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Job Ref.: req10845

Project Overview and Role

• Palladium seeks a Finance Officer for the five-year, USAID-funded Nigeria Integrated Health Program (IHP) - Task Order 5 - Sokoto State. The goal of IHP is to contribute to state-level reductions  in child and maternal  morbidity  and mortality  and  to  increase  the  capacity  of health  systems  (public  and  private)  to  sustainably support quality PHC services.
• The purpose of Task Order 5 is to implement priority primary health interventions in Sokoto state to strengthen the state government area (LGA), and ward level health systems. The objectives of the program are a) strengthen systems supporting primary health care (PHC) services b) improve access to PHC services; and c) increase quality of PHC services. Strong engagement and collaboration with state government is expected throughout the program.
• Task Order 5 will coordinate closely with other USAID activities and other development partner programs in the state. USAID will intentionally overlay this activity with other Mission programming to increase Government of Nigeria (GON) resources for PHC services, increase demand for PHC services, and improve access to essential commodities. The activity is expected to collaborate closely with those other implementing partners and will not undertake any activities already implemented by other USAID programs.
• The Finance Officer (State Office) will report to and support the Finance Manager in Budget, Accounting and Financial Management functions. This position will be based in Sokoto and will support state office Finance Operations.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensures all finances are managed in alignment with the Nigerian government regulations, company and client’s financial policies and procedures.
• Support the Finance Manager to prepare, review and revise project budgets and expenditure forecasts.
• Forecast project expenditures through field office, timely submit field cash requests and manage cash flows in field office.
• Communicate and follow up with relevant suppliers, consultants, vendors, contractors and staff with regards to invoices, payments, advances or finances.
• Reconcile and review invoices for payments.
• Write checks and issue payments.
• Ensure applicable tax withholding and deductions are taken care of as per the Nigerian laws and regulations on all payments.
• Maintain up to date bank and petty cash account transaction records and supporting documentations.
• Record all financial transactions in the financial templates provided by HQ, accurately and in a timely fashion.
• Prepare, review and submit regular field vouchers and financial reports to Abuja Central Office as required.
• Collect bank statements for the bank accounts, review cash book, and reconcile the accounts.
• Support the Finance Manager to prepare, review monthly financial reports and inform/update expenditure forecast / budget on regular basis.
• Support the State Office to prepare for periodic Financial audits as may be required.
• Work closely with the Operations Officer for daily tasks and project management.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Grants Management Support.
• Review recipients’ finance vouchers.
• Process recipients’ invoices and payments.
• Reports to Finance Manager (State)

Required Qualifications

• University graduate in Financial Management, Business Administration, Accounting, Economics or other relevant field.
• At least 3-5 years of work experience in broader finance, accounts and operations management with an international organization and USG contracts experience preferred (including office management, HR, finance, IT, and logistics);
• Able to communicate effectively and excellent interpersonal skills to form effective working relationships at all levels;
• High level of computer literacy (proficiency in MS Excel would be added advantage)
• Ability to deal appropriately with sensitive issues and maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times;
• Cross-functional team player;
• Results oriented and attention to detail;
• Proven experience in managing expenditures within budget.

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Subject RFP #: TO7/217727/Consultancy/Fixed Price Contract-2021-0004

Project: Integrated Health Program, FCT Activities

Purpose

• Palladium invites applications from suitably qualified individual consultants to provide technical support to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Health and Human Services Secretariat (HHSS) Human Resources for Health (HRH) unit to produce their Task Shifting / Task Sharing Policy for Addressing HRH for Health Shortages.
• The consultancy aims to provide technical assistance to FCT HHSS to domesticate the reviewed National Task Shifting / Task Sharing Policy for Addressing HRH for Health Shortages, especially at the PHC Level and use the information to revise job descriptions.

Type of Contract:

• This is a firm fixed price deliverable-based contract. The consultant is expected to satisfactorily accomplish the deliverables before he / she gets paid for that deliverable.
• The IHP Chief of Party reserves the right to confirm if a deliverable is delivered adequately or otherwise.
• No price change is expected after contract is signed. IHP will not pay for cost of any deliverable that is not complete, of quality or on time.

Anticipated Contract Term:

• The anticipated performance period for the consultancy isApril12, 2021 to July 11, 2021. As a firm fixed price consultancy based on deliverables, Palladium will only pay for deliverables that have met the standards and expectations of the program and which is also delivered within assigned timelines.

Company Information:

• Palladium is a global leader in the design, development and delivery of Positive Impact - the intentional creation of enduring social and economic value.
• We work with corporations, governments, foundations, investors, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

Project

• The Integrated Health Program (IHP) is a USAID-funded five-year project with a mandate to improve health systems, improve access to and increase quality of primary health carein designated states (Sokoto, Bauchi, Kebbi, Ebonyi and the FCT). IHP aims to improve the enabling environment for equitable and sustainable health services, supplies, and delivery systems through policy development and implementation, with an emphasis on voluntary, rights-based health programs. IHP will help public health and policy leaders attach higher priority to their national and sub-national health needs, secure sustainable financing, advance health equity, and monitor policy implementation to ensure gains stay on track.  IHP aims to secure long-term enduring change by working with coalitions both inside and outside of health and showing common cause with neglected populations and other development actors. Central elements of IHP revolve around building in country capacity, institutionalizing achievements of past investments, and promoting country ownership of programs and initiatives.
• The IHP project which aims to partner with the State Government and other stakeholders to sustainably improve health outcomes has identified the strengthening of the human resources policy, planning and management as one of the key interventions for increasing access to quality health services and improving financial risk protection for the populace. IHP is supporting the FCT to finalize, validate and disseminate the draft HRH Policy and Strategy plan;  and has commenced the process of supporting each of the FCT Area Councils (ACs) to develop the strategy plan with which to address the staffing realignment, recruitment, retention and remuneration at PHCs, to increase the number of PHCs meeting the minimum staffing standards, especially in the rural areas.
• This activity seeks to support the FCT to domesticateanother policy addressing  the challenges in the health workforce – the National Task-Shifting/Task- Sharing policy for Essential Health Care Services in Nigeria. especially at the PHC level, and use the information to revise job descriptions

Background

• Human Resources (HR) are a strategic capital in any organization, but particularly so in health organizations, which are highly dependent on their workforce. Therefore, human resources for health (HRH) is a key element in the delivery of quality health services necessitating calls for instituting the HRH management system that would provide an effective response to an HRH crisis.
• IHP project, is supporting the FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat (HHSS)  to redress its human health workforce challenges, by further strengthening their ability to a more efficient management of the health workforce towards addressing the existing gaps in HRH planning, production, and distribution identified from the health workforce situation analysis, for the successful delivery of the essential health services by the PHCs. Through this support, FCT had revised its the HRH Policyand HRH Strategy Plan to drive the process of achieving its HRH strategic goal; developed HRH Strategy plan for all its Area Councils (ACs).IHP is continuing with this support to the domestication and implementation of the recently revised National Task-Shifting/Task-Sharing (TS/TS) Policy for Essential HealthCare Services in Nigeria.
• Domesticating and implementing this policy would promote the rational redistribution of tasks among the existing health workforce cadres and allow for moving specific tasks, where appropriate, from highly qualified health workers to health workers with shorter training and fewer qualifications in order to make more efficient use of the available healthworkers to improve access to service for Nigerian people. FCT has not domesticated the policy, so this activity seeks to support the FCT TS/TS to include the updates in the recently reviewed National TS/TS policy, develop the action plan with which to roll outthe implementation and use the policy to revise the current job descriptions of staff at the PHCs.

Roles and Responsibilities

• The consultant is expected to contribute towards the revision and adaptation of this policy by reviewing the National TS / TS policy document, adapt the TS / TS policy to mirror FCT context, develop action plan for implementing it, revise the current job descriptions of all staff at the PHCs based on the TS / TS policy.

Services description:
The major products and outcomes of this assignment are:

• The FCT Task Shifting / Task Sharing Policy document.
• Action plan for the implementation of the policy
• Revised job description for all PHC staff according to the adapted FCT TS / TS policy.

Timeline:

• Applications are expected to be submitted on or before the due date as shown on the cover page.

Eligibility Requirements

• A good first degree or its equivalent from a reputable University in Health, Health Economics, Social Sciences and other related fields.
• Post graduate qualification in Public health,Social sciences, or Human Resources Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Human Resource for Health
• Experience working in public sector will be an added advantage
• Experience in developing policy, operational plans and job descriptions
• Experience in facilitating workshops
• Experience carrying out similar assignments in Nigeria particularly at the sub-national level.

Required Technical Competencies:

• Expertise in human resources with Nigerian Health system especially at the PHC level.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates / bidders are expected to submit both Technical and Financial bids and in two separate emails to: consultancy@ihp-nigeria.com stating as part of the subject matter of the email whether “Technical bid” or ”Financiai bid” and also quoting the RFP number as it appears on the cover page.

The applicant is expected to provide the following requirements in line with the application guideline:

• A cover letter addressing the requirements and qualification to handle the task
• Complete CV
• Documents- certificates, diplomas and professional certifications
• Detailed plan to accomplish the deliverables with detailed cost per deliverable
• Names and contact details of 3 professional referees with emails and phone numbers
• Any samples of previous work done in a related area which might include policy, job descriptions etc.

Important Information / Notice

• Applications received will have a validity period of six months.
• For more details concerning this consultancy and other associated application tools, please visit the link below: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kbnknzm4M5utEUv5NnQkPsGG7OHzszga/view?usp=sharing
• Please follow the instructions as contained in the Request for Proposal (RFP) and submit your application.
• No late application will be received after the deadline.

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Job Ref.: req10846
Location: Kebbi, Nigeria
Reports to: State Finance and Administration Director
Duration: 5 years

Project Overview and Role

• Palladium seeks a Finance Manager for the five-year, USAID-funded Nigeria Integrated Health Program, an integrated health program with an expanded effort with the Government of Nigeria (GON) to identify and support rapid scale-up of proven interventions through improvement of service delivery and strengthening of health systems. It will focus its support for service delivery in six intervention areas: family planning, malaria, routine immunization, nutrition, maternal / newborn health, and treatment of childhood pneumonia / diarrhea. It has a strong emphasis on monitoring, evaluation and learning.
• This program will work closely with state-level government officials to support established state-level Health and Development Plans, build capacity, and promote ownership of interventions, systems, and results. Specific interventions will need to be tailored to local contexts and will be fully developed at state and Local Government Area (LGA) levels. Through agreements with individual states, its potential breadth is the entire country with an emphasis on the north.
• The Financial Manager is a full-time position to support the State Finance & Administrative Director in the awarded USAID / Nigeria funded project entitled Nigeria Integrated Health Program.
• The Financial Manager is responsible for ensuring the smooth processing of financial information. The role encompasses oversight of the financial operations and finance employees.

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Support senior level finance and operations staff to ensure that project deliverables are met;
• Review financial and operational content for appropriate project reports.
• Support the annual workplan process and other strategic planning processes
• Assists in overseeing overall financial system implementation including controls and standards for IHP state offices
• Reviews and maintains strong system of internal controls to ensure accurate financial reporting
• Examines financial documents such as payroll, vouchers, invoices, delivery notes, purchase orders and other documents to ensure the completeness, accuracy, and validity of financial data
• Monitors disbursement of funds from the project bank account(s) to ensure compliance with Palladium’s financial policies and procedures
• Works with finance team and technical leads to manage and forecast cash needs for Nigeria offices
• Regularly reviews cash management practices, develop, and provide feedback on cash risk mitigation strategies

Required Qualifications

• University graduate and Master's Degree in Finance, Business Administration, or other relevant masters-level degree. CPA, Chartered Accountancy, other relevant professional certification, or additional 8 years of relevant professional experience accepted as alternative to Master's Degree.
• At least 8 years of work experience in broader finance and operations management with an international organization and USG contracts preferred (including office management, HR, finance, IT, and logistics);
• Experience directly managing finance and administration staff persons;
• Proven problem identification and resolution experience with budgeting, forecasting, banking, tax authorities, foreign currency transactions, and other related issues;
• Capacity and / or experience in designing and implementing Value for Money standards and decision-making;
• Able to communicate effectively and excellent interpersonal skills to form effective working relationships at all levels;
• High level of computer literacy;
• Ability to deal appropriately with sensitive issues and maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times;
• Cross-functional team player;
• Results oriented and attention to detail;
• Proven experience in managing expenditures within budget.

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Reference No.: req10832

Responsibilities and Programme Description

• The objective of the Global Fund’s Private Sector Engagement Strategic Initiative (PSE SI) is to support grant recipient countries to harness their private sector to deliver more impactful responses to the three diseases. Phase One of the PSE SI process involves opportunity mapping, identifying red flags and opportunities where effective private sector engagement could deliver impressive results, define success and programmatic solutions (focussed on contracting and performance management); Phase Two will provide technical assistance to the country entities for programme commissioning and delivery of the solutions, which will provide lessons to inform the development of PSE policy and guidelines for the Global Fund.
• Palladium is seeking Performance Officers to deliver technical assistance to the Global Fund on refining the programme designs from Phase I, developing results-based contracts and payment models and project planning to project initiation through mobilization to implementation under the PSE SI Phase two.
• This role supports the overall technical assistance provided to the country entity - with a focus on information systems, data analysis and data informed decision making.
• This 30-month programme will support the Global Fund country entity with overall responsibility for program commissioning and delivery, most likely to be the Principal Recipient (PR), as well as to the service providers.

Working closely with the country entity and the Global Fund PSE team, and reporting to the Lead Advisor, the performance officer is responsible for:

• Supporting the process of program design
• Contributing to the development of activity and results-based contracts and payment models.
• Supporting country entity staff to adapt their management information systems and ensuring alignment with national HMIS where relevant.
• Monitoring and analysing data from results-based contracts
• Supporting the identification of data capture systems and defining M&E process and plan (with the local contracting entity)
• Supporting project planning and management,
• Supporting budgeting and resource allocation.
• Developing and implementing systems to deliver high quality and performance, and
• Contributing to a constant cycle of evaluation and learning and feedback to the GF PSE, GF country teams, country government and partners on progress and lessons.

Required Qualifications

• Proven experience in programme management of social development programmes (health, education etc.)
• Proven experience in designing and delivering monitoring and evaluation frameworks and using data for decision-making.
• Experience working on design and implementation of results based contracting and payment by results for social development programmes is desirable.
• Proven experience of having worked in social development in the country for which the job application is made. Experience of working on health programmes which focus on the Global Funds’ disease areas is desirable.
• Proven track record of delivering programme outputs, including producing high-quality written content (e.g., reports, technical or operational guidelines etc.), and achieving desired results.
• Track record of coordinating and quality assuring the work of teams, including consultants.  
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Excellent spoken and written French – for applicants for francophone countries.
• Experience implementing Global Fund programmes desirable.

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Reference No.: req10851

Programme Description and Responsibilities

• The objective of the Global Fund’s Private Sector Engagement Strategic Initiative (PSE SI) is to support grant recipient countries to harness their private sector to deliver more impactful responses to the three diseases. Phase One of the PSE SI process involves opportunity mapping, identifying red flags and opportunities where effective private sector engagement could deliver impressive results, define success and programmatic solutions (focussed on contracting and performance management); Phase Two will provide technical assistance to the country entities for programme commissioning and delivery of the solutions, which will provide lessons to inform the development of PSE policy and guidelines for the Global Fund.
• Palladium is seeking Lead Advisors to deliver technical assistance to the Global Fund on refining the programme designs from Phase I, developing results-based contracts and payment models and project planning to project initiation through mobilization to implementation  under the PSE SI Phase two.
• This 30-month programme will support the country entity with overall responsibility for programme commissioning and delivery, most likely to be the Principle Recipient (PR), as well as to the service providers.

Palladium is seeking advisors to work for the full duration of the programme with the following country groupings:

Working closely with the country entity and the Global Fund PSE team the Lead Advisor will:

• Lead the process of refining the program design and finalizing the funding (building on what has been achieved in Phase One) bringing together inputs from the GF PSE team, GF Country Team and the country entity;
• Lead the development of activity and results-based contracts and payment models in consultation with the GF PSE team and country team;
• Work along with the Performance Analyst to develop/adapt the management information systems to collate and analyse data on these models
• As part of the process, build capacities of the country entity and private sector service providers in results-based contracting
• Lead project planning and management, supporting the contracting entity for  
• Project initiation through mobilization to implementation;
• Budgeting and resource allocation;
• Ensuring adequate governance mechanisms are being put in place by the local contracting entity
• Stakeholder engagement and relationship management;
• Ensuring data capture systems are identified and M&E process and plan is defined (with the local contracting entity)
• Developing and implementing systems to deliver high quality and performance on contracts, and;
• Ensuring a constant cycle of evaluation and learning, and feedback to the GF PSE, GF country teams, country government and partners on progress and lessons.  

The Lead Advisor will be responsible for a set of two countries in the region; manage in-country performance analysts (one per country) and will work closely with the Global Fund Private Sector Engagement Team. They will be expected to visit each country in their group at least once per month (with the exception of Group 6).

Required Qualifications

• Academic degree in public health, health economics, MBA, finance or related disciplines. Lack of academic background can be compensated by experience – especially in results-based contracting.
• Proven experience working on design and implementation of results-based contracting and payment by results for social development programmes.
• Demonstrable experience of building capacity of private sector  providers of services in the health or social development sectors and/or the organisations that purchase those services
• Proven experience of having worked in social development in at least one of the countries grouped together in the table above (three for group 6). Experience of working on health programmes which focus on the Global Funds’ disease areas is desirable.
• Proven track record of delivering programme outputs, including producing high-quality written content (e.g., reports, technical or operational guidelines etc.), and achieving desired results.
• Track record of coordinating and quality assuring the work of teams, including consultants.  
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Excellent spoken and written French – for applicants for francophone countries.
• Experience implementing Global Fund programmes desired