Job Vacancies at Centre for Community Health and Development (CHAD) International

CHAD’s knowledge of the context and local terrain has catalyzed partnerships with various reputable International and national non-governmental organizations. CHAD’s wealth of experience in program design and implementation has led to sustained engagements with communities, partners in the public and humanitarian sectors and has further resulted to steady contributions to sectoral objectives.

To complement our effort, we are recruiting to fill the position below;
Project type: Fixed
Duration: 10 Months
Slot: 1

Responsibilities & Tasks:

•  Prepare and maintain all books of accounts in digital and hard copy, and in accordance with the Financial management principles and project standards
•  In joint consultation with the project team on planned activities, prepare weekly, monthly or quarterly budget projection for review and approval by the management oversight.
• ·         Train the Project field team on financial processes and required documentations for management of project funded activities.
•  Hold weekly review meetings with the project team on planned activities to ensure they are not derailed from the budget guidelines
• Responsible for supporting the project team in processing Financial requests for the budgeted project activities under the direct supervision of the management oversight team
•  Prepare ahead of the submission deadlines; weekly, monthly and end of project financial retirements in accordance to the CHAD INT’L guidelines for review by the management oversight for onward action.
•  Work in close consultation with donor`s Finance staff for proper guidance on adhering to their Financing principles/ guidelines and reporting procedures.
•  Be accountable, transparent and observe integrity in all financial transactions and implement guidelines in accordance with the CHAD INT’L project.
•  Accountable to the management oversight
• Perform any other duties assign or asked of you that are in line with the CHAD INT’L project

Required qualifications, competences and experience

Qualifications

•  A degree in Accountancy or Banking and finance from reputable university only
•   Knowledge of accounting software (QuickBook or SAP)
•  Knowledge of Microsoft excel and presentation

Professional experience

•  5-7 years professional experience as Finance Officer
• Experience in working with NGO will be an added advantage
•  Spoken and written language skills in English is required.
•   Proven experience in working with multi-disciplinary teams is required.

Other knowledge, additional competences

• Excellent planning and organizing skills
•  Ability to contribute to complex technical assistance programmes/projects
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
•  Ability to appreciate cultural and ethnic diversity
• Excellent diplomacy and persuasion skills

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on this regard, CHAD seek a compitent person to fill the positon below;
Job Title: Mobilization Officer
Project type: Fixed
Duration:10 Months with posssible extension
Location: Gombe State

Purpose

Under the supervision and line management of the CHAD Governance Project Team Leader, the Community Mobilization Officer is responsible for supporting CHAD Int’l Governance team to establish effective relationships with the hosted population, and facilitate increasing participation of the hosted population across all sectors within the selected project sites.  This entails building strong relationships with the host population from across different ethnicities, religions, nationalities, genders and ages.  The Community Mobilization Officer will be responsible for establishing and supporting functioning and equitable community representative groups, and for organizing regular recreational and social events within the site. Moreover, will be responsible to design and implement workshops and relevant activities, so as to enhance hosted population’s autonomy and prepare them for their gradual integration into Nigeria peaceful governance system and social cohabitation.

Duties & Responsibilities

•  Develop strong relationships with members of the hosted population and also maintain contacts with the relevant community authorities and humanitarian actors at site level, in order to support the participation and inclusion of the hosted population.
• Mediate between different groups living within the site, to support peaceful relations and reduce security tensions and internal fracas or disharmony.
• Continually sensitize all stakeholders as to the importance of respectful dialogue with the community.
• In close cooperation with the hosted population, organize appropriate social, recreational and cultural activities in the site which enhance social cohesion and improve their love to unity, social cohabitation and learning.
•  Promote a participatory approach (engagement of affected population) to wards towards unity, learning, and with the utmost to promote the empowerment and full engagement of women and girls in the community.
•  Collect information on the needs and concerns of the hosted population, sharing with other stakeholders for follow-up.
• Support effective communication and information-sharing to the hosted population, including providing information on services, activities and events in the community. 
• Develop and participate in awareness-raising sessions as it will be outlined from time to time by the team.
• Where possible, support activities aimed at supporting collaboration and positive relations between the hosted population and the host communities.
• Support with interpretation, cultural mediation and translation, if requested and if relevant to his/her skills
• Support in the design and implementation of verification and distribution of learning materials, protective materials and observing other safety protocols, as well as other relevant activities in the host communities.
• Designs and implements workshops and empowerment activities, aiming to enhance the objective of the project within the project site.
• Support, appraise and providing training as needed; develop activity plans with the team and provide daily education/learning system to the selected beneficiaries.
• Ensure that all activities/projects are implemented in accordance with agreed strategies, principles, implementation plans, and donor requirements.
• Prepare accurate and timely reports on progress on activities about the project.
• Undertake other tasks assigned by the CHAD governance team leader/management to ensure the success of CHAD Int’l operations in the host communities.
• Provide inputs for all relevant internal and external reporting
• Ensure that all project-related documentation is of high quality and archived according to donor and CHAD Int’l requirements 

Required Qualifications

• B.A degree in International Relations, management, social science or related field
• Minimum 3 years professional work experience in educational projects 
• Experience in representation and community social work.
• Excellent analytical and strategic skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective working relations with local communities members and other stakeholders
• Strong computer skills
• High professional ethics
• Knowledge of language (e.g. Kanuri, Shuwa) is essential 

Required Skills & Qualities

• Ability to work in a multicultural environment 
• Ability to work under pressure and in a high-risk security environment.
• Proactivity, with a sound commitment to teamwork and with a spirit of genuine collaboration
• Strong initiative and self-motivated, with a strong commitment to humanitarian principle and high sense of ethics
• Excellent communication skills, as well as patience and politeness, are needed
• Ability to cope with high workload and stress and identify priority activities and assignments, and adjust priorities as required
• Multi-tasking and organizational skills are must, and a good sense of humor

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CHAD’s knowledge of the context and local terrain has catalyzed partnerships with various reputable International and national non-governmental organizations. CHAD’s wealth of experience in program design and implementation has led to sustained engagements with communities, partners in the public and humanitarian sectors and has further resulted to steady contributions to sectoral objectives.

To complement our effort, we are recruiting to fill the position below;

Project Officer

Location: Gombe State
Project type: Fixed
Duration: 10 months with possible extension
Slot: 1

Responsibilities

•  In collaboration with the Program Coordinator, coordinate the implementation of the project activities; hold planning meetings with the project team before and after every activity/ event implemented. Minutes of these meetings must be well documented and filed for easy reviews.
• Assist and Support the Program Officer in providing field leadership and guidance to the team, ensuring you constantly seek proper guidance in line with the CHAD Int`l project and Organization Policies.
•  Be responsible for day to day running of field activities and following up on the necessary logistics and coordination of their use in the field.
•  Identifying potential bottlenecks to the project.
•  In close collaboration with the coordination team, define and plan project objectives and priorities, identifying education needs, analysis context and humanitarian issues at stake, risks and constrains and calculating human and financial needs.
• Closely Work with the M&E Officer to ensure the proper identification of activity/ event project participants are in accordance with the donor`s approved guidelines and in a transparent manner.
• Write and submit weekly, monthly and quarterly activity plans from the overall CSOs work plan provided by Donor for the project.
•     Provide timely and high-quality reports to the Officer on project evaluation and propose amendment if needed.
• Assist the M&E in compiling the field reports for each respective community
• Ensure data during the Community Development Planning sessions are well captured in order to compile comprehensive field reports and the draft plans for each respective community or project site.
• Establish and maintain good public relations with the stakeholders of the project and not compromising the ethical standards of the governance Project and that of the Organization
•   Lead internal communication initiative in order to facilitate people’s integration and professional development and to maximize their capabilities and commitment to project`s goals.
•    Perform any other duties assign or asked of you that are in line with the CHAD Int`l project.

Required qualifications, competences and experience

•     A degree in International Relations, Education, Social work or a related field of study

Experience Professional

•      3-5 years professional experience as Project officer and working in experience in humanitarian sector.
•   Spoken and written language skills in English is a must.
•  Proven experience in working with multi-disciplinary teams is required.

Other knowledge, additional competences

• Result and quality oriented
• Behavioral flexibility
•  Commitment to CHAD International principles
• Understanding of humanitarian operations and principles, standards and best practices

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CHAD’s knowledge of the context and local terrain has catalyzed partnerships with various reputable International and national non-governmental organizations. CHAD’s wealth of experience in program design and implementation has led to sustained engagements with communities, partners in the public and humanitarian sectors and has further resulted to steady contributions to sectoral objectives.

Project type: Fixed Contract
Duration: 10 months with possible extension
Slot: 1
Location: Gombe State

Responsibilities;

•         Work alongside Project team in establishing project log frames, M&E work plans, and targets during the drafting of project proposals.
•   Provide technical leadership and support to project and collaborate staff in planning and implementing M&E systems and activities, data-based program, decision-making, and results reporting
•  Supervise and mentor project data entry staff
• Ensure timely and accurate submission of project activities to program manager
• Conduct field visits for data validation, to monitor the quality and completeness of data sets.
•  Coordinate data collection at project sites to monitor program development and ensure timely compilation and reporting of data.
• Capture and document lessons learned; champion scaling up best practices.
• Prepare and implement trainings on monitoring/data gathering tools to field office.
• Collaborate with the Finance officer, to help develop a system to track and report cost-related data for each program element to reinforce financial and budgetary strategies and allocations during planning periods.
• Responsible for handling, documenting, confidentiality and security of all informational resources related to feedback and complaints from beneficiaries.
• Support complains and feedback mechanism, including communicating response to complainants; liaise with programmes and operations to ensure prompt follow-up on feedback and complaints received.
•  Attend any information management related trainings, meetings and workshops.

Required qualifications, competences and experience

• First degree in statistics or in relevant studies.
• Must have completed NYSC
• 3-5 years professional experience as M&E Officer
•  Spoken and written language skills in English is required with the ability to produce quality report
•   Hausa Proficiency is a must.
• Proven experience in working with multi-disciplinary teams is required.

Other knowledge, additional competences

• Excellent planning and organizing skills
•  Have experience in working with children on research issues as well knowledge of child safeguarding policy and child protection.
•  Ability to contribute to complex technical assistance programmes/projects
•  Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to appreciate cultural, religious and ethnic diversity
•   Excellent diplomacy and persuasion skills
•  Ability to work under pressure often to strict deadlines.