility
• Commitment to MSF Principles
• Stress Management.

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Main Purpose

• Supporting the Water, Hygiene and Sanitation (Watsan) Manager in the implementation and supervision of Watsan activities, including tools and materials employed according to MSF standards and protocols, in order to improve health and living conditions of the target population.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the day-to-day implementation and administration of assigned Watsan activities at project level, including but not limitedto, water supply, excreta disposal, waste management, vector control, and dead bodies management
• Ensuring that the MSF procedures and protocols are followed by the Watsan teams to guarantee the operational quality of the project;
• Ensuring the maintenance and repair of technical equipment in the project to guarantee an adequate running of Watsan activities;
• Ensuring the distribution of the materials and tools used in water treatment, hygiene and sanitation (e.g. physical organization andinventory of stocks, receiving and processing orders for water, sanitation and hygiene material, check that the amounts receivedare recorded, and check monthly consumptions, etc.);
• Supporting the Watsan Manager in ensuring an appropriate emergency preparedness and response capacity informing and involvingthe Watsan Manager in case of any major management or technical issue, and providing all required reporting
• Supporting the Watsan Manager in the team planning (e.g. staff rosters and admin, HR processes, etc.)
• Planning and supervising the HR processes (recruitment, training, performance evaluation, tasks definition and internal andexternal communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledgerequired for the activity.
• Participating in data collection and reporting as required.

Requirements
Education:

• Technical Diploma, desirable specialization in water and sanitation.

Experience:

• Previous experience in technical works and organizing of multiple activities, preferably within MSF or similar work environment.

Languages:

• Essential fluent in English / Hausa.

Knowledge:

• Computer literacy.

Competencies:

• Results and Quality Orientation
• Teamwork and Cooperation
• Behavioral Flexibility.
• Commitment to MSF Principles.
• Stress Management.

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Main Purpose

• Perform counseling and education sessions to patients, following different medical and mental health MSF protocols and procedures, in order to improve their psychosocial condition.

Job Description

• Identify the psychosocial, socio-economic and administrative needs for patients
• Actively promote the availability of counselling services and carry out, individual or in group counseling, basic psycho educationalsessions, to patients, their families (when needed), in order to alleviate their psychosocial difficulties within the project scope.
• Support loss and grief in case of deaths in our facilities.
• Refer patients to other specialists or other institutions for further assistance, when necessary in order to propose the best supportavailable.
• Participate in the creation of any material needed for counseling activities and look after it.
• Keep files and statistics of daily activities and participate in team meetings to share experiences and discuss special cases withother counselors, preserving confidentiality
• Inform line manager of any problem of any kind arising during the day-to-day activities.
• Take active part in trainings, supervisions/intervisions and support the activities manager when necessary in doing sensitization forMSF staff or external partners about mental health /psychosocial issues.
• Discuss difficulties and problems in counselling with supervisor.

Requirements
Education:

• Counseling, Social Work, Psychology or other similar Degree / Diploma

Experience:

• 1-year experience essential.
• Experience with NGO desirable.

Languages:

• Essential fluent in English / Hausa.

Competencies:

• Results and Quality Orientation
• Teamwork and Cooperation
• Flexibility
• Commitment to MSF Principles.

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Main Purpose

• Provide nursing care, treatment and follow-up for children according to doctors’ prescriptions, MSF protocols, universal hygienic standards and precautions, in order to ensure a good delivery of care.

Job Description

• Knowing, promoting, implementing and following up the universal hygiene standards/ precautions, bio-hazard prevention and infection control, security rules and ensuring high standards of hygiene of his/her working environment.
• Respecting medical secrets and confidentiality at all times.
• Organizing and carrying out care and treatments according to medical prescriptions, and assisting during consultations, daily rounds and other medical procedures. Participating in health education of the patient (and family) when necessary.
• Ensuring patients are properly assisted, especially regarding their feeding and personal hygiene.
• During emergencies, detecting the priority acute/emergency cases, carrying out first aid care and referring them to the doctor when necessary.
• Sending material to be sterilized and recuperates it from sterilization.
• Carrying out admission, surveillance and follow-up of patients
• Carrying and supervising administrative procedures and documents ensuring an appropriate written/oral handover, and reporting any problematic situations and cases that may arise.
• Participating in data collection and keeping doctors/supervisors informed.
• Participating in the department-related pharmacy and medical equipment control and maintenance.
• Perform cleaning and minor maintenance for biomedical equipment used. Following the user manual and protocols and alert supervisor in case of malfunctioning.
• Supervising and training nurse-aids, nutritional assistants, cleaners and other related staff under his/her supervision, ensuring teamwork and adherence to all appropriate protocols and procedures.

Requirements
Education:

• Essential: recognized Nurse Degree / Diploma
• Desirable Bachelor’s in Science of Nursing

Experience:

• Desirable 2 years of previous experience and previous experience in other NGO’s
• Demonstrable experience in supervising and training others in a team setting.

Languages:

• Essential fluent in English / Hausa.

Competencies:

• Results and Quality Orientation
• Teamwork and Cooperation
• Behavioral Flexibility
• Commitment to MSF Principles
• Stress Management.