Jobs at Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI)

About the Project

• We are seeking expressions of interest from qualified Chief of Party candidates for anticipated USAID project in Nigeria focused on ending ocean plastic pollution in Nigeria. It will cover the overarching goal of developing, testing, and implementing new models to promote the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) in plastic waste management and enhanced solid waste management (SWM) in Nigeria.
• The proposed project will be implemented for a period of 5 years, covering different cities in Nigeria.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership, strategic technical direction, overall coordination, and management of the project.
• Manage the project’s implementation, including overall responsibility for personnel, efficient budgeting and financial management, and contract compliance.
• Develop strategic goals and ensure that the project complies with all USAID regulations.
• Identify issues and risks related to project implementation in a timely manner and suggest appropriate project adjustments, as required.
• Serve as the principal liaison with USAID and key stakeholders, ensuring the project meets stated goals and reporting requirements in a timely manner.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in a relevant subject matter related to Environmental Management, Waste Management, Recycling, Public Administration, Urban Planning, Engineering, or other related fields.
• Minimum of 15 years of project experience, preferably in Nigeria or other Sub-Saharan African countries.
• Previous experience in one or more of the following technical disciplines: solid waste management, circular economy, municipal management, urban service delivery, public policy and governance, sustainable livelihoods, urban planning, and/or other relevant technical areas.
• Strong familiarity with building capacity and commitment for Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling (3Rs), circular economy, and solid waste management.
• Minimum of 7 years in senior-level role leading and managing complex development programs and multi-disciplinary project teams, preferably as a Chief of Party or Deputy Chief of Party for a USAID-funded project or equivalent position with other donors.
• Ability to interact with and lead a broad range of governmental and non-governmental actors and institutions across sectors.
• Strong presentation skills and ability to synthesize technical and management data for a range of audiences.
• Excellent communication skills and fluency in written and spoken English.

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About the Project

• We are seeking candidates for various roles on an anticipated USAID funded project in Nigeria focused on ending ocean plastics pollution.
• It will cover the overarching goal of developing, testing, and implementing new models to promote the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) in plastic waste management and enhanced solid waste management (SWM) in Nigeria.
• The proposed project will be implemented for a period of 5 years, covering different cities in Nigeria.

Experts are sought in the following areas:

• Waste Management: Evaluating gaps in the current service delivery models, enhancing access, service reliability and management with a focus on urban and coastal communities and professionalizing waste management service delivery.
• Plastic Supply Chain and Recycling: assessing the plastic value chain; empowering communities resulting in community level and community led plastic recycling initiatives; community engagement in identifying opportunities to reduce, reuse and recycle plastics as well as design and implement effective plastic recovery approaches.
• Governance and Capacity Building: strengthening the enabling environment for solid waste management with emphasis on reducing ocean plastics; supporting implementation of government policies and improving solid waste management data availability, use and management. Supporting the capacity building of various SWM and plastic recycling stakeholder.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in a relevant subject matter, such as Environmental Management, Waste Management and Recycling, Engineering, Management / Administration, Statistics, Economics, Urban Planning, Environmental policy or other related fields.
• 8 to 10 years of experience in the solid waste and recycling industry including design, planning, and operations/management or collaboration with community-based organizations.
• Experience developing and implementing solid waste management strategies, mainly focused on ocean plastics, MRF design and operation, with international development programs, non-governmental organizations, or the private sector.
• Knowledge of the formal and informal waste collection and recycling sectors.
• Excellent knowledge of different virgin and non-virgin plastic resins; commodity trading and knowledge of the different HS codes for various recyclable materials.

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Summary of the Position

• Provide day-to-day application and technicalsupport to business end-userstotroubleshoot and resolve issues encountered in Oracle.
• Identify persistent problems and work with key stakeholders to address the root causes.
• Coordinate with hosting and support partners to log and resolve issues.
• Log and track Oracle Service Requests (SRs) as necessary.
• Develop functional and technical design documents that include detailed data mapping documentation, unit testing, and migration documents.
• Responsible for unit and integration testing of development work.
• TroubleshootOracle reports(both seeded and custom), alerts, workflows,extensions, andpersonalization. 

Duties and Responsibilities
Primary Responsibilities - Oracle EBS 12.1.3/12.2 production support:

• Provide day-to-day application and technicalsupport to business end-userstotroubleshoot and resolve issues encountered in Oracle.
  Identify persistent problems and work with key stakeholders to address the root causes.
  Coordinate with hosting and support partners to log and resolve issues.
  Log and track Oracle Service Requests (SRs) as necessary.
  Develop functional and technical design documents that include detailed data mapping documentation, unit testing, and migration documents.
  Responsible for unit and integration testing of development work.
  TroubleshootOracle reports(both seeded and custom), alerts, workflows,extensions, andpersonalization. 

Secondary Responsibilities – Oracle Cloud envrionment:

• Secondary focus will be similar to the primary responsibilities but on the Oracle Cloud environment.
• Working in Oracle Fusion environment to fix, enhance or develop new reports using OTBI

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of functional Oracle experience and a college degree. Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.
• Demonstrated technical knowledge of Oracle EBS 12.1.3, specifically in the modules for Oracle Projects, Finance, Human Resources, and Oracle Time and Labor.
• Demonstrated experience with SQL (familiarity with tools such as TOAD, SQL Developer is strongly desired)
• Proven ability to research, troubleshoot, and support complex system customizations. 
• Self-directed with strong organizational skills and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks/competing deadlines simultaneously.
• Proven ability to work independently, as well as part of a team.
• Organized and self-motivated.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex or technical information clearly, and tailor communication style to diverse audiences.
• Demonstrated ‘customer service’ mentality with the confidence to lead by example. 
• Strong interpersonal skills. Able to build and maintain strong working relationships with staff at all levels of the organization and external clients from diverse backgrounds.
• Willing and able to adjust work schedule, if needed, to support teams located in different time zones/countries.
• Authorized to work in Nigeria. Applicants must specify their preferred work country in their application.
• Equivalent education and experience will be considered.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least two years of experience in an IT focused customer support role, is strongly preferred.
• Experience with Oracle Cloud Financials and Projects preferred.
• General EBS Knowledge to deal with User accounts and access.
• One or more years of experience with Oracle Cloud (HR). 

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Background

• The purpose of the five-year (2020-2025) “State Accountability, Transparency and Effectiveness” (“State2State”) Activity is to increase the accountability, transparency and effectiveness of selected state and local governments (LGAs) in Nigeria.
• This will be achieved by: strengthening governance systems (with a focus on public financial management [PFM] and procurement, as well as monitoring and evaluation) related to the delivery of services in key sectors (basic education, primary health care, and water, sanitation and hygiene [WASH]); increasing government responsiveness to citizen needs and priorities; and improving government and civil society capacity to manage conflict (through work on prevention, mitigation and reconciliation with the same sectoral partners, not stand-alone assistance to the police or judiciary).
• State2State will achieve this purpose by facilitating the strengthening of subnational governance systems in a sustainable manner, supporting the efforts of local reformers, and building on locally derived solutions including, to the extent possible, reforms already working in other parts of Nigeria.

Position Objectives

• The Grants Manager will report and provide support to the Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) to ensure efficient and effective management of project grant funds.
• The Grants Manager will assume the overall responsibility for the management of the program grants portfolio in compliance with USAID and DAI rules and directives.
• The Grants Manager will provide technical oversight, quality assurance, and support to the Senior Grants Specialist, in the Bauchi main office, and the state-level Grants Specialists.

Responsibilities
The Grants Manager will:

• Directly supervise the Senior Grants Specialist.
• Support the development of a technical and management strategy to ensure grants align with S2S goals, scaling of activities, and risk mitigation.
• Provide capacity building and technical learning opportunities for Grants team members, grantees and subcontractors with whom State2State engages.
• Provide procedures and policy guidance and interpretation for program staff as well as grantees to ensure adherence to grant and subcontract management policies. Contribute to the design, implementation, and monitoring of the effectiveness and adequacy of the grant and subcontract policies, procedures, and processes.
• Evaluate grant and subcontract applications, proposals, and awards to ensure adherence to grants and subcontract management policies.
• Ensure proper negotiation of the terms and conditions for grants.
• Review and analyze budget estimates for allowability, allocability, reasonableness, and consistency.
• Prepare grant agreements and assist with supervision/implementation of grants, including closure and disposition plans.
• Monitor grantees and subcontracting organizations to confirm that funds allocated are used for specified purposes.
• Review procurement processes under grants to ensure competitiveness and compliance.
• Review payment requests submitted by grantees and subcontractors including acceptability of milestones/deliverables. Follow up proactively and timely on resolution of inconsistencies or questioned costs.
• Oversee the grants and subcontract close-out process, working with the Senior Grants Specialist to ensure complete documentation of relevant documents.
• Prepare regular reports on grants for the Chief of Party (CoP).
• Other responsibilities of a reasonable nature as assigned by the DFA or CoP.
• The Grants Manager will report to the Director of Finance and Administration.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Public Administration, Economics, or another relevant field. Master’s degree preferred.
• Working knowledge of US Government operations, policies, and procedures, and FAR regulations preferred.
• At least 10 years of related progressively more responsible grants experience including grants design and administration (experience with grants award and grants management as well as prior experience in the award and administration of subcontracts), preferably in the good governance sector.
• Working knowledge of USAID Contract Management and Grants Management policies and procedures required.
• Experience implementing grant policies and procedures required.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to engage with a wide range of organizations, beneficiaries, and related parties.
• Have both a willingness and ability to train and be trained.
• Advanced practical experience with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Strong oral and written communication skills in English.