Malaria Consortium Nigeria is committed to tackling the large number of malaria cases and deaths in the country. Working in partnership with the Ministry of Health and other partners, we lead and support three major malaria control initiatives in the country: Support to the National Malaria Control Programme (SuNMaP); NetWorks and MAPS. Our areas of focus in...
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Job purpose
The Research Specialist will manage and coordinate the research methodology and field activities, ensuring the quality and accuracy of data collection and analysis for the PSMA project.
Scope of work
The post holder will oversee the methodology for field research, ensuring that all aspects of data collection adhere to the study’s protocol. This role includes managing the execution of fieldwork, overseeing data collection, ensuring data integrity, and coordinating data analysis. S/he will also be responsible for training and supervising field staff and ensuring that all field activities are carried out efficiently and effectively.
Key working relationships
This position will report to the PSMA Project Manager. The Research Specialist collaborates closely with Database Administrator and Field Supervisors to streamline field activities and data collection efforts. The role also involves coordination with innovation to align research methodologies with the project's design and implementation strategies. Additionally, s/he engages with key stakeholders such as NMEP, SMEPs, and private sector partners.
Key accountabilities
Research contributions (70%)
- Coordinate day-to-day technical preparations and implementation of research activities for the PSMA project.
- Initiate the implementation of research activities as articulated in the project work plan.
- Provide technical inputs in development of all research protocol for the PSMA project and lead submission of protocol for ethical approval.
- Support the recruitment, training, deployment, and monitoring of data collectors throughout the project life.
- Support statistical analysis of research data and contribute to technical report writing.
- Support the PSMA Project Manager to write quarterly and annual progress reports for the project for donors and other audiences as required.
- Support the field work team to ensure project is rolled out in strict adherence to agreed standards and protocols.
- Develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate an overarching research uptake (RU) strategy for the PSMA project, which will support uptake of evidence and learning from the research. This should be done in consultation with the PI and CoPI for the project.
- Provide technical support to research activity implementation and outputs as well as quality assure research data collection and management processes.
Monitoring, Evaluation Accountability and Learning (25%)
- Contribute to the development and implementation of organizational approaches and tools
for monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL)
- Lead the development of a monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning plan for the project which will include:
- Support, and as appropriate lead, the documentation of research findings and lessons learnt from the project, including production of manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals, learning briefs, learning papers and general documentation (e.g. narrative reports, infographics).
- Support the dissemination of lessons learned to national and global audiences through conference presentations, peer-reviewed publications, and technical reports.
- Carry out quarterly project performance assessments and prepare progress reports as required.
- Participate in MC technical team’s cross learning forums.
External Representation (5%)
- Participate in national technical working groups and NMEP’s sub-committee meetings as relevant.
- Participate in technical discussions and strategic planning meetings of the project technical team.
- Represent the project in external meetings as agreed with PSMA Project Manager or SCTC.
Person specification
Qualifications and experience:
Essential
- Master’s in Public Health (MPH) or Epidemiology, statistics or a related research discipline.
- Extensive experience in a research role with an excellent understanding of quantitative research approaches
- Experience in research management.
- Experience in design of operational and/or implementation research.
- Demonstrated experience in survey design, survey implementation, analysis, and report-writing.
Desirable
- Experience in working effectively with government and non-government partners.
- Demonstrable first-hand experience publishing scientific work in peer-reviewed journals.
- Experience in research involving the private sector, preferably on malaria commodities.
Work-based skills:
Essential
- Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collaboratively on a team, particularly with Ministries of Health, NMEP, and/or other government sectors and partners.
- Knowledge of malaria prevention and control in endemic settings
- Excellent understanding of good research practice
- Excellent command of English with exceptional writing and communication skills and the ability to present information in clear, concise, and compelling ways.
- Results-oriented attitude to work.
- Able to travel to project location for up to one week at a time to oversee surveys or other data collection activities.
- Excellent skills in in MS Office and statistical software package.
Desirable
- Excellent skills in developing a range of outputs for communicating research – in print, electronic and face-to-face formats.
- Data-driven decision-making mentality
- Excellent understanding of practices in relation to research integrity.
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Scope of work
The Finance Assistant will be responsible for timely filing of field/country office monthly financial information inclusive of payment vouchers, bank information, financial correspondence etc. S/he will also ensure orderliness within the finance department.
The Finance Assistant will deal with all payments documentation as well as advising the Project Manager, Technical Officer and Financial Accountant on the arising financial matters and sharing area of concern with suggested solution within he/her capacity.
Key working relationships
The Finance Assistant will be a staff in the state or Abuja and will report to the project manager while interacting directly with other staff including operations officer, administrative officer and other technical staff in the field office. S/he will also work with stakeholders, Local government and communities in the state. Indirectly report to the country finance officer.
Key accountabilities
Finance work (50%)
- Review all transactions and ensure completeness of documentation and approvals.
- Review attendance using the approved Database and prepare payment schedules for participants of SMC personnel to ensure names in attendance sheet tally with Database and Schedules.
- Prepare payment vouchers, ensure correctness of cost classification and coding
- Receive payment advise and attached to relevant documents to file
- Preparing Payment schedule of all meetings, workshop and training participants and consultants
- Safeguarding the organisation resources by scrutinising all payment requests, TAFs, PRFs by adhering to the MC Manual, Policies and Procedures
- Follow up on the stock balance of financial documents (forms, vouchers, receipts etc.) and make a timely order before stock outs occurs.
- Work with Finance Officer to ensure PV is raised with all supporting documents for every payment made and filed.
- Advising the Finance Officer on the arising financial matters and sharing areas of concern with suggested solutions.
- Maintain an excel journal template for recording of all payments completed and share with Finance Officer weekly for posting.
Suppliers Invoice (15%)
- Track and receive all invoices from suppliers & vendors and prepare the Invoice authorisation forms
- Prepare all invoice payments and obtain approval from the authorised personnel
Operations related work (30%)
- In charge of archiving, scanning and filling all finance documents and ensuring that they are in safe custody and easily accessible by the finance team.
- Ensure Finance Documents (PVs) are filled as per Malaria Consortium Finance Manual filing requirement.
- In-charge of collating timesheets of all field office staff.
- Keep tracker for all payment documents to ensure they are sent/ received to/in Abuja.
Perform other duties as require by Finance Officer, Accountant and Finance Manager. This will include but not limited to (5%).
- Support audit by making documents available.
- Support in Asset spot check and physical verification.
Person specification
Qualifications and experience:
Essential
- OND/HND or Bachelors in Accounting
- Minimum of 2 year experience in a finance team, with at least one year in an Accounts Officer position
Desirable
- Experience in working in INGO an added advantage
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other software skills
Work-based skills and competencies:
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Knowledge of NGO donors and their financial reporting requirements
- Excellent computer skills with high proficiency in Microsoft excel
- Good analytical and reporting skills
- Strong ability to be able to manage and prioritise multiple tasks
- Willingness to learn at all times
- A self-starter
Desirable
- Working knowledge of accounting software is an added advantage
Trustworthiness, Stress tolerance and operational decision making skills is an added
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Scope of work
The Finance Assistant will be responsible for timely filing of field/country office monthly financial information inclusive of payment vouchers, bank information, financial correspondence etc. S/he will also ensure orderliness within the finance department.
The Finance Assistant will deal with all payments documentation as well as advising the Project Manager, Technical Officer and Financial Accountant on the arising financial matters and sharing area of concern with suggested solution within he/her capacity.
Key working relationships
The Finance Assistant will be a staff in the state or Abuja and will report to the project manager while interacting directly with other staff including operations officer, administrative officer and other technical staff in the field office. S/he will also work with stakeholders, Local government and communities in the state. Indirectly report to the country finance officer.
Key accountabilities
Finance work (50%)
- Review all transactions and ensure completeness of documentation and approvals.
- Review attendance using the approved Database and prepare payment schedules for participants of SMC personnel to ensure names in attendance sheet tally with Database and Schedules.
- Prepare payment vouchers, ensure correctness of cost classification and coding
- Receive payment advise and attached to relevant documents to file
- Preparing Payment schedule of all meetings, workshop and training participants and consultants
- Safeguarding the organisation resources by scrutinising all payment requests, TAFs, PRFs by adhering to the MC Manual, Policies and Procedures
- Follow up on the stock balance of financial documents (forms, vouchers, receipts etc.) and make a timely order before stock outs occurs.
- Work with Finance Officer to ensure PV is raised with all supporting documents for every payment made and filed.
- Advising the Finance Officer on the arising financial matters and sharing areas of concern with suggested solutions.
- Maintain an excel journal template for recording of all payments completed and share with Finance Officer weekly for posting.
Suppliers Invoice (15%)
- Track and receive all invoices from suppliers & vendors and prepare the Invoice authorisation forms
- Prepare all invoice payments and obtain approval from the authorised personnel
Operations related work (30%)
- In charge of archiving, scanning and filling all finance documents and ensuring that they are in safe custody and easily accessible by the finance team.
- Ensure Finance Documents (PVs) are filled as per Malaria Consortium Finance Manual filing requirement.
- In-charge of collating timesheets of all field office staff.
- Keep tracker for all payment documents to ensure they are sent/ received to/in Abuja.
Perform other duties as require by Finance Officer, Accountant and Finance Manager. This will include but not limited to (5%).
- Support audit by making documents available.
- Support in Asset spot check and physical verification.
Person specification
Qualifications and experience:
Essential
- OND/HND or Bachelors in Accounting
- Minimum of 2 year experience in a finance team, with at least one year in an Accounts Officer position
Desirable
- Experience in working in INGO an added advantage
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other software skills
Work-based skills and competencies:
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Knowledge of NGO donors and their financial reporting requirements
- Excellent computer skills with high proficiency in Microsoft excel
- Good analytical and reporting skills
- Strong ability to be able to manage and prioritise multiple tasks
- Willingness to learn at all times
- A self-starter
Desirable
- Working knowledge of accounting software is an added advantage
Trustworthiness, Stress tolerance and operational decision making skills is an added
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Scope of work
The Finance Assistant will be responsible for timely filing of field/country office monthly financial information inclusive of payment vouchers, bank information, financial correspondence etc. S/he will also ensure orderliness within the finance department.
The Finance Assistant will deal with all payments documentation as well as advising the Project Manager, Technical Officer and Financial Accountant on the arising financial matters and sharing area of concern with suggested solution within he/her capacity.
Key working relationships
The Finance Assistant will be a staff in the state or Abuja and will report to the project manager while interacting directly with other staff including operations officer, administrative officer and other technical staff in the field office. S/he will also work with stakeholders, Local government and communities in the state. Indirectly report to the country finance officer.
Key accountabilities
Finance work (50%)
- Review all transactions and ensure completeness of documentation and approvals.
- Review attendance using the approved Database and prepare payment schedules for participants of SMC personnel to ensure names in attendance sheet tally with Database and Schedules.
- Prepare payment vouchers, ensure correctness of cost classification and coding
- Receive payment advise and attached to relevant documents to file
- Preparing Payment schedule of all meetings, workshop and training participants and consultants
- Safeguarding the organisation resources by scrutinising all payment requests, TAFs, PRFs by adhering to the MC Manual, Policies and Procedures
- Follow up on the stock balance of financial documents (forms, vouchers, receipts etc.) and make a timely order before stock outs occurs.
- Work with Finance Officer to ensure PV is raised with all supporting documents for every payment made and filed.
- Advising the Finance Officer on the arising financial matters and sharing areas of concern with suggested solutions.
- Maintain an excel journal template for recording of all payments completed and share with Finance Officer weekly for posting.
Suppliers Invoice (15%)
- Track and receive all invoices from suppliers & vendors and prepare the Invoice authorisation forms
- Prepare all invoice payments and obtain approval from the authorised personnel
Operations related work (30%)
- In charge of archiving, scanning and filling all finance documents and ensuring that they are in safe custody and easily accessible by the finance team.
- Ensure Finance Documents (PVs) are filled as per Malaria Consortium Finance Manual filing requirement.
- In-charge of collating timesheets of all field office staff.
- Keep tracker for all payment documents to ensure they are sent/ received to/in Abuja.
Perform other duties as require by Finance Officer, Accountant and Finance Manager. This will include but not limited to (5%).
- Support audit by making documents available.
- Support in Asset spot check and physical verification.
Person specification
Qualifications and experience:
Essential
- OND/HND or Bachelors in Accounting
- Minimum of 2 year experience in a finance team, with at least one year in an Accounts Officer position
Desirable
- Experience in working in INGO an added advantage
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other software skills
Work-based skills and competencies:
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Knowledge of NGO donors and their financial reporting requirements
- Excellent computer skills with high proficiency in Microsoft excel
- Good analytical and reporting skills
- Strong ability to be able to manage and prioritise multiple tasks
- Willingness to learn at all times
- A self-starter
Desirable
- Working knowledge of accounting software is an added advantage
Trustworthiness, Stress tolerance and operational decision making skills is an added
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Scope of work
The Finance Assistant will be responsible for timely filing of field/country office monthly financial information inclusive of payment vouchers, bank information, financial correspondence etc. S/he will also ensure orderliness within the finance department.
The Finance Assistant will deal with all payments documentation as well as advising the Project Manager, Technical Officer and Financial Accountant on the arising financial matters and sharing area of concern with suggested solution within he/her capacity.
Key working relationships
The Finance Assistant will be a staff in the state or Abuja and will report to the project manager while interacting directly with other staff including operations officer, administrative officer and other technical staff in the field office. S/he will also work with stakeholders, Local government and communities in the state. Indirectly report to the country finance officer.
Key accountabilities
Finance work (50%)
- Review all transactions and ensure completeness of documentation and approvals.
- Review attendance using the approved Database and prepare payment schedules for participants of SMC personnel to ensure names in attendance sheet tally with Database and Schedules.
- Prepare payment vouchers, ensure correctness of cost classification and coding
- Receive payment advise and attached to relevant documents to file
- Preparing Payment schedule of all meetings, workshop and training participants and consultants
- Safeguarding the organisation resources by scrutinising all payment requests, TAFs, PRFs by adhering to the MC Manual, Policies and Procedures
- Follow up on the stock balance of financial documents (forms, vouchers, receipts etc.) and make a timely order before stock outs occurs.
- Work with Finance Officer to ensure PV is raised with all supporting documents for every payment made and filed.
- Advising the Finance Officer on the arising financial matters and sharing areas of concern with suggested solutions.
- Maintain an excel journal template for recording of all payments completed and share with Finance Officer weekly for posting.
Suppliers Invoice (15%)
- Track and receive all invoices from suppliers & vendors and prepare the Invoice authorisation forms
- Prepare all invoice payments and obtain approval from the authorised personnel
Operations related work (30%)
- In charge of archiving, scanning and filling all finance documents and ensuring that they are in safe custody and easily accessible by the finance team.
- Ensure Finance Documents (PVs) are filled as per Malaria Consortium Finance Manual filing requirement.
- In-charge of collating timesheets of all field office staff.
- Keep tracker for all payment documents to ensure they are sent/ received to/in Abuja.
Perform other duties as require by Finance Officer, Accountant and Finance Manager. This will include but not limited to (5%).
- Support audit by making documents available.
- Support in Asset spot check and physical verification.
Person specification
Qualifications and experience:
Essential
- OND/HND or Bachelors in Accounting
- Minimum of 2 year experience in a finance team, with at least one year in an Accounts Officer position
Desirable
- Experience in working in INGO an added advantage
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other software skills
Work-based skills and competencies:
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Knowledge of NGO donors and their financial reporting requirements
- Excellent computer skills with high proficiency in Microsoft excel
- Good analytical and reporting skills
- Strong ability to be able to manage and prioritise multiple tasks
- Willingness to learn at all times
- A self-starter
Desirable
- Working knowledge of accounting software is an added advantage
Trustworthiness, Stress tolerance and operational decision making skills is an added
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Scope of work
The Finance Assistant will be responsible for timely filing of field/country office monthly financial information inclusive of payment vouchers, bank information, financial correspondence etc. S/he will also ensure orderliness within the finance department.
The Finance Assistant will deal with all payments documentation as well as advising the Project Manager, Technical Officer and Financial Accountant on the arising financial matters and sharing area of concern with suggested solution within he/her capacity.
Key working relationships
The Finance Assistant will be a staff in the state or Abuja and will report to the project manager while interacting directly with other staff including operations officer, administrative officer and other technical staff in the field office. S/he will also work with stakeholders, Local government and communities in the state. Indirectly report to the country finance officer.
Key accountabilities
Finance work (50%)
- Review all transactions and ensure completeness of documentation and approvals.
- Review attendance using the approved Database and prepare payment schedules for participants of SMC personnel to ensure names in attendance sheet tally with Database and Schedules.
- Prepare payment vouchers, ensure correctness of cost classification and coding
- Receive payment advise and attached to relevant documents to file
- Preparing Payment schedule of all meetings, workshop and training participants and consultants
- Safeguarding the organisation resources by scrutinising all payment requests, TAFs, PRFs by adhering to the MC Manual, Policies and Procedures
- Follow up on the stock balance of financial documents (forms, vouchers, receipts etc.) and make a timely order before stock outs occurs.
- Work with Finance Officer to ensure PV is raised with all supporting documents for every payment made and filed.
- Advising the Finance Officer on the arising financial matters and sharing areas of concern with suggested solutions.
- Maintain an excel journal template for recording of all payments completed and share with Finance Officer weekly for posting.
Suppliers Invoice (15%)
- Track and receive all invoices from suppliers & vendors and prepare the Invoice authorisation forms
- Prepare all invoice payments and obtain approval from the authorised personnel
Operations related work (30%)
- In charge of archiving, scanning and filling all finance documents and ensuring that they are in safe custody and easily accessible by the finance team.
- Ensure Finance Documents (PVs) are filled as per Malaria Consortium Finance Manual filing requirement.
- In-charge of collating timesheets of all field office staff.
- Keep tracker for all payment documents to ensure they are sent/ received to/in Abuja.
Perform other duties as require by Finance Officer, Accountant and Finance Manager. This will include but not limited to (5%).
- Support audit by making documents available.
- Support in Asset spot check and physical verification.
Person specification
Qualifications and experience:
Essential
- OND/HND or Bachelors in Accounting
- Minimum of 2 year experience in a finance team, with at least one year in an Accounts Officer position
Desirable
- Experience in working in INGO an added advantage
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other software skills
Work-based skills and competencies:
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Knowledge of NGO donors and their financial reporting requirements
- Excellent computer skills with high proficiency in Microsoft excel
- Good analytical and reporting skills
- Strong ability to be able to manage and prioritise multiple tasks
- Willingness to learn at all times
- A self-starter
Desirable
- Working knowledge of accounting software is an added advantage
Trustworthiness, Stress tolerance and operational decision making skills is an added
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Scope of work
The Finance Assistant will be responsible for timely filing of field/country office monthly financial information inclusive of payment vouchers, bank information, financial correspondence etc. S/he will also ensure orderliness within the finance department.
The Finance Assistant will deal with all payments documentation as well as advising the Project Manager, Technical Officer and Financial Accountant on the arising financial matters and sharing area of concern with suggested solution within he/her capacity.
Key working relationships
The Finance Assistant will be a staff in the state or Abuja and will report to the project manager while interacting directly with other staff including operations officer, administrative officer and other technical staff in the field office. S/he will also work with stakeholders, Local government and communities in the state. Indirectly report to the country finance officer.
Key accountabilities
Finance work (50%)
- Review all transactions and ensure completeness of documentation and approvals.
- Review attendance using the approved Database and prepare payment schedules for participants of SMC personnel to ensure names in attendance sheet tally with Database and Schedules.
- Prepare payment vouchers, ensure correctness of cost classification and coding
- Receive payment advise and attached to relevant documents to file
- Preparing Payment schedule of all meetings, workshop and training participants and consultants
- Safeguarding the organisation resources by scrutinising all payment requests, TAFs, PRFs by adhering to the MC Manual, Policies and Procedures
- Follow up on the stock balance of financial documents (forms, vouchers, receipts etc.) and make a timely order before stock outs occurs.
- Work with Finance Officer to ensure PV is raised with all supporting documents for every payment made and filed.
- Advising the Finance Officer on the arising financial matters and sharing areas of concern with suggested solutions.
- Maintain an excel journal template for recording of all payments completed and share with Finance Officer weekly for posting.
Suppliers Invoice (15%)
- Track and receive all invoices from suppliers & vendors and prepare the Invoice authorisation forms
- Prepare all invoice payments and obtain approval from the authorised personnel
Operations related work (30%)
- In charge of archiving, scanning and filling all finance documents and ensuring that they are in safe custody and easily accessible by the finance team.
- Ensure Finance Documents (PVs) are filled as per Malaria Consortium Finance Manual filing requirement.
- In-charge of collating timesheets of all field office staff.
- Keep tracker for all payment documents to ensure they are sent/ received to/in Abuja.
Perform other duties as require by Finance Officer, Accountant and Finance Manager. This will include but not limited to (5%).
- Support audit by making documents available.
- Support in Asset spot check and physical verification.
Person specification
Qualifications and experience:
Essential
- OND/HND or Bachelors in Accounting
- Minimum of 2 year experience in a finance team, with at least one year in an Accounts Officer position
Desirable
- Experience in working in INGO an added advantage
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other software skills
Work-based skills and competencies:
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Knowledge of NGO donors and their financial reporting requirements
- Excellent computer skills with high proficiency in Microsoft excel
- Good analytical and reporting skills
- Strong ability to be able to manage and prioritise multiple tasks
- Willingness to learn at all times
- A self-starter
Desirable
- Working knowledge of accounting software is an added advantage
Trustworthiness, Stress tolerance and operational decision making skills is an added
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Scope of work
The Finance Assistant will be responsible for timely filing of field/country office monthly financial information inclusive of payment vouchers, bank information, financial correspondence etc. S/he will also ensure orderliness within the finance department.
The Finance Assistant will deal with all payments documentation as well as advising the Project Manager, Technical Officer and Financial Accountant on the arising financial matters and sharing area of concern with suggested solution within he/her capacity.
Key working relationships
The Finance Assistant will be a staff in the state or Abuja and will report to the project manager while interacting directly with other staff including operations officer, administrative officer and other technical staff in the field office. S/he will also work with stakeholders, Local government and communities in the state. Indirectly report to the country finance officer.
Key accountabilities
Finance work (50%)
- Review all transactions and ensure completeness of documentation and approvals.
- Review attendance using the approved Database and prepare payment schedules for participants of SMC personnel to ensure names in attendance sheet tally with Database and Schedules.
- Prepare payment vouchers, ensure correctness of cost classification and coding
- Receive payment advise and attached to relevant documents to file
- Preparing Payment schedule of all meetings, workshop and training participants and consultants
- Safeguarding the organisation resources by scrutinising all payment requests, TAFs, PRFs by adhering to the MC Manual, Policies and Procedures
- Follow up on the stock balance of financial documents (forms, vouchers, receipts etc.) and make a timely order before stock outs occurs.
- Work with Finance Officer to ensure PV is raised with all supporting documents for every payment made and filed.
- Advising the Finance Officer on the arising financial matters and sharing areas of concern with suggested solutions.
- Maintain an excel journal template for recording of all payments completed and share with Finance Officer weekly for posting.
Suppliers Invoice (15%)
- Track and receive all invoices from suppliers & vendors and prepare the Invoice authorisation forms
- Prepare all invoice payments and obtain approval from the authorised personnel
Operations related work (30%)
- In charge of archiving, scanning and filling all finance documents and ensuring that they are in safe custody and easily accessible by the finance team.
- Ensure Finance Documents (PVs) are filled as per Malaria Consortium Finance Manual filing requirement.
- In-charge of collating timesheets of all field office staff.
- Keep tracker for all payment documents to ensure they are sent/ received to/in Abuja.
Perform other duties as require by Finance Officer, Accountant and Finance Manager. This will include but not limited to (5%).
- Support audit by making documents available.
- Support in Asset spot check and physical verification.
Person specification
Qualifications and experience:
Essential
- OND/HND or Bachelors in Accounting
- Minimum of 2 year experience in a finance team, with at least one year in an Accounts Officer position
Desirable
- Experience in working in INGO an added advantage
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other software skills
Work-based skills and competencies:
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Knowledge of NGO donors and their financial reporting requirements
- Excellent computer skills with high proficiency in Microsoft excel
- Good analytical and reporting skills
- Strong ability to be able to manage and prioritise multiple tasks
- Willingness to learn at all times
- A self-starter
Desirable
- Working knowledge of accounting software is an added advantage
Trustworthiness, Stress tolerance and operational decision making skills is an added
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Job purpose
The primary roles of the Technical Specialist (TS) would cover strategic technical support, capacity development, evidence and knowledge development and dissemination, and technical representation.
S/he would work with the Programme Director (PD) and team in providing technical guidance in the direct implementation of SMC activities, covering macro and microplanning, training, logistic system, social behavioral change communication, SPAQ distribution, quality assurance (QA) and supportive supervision at the state, LGA, health facility and community levels as per the agreed performance framework targets.
The TS would lead in ensuring Malaria Consortium’s strategic objectives and targets and contributions to Nigeria malaria targets are realized.
He/She would also lead in the review of Malaria Consortium routine ITN, SMC and other chemoprevention strategies implemented in the project and continuously provide technical appraisal and how these can achieve increasing effectiveness/cost effectiveness.
Scope of work
Using an integrated, coordinated, system strengthening and resilience enhancing approach, the TS provides strategic technical and programmatic support to ensure that project interventions is implemented according to the national guideline and global best practices.
The Technical Specialist (TS) will provide additional technical support working closely with the Country Technical Coordinator (CTC), to the technical team at the country office level with specific attention to follow-up on ToRs, concept notes, engagement of technical assistance (TA), TA and programme reports, tracking/follow up on technical quality of state level activities through interphase with the STOs.. S/he would also be involved in representation of the programme during meeting with PRs and other stakeholders.
*Key working relationships
The Technical Specialist will work under the line-management of the Programme Director with dotted line management of the SCTC and in close collaboration with the colleagues in the country office, dotted line relationship to the State Technical Officers, other GF SRs, partners and stakeholders would deliver aspects of the programme as per the specified job tasks and expected deliverables.
Key accountabilities
Technical contributions (70%)
- Support the development of technical workplans and provide quarterly project performance updates.
- Support states to ensure that rollout of programme service delivery activities meet international standard of quality;
- Initiate/follow-up on approval of ToRs for all activities to be carried out at the national, state, LGA, health facility and community level;
- Work in liaison with country office team to closely monitor delivery of ToRs; obtain reports in a timely manner and ensure the proper sign-off of all submitted reports;
- Provide technical support, including building their capabilities, to the state teams in the planning and implementation of all programme activities including malaria prevention (routine ITNs distribution & IPTp), case management (diagnosis and treatment), quality of care (QoC), integrated community case management (iCCM/CHIPS);
- Ensure the GF project’s adherence to technical quality assurance processes for MC in programme planning and implementation.
- Document innovation and best practices that are related to the programme.
- Represent MC on malaria Technical Working Groups (TWGs) and other relevant health coordinating committees at national level as designated.
Project Management (20%)
- Support collation, review, and submission of routine project service delivery activity reports to Programme Director.
- Support Project Director to follow up Country Office review feedbacks on reports and other project documents.
- Contribute to preparation of the quarterly Progress Update and Disbursement Request (PUDR) to the donor.
- Contribute to quarterly lessons identification and learning, documentation and dissemination
- Contribute to project transition strategy and ensure inclusion of relevant activities to promote sustainability within the workplan and smooth transition of the programme to government;
- Be part of the Malaria Consortium learning & development (L&D) and quality assurance groups.
Representations (10%)
- Represent MC on malaria Case Management Subcommittee, SMC Expert Group and other relevant health coordinating committees at national level as may be delegated;
- Be part of the relevant Malaria Consortium/global technical community of practices (CoPs);
- Represent the GF/SMC programme/MC externally as might be assigned by the PD, SCTC and/or West & Central Africa Programme Director (WACPD).
Person specification
Qualifications and experience:
Essential:
- A Degree in Medicine plus a Master’s in Public Health, Health Policy, Epidemiology or another relevant specialty with at least ten years work experience, is a minimum requirement;
- Previous experience working at national level with oversight for at least 3 states
- Demonstrable experience working with national programmes and engaging with stakeholders at that level.
- Significant experience of working in developing countries and experience with GF or GAVI funded programmes would be an added advantage;
Work-based skills and competencies:
Essential:
- Knowledge of global and country specific malaria policy and guidelines.
- Knowledge of medical supplies procurement and supply chain management.
- Technical knowledge and skills in control of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea.
- Demonstrable report writing and presentation skills.
- Excellent project management and M&E skills; and familiarity with accountability and learning
- Excellent written and spoken English.
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