Latest Vacancies at Save the Children Nigeria

Ref Id: 200001Q2
Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employee Status: Permanent

The Organisation

• We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better health care, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
• We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
  • No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
  • All children learn from quality basic education and that,
  • Violence against children is no longer tolerated
• We know that great people make a great organization and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
• Save the Children is committed to ensuring that all our personnel and programmes are absolutely safe for children.
• We undertake rigorous procedures to ensure that only people suitable to work with children are allowed to join our organization and all candidates will, therefore, be subject to this scrutiny.
• We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Child Safeguarding – Level 3:

• Level 3 – The responsibilities of this post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children and young people.

Role Purpose
The Humanitarian Finance Manager will provide the primary financial management inputs in emergency response programmes, and ongoing support to develop best practice emergency financial management procedures and processes.  The role has three main aspects to it:

• Lead the emergencies finance team in Save the Children responses;
• Capacity building finance and non-finance staff in their financial professional development and contributing to the development and advancement of policy and procedures;
• Providing short term interim financial management and/or capacity building support to ongoing emergencies, Fragile States and/or country/regional programmes. The main responsibilities of this post will vary according to the terms of reference for each assignment.

Key Areas Of Accountability
Emergency Response: Lead the Borno humanitarian finance team:

• Provide strategic finance support to the Response Team Leader (TL) including Master Budget development and monitoring, and advice on how to best to utilise a programme’s funding portfolio.
• Ensure that at all stages of the response the control framework of the operation is consistent with the situation and ensure that necessary risks are taken knowingly with appropriate mitigating actions.
• Ensure correct level of budget authority exists within the humanitarian awards.
• Support the TL and Finance Director(FD) in management of  financial aspects of budget development for new proposals
• Ensure appropriate and adequate emergency finance and grants procedures are detailed in the Country Office Emergency Preparedness Plan in order to enable rapid scale-up
• Ensure budget holders understand their responsibilities through training
• Ensure the response receive adequate support to operate efficient accounting systems, including timely receipt of monthly budget variance analysis by budget holders, timely answers to queries and scheduling tasks and deadlines
• Provide a high standard of financial accounting management, ensuring compliance to local statutory law and donors regulations and consistent with SC accounting policies, procedures and tools.
• Ensure preparation of donor financial reports and proposal budgets.
• Ensure all donor requirements are complied with and reports are prepared on time with complete audit trial.
• Recruit, train and manage finance staff on the response team and/or work closely with existing country finance staff & ensure a good handover at end of mission.
• Ensure that all new staff into the response are adequately inducted in SC emergencies and financial systems, and donors’ compliance requirements consistent with their various roles.
• Ensure that SC’s commitment to improving quality and accountability in humanitarian work is upheld, through reference to the Sphere Project Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards, the NGO Code of Conduct, and other relevant tools.

Budget Monitoring:

• Participate in the annual budget development
• Support budget holders in the proposal budget costings, creating Reporting Templates and DEAs
• Support budget holders in the understanding of budget reports including phasing and re-phasing of budgets
• Support FD in the development of standard costings for country programme
• Review monthly transactions with Budget Holders and provide comments to TL & FD.

Financial Accounting, Reporting, and Control:

• Manage the Humanitarian awards financial systems and provide the budget holders a monthly update on the budget variance analysis and led the monthly finance meeting
• Ensure that effective systems are put in place, and regularly reviewed, to allow adequate financial management and control including:
• Accounting and management information systems;
• Cash and cash flow management and control in particular gain/losses on currency exchange;
• Expenditure procedures, especially around procurement;
• Documentation of all controls and procedures;
• Finance training for staff in the field and partners as necessary;
• Prepare and Monitor accurate and timely submission of financial reports and attachments to members, donors and government regulatory agencies.
• Responsible for checking and verifying the food voucher e-payment to beneficiaries on all humanitarian cash transfer awards.
• Coordinate submission of control reports, respond to findings and recommend resolutions or action plans for the NE field offices.
• Lead and participate in the development of finance policies and procedures to be able to maintain a well-financially controlled environment in both development and emergency contexts.
• Coordinate and assist FD during any internal or external audits

Award Management:

• Monitor completion of financial reports for awards/contracts. Work with awards focal persons to ensure proper accounting and closing of books upon receipt of completed reports and documents.
• Coordinate the release of donor fund summaries from the members to ensure accurate and systematic accounting of grant transactions
• Provide guidance to finance and non-finance staff and coordinate efforts to ensure compliance with donor requirements
• Ensure timely and accurate information is provided through Award Management systems
• Develop sub-grantees through training and capacity building
• Ensure that donor financial reports and additive reports align.

Audit & Evaluation:

• Assist with the Internal and External audit preparations including putting together relevant documentation and TOR for the Audit
• Coordinate all SCI awards audits and ensure complete implementation of recommendations
• Ensures humanitarian grants audits are conducted effective
• Follow up on audit issues and provide an appropriate response with support from Director of Finance.

Capacity Building: Coaching humanitarian finance and non-finance staff in their financial professional development and contributing to the development and advancement of policy and procedures:

• Support the Finance team to strengthen the non-finance staff knowledge and capacity to manage finance and grants by providing, induction, training and coaching consistent with their various roles and responsibilities.
• Contribute to ongoing finance policy revisions and maintain and continue the ongoing development of the Finance Department’s emergencies finance toolkit.
• Staff Management, Mentorship, and Development - Finance:
• Ensure appropriate staffing within finance
• Ensure that all staff understand and are able to perform their role in an emergency
• Manage finance team; define expectations, provide leadership and technical support as needed, and evaluate direct reports regularly
• Ensure the recruitment, training, and promotion of staff as appropriate and ensure availability of appropriate professional development opportunities for staff incorporates staff development strategies and Performance Management Systems into team-building process.
• Establish result based system and follow up
• Ensure adequate segregation of finance duty within the response Office and Manage the performance of all Direct reports in the finance work area through:
• Effective use of the Performance Management System including the establishment of clear, measureable objectives, ongoing feedback, periodic reviews and fair and unbiased evaluations;
• Coaching, mentoring and other developmental opportunities;
• Recognition and rewards for outstanding performance;
• Documentation of performance that is less than satisfactory, with appropriate performance improvements/ work plans

Support to ongoing emergencies, Fragile States and/or country/regional programmes:

• Provide interim support to a country or regional programme which lacks finance resources in various roles (Country Finance and/or Award Manager, Regional Finance Manager, Audit Officer etc).
• Upon request, provide country programme finance and none-finance staff with finance induction, training and coaching into SC policies, procedures and tools and on major grants compliance issues.
• Represent Finance at  Procurement Committee Meetings
• Attend to Financial related queries from Staff/Budget Holders
• Attend to financial queries related to awards administration from Donors/Member, Budget Holders, Regional Office and the Centre Finance.
• Participate in Year-End & on-going processes relating to awards status including final reconciliation of donor disbursements & awards expenditure, confirmation of debt and income carry forward positions, awards closures

Qualifications And Experience
Essential:

• A Master's degree in Accounting / Finance / Economics / Business Administration or other relevant professional qualification with minimum 5 years working experience in relevant field
• Extensive experience, including first phase responses, with NGOs in an international emergency environment or in fragile states with increasing responsibilities including proven experience of establishing and running a field finance office.
• Knowledge of the requirements and experience managing grants from the major emergency donors including budgeting, eligibility issues, compliance management, and reporting.
• Experience of engaging with donors at country strategy levels
• Experience of and well-developed skills in staff management and supervision.  Proven strong coaching and capacity building skills.
• Proven track record of active contribution to a senior management team, and providing strategic support across multiple sectors and/or regions
• Good attention to detail and analytical skills
• Computer literate (i.e. WORD, advanced Excel, Outlook, Internet Explorer, financial systems).
• Cultural awareness and ability to build relationships quickly with a wide variety of people
• Proven experience in financial management and producing appropriate management information to support strategy development and decision-making by budget holders and programme implementers
• Proven training experience to all levels of staff, both informal (on the job coaching) and formal (structured training courses).
• Proven analytical skills and ability to translate analysis into appropriate, feasible and practical implementation plans and goals.
• An understanding of development work in order to communicate effectively with Members/Donors and programme staff on funding sources and programme issues
• Patient, adaptable, flexible, able to improvise and remain responsive and communicate clearly and effectively under pressure
• Excellent planning, management and coordination skills, with the ability to organise a demanding workload comprised of diverse and challenging tasks and responsibilities
• Strong communication (written and spoken), and interpersonal skills in English, with experience in managing multicultural teams.
• Ability to translate complex, technical and financial issues into a language understandable by non-finance staff
• Experience of managing or supporting programmes in each stage of the project cycle, including development of funding proposals, budgeting, technical and financial monitoring in the context of grants/restricted funding sources.
• Thorough understanding of interdepartmental relationships, dynamics and functioning in an overseas programme setting.

Desirable:

• Experience with Save the Children financial Policies, procedures and systems and overseas accounting software (including Agresso, SUN and FBS).
• Experience of Project Management, M&E Management or Funding Coordination would be a appreciated
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Competences And Behaviours (Our Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

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Job ID: 200003OF
Location: Damaturu, Yobe
Employee Status: Fixed Term
Reports to:  Health and Nutrition Officer
Staff reporting to this post: None
Budget Responsibilities: None
Team / Programme: Nigeria Country Programme/ Yobe Office

Child Safeguarding

• Level 3:  the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.

Role Purpose

• To roll out the implementation and monitoring of health and nutrition activities in the programme “Support to Early Recovery from Conflict and Resilience Building in Yobe State” at the respective Project supported LGAs.
• In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

Key Deliverables Include:

• Participate in the mapping exercise of health and nutrition services in health facilities in the LGA using the checklist.
• Identify existing community platforms for orientation of community members on health and nutrition behaviours.
• In collaboration with community members, identify community volunteers – Pregnant women and mothers of children under 2years that are practicing the recommended behaviours.
• Provide mentoring and capacity building of Community volunteers in relation to Health and Nutrition and promote coordination.
• Establish and maintain a good working relationship with SCI and relevant stakeholders at State and L.G.A level in relation to Health and Nutrition.
• Write and contribute to reporting including monthly, quarterly and annual reports as required by the project, and case studies, and lessons learned etc.
• Ensure quality health and nutrition promotion sessions are provided at the supported Health Facilities and during Support group meetings.
• Support the Maternal Newborn Child Health and Nutrition training for Health Workers and Community Volunteers.
• Support Project level assessment/surveys as approved by Donor.
• Support quality data collection of activities conducted in the Communities.
• Promote increasing awareness of appropriate health and nutrition behaviours in project communities and ensure behaviour change materials are visible in Project supported communities and health facilities.
• Support the development of case studies and success stories from programme implementation.
• With support from the Health and Nutrition Officer, ensure programme activities are conducted in Project supported Communities and are in line with the local law and international standards, laws, and policies.
• Collaborate, coordinate and exchange best practices and lessons learned with other Civil Society organization in relation to health and Nutrition projects in the state.

General:

• Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

Additional Job Responsibilities:

• The job duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the Post holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Behaviours (Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Health / Public Health / Nutrition / or any related fields with minimum of 1-year progressive experience post NYSC
• Experience in Nutrition and community based programming
• Experience in behaviour change programming.
• Good communication skills (verbal and written) and a willingness to be respectful, kind, sensitive and empathise with all beneficiaries and their carers.
• Experience in community based interventions in Northern Nigeria
• Demonstrable ability at report writing
• Fluency in written and spoken English and local languages (Hausa/ Kanuri)
• Computer literate
• Desired: Be from and resides in any of the project supported LGAs – Damaturu, Potiskum, Gujiba LGAs
• Strong interpersonal skills.

Equal Opportunities:

• The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.

Child Safeguarding:

• We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Safeguarding our Staff:

• The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy

Health and Safety:

• The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

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Ref No: 200003OE
Location:  Abuja
Post Type: National
Team/Programme: Reach
Reports to: Director Program Operations.
Employee Status: Fixed Term

Child Safeguarding

• Level 3 - The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people.

Role Purpose

• Save the Children is recruiting for an experienced Project Director to lead on both technical and operational aspects of the Reaching and Empowering Adolescents to make informed Choices for their Health (REACH) project in Gombe, Katsina and Zamfara states. The project aims to improve the sexual and reproductive health of married and unmarried adolescents by improving their access to high quality, gender-sensitive and adolescent-friendly SRH services.
• The Project Director will provide overall strategic and operational leadership in program implementation. The Project Director must bring a senior leadership profile with a proven record of accomplishment in managing complex programming in Nigeria.
• The Project Director is responsible for ensuring programme delivery and quality, through capacity building of staff and partners, activities planning linked to budget management, implementation and monitoring including data collection and analysis of impact and durable changes brought about by the programme in the areas of responsibility. S/he is also responsible for representing the organization with the donor in country, in all programmatic coordination platforms in Nigeria and in meetings with the government. The Project Director will have budget holding responsibilities.

 Scope of Role:

• Staff directly reporting to this post: ASRH Advisor, Gender Advisor, State Project Managers.
• Budget holding: Oversight of and responsible for Project Budget of over USD 6m

Key Areas of Accountability
Programme delivery, management and quality assurance:

• Hold overall responsibility for development and implementation of all aspects of the REACH project in Nigeria.
• Provide strategic guidance, strong leadership and ensure technically sound decision-making processes.
• Lead and motivate the project teams in the areas of responsibility in the delivery of the projects goals and objectives.
• Support spot checks and audit processes throughout the project lifecycle while ensuring the implementation of recommendations.
• Create and nurture external partnerships; and in particular identify suitable local partners and ensure adherence to the partnership manual.
• Ensure compliance with and adherence to Save the Children and the donor’s rules and regulations in all aspects.
• Developing all grants management documents such as phased budget, work-plan of implementation, procurement plan, monitoring plan, grants filing, staff recruitment plan, etc.
• Ensure regular monitoring and reporting on all grant management aspects: phased budget and actual expenses analysis, work-plan progress and updating, procurement plan revision, data collection and analysis and monitoring of indicators.
• Take full responsibility for the delegated budget holding function on the programmatic aspects of the managed grant, participate actively in finance meetings and contribute to financial decision making.
• Ensure value for money is effectively demonstrated to the donor.
• Ensure monitoring and evaluation tools are systematically implemented and used by the teams, in cooperation with the technical education coordinator and Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) staff.
• Produce high quality reports within agreed reporting schedules.
• Ensure programming interventions are implemented in cooperation with affected communities, particularly children.
• Ensure programming interventions are designed based on an analysis of gender relations and that programmes seek to support the different needs and opportunities of women, men, boys and girls.
• Conduct regular field visits, including discussions with beneficiaries, where a report is produced and corrective actions put in place are monitored.
• Ensure Save the Children’s Child Protection & Safeguarding Policy is understood by staff within the programme as well as partners and stakeholders, and that it is integrated into all aspects of the team’s work.
• Document programme learning, and incorporate analysis and lessons learned into new strategies/activities and advocacy work.
• Ensure programme delivery happens in strict adherence to security policy and procedures.

Performance management and capacity building:

• Line-manage the programme’s staff in the areas of responsibility.
• Lead, manage and motivate the programme’s staff, ensuring they have clear objectives and receive meaningful feedback on their performance regularly, in collaboration with the human resources department.
• Identify capacity-building requirements of staff in collaboration with the human resources department.
• Lead on capacity building of staff and partners through coaching, mentoring and training.
• Create and maintain a cooperative and positive working environment where staff have clear roles and responsibilities, participate in decision-making and are supported in progressing towards their objectives.

Coordination:

• Represent the programme and Save the Children at donor meetings in country and internationally as required.
• Communicate regularly across Save the Children and with SC Canada to ensure strong communications internally and externally.
• Participate proactively and regularly in senior management meetings in the areas of responsibility, making concrete contributions to strategic and operational orientations.
• In collaboration with the field managers/Project Managers in the areas of responsibility, represent Save the Children Nigeria with local authorities and governmental counterparts (Ministry of Health, Women Affairs, etc.), donors and members of the humanitarian community, and ensure that Save the Children’s work is coordinated with these bodies.

Programme development and fundraising:

• Identify the most appropriate Sexual and Reproductive Health programming interventions for meeting the needs of children based on assessment findings.
• Lead on situation analysis/needs assessments in the area of responsibility and ensure all proposals respond to beneficiary needs.
• Play an active role in the development of a fundraising strategy in the areas of responsibility and in donor liaison where appropriate.
• Incorporate analysis and lessons learned into new strategies/activities.

Human Resources Management:

• Manage and support the team under his/her responsibility and assess the performance of personnel under his/her direct supervision,
• Oversee development of technical training material that will improve aspects of ASRH work within Save the Children, at country level.

Representation, Advocacy & Organizational Learning:

• Ensure that Save the Children's work is coordinated with efforts of other agencies and Government, take a leadership role within Interagency sector for a by ensuring the specific needs of children are being addressed.
• Take steps to document lessons learned, from the REACH program, for wider dissemination.
• In collaboration with the Health Thematic Team, feed in learning, experiences and evidence to relevant global advocacy objectives.
• Identify opportunities and material to contribute to ASRH communications and media work, acting as a spokesperson when required.

Budget Management:

• Liaise with the Head of Awards management to ensure that project expenditure complies with the award guidelines.
• Ensure project team is undertaking monthly Awards review meetings and all actions implemented.
• Effectively manage project budget

General:

• Deliver high-quality results in line with the terms of reference agreed in advance – to do this in a way that maintains the reputation of SCI.
• Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child protection, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures. ·
• Ensure the security, health and well -being of staff and that staff management and other processes and policies and systems reflect SCI 's principles of equity and fairness.

Others:

• Contribute to advocacy and research initiatives.
• Advocate for the importance of child protection and education in emergency and post-emergency settings.
• Comply with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to child safeguarding policy, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies.

Additional Job Responsibilities:

• The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Skills and Behaviours (Our Values in Practice)
Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency

Skills and Experience
Essential:

• Sound knowledge of Adolescent Sexual Reproductive health issues and gender in Nigeria including institutions, policies and legal frameworks.
• Ability to analyse information, evaluate options and to think and plan strategically.
• An understanding of gender analysis approaches and using gender-sensitive facilitation methods and reporting gender equality indicators
• Demonstrated ability with project grants management, including project design, budget preparation, expenditure tracking, monitoring and evaluation, reporting, supervision and performance management, etc.
• An understanding of gender analysis approaches and using gender-sensitive facilitation methods and reporting gender equality indicators
• At least 8 years’ experience of working in the Health sector essentially in the area of sexual and reproductive health;
• Prior experience in managing GAC/ USIAD/ DFID funded programmes.
• Management of large grants and complex budgets.
• Knowledge and working experience of Child’s Rights Programming approach.
• Proven skills in programme management and administration, including grants management and donor compliance.
• Experience of building, leading and developing a team of senior staff with different backgrounds and expertise.
• Skills and experience in programme monitoring review, reporting and evaluation.
• Strong skills in people management, moderation, conflict resolution and capacity building.
• At least 8 years’ experience of working at management level within fragile, complex or conflict-affected states.
• Ability to lead a programme and support a team working from remote locations.
• Excellent report writing skills and fluency in written and spoken English
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children aims, values and principles.

Desirable:

• Experience in protection programming and promoting children’s participation in programming, design, implementation and evaluation.
• Gender and sexual & reproductive health issue experience especially on girls’ education
• Experience leading large complex multi-location awards
• Working experience in Northern Nigeria and the ability to work in difficult circumstances.
• Capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible
• Fluency in written and spoken Hausa will be an added advantage
• Previous safety and security training for working in conflict settings