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

CHAD INTERNATIONAL, as a Women-led National Non-governmental Organization, is sedulously committed to improving the lives of people who have been affected by various forms of conflict or disasters in Nigeria. Operating since 2002, CHAD has seen to the implementation of various support and relief programs across five (5) states within Nigeria: Adamawa, Anambra, Borno, Gombe and Imo. Hitherto, CHAD has gained relevant experience is program implementation in both development and humanitarian contexts. CHAD arrived at the northeast humanitarian scene in 2015, and has since then implemented various lifesaving interventions in sectors such as Child Protection, GBV, Education, Governance and Civic rights and carrying out core activities such as Case Management, Family Tracing and Reunification, Alternative Care Placements, Psycho-social Support, Awareness raising, establishment and strengthening Community Based Networks, Service provision and Supports, Referrals and Sensitization.

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;

Finance Officer

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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Center for Community Health and Development International is a non-discriminatory, non-governmental Organization with a mandate to improve the health and quality of life of Nigeria’s rural children and women. CHAD was established in 2002 by a group of women from different religious and ethnic background in Gombe state, North East Nigeria .We make available information on sexual reproductive health/family planning for improved quality of life. We advocate for youth and women’s sexual reproductive rights, treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS, increase in budgetary and proper utilization of allocated funding on children and women’s issues, improved provision of water supply, and sanitation. We collaborate with other NGO’s and Government actors in curbing the menace of HIV/AIDS and in the advancement of peace and good government.
On this regard CHAD therefore seek a competent person to fill below position; CPIMS+ Administrator

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employee Status: Fixed Term
Slot: 1

Child Safeguarding

 The post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively, this will be based on the security context of the project site.  Because they are responsible for implementing the police checking of case workers / vetting process of case management forms.

Job Summery

Child Protection Information Management System(CPIMS+) Administrator
will be in charge of rolling out and implementation of CPIMS+ (Primero) of CHAD Intl. The role holder will have a high-level oversight in the running of the system and ensuring of technical support to the data officers and case management teams of CHAD Int`l. The System Administrator in the CPIMS+/Primero, oversees the entire technical implementation. This role holder has the ultimate responsibility for the configuration and maintenance of the Primero implementation within the CHAD`s Child protection programme; the data it carries, and the case management work it enables. Furthermore, the position holder will work in collaboration with M&E officer for effective data need and its accuracy. Along with fully understanding Primero/CPIMS+, the system administrator will need to be familiar with cloud-based deployments, understanding provisioning servers, deploying applications, setting up monitoring and other security measures, as well as local server deployments, networks, and hardware configuration for example laptops and others hardware’s. 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.
This is a contract-based project of 6 months, renewable is a subject to funding availability and performance.

Reporting to:  Programme Manager

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY

• Maintain a program database and ensure that the databases are updated regularly.
• Provide assistance for the User Acceptance Testing process.
• Train end-users on the use of the CPIMS+ with support of a technical case management focal point, including new agency and users.
• Provide training and support to the Northeast Child protection subsector agency administrators (if relevant).
• In charge of maintenance and configuration of the system.
• Create and monitor roles and users.
• In charge of monitoring data quality.
• Take on the role of focal point for support, interaction with CPIMS+/Primero technical teams, CPIMS+ Steering Committee and helpdesk (including contracting), including provision of regular updates on system performance.
• Coordinate with relevant staff and other protection subsectors for the evaluation process with the global CPIMS+ Steering Committee.
• Protecting the confidentiality of the case information – focal point for audit process.
• Aggregate data analysis, reporting and sharing (optional).
• Developing systems to monitor data quality, routinely analyzing it, and addressing issues that arise in service delivery and inputting data.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Bachelor Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Statistics, International Relations, Bio statistics, or Project Management.
• Diploma in IT with a bias in Database Development will be an added advantage.
• Certificate in M&E is a plus.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in NGO’s and or UN Agencies in developmental or in humanitarian programmes, with 3+ years in field postings, 3 years in management information systems development.
• Proven experience of undertaking analysis of both qualitative and quantitative research using relevant software such as STATA or SPSS, Tableau and power BI (to be assessed) 
• Excellent skills in data visualization using different software including ONA, Power BI etc
• Good communication skills in English and Hausa. Understanding of the IDPs and host community language is added advantage.
• Proven skills and experience in system development, repair and maintenance.
• Full understanding of Excel and report creation.
• High level technical understanding of the deployment infrastructure (i.e. servers, IP addresses, databases, local and cloud deployments)
• User-level understanding of Windows and Linux command line.
• Preferably basic knowledge on case management and child protection programming.
• Strong information management and telecommunication skills and proficiency in IT/computer skills (including sound MS Excel, Ms PowerPoint and Ms Word proficiency).
• Problem analysis, judgement, handling ambiguity and decision making based on fact and figures.
• Technical expertise in various data analysis software and proven experience using mobile technology for data collection with experience of electronic data collection using tablets or other devices.
• Excellent knowledge and experience in the use of ODK for digital data collection, ONA and power BI for analysis and visualization is a must.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills and experience with statistical/graphical software or geo-spatial software.
• Proven experience with current technologies, such as web-based data management and analysis tools, digital data collection, mapping, Google applications, data visualization, interactive dashboards, etc.
• Experience with ICT hardware, mobile phones and web-based technologies, particularly designing or deploying tools appropriate to limited-bandwidth or sub-standard infrastructure environments..
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with experience working in multicultural, multi -location, values driven teams.
• Commitment to and understanding of CHAD`s aims, core values and principles.
• Good analysis and report writing skills.
• Experience in open source, mobile and emerging technology is extremely desirable.
• Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
• Experience in producing clear and simple reports, including charts & graphs, for end-users
• Experience of managing private and international donor funded projects.
• Experience of training and capacity building.
• Some experience of representation and ability to represent the CPIMS users effectively in external forums.

How to Apply.

Please apply in English saving your CV and covering letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role. 
Employment is subject to our Child protection standards including background checks and adherence to our Child Safeguarding Policy.  All employees of CHAD International are also expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

CHAD Int`l is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best-qualified talent.

Disclaimer: CHAD International does not charge any kind of fee at whichever stage of the recruitment process and does not act through recruitment agents