Job Vacancies at Methodist Church Nigeria

LOCATION: Borno State, with travel around the North East

TIME/STATUS: Regular, Full-time

DURATION: One-year contract, with a possibility of extension

Position Summary

The Mental Health Project Officer will be the lead clinician in charge of all aspects of mental healthcare services within the project. With a focus on holistic patient care, the Mental Health Project Officer will oversee the delivery of clinical mental health services including but not limited to establishing clinical practice policy and protocols, individual/group supervision, case conferencing, quality assurance and improvement, reviewing treatment plans while setting the pace for a high performance productive department. The Mental Health Project Officer will manage multiple service lines in accordance with the project among other project components, establishing quality measures for agency-wide mental health service providers (including community-based and clinical service sites).

The Mental Health Project Officer will report to the Project Manager. S/he will also receive technical support from CBM International through the Mental Health Technical Advisor.

Duties and Responsibilities

Programme support

• Provide regular reports to the Project Manager in all aspects of mental health treatment services. Organize and present mental health project performance detail as needed and directed by the Project Manager.
• Attend, participate in and report at various internal and external (off-site) meetings and trainings as required. Represent the implementing partner at local and state-level meetings of clinical staff using an interdisciplinary approach to patient/client care.
• Coordinate with other humanitarian actors and participate in activities of sector working groups in the project catchment areas.
• Maintain good relationships with community stakeholders and partners in mental health service delivery as directed.
• Attend trainings, workshops and other relevant professional development events approved by the Project Manager. Make recommendations on quality improvement measures based on current best practices.
• Assist the Project Manager in on-going assessment of health facility staff, including annual performance evaluation, performance improvement, identifying training needs, and creating a yearly training plan to meet those needs.
• Liaise closely with the project team throughout the planning, design and implementation stages of the CBM-BMZ Transitional Aid project.
• Maintain confidentiality regarding privileged administrative and client information in a professional manner.
• Perform all duties and services in full compliance with local and international service excellence standards.

Clinical supervision

• Provide clinical oversight in the delivery of mental health services across multiple service areas, programs and overall service delivery sites. This includes the development of protocols, guidelines, training materials, policy and procedures applicable to all mental health service staff and programs.
• Ensure compliance in all aspects of providing mental health services either directly or by collaborative efforts with Mental Health Technical Advisor and other relevant quality assurance staff. Provide clinical guidance and support in case management at all levels of treatment and care within the project.
• Stay up-to-date on trends in standards of practice for mental health providers. Provide assistance in (directly and indirectly) training staff in necessary protocols, diagnosis and treatment methods, and clinical intervention strategies for quality mental health service delivery.
• Directly supervise clinical staff across different service platforms to ensure performance measures are met in a manner that respects funding requirements and quality assurance protocols.
• Provide coaching and hands-on supervision as needed with all mental health staff. Work with staff and/or immediate supervisor(s) in cases requiring corrective or disciplinary action and performance improvement planning.
• Assume all quality assurance supervisory responsibility over clinical mental health staff. Directly supervise all Supervisors and other direct service staff as assigned.
• Be available to respond to “on-call” for crisis intervention consultation at clinic-level and the level of self-help groups or other departments where mental health and case management services are delivered.

Knowledge management

• Support health facility staff in collation and reporting of mental health statistics in the mental health database. S/he will actively contribute to data management and use for project review and programme development purposes.
• Contribute to documentation and sharing of best practices, lessons learnt and human interest stories with project stakeholders as appropriate.
• Participate in research design and development and monitoring and evaluation activities.

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated desire and experience working with ethnically diverse populations.
• Intermediate to advanced computer skills and experience with various software programs as required by the position.
• Strong organizational/time management skills; ability to multi-task in a fast-paced and often stressful environment; demonstrated flexibility in regards to job duties and assignments; ability to work effectively and independently, and as part of a team to organize tasks, solve problems, make decisions, while handling multiple priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills demonstrated by the ability to communicate effectively and relate congenially with parents, children, clinic staff and providers, and community referral representatives.
• Proven understanding of standards and practices governing patient/client confidentiality; demonstrated ability to preserve client confidentiality.
• Thorough knowledge of and willingness to adhere to mandated reporting requirements as stated by law; working knowledge of generally accepted Quality Assurance standards and procedures.
• Position requires moderate physical activity such as sitting, travelling, walking, and computer usage.

Qualification, Education and Experience

• At least a Post-basic qualification in Psychiatric Nursing from a recognized institution.
• Master’s degree in Public Health, Medical Social Works, Clinical Psychology or related field is an added advantage.
• At least three years’ prior experience in administration, coordination with supervision of mental health and/or case management/counseling services programs required.
• Prior work experience in a social services or healthcare setting as a direct client services provider is highly preferred.
• The candidate must be registered with the necessary regulatory body and possess a minimum 5 years of professional licensure in the Federal Republic of Nigeria as required.

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LOCATION: Borno State, with travel around the North East

TIME/STATUS: Regular, Full-time

DURATION: One-year contract, with a possibility of extension

Position Summary

To work in a team in the design and implementation of psychosocial interventions, support the development of self-help groups, monitor mental health promotion activities and ensure that the project objectives are met. Moreover, to strengthen accessibility to mental and general health and social services for service users and ensure that support is extended to both mental health service users and their families, and families of displaced people, refugees and returnees including child and female-headed households to benefit from the projects.

S/he will be based in Maiduguri, and will report to the Project Manager.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Facilitate and brief stakeholders and community groups on mental health promotion and self-help group development activities
• Collaborate with project beneficiaries and organizations of persons with disabilities to initiate and develop viable and sustainable self-help groups in the target communities.
• Oversee the economic integration programme for service users within the project. This includes providing technical support to the self-help groups in managing the revolving loans scheme as well as provide technical support in developing business ideas, business fundamentals and financial literacy towards self-reliance.
• Identify and provide linkages and referrals to project beneficiaries for placements in formal and informal employment based on needs of the beneficiaries.
• Support the reporting of child and vulnerable adult safeguarding issues and referral to other agencies in targeted area.
• Ensure that all programmes take gender issues fully into account. This includes the introduction of mechanisms to enable women and girls to participate in decision making around public health issues.
• Contribute to the development of context relevant SBC/IEC materials (Strategic Behaviour Change or Information Education Communication) for different target audiences.
• Conduct training of community groups on context relevant and culturally appropriate IEC materials promoting key public health practices and messages about the available mental health services.
• Facilitate strategic behaviour change interventions for the project aimed at promoting good mental health among young people and at risk populations. This includes selecting and training Advocates / Peer Facilitators to deliver strategic behavior change messages within their cohorts as well as monitoring the activities of these community volunteers.
• Organize and ensure awareness campaigns, community and mass media activities are conducted to educate general public about mental health and promote dignity for persons with mental illness. This includes commemorating international days related to mental health celebrated annually.
• Conduct data collection related to public health and protection indicators (at household and community level) for programming purpose.
• Work with the project team in developing and strengthening accountability mechanisms at community and partner levels.
• Coordinate with other humanitarian actors and participate in activities of sector working groups in the catchment areas.
• Contribute in timely and quality reporting on mental health promotion project activities. To report regularly, verbally and in writing to the Project Manager and to represent the partner to other NGO’s, agencies and Government authorities where requested.
• Assist in collecting best practices, case studies that demonstrate qualitative and quantitative changes over the period. This also include keeping a log of “lessons learnt" within scope of work.
• Conduct reviews, learning events, surveys at project locations.
• Actively participate in weekly project management and team meetings.

• Liaise closely with the project team throughout the planning, design and implementation stages of the CBM-BMZ Transitional Aid project.

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated desire and experience working with ethnically diverse populations.
• Intermediate to advanced computer skills and experience with various software programs as required by the position.
• Strong organizational/time management skills; ability to multi-task in a fast-paced and often stressful environment; demonstrated flexibility in regards to job duties and assignments; ability to work effectively and independently, and as part of a team to organize tasks, solve problems, make decisions, while handling multiple priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills demonstrated by the ability to communicate effectively and relate congenially with parents, children, clinic staff and providers, and community referral representatives.
• Proven understanding of standards and practices governing patient/client confidentiality; demonstrated ability to preserve client confidentiality.
• Thorough knowledge of and willingness to adhere to mandated reporting requirements as stated by law; working knowledge of generally accepted Quality Assurance standards and procedures.
• Position requires moderate physical activity such as sitting, travelling, walking, and computer usage.

Qualification, Education and Experience

• Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Sociology, Mass Communication, Business Management, Economics or the Social Sciences from a recognized institution.
• Master’s degree in Public Health, Clinical Psychology or related field is an added advantage.

• At least three years’ prior experience in administration, coordination with supervision of mental health and/or case management/counseling services programs required.

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LOCATION: Borno State, with travel around the North East

DURATION: One-year contract, with a possibility of extension

TIME/STATUS: Regular, Full-time

Background

Methodist Church Nigeria has been at the forefront of spiritual and social transformation and investing in medical-health services and socio-economic welfare of the people. The church is committed to the development of mental health services in Nigeria and has progressively led the integration of mental health services into primary care in Benue State working in partnership with community-based and government structures.

Methodist Church Nigeria is a sub-recipient of the CBM-BMZ Transitional Aid funding to support the development of mental health services in North East Nigeria. The project aims to deliver an effective and sustained response to the most urgent, much desired and basic needs of vulnerable populations affected by the crisis in the north east of Nigeria.

Methodist Church Nigeria is currently seeking suitable and qualified candidates to fill vacant positions within the project. 

The positions include:

a. Mental Health Project Officer

b. Strategic Behaviour Change Project Officer

c. Project Finance Officer

d. Project Driver

Position Summary

The Project Finance Officer (PFO) will ensure that the project team complies with CBM and BMZ Finance Policies and Procedure and Principle of stewardship. This person will provide oversight in funds management and accounting (processing of financial data according to donor requirements, verifying accuracy of data, implementing accounting policies and procedures, and generating prompt and accurate financial reports) within the project and support the project team in keeping with internal control systems and providing feedback on budget performance within the project.

The PFO is directly responsible for all financial and administrative tasks and procedures as well as the logistics functions for the project, and ensures that internal control systems are kept in line with project financial regulations and international standards. S/he will work closely with the Project Manager and CBM to drive best practices in financial management and administration, while supporting collaborating partners in improvement of accounting systems.

S/he will be based in Maiduguri, and will report to the Project Manager.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Financial Management and Accounting/Financial reporting:

• Assist project team in Budget Review and Quarterly Cash Forecasting
• Report Sub-Agreement commitments to be recorded in project’s accounting system.
• Review and process the issuance of project advances in accordance with Donor Policies and Procedures.
• Prepare budgets in coordination with Senior Management Team and CBM.
• Prepare timely and accurate Donor Financial Reports in accordance with terms and conditions outlined in the grant agreement.
• Prepare regular – monthly, quarterly and annual - finance reports on budget performance (income and expenditure overviews) and position of liquidity (bank and cash balances).
• Prepare the Project Progress Report (PPR).
• Record and maintain financial transactions (accounting) including recording receipts and disbursements such as ledgers, cash books, vouchers and the likes in Quickbooks Accounting Software.
• Safeguard proper use of internal control procedures including the monthly reconciliation and control of bank and cash balances and reconciling data for recurring or special reports.
• Manage all petty cash transactions and maintain records of these disbursements and balance accounts as required.
• Maintain contacts with local banks for verifying accounts status, collecting bank statements, verifying currency exchange rates and similar direct transactions.
• Fill payment vouchers in and write down related cheques for different payments.
• Prepare required financial documentation for both internal (periodic) and external (annual) audits.
• Send reminders and follow up with staff as regards retirement and liquidation of advances.
• Supervise the up-to-date office inventory lists of fixed assets, especially equipment and furniture.
• Update the asset register on a regular basis.
• Coordinate project’s procurement process in collaboration with CBM.
• Participate in financial monitoring of project’s collaborating partners.

Compliance Management:

• Set up a financial control and compliance system for the project in line with universally accepted standards.
• Verify partner health facilities’ activity financial reports and associated support documentations and recommend for liquidation and/or reimbursement in accordance with Donor policies and procedures and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Report any fraudulent activities observed as part of the review to the Project Board and Project Manager immediately.
• Prepare partners’ Aging Report for Program and Management Review on monthly basis.
• Provide onsite training to both state teams and health facilities’ staff when required.
• Ensure that local tax matters, including income tax, payroll taxes and other taxes are adequately handled in compliance with the laws of Nigeria.
• Ensure Project’s files both in hard and electronic copies are up to date.

Audit

• Ensure that financial records are readily available for internal/external auditors and reviewers.
• Attend to all financial audits when required and facilitate the process.
• Follow up with recommendations from internal and external audit findings.

Administrative functions

• Ensure that inventory of assets of the organization are maintained, and monthly reports of assets are prepared and submitted in line with internal and Donor’s reporting timelines.
• Organize logistics for program-related staff and consultant travels with adequate tact and professionalism.
• Organize procurement for conferences/workshops and specific other special events with adequate tact and professionalism and in line with standard best practice and guidelines.
• Organize procurement of office supplies and assets based on Donor policies and procedures, and standard best practice.
• Ensure that office equipment and property are put in good condition at all times to forestall functionality issues and delivery of duties of staff.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Education, Knowledge & Experience

• B.Sc. Accounting from a reputable institution. Membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) is an added advantage.
• Minimum of five years’ relevant experience in financial accounting, especially within the development sector.
• Must be a motivated, problem-solving individual with high levels of initiative.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong internal relationship management and analytical skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrate high level of initiative, diplomacy and tact.
• Excellent knowledge of computer software – MS Office (PowerPoint and Excel especially).
• Excellent skills in the use of QuickBooks accounting software.
• Good working knowledge of accounting, financial analysis, budgeting procedures and cash/bank reconciliation.
• Excellent analytical skills and sound judgment.
• Ability to carry out all assigned duties with minimum supervision.
• Must be flexible and be able to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to establish priorities according to workload, to plan and be able to deliver on deadlines.
• Must be person of dignity, trustworthy, and highly confidential in professional manner.
• Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to travel as needed

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Details:

LOCATION: Borno State, with travel around the North East

TIME/STATUS: Regular, Full-time

DURATION: One-year contract, with a possibility of extension

Position Summary

The Project Driver will work within the project team to provide reliable and compliant support to project activities in order to achieve efficient service to project beneficiaries. The Project Driver will provide safe, transport services for the project and support staff in the described Area of Responsibility (AOR). The Project Driver manages the safety and security of assigned vehicle(s) and keeps proper records of vehicle related documentation.

S/he will be based in Maiduguri.

Qualifications, Skills, Experience and Person specification

The ideal candidate for the project driver position

• Must demonstrate good driving skills with extensive driving experience with a good driving record including complying with security and safety measures in driving and maintaining project vehicles.
• Must possess a valid drivers’ license and any related documentation required for driving assigned vehicle in accordance with local rules and regulations.
• Must be educated to school certificate level, formal drivers’ training with certification; basic knowledge of vehicle mechanical work is an added advantage.
• Must possess at least four years’ related experience in vehicle fleet management in a reputable organization; knowledge of the road network in project coverage area (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States) and working experience with a Non-Governmental Organization are added advantages.
• Must demonstrate good communication skills, both spoken and written English.
• Must be able to communicate in Hausa language and any other local language.
• Must be honest, dedicated to duty and accountable.
• Must be able to act consistently in line with project’s values.
• Must demonstrate ability to work as part of a team and coordinate transport and logistics activities under the supervision of own Line Manager.
• Should be computer literate particularly in Microsoft Excel and Word packages.