Job Vacancies at Palladium Group

Project Overview and Role

• IHP 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 / newborn health, and treatment of childhood pneumonia / diarrhea.
• The Palladium Group has an opening for a Grants / Compliance Officer within the Financial Management department. The Grants / Compliance Officer will manage grants portfolios, in accordance with Palladium's and USAID policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Implements grant activities at the state level under the various Task Orders.
• Identifies funding opportunities, prepares and processes grant applications, and oversees grant management and implementation for all public-sector opportunities
• Ensures all sub-awards comply with the rules and regulations of governments and other multilateral donors
• Strengthens and maintains the necessary administrative structures and interdepartmental processes to ensure grant transparency, smooth implementation, reporting, requisite controls, and monitoring
• Serves as primary point of contact for post-award grants implementation and will ensure that all grant files are complete, accurate, and up-to-date.
• Reviews internal documents and processes for compliance from time to time.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or any other relevant field. Bachelor's degree with at least 6 years of experience in grant, business, finance, accounting, or any other relevant field can be substituted for an advanced degree.
• Minimum of five years of experience managing grants for donor organizations. Experience with USAID grants management system highly preferred.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills, including the ability to manage large budgets and client expectations.
• 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.

Project Overview and Role

• Palladium was recently awarded the Translating Data for Implementation (Data.FI) award. Data.FI is a five-year global project funded by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Data.FI partners with PEPFAR programs to accelerate and sustain access to high-quality data to expedite HIV epidemic control and maintenance. Data.FI supports host country governments to enhance existing health information systems (HIS) and conduct in-depth analysis of HIV epidemiologic and program data to inform management responses to gaps in HIV and AIDS programming and sustain impact by supporting local partner transition.
• Palladium is seeking a Software Architect for Data.FI Nigeria who will provide technical expertise for the development and implementation of HIV information systems toward a unified architecture.

Responsibilities

• With support of the regional digital team, develop, test, and support the implementation of software products and solutions as articulated in the systems and functional requirements
• Integrate and deploy developed or packaged solutions in production environments or live service systems.
• Develop, test, debug, implement and maintain applications while ensuring they meet required health information systems standards
• Provide technical support including bug fixing, functional extensions and documentation for deployed solutions.
• Manage software development cycles including testing and quality assurance while ensuring that deliverables meet software requirements based on agreed time-frames and milestones.
• Participate in software and architectural development activities
• Formulate and define system scope and objectives through research and fact-finding to develop or modify moderately complex information systems
• Design, develop and test Java-based solutions using common standards and frameworks such as Angular 7, JAXB, JAX-WS, JAX-RS, JPA, JavaEE, Spring, and Hibernate
• Help improve code quality by implementing the recommended best practices
• Develop comprehensive technical documentation for application code.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other relevant field;
• 4 years' experience in software development; DHIS 2 configuration and deployment skills will be an added advantage
• Experience with a variety of programming and scripting languages and frameworks, including ASP.NET Bootstrap, jQuery, Java, SOAP (XML), REST (HTTP) and Python
• Excellent knowledge of SQL and hands on experience with ORM frameworks such as Hibernate
• Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively
• Ability to gather accurate requirements and work closely with stakeholders to prioritize tasks and the scope of development.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify errors and make adjustments in a testing environment.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Experience programming with APIs and service-based architectures
• Experience with databases and their integration into web applications
• Strong attention to detail and understanding of architectural dependencies
• Ability to engage closely with system architects and regional development teams to deliver highly available and scalable services with minimal/zero downtime
• Extensive experience in system and data migration for mission critical technologies
• Ability to coordinate and balance priorities of multiple projects and deliverables
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Remain up to date on all current best practices, trends, and industry developments
• Ability to maintain a high standard of work quality and encourage others to do the same.

Applications Closing Date
20th December, 2019.

Project Overview and Role

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Applications Closing Date
24th December, 2019.

Project Overview and Role

• The Integrated Health Project (IHP) aims to strengthen local capacity and systems to contribute to reductions in child and maternal morbidity and mortality in target states, and to increase the capacity of health systems (public and private) to sustainably support quality primary healthcare
• The Monitoring and Evaluation Offer contributes to the development and implementation of the Task Order (TO) 4 MELP to systematically document performance for technical team to ensure the TO4 implementation is on track.

Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development and implementation of the TO4 MELP to systematically document performance for technical team to ensure the TO4 implementation is on track;
• Generates robust evidence for programmatic learning that leads to action, decision making, and impact;
• Together with Senior MEL Manager, ensures the alignment of M&E activities with program goals and contributes to the development of annual work plans to identify TO4 targets and ensure inclusion of M&E activities;
• Monitors project activities and tracks these activities against the TO4 results framework;
• Conducts visits to LGAs as necessary for data validation to monitor the quality and completeness of data sets;
• Generates monthly indicator reports and tracking progress against key indicators;
• Works closely with the Kebbi stakeholders and trains M&E staff at the LGA, facility, and community levels to build their M&E capacity;
• Contributes to the identification, analysis, and synthesis of technical knowledge and evidence-based information in intervention areas including family planning, reproductive, maternal and child health, malaria, nutrition and immunization.
• Reports directly to Senior MEL Manager.

Requirements

• The State level Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Officer will have experience working with facility level M&E ofpublic health programs
• The Officer will have expertise and up-to-date knowledge and skills in M&E for health systems and healthcare provision programming, and experience working with different cadres of government
• S/he must be intimately familiar with the public context in Nigeria and have in-country experience with USAID / International donor programs.

Additional Qualifications include:

• A Bachelor's Degree / HND in Demography, Statistics, Social Sciences, Public Health, Health Information Management or related field
• Minimum of 4 years of progressively responsible experience designing, implementing, monitoring, evaluation and learning tasks for health and/or development projects.
• Familiarity with USAID / International indicators and standard measurement tools in the areas of reproductive health/family planning, maternal and neonatal health and other relevant technical areas.
• Competency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and ACCESS, and a statistical software package (SPSS, EPI-INFO, STATA, SAS or similar).
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work with relevant government partners, USAID, other Donors, and implementing partners.
• Good verbal, listening, writing, and intrapersonal skills essential for effective interaction among several institutions and staff involved in a broad range of activities.
• Experience at organizing and facilitating systems strengthening, capacity development and mentoring processes
• Fluent in English (written and oral communication) and Hausa.

Project Overview and Role

• The Integrated Health Project (IHP) aims to strengthen local capacity and systems to contribute to reductions in child and maternal morbidity and mortality in target states, and to increase the capacity of health systems (public and private) to sustainably support quality primary healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Implements a framework for project results measurement, accountability, learning, and development effectiveness that will measure and report IHP success in Bauchi / Kebbi / Sokoto State;
• Provides leadership and technical oversight, support, and direction on performance monitoring and evaluation at the state, LGA, facility, and community levels;
• Leads analyses of results and ensures that lessons learnt and best practices are captured, synthesized, reported, and disseminated;
• Collaborates with IHP Kebbi technical teams to ensure lessons learnt, and best practices are incorporated into ongoing interventions and innovative approaches;
• Leads development, dissemination, and application of M&E processes and tools in Kebbi;
• Responsible for oversight of data collection and information management processes, to ensure overall data reliability, consistency, and quality.
• Reports directly to Kebbi IHP Director with technical oversight from IHP MEL Director

Requirements

• The State level Senior Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Manager must be a proven leader in the field, with senior-level experience in the management of MEL for public health programs. The Manager will have expertise and up-to-date knowledge and skills in implementing project-level M&E and MIS for health systems and healthcare provision. S / he should have experience with complexity aware monitoring and demonstrated experience in promoting the use of data for decision-making
• S / he must be intimately familiar with the context in Nigeria and have in-country experience with USAID programs.

Additional qualifications include:

• Degree in Demography, Statistics, Social Sciences, Public Health, Health Information Management or related field.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in designing and implementing monitoring, evaluation and learning tasks for complex health and / or development projects.
• Experience with USAID / global indicators and standard measurement tools in the areas of reproductive health / family planning, maternal and neonatal health and other relevant technical areas.
• Experience at organizing and facilitating systems strengthening, capacity development and mentoring processes
• Competency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and ACCESS, and a statistical software package (SPSS, EPI-INFO, STATA, SAS or similar).
• Demonstrated analytical and communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience conducting analysis of large data sets, data management and data use skills.
• Experience working with government partners, USAID, other donors, and implementing partners.
• Strong verbal, listening, writing, and intrapersonal skills essential for effective coordination among several institutions and staff involved in a broad range of activities.
• Fluent in English (written and oral communication) and Hausa.

Applications Closing Date
1st January, 2020.

Project Overview and Role

• Stamping out Slavery in Nigeria (SoSiN) 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.

Responsibilities
The Programme Manager's primary responsibilities will include leadership of Component 2, Innovation & Grants Facility (IGF), as well as the management CSO engagement and support MEL manger in coordination of research and learning. This will include:

• Leading and coordinating IGF competition, design and execution, award partner relationship management, compliance and reporting, and coordination of service delivery.
• Working closely with the Finance & Operations and MEL Managers, as well as partner organizations, to:
  • Oversee the IGF local grant officers monitoring grantees who will deliver activities and research services
  • Build the capacity of local NGOs and CSOs that are recipients of SOSiN grants and funding
  • He / she will also play an integral role in codifying SOSIN best practices for innovation from grants and challenge fund awards to partners delivering preventative human trafficking intervention.

Core Responsibilities will include:
Design & Implementation of IGF:

• Design the Innovation & Grants Facility framework:
• Manage the end to end grants process for the IGF which will be designed to distribute funds to CSO’s working directly with victims and potential victims of trafficking.
• Develop the IGF implementation phase workplan, with support from key staff.
• Manage and coordinate all aspects of IGF competitive and non-competitive grants to CSOs/NGOs
• Design and execute a transparent competition for selection of fund recipients, drawing on best practise of challenge/grant fund awards and integrating lessons learned.
• Work closely with the MEL manager to support coordination of research and outcomes to inform strategy for IGF funding windows and SOSIN learning and evidence platforms .

Implementation of IGF:

• Review grants applications
• Coordinate and follow up on action points to track, monitor and report progress with the MEL and Safeguarding & GESI Managers
• Oversee the issue of grant award and agreements with support from grant officers.
• Contribute to a CSO capability and mapping assessment to be undertaken in the inception phase and support Team leader to establish bootcamps that will help incubate ideas, shortlist potential recipient and further build capacity to deliver.
• Identify opportunities to highlight specific grantee accomplishments and support the Communications and MEL Managers to produce compelling content which includes innovations, best practice and lessons that can be disseminated including through SOSIN learning platforms. - supporting to build  the evidence of what works to tackle drivers and enablers of TiP
• Analyse and evaluate grant submissions for technical and budget soundness and compliance with DFID regulations, recommending award actions for grant award;
• Analyse and evaluate activity applications, proposals, and agreement / award documents to ensure consistency with program goals and objectives;
• Coordinate closely with the Team Leader, MEL manger and other core team members to ensure grants / funding fits within the overall programme goals and objectives.

Monitoring, Reporting and Due Diligence:

• Work with the MEL Manager to design an IGF results framework that feeds into broader SOSIN theory of change and results framework / logframe.
• Develop, implement, and manage strategies for measuring and tracking programme outcomes and impacts against goals and grant requirements to contribute to the development of programme progress reports as required by the client.
• Together with Finance and Operations Manager ensure a process for robust due diligence of shortlisted applicants and ensure timely and accurate compliance and reporting as required by the client.
• Work with the Finance and Operations Manager to:
  • Develop IGF financial and technical reports;
  • To establish KPIs for grant recipients;
  • Make recommendation to the Team Leader and relevant stakeholders (e.g. selection and advisory board members) for further funding subject to technical and financial performance
• Target technical assistance to build MEL and financial management capabilities of grant and challenge fund recipients to improve their ability to track results and performance against periodic evaluations / reviews to be presented during programme review meetings.
• Develop and maintain relationships with IGF recipients and oversee grant officer to organize, conduct and document ongoing monitoring of grantee performance, capacity building that targets grantee needs, and financial monitoring to ensure proper and efficient use of donor funds;

Safeguarding:

• Work closely with the Safeguarding & GESI Manager to ensure all onboarded grantees pass due diligence requirements and are provided with capacity building trainings.
• Monitor ongoing operational and management risks relevant to the grants process.
• Work closely with the Safeguarding & GESI Manager to ensure safeguarding is embedded into award criteria.

Relationship Management:

• Support the Team Leader and wider team to establish an Edo action plan, initially through the convening of an Edo stakeholder conference. To increase impact and build a community of practice, encourage further collaboration between CSOs through convening other collaborative platforms.
• In consultation with the Team Leader, coordinate relevant stakeholders which include a selection committee and advisory panel that will govern the IGF and support the development of an effective governance structure for the facility.
• Provide direct technical support to potential local NGO/CSO partners and grantees.

Capacity Building:

• Lead the development of capacity building framework and plan for CSOs /fund recipients including delivering training guidelines as required, supporting process of continuous improvement to strengthen CSO capacity and capability to take innovation to scale.
• Train, supervise and coach team and partners with regards to grants management.
• Provide information to grantees on reporting requirements and direct technical support to potential local NGO partners and grantees;
• Work closely with the Finance & Operations Manager to ensure continual improvement of the granting process.
• Assist short-listed applicants to refine their application working in coordination with technical team colleagues to develop a technically sound approach.
• Work closely with the Finance & Operations Manager to ensure accurate forecasting of activities ensuring responsibility for keeping forecast variance within client tolerance limits for component.
• Working with the Team Leader to effectively manage risks and ensure that they are reported monitored and mitigated for within delivery area.
• Work collaboratively with the entire implementation team and partners to ensure effective delivery to client requirements.
• Other duties as required by Team Leader.

Requirements
The Programme Manager will possess the following qualifications and experience:

• Managing and administering grants
• Extensive experience working on large donor-funded programs in a grants management role;
• Demonstrated knowledge of DFID rules and regulations and experience working across the following operational disciplines: budget management, project management, procurement, contracts, subcontracting, human resources and general operations and administrative management;
• Strong experience designing programme management systems and procedures for donor-funded programs;
• Experience managing and prioritizing a high workload and multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines;
• Experience in proactively identifying and addressing issues that arise in field office finance, administration and operations, and reporting issues to Senior Management;
• Experience in providing training and mentoring/coaching;
• Excellent presentation, communication and analytical skills;
• Strong leadership and management skills;
• Fluent in English (written and spoken);
• MEL skills and experience working with results frameworks and supporting monitoring reporting is desirable; and
• Ability to build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

Project Overview and Role
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 foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved - and is committed to continuing to improve - economies, societies and most importantly, people's lives. Palladium is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. We also provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, or marital status.

USAID / Nigeria envisions a sustainable integrated health program with an expanded effort with the Government of Nigeria (GON) to identify and support rapid scale-up of proven interventions through improved access to and increased quality of primary health care service delivery and strengthened and sustainable health systems. The activity will focus its support for service delivery in seven intervention areas: health systems strengthening family planning / reproductive health, maternal and newborn health, child health, nutrition, malaria. For health systems, IHP will strengthen Leadership and Governance, Health Finance, Health Information Systems, Medical Commodities and Technologies, Service Delivery, and Human Resources for Health. USAID has recently embarked on an initiative to reduce dependency on external resources and to strengthen commitment and capacity of host country government, local non-governmental organizations and private sector entities towards the Journey to Self-Reliance. IHP will measure and accelerate this journey by fostering local ownership, implementation and financing for primary health care

The 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.
 
Responsibilities

• Works closely with IHP State key personnel providing strategic guidance, vision, planning, and implementation for successful HSS and Sustainability initiatives and activities of the project;
• Provides technical expertise on HSS, covering the six building blocks to HSS at the federal and State levels;
• Develop strategies, plans guidelines and tools to measure and track sustainability at the federal and State levels and facilitate the Journey to Self-Reliance for Primary Health Care.
• Supervises HSS technical staff in state offices and ensures the strategic and functional integration of all HSS activities as well as active collaboration with donors, other implementers, and local counterparts;
• S / he oversees HSS activities, provides technical direction and support and ensures results for project activities.

Management:

• Contribute to annual work planning, training plans and quarterly reports and other required technical reports.
• Advocate and ensure sustainable health systems strengthening program implementation consistent with MOH Nigerian Guidelines, global best practices and USAID Nigerian Strategic Directions including advice on relevant latest health developments & publications.
• Coordinate the monitoring of HSS and sustainability program progress against deliverables on a quarterly basis.
• Coordinate with the other members of the IHP team and partners to develop and implement feasible health systems strengthening approaches.
• Represent IHP at and provide expert technical assistance on health systems strengthening to FMOH and NPHCDA and through federal Technical Working Groups
• Work with the federal and state government to measure the current status of sustainability of the health system and to develop sustainability and transition strategies and roadmaps.

Requirements   

• Graduate Degree (preferably a Ph.D) in Public Health, Social Sciences, Health Economics, Medicine or related discipline;
• At least 10 years of demonstrated progressive experience in HSS and preferable experience with primary care and / or RMNCH+NM programs working with development agencies and organizations, government officials, civil society leaders, community leaders, project beneficiaries and project staff
• Demonstrated technical skills in HSS of primary care and / or RMNCH+NM programs with excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communications skills in English;
• Demonstrated capacity building skills; and ability to work well on teams;
• Previous experience working on a USAID funded project will be an added advantage;
• Familiarity with structures and functions of the FMOH, SMOH, NPHCDA, SPHCDA, health insurance and financing agencies.
• Demonstrated expertise in working directly with host-country senior government officials and policy makers in health.

Applications Closing Date
7th January, 2020.

Project Overview and Role

• Stamping out Slavery in Nigeria (SoSiN) 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.

Responsibilities
The Programme Manager's primary responsibilities will include leadership of Component 2, Innovation & Grants Facility (IGF), as well as the management CSO engagement and support MEL manger in coordination of research and learning. This will include:

• Leading and coordinating IGF competition, design and execution, award partner relationship management, compliance and reporting, and coordination of service delivery.
• Working closely with the Finance & Operations and MEL Managers, as well as partner organizations, to:
  • Oversee the IGF local grant officers monitoring grantees who will deliver activities and research services
  • Build the capacity of local NGOs and CSOs that are recipients of SOSiN grants and funding
  • He / she will also play an integral role in codifying SOSIN best practices for innovation from grants and challenge fund awards to partners delivering preventative human trafficking intervention.

Core Responsibilities will include:
Design & Implementation of IGF:

• Design the Innovation & Grants Facility framework:
• Manage the end to end grants process for the IGF which will be designed to distribute funds to CSO’s working directly with victims and potential victims of trafficking.
• Develop the IGF implementation phase workplan, with support from key staff.
• Manage and coordinate all aspects of IGF competitive and non-competitive grants to CSOs/NGOs
• Design and execute a transparent competition for selection of fund recipients, drawing on best practise of challenge/grant fund awards and integrating lessons learned.
• Work closely with the MEL manager to support coordination of research and outcomes to inform strategy for IGF funding windows and SOSIN learning and evidence platforms .

Implementation of IGF:

• Review grants applications
• Coordinate and follow up on action points to track, monitor and report progress with the MEL and Safeguarding & GESI Managers
• Oversee the issue of grant award and agreements with support from grant officers.
• Contribute to a CSO capability and mapping assessment to be undertaken in the inception phase and support Team leader to establish bootcamps that will help incubate ideas, shortlist potential recipient and further build capacity to deliver.
• Identify opportunities to highlight specific grantee accomplishments and support the Communications and MEL Managers to produce compelling content which includes innovations, best practice and lessons that can be disseminated including through SOSIN learning platforms. - supporting to build  the evidence of what works to tackle drivers and enablers of TiP
• Analyse and evaluate grant submissions for technical and budget soundness and compliance with DFID regulations, recommending award actions for grant award;
• Analyse and evaluate activity applications, proposals, and agreement / award documents to ensure consistency with program goals and objectives;
• Coordinate closely with the Team Leader, MEL manger and other core team members to ensure grants / funding fits within the overall programme goals and objectives.

Monitoring, Reporting and Due Diligence:

• Work with the MEL Manager to design an IGF results framework that feeds into broader SOSIN theory of change and results framework / logframe.
• Develop, implement, and manage strategies for measuring and tracking programme outcomes and impacts against goals and grant requirements to contribute to the development of programme progress reports as required by the client.
• Together with Finance and Operations Manager ensure a process for robust due diligence of shortlisted applicants and ensure timely and accurate compliance and reporting as required by the client.
• Work with the Finance and Operations Manager to:
  • Develop IGF financial and technical reports;
  • To establish KPIs for grant recipients;
  • Make recommendation to the Team Leader and relevant stakeholders (e.g. selection and advisory board members) for further funding subject to technical and financial performance
• Target technical assistance to build MEL and financial management capabilities of grant and challenge fund recipients to improve their ability to track results and performance against periodic evaluations / reviews to be presented during programme review meetings.
• Develop and maintain relationships with IGF recipients and oversee grant officer to organize, conduct and document ongoing monitoring of grantee performance, capacity building that targets grantee needs, and financial monitoring to ensure proper and efficient use of donor funds;

Safeguarding:

• Work closely with the Safeguarding & GESI Manager to ensure all onboarded grantees pass due diligence requirements and are provided with capacity building trainings.
• Monitor ongoing operational and management risks relevant to the grants process.
• Work closely with the Safeguarding & GESI Manager to ensure safeguarding is embedded into award criteria.

Relationship Management:

• Support the Team Leader and wider team to establish an Edo action plan, initially through the convening of an Edo stakeholder conference. To increase impact and build a community of practice, encourage further collaboration between CSOs through convening other collaborative platforms.
• In consultation with the Team Leader, coordinate relevant stakeholders which include a selection committee and advisory panel that will govern the IGF and support the development of an effective governance structure for the facility.
• Provide direct technical support to potential local NGO/CSO partners and grantees.

Capacity Building:

• Lead the development of capacity building framework and plan for CSOs /fund recipients including delivering training guidelines as required, supporting process of continuous improvement to strengthen CSO capacity and capability to take innovation to scale.
• Train, supervise and coach team and partners with regards to grants management.
• Provide information to grantees on reporting requirements and direct technical support to potential local NGO partners and grantees;
• Work closely with the Finance & Operations Manager to ensure continual improvement of the granting process.
• Assist short-listed applicants to refine their application working in coordination with technical team colleagues to develop a technically sound approach.
• Work closely with the Finance & Operations Manager to ensure accurate forecasting of activities ensuring responsibility for keeping forecast variance within client tolerance limits for component.
• Working with the Team Leader to effectively manage risks and ensure that they are reported monitored and mitigated for within delivery area.
• Work collaboratively with the entire implementation team and partners to ensure effective delivery to client requirements.
• Other duties as required by Team Leader.

Requirements
The Programme Manager will possess the following qualifications and experience:

• Managing and administering grants
• Extensive experience working on large donor-funded programs in a grants management role;
• Demonstrated knowledge of DFID rules and regulations and experience working across the following operational disciplines: budget management, project management, procurement, contracts, subcontracting, human resources and general operations and administrative management;
• Strong experience designing programme management systems and procedures for donor-funded programs;
• Experience managing and prioritizing a high workload and multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines;
• Experience in proactively identifying and addressing issues that arise in field office finance, administration and operations, and reporting issues to Senior Management;
• Experience in providing training and mentoring/coaching;
• Excellent presentation, communication and analytical skills;
• Strong leadership and management skills;
• Fluent in English (written and spoken);
• MEL skills and experience working with results frameworks and supporting monitoring reporting is desirable; and
• Ability to build strong relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.

Project Overview and Role
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 foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved - and is committed to continuing to improve - economies, societies and most importantly, people's lives. Palladium is a child-safe organisation, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. We also provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, or marital status.

USAID / Nigeria envisions a sustainable integrated health program with an expanded effort with the Government of Nigeria (GON) to identify and support rapid scale-up of proven interventions through improved access to and increased quality of primary health care service delivery and strengthened and sustainable health systems. The activity will focus its support for service delivery in seven intervention areas: health systems strengthening family planning / reproductive health, maternal and newborn health, child health, nutrition, malaria. For health systems, IHP will strengthen Leadership and Governance, Health Finance, Health Information Systems, Medical Commodities and Technologies, Service Delivery, and Human Resources for Health. USAID has recently embarked on an initiative to reduce dependency on external resources and to strengthen commitment and capacity of host country government, local non-governmental organizations and private sector entities towards the Journey to Self-Reliance. IHP will measure and accelerate this journey by fostering local ownership, implementation and financing for primary health care

The 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.
 
Responsibilities

• Works closely with IHP State key personnel providing strategic guidance, vision, planning, and implementation for successful HSS and Sustainability initiatives and activities of the project;
• Provides technical expertise on HSS, covering the six building blocks to HSS at the federal and State levels;
• Develop strategies, plans guidelines and tools to measure and track sustainability at the federal and State levels and facilitate the Journey to Self-Reliance for Primary Health Care.
• Supervises HSS technical staff in state offices and ensures the strategic and functional integration of all HSS activities as well as active collaboration with donors, other implementers, and local counterparts;
• S / he oversees HSS activities, provides technical direction and support and ensures results for project activities.

Management:

• Contribute to annual work planning, training plans and quarterly reports and other required technical reports.
• Advocate and ensure sustainable health systems strengthening program implementation consistent with MOH Nigerian Guidelines, global best practices and USAID Nigerian Strategic Directions including advice on relevant latest health developments & publications.
• Coordinate the monitoring of HSS and sustainability program progress against deliverables on a quarterly basis.
• Coordinate with the other members of the IHP team and partners to develop and implement feasible health systems strengthening approaches.
• Represent IHP at and provide expert technical assistance on health systems strengthening to FMOH and NPHCDA and through federal Technical Working Groups
• Work with the federal and state government to measure the current status of sustainability of the health system and to develop sustainability and transition strategies and roadmaps.

Requirements   

• Graduate Degree (preferably a Ph.D) in Public Health, Social Sciences, Health Economics, Medicine or related discipline;
• At least 10 years of demonstrated progressive experience in HSS and preferable experience with primary care and / or RMNCH+NM programs working with development agencies and organizations, government officials, civil society leaders, community leaders, project beneficiaries and project staff
• Demonstrated technical skills in HSS of primary care and / or RMNCH+NM programs with excellent organizational, analytical, oral and written communications skills in English;
• Demonstrated capacity building skills; and ability to work well on teams;
• Previous experience working on a USAID funded project will be an added advantage;
• Familiarity with structures and functions of the FMOH, SMOH, NPHCDA, SPHCDA, health insurance and financing agencies.
• Demonstrated expertise in working directly with host-country senior government officials and policy makers in health.

Applications Closing Date
7th January, 2020.