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Job Summary:

• TechnoServe seeks a highly organized, detail-oriented professional to assist with administrative and logistics functions for PReP project. The role is a critical function of the state office and ensures smooth office operations at all times.

Program Overview:

• TechnoServe’s Building a Resilient Local Dairy Supply Chain in Nigeria aims to build a precision, sustainable, and productive local dairy value chain in Nigeria within 4 years in a way that increases the incomes, resilience, and carbon footprint of dairy farmers in Nigeria.

Primary Functions & Responsibilities:
Travel and Logistics

• Assist international and domestic travel requests for all staff.
• As assigned, process all visa and work permit requests for staff in compliance with host Country guidelines.
• Guide other office support staff such as drivers and cleaners to regularly comply with operational standards.
• Work with Operations Specialists of the project to coordinate paperwork and physical maintenance of fleet and logistics management.
• Work with Operations Specialists to check vehicle routes and speed limit applications.

Office Management

• Inspect and track usage of office consumables and its facilities including utilities such diesel, generator maintenance, electricity and other health and safety regulators.
• Drafting of reports relating to the Ibadan office.
• Collection of fuel purchase invoices at the Ibadan office for transmission to the finance department.
• Executes daily purchases and manages office petty cash.
• Provide petty cash vouchers and payment of petty cash expenses.
• Submit monthly Petty cash fund reconciliation with all related documents.
• Draft correspondence, including reports, processes, and other administrative documents.
• Assumes responsibility for document filing and applies initiative in developing office administrative procedures.

Procurement

• Work with Operations Specialists of the project to coordinate the projects needs and make the requests in the system
• Follow the procurement procedures

Basic Qualifications:

These are the requirements that any qualified candidate must meet. Typically includes:

• Bachelor’s degree or Tertiary studies in Business Administration, Public Administration, Sociology, Office Management, or other relevant social sciences-related
• Procurement certification or prior experience is an added advantage.

Preferred Qualification:

• Alternatively, have at least 2 years of work experience in an administrative / office management role, with responsibilities related to procurement preferably with an international NGO.

Travel:

• Ability to travel on occasion.

Language Requirement:

• Fluency in English both in writing and speaking.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Effective oral and written communication skills, and ability to work independently on multiple tasks simultaneously
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
• Experience with relevant software packages useful for preparing relevant work documents.
• High Professional work ethic and integrity.
• Ability to reason objectively, clear strong and strategic communication skills.
• Good interpersonal and public relations skills.
• Strong operational, analytical and management skills.
• Ability to multitask competing priorities with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work both as a team lead and a team member.

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Job Summary:

• Reporting to the Senior Finance specialist, TechnoServe Nigeria, the Accounting Officer being a junior-level position is a dynamic and agile part of the finance department that will play a key role in providing accounting support for the organisation alongside the PRiFN project in an efficient and compliant manner, ensuring compliance to TechnoServe, the donor and statutory policies, processes and regulations.

Primary Functions & Responsibilities:

Accounts Payable

• Review of procurement requests ensuring compliance with procurement policies, donor policies and country regulatory bodies
• Processing procurement approvals by raising payment vouchers and facilitating wire transfers
• Processing accurate and timely transaction information into TechnoServe’s accounting system. Checks and code expenditure (travel advances, imprest and purchase requisition)
• Maintain financial documents filing system both physical and electronic
• Work with the Senior Finance Specialist to implement a grant tracking/monitoring system, monitoring grant expenditures in order to identify any irregularities.

Compliance

• Filing of all tax deductions and support obtaining of tax clearance certificate for the organization
• Keep up to date with regulatory changes
• Support audit both organization and project audit
• Work with Senior Finance Specialist in ensuring compliance with Nigerian tax laws

Others

• Support in preparing schedules for monthly financial close including monthly financial reports to the donor for the PRiFN Project
• Review all reconciliations and ensure completeness and compliance for the PRiFN Project
• Support GL reconciliation for accuracy and early error detection
• Participate in internal and external audits by providing auditors with accounting documents as requested and provide explanation for audit queries
• Perform other related tasks as may be assigned by the Senior Finance Specialist

Basic Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Economics or related field with minimum of 2 years’ experience, alternatively 4 years’ experience in the field of finance.
• Experience should include being conversant with donor financial reporting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with donor-funded projects, most especially the UN
• Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks with competing deadlines

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong sense of collegiality, integrity, resourcefulness, and accountability for results.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• An ability to think critically and elevate risks to management.
• A creative and entrepreneurial approach to resolving problems.
• Advanced-level knowledge of Microsoft Excel, and basic functional knowledge of field accounting software packages.

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Job Overview

• TechnoServe seeks a highly organized, detail-oriented professional to assist with administrative and logistics functions for PReP project. 
• The role is a critical function of the state office and ensures smooth office operations at all times. 

Program  / Practice / Department Overview

• The Project Administrator will be part of the Operations department to support activities across Anambra and Lagos state for the project team through the following:

Travel and Logistics:

• Assist international and domestic travel requests for all staff.
• As assigned, process all visa and work permit requests for staff in compliance with host Country guidelines.
• Guide other office support staff such as drivers and cleaners to regularly comply with operational standards.
• Work with Operations Specialists of the project to coordinate paperwork and physical maintenance of fleet and logistics management.
• Work with Operations Specialists to check vehicle routes and speed limit applications.

Office Management:

• Inspect and track usage of office consumables and its facilities including utilities such as diesel, generator maintenance, electricity and other health and safety regulators.
• Drafting of reports relating to the state offices.
• Collection of fuel purchase invoices at the state offices for transmission to the finance department.
• Executes daily purchases and manages office petty cash.
• Provide petty cash vouchers and payment of petty cash expenses.
• Submit monthly Petty cash fund reconciliation with all related documents.
• Draft correspondence, including reports, processes, and other administrative documents.
• Assumes responsibility for document filing and applies initiative in developing office administrative procedures.

Procurement:

• Work with Operations Specialists of the project to coordinate the projects needs and make the requests in the system

Basic Qualifications
These are the requirements that any qualified candidate must meet. Typically includes:

• Bachelor’s degree or Tertiary studies in Business Administration, Public Administration, Sociology, Office Management, or other relevant social sciences-related
• Procurement certification or prior experience is an added advantage.

Preferred Qualification: 

• Alternatively, have at least 2 years of work experience in an administrative / office management role, with responsibilities related to procurement preferably with an international NGO.

Travel: 

• Ability to travel on occasion.      

Language Requirement:

• Fluency in English both in writing and speaking.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Effective oral and written communication skills, and ability to work independently on multiple tasks simultaneously 
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
• Experience with relevant software packages useful for preparing relevant work documents.
• High Professional work ethic and integrity. 
• Ability to reason objectively, clear strong and strategic communication skills.
• Good interpersonal and public relations skills.
• Strong operational, analytical and management skills.
• Ability to multitask competing priorities with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work both as a team lead and a team member.