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Job Ref.: req9888

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Nigeria Integrated Health Program is 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 / new born 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, the program’s potential breadth is the entire country with an emphasis on the north.

Budget, Accounting and Financial Management:

• Ensure all finances are managed in alignment with the Nigerian government regulations, company and client’s financial policies and procedures.
• Liaise with project team in Field Office and HQ 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. Ensure necessary review, deliverables, and approvals before issuing payments. Write checks and issue payments.
• Ensure applicable tax withholding and deductions are taken care of as per the Nigerian laws and regulations.
• 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 HQ, as required.
• Collect bank statements for the bank accounts, review cash book, and reconcile the accounts.
• Review monthly financial reports and inform / update expenditure forecast / budget on regular basis.
• Prepare financial report as necessary and provide necessary financial support to the project.
• Process for applicable tax exemptions and VAT reimbursements during or after procurements in collaboration with the Nigeria Compliance Manager.
• Assist in end of year financial audit, as required.
• Work closely with the Operations Officer for daily tasks and project management

Grants Management Support:

• Review recipients’ finance vouchers
• Process recipients’ invoices and payments

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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Job Ref.:  req9933
Location: Edo

Project Overview and Role

• Stamping out Trafficking in Nigeria (SoTiN) is a 4-year DFID Nigeria programme which aims to change or reduce the behaviours, attitudes, and social norms in Edo State that drive or enable human trafficking.
• The project seeks to achieve the impact that more effective Government and non-Government institutions reduce the drivers and enablers of unsafe migration and trafficking through three components:
  • Strengthened Edo State Government response to preventing unsafe migration and human trafficking: more effective and innovative use of resources - human, financial, physical, political and network assets - supports a ‘whole of government’ approach to preventing unsafe migration and human trafficking through social and attitudinal change.
  • Improved coordination, innovation and quality of NGO response to preventing unsafe migration and human trafficking: better coordinated and more effective civil society tackling the drivers and enablers of human trafficking.
  • A stronger evidence base for action in anti-slavery prevention, with learning platforms operating and informing policy and interventions: the use of evidence and sharing of best practices becomes embedded in ways of working, to deliver improved performance not only in Nigeria but globally.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• As part of SoTiN’s mandate to facilitate a stronger evidence base for action in anti-trafficking prevention that encourages the continued use of quality data to inform government policies and implementation priorities.
• In the absence of reliable state and LGA specific data and information it has been a challenge to develop appropriate measures to address the needs of person at risk of Trafficking in the state.  Hence, a comprehensive study on vulnerable groups is necessary. The programme is particularly interested in capturing the following:
  • Definition of vulnerable groups in the Edo state context.
  • Numbers, types of vulnerability and geographical location.
  • To assess the existing polices, institutions (including Non-Governmental Organizations) and their interventions pertaining to specific vulnerable groups.
  • To understand the current situation based on which specific policies / interventions to address the needs of vulnerable groups could be developed.
  • Recommendations/way forward to address the special needs of vulnerable groups as well as identifying information gaps to be considered in a further assessment.
  • The Data management team will prepare and submit a consolidated and detailed protocol and methodology report covering the above-mentioned focus areas and submit it to the SoTiN.

Objective:

• The main objective of the consultancy is to develop study protocol (comprising of survey methodology, data collection tools, data management and analysis plan) and conduct analysis of data collected by the field implementation consultants.

Methodology / Tasks for Consultant
To achieve the consultancy objective, the consultants will:

• Review relevant SoTiN documents (Strategy documents, ToC and logframe) to develop an understanding of the SoTiN project.
• Conduct desk review of past and current vulnerability assessment carried out to guide the methodology development
• Design and develop survey methodology (mixed approach) including sample selection criteria
• Develop data collection tools including questionnaires and data quality assessment checklist
• Design data management and analysis plan
• Conduct analysis of qualitative and quantitative data
• Conduct Data Quality Assurance during the field implementation
• Support field implementation consultants in developing and finalizing the survey report
• Develop process report documenting the support provided, lessons learned and any recommendations for SoTiN

Deliverables:

• Inception report
• Survey protocol
• Survey data collection tools and DQA checklist
• Analyzed data tables
• Top line findings / PowerPoint presentation

Milestones and Timeline:

• Task 1: Inception report 25%
• Task 2-4: Survey methodology / protocol, Survey data collection tools and DQA checklist, Analyzed data tables 50%
• Task 5: Top line findings / PowerPoint presentation 25%

This work is to be carried out over a 1-month period. 5th October -5Th November 2020

Required Qualifications

• A company with a proven track record of conducting baseline assessment, data management and data analysis.
• Excellent writing, conceptual and analytical skills including the ability to present complex processes and issues clearly to a heterogeneous audience and in an actionable manner.
• Direct relevant work experience in qualitative and quantitative data analysis
• Direct relevant work experience in developing study and data quality assurance protocols
• Experience in analyzing and presenting data effectively for a wide range of audiences, with attention to detail and user profile.
• Principal officers with extensive experience in Behavioral sciences, demography, statistics, management, information technology, monitoring and evaluation or related field.
• Ability to work well under pressure to meet tight deadlines