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  • Posted: Jan 22, 2019
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    Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE) is a Nigerian Non Governmental Organization (NGO). WEWE's goal is to empower communities to access health care, safe water, good nutrition, micro credits for income generating activities and education. WEWE is governed by a board of trustees.
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    Gender Officer

    Job Description

    • Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organisation (WEWE) is soliciting for a Gender Officer to fill the job vacancy in a USAID funded project called ‘Local Partner initiatives for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (LOPIN) Project’.
    • WEWE wishes to recruit a talented and God fearing Gender Officer who believes in local organizations.
    • The candidate must be an individual who has a passion to work with vulnerable children, must be Gender aware and also key into the mandate to make WEWE the most gender transformed and responsive organization in Africa in both operations and program implementations by ensuring that all projects are designed, implemented and monitored with gender considerations and that all operational activities including gender sensitive.

    Key Duties & Responsibilities

    • Decrease gender-based barriers to accessing quality care/service
    • Update WEWE Gender policy.
    • Coordinate gender aspects in line with WEWE and USAID/PEPFAR gender policies and strategies
    • Responsible for Adolescent Boys/Girls & Young Women Programming
    • Enhance the capacity of WEWE staff and partners on gender equality mainstreaming and increase responsiveness
    • Conduct gender norm engagements in established platforms to expose negative gender norms and promote positive gender norms.
    • Mobilize and sensitize communities towards preventing Gender Based Violence
    • Address identified gender norms and gender based violence using the LOPIN 2 Gender Manual

    Qualifications & Experience Required
    To be considered eligible for selection, an applicant must meet the following requirements:

    • Must have 1-2 years prior experience as a gender officer working with vulnerable children
    • Experience working on a USAID project or International Donor funded project preferred.
    • Qualification in gender is preferable (Diploma, Bachelor’s degree or postgraduate degree).
    • Advanced professional development and experience in gender or child protection.
    • Strong knowledge of child and women’s rights and gender justice
    • Experience drafting project reporting and monitoring project progress
    • Experience managing people and ability to build, develop and motivate a high performing team
    • Ability to train other staff on gender and other related matters.
    • Demonstrate problem solving skills, collaboration experience, creativity and willingness to innovate
    • Experience of managing budgets and planning and reporting protocols.
    • Significant experience in leading gender equality in the organisations.
    • Excellent communication skills that effectively represent an organisation mission and values internally and externally
    • Ability to maintain a network with external research and academic institutes working on issues relating to gender
    • Extremely strong in written and oral English language with research writing skills
    • Attention to detail and efficient delivery methods.

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    Senior Communication Officer

    Job Description

    • Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organisation (WEWE) is soliciting for a Senior Communication Officer to fill the job vacancy in a USAID funded project called ‘Local Partner initiatives for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (LOPIN) Project’.
    • WEWE wishes to recruit a talented and God fearing Senior Communication Officer who believes in local organisations and in the ingenuity of the Nigerian and that the best of Nigeria can be better than the rest. The candidate must be an individual who has a passion to work with vulnerable children in helping to increase WEWE’s visibility and promote the LOPIN 2 project impact by facilitating effective communication processes around our project states and through our online/media platforms and beyond
    • The candidate must be an individual who has a passion to work with vulnerable children in helping to increase WEWE’s visibility and promote the LOPIN 2 project impact by facilitating effective communication processes around our project states and through our online/media platforms.

    Position Summary

    • The Senior Communications Officer will work closely with the Communications Officer to ensure relevant and current information is circulated to all teams and stakeholders through effective, innovative and creative communication processes.

    Key Duties & Responsibilities

    • Identifying and effectively communicating project success by developing success stories, case studies, short documentaries
    • Update and maintain WEWE’s website, social media platforms and blogs
    • Engage with mainstream media (Electronic and Print) to increase WEWE’s visibility and promote project impact
    • Edit technical and scientific documents and articles (proofreading, copying, designing, line editing and substantive editing)
    • Desktop design and layout of technical documents in compliance with donor branding and marking requirements
    • Coordinate Outreach and events with experience in developing press release, media coverage, press fact sheets, developing scene setters, liaise with US Embassy public affairs units and manage print, radio and TV media relation journalists and website information management
    • Organize external senior management meetings, coordinate and manage protocol for high delegation meetings and manage press for public interviews for WEWE LOPIN management
    • Coordinate staff meetings, prepare agendas and takes minutes of meetings as required.

    Preferred Qualifications

    • A Postgraduate or equivalent professional certification and a University degree with a First or Second Class Upper Division (2.1) in English, Linguistics, Mass Communication, Journalism, or any Social Science related fields.
    • Must have a minimum of 3 years post NYSC experience in a reputable Organization in a similar role
    • Extremely strong computer skills, with knowledge of relevant publishing softwares such as but not limited to Microsoft Office Suite (Ms. Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), Desktop Publishing (Adobe Creative Suite - Photoshop, PDF, illustrator, InDesign - CorelDraw
    • Experience in Media Production (including audio and video documentary - Adobe Media Suite), Social Media Campaigns (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn), Website Design and Content Management (Joomla, Word Press, Professional Photography with ability to use graphics)
    • Extremely strong in written and oral English language with research writing skills
    • Superior oral and written communication skills with an emphasis on creative approaches, attention to detail and efficient delivery methods.
    • Experienced on USAID projects in the role of a Senior Communications Officer position or similar capacity will be an added advantage

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    E -WASH Organizational and Institutional Development Officer

    Duration: One (1) year (April 2019 to March 2020)

    Duties and Responsibilities

    • Supports the development of the Program strategies and plans to strengthen the capacity of local and regional partners (local government entities and civil society) to design, implement and evaluate program activities.
    • Assist in the development of local civil society organizations (NGOs and CBOS) and SWB in integrating quality improvement processes in program implementation.
    • Facilitate and develop coaching/mentoring mechanisms and models to facilitate organizational changes resulting in the SWB.
    • Identify gaps in organizational structures (governance, strategic planning, financial systems, management and operations, monitoring and evaluations) and identify best resources available within to address the identified gaps.
    • Provide hands-on technical assistance to field programs in developing and implementing state level community mobilization and institutional strengthening plans in support of Program strategic objectives.
    • Support in the coordination and development of tools, methods, and materials (e.g., field guides, interactive CD-ROM/videos, bulletins, etc.) needed by field-based programs to plan, implement, and evaluate community and institutional capacity strengthening activities.
    • Support in the development and application of tools and techniques for monitoring performance and impact related to community and institutional capacity strengthening.

    Qualification, Requirement and Experience

    • Bachelor’s degree in related field and master’s degree will be an added advantage.
    • Minimum of 2 years relevant experience in Organizational and institutional Development with State Base government organisation.
    • Previous experience in program management of a WASH project will be an added advantage.
    • Excellent communication, and organizational skills; and ability to influence and facilitate advocacy agendas at State and LGA levels
    • Understanding of local communities and cultures, and ability to communicate fluently in the commonly spoken local language.
    • Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
    • Ability to travel and work in difficult settings, including remote rural areas of the state.
    • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, or similar software
    • Well-organized, with ability to track multiple activities and deadlines
    • Experience in providing administrative leadership and support to work teams
    • Experience managing USAID funded programs
    • Demonstrated experience leading and managing teams.

    Salary
    The salary range is between N30,000 to N100,000 per month base salary with an additional 90% fringe benefits.

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    Finance Associate

    Duration:  One (1) year (April 2019 to March 2020)

    Duties and Responsibilities

    • The Finance Associate will assist with the processing of financial transactions and have frequent contacts with staff at various levels in the state office and with bank officials to exchange information related to the functions of WEWE WASH bank account maintained by the bank.
    • Ensure that financial transactions and reconciliations are processed in line with relevant policies and procedures.
    • Ensure financial reports are timely provided according to financial guidelines.
    • Maintain financial records and monitoring systems to record and reconcile expenditures, balances, payments, statements and other data for day-to-day transactions and reports.
    • Select and enter data from a wide variety of documents, verifying accuracy by checking sources, making necessary calculations and assuring inclusion of all relevant data.
    • Prepare recurring reports as scheduled and special reports as required for budget preparation, audits or other reasons.
    • Advise and assist staff members, experts and consultants on all aspects of allowances, salary advances, travel claims and other financial matters, calculate and paid after authorization of due for claims and services.
    • Prepare detailed cost estimates and participate in budget analysis and monitoring as required.
    • Perform other related duties as required.

    Qualifications, Requirement and Experience

    • Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
    • Minimum of 1-year NGO accounting and finance experience.
    • Previous work experience in Imo State.
    • Working knowledge of Quick-book accounting package
    • Experience managing USAID funded programs
    • Ability to travel and work in difficult settings, including remote rural areas of the state.
    • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, or similar software
    • Well-organized, with ability to track multiple activities and deadlines
    • Experience in providing administrative leadership and support to work teams
    • The activity will be implemented in Imo State

    Remuneration
    The salary range is between N30,000 to N100,000 base salary monthly with an additional 90% fringe benefits.

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    E-WASH Social Mobilization Officer

    Duration: One (1) year (April 2019 to March 2020)

    Duties and Responsibilities

    • Support implementation of social and community mobilization activities in collaboration with the program manager for the purpose of achieving the program objective.
    • Support advocacy to create an enabling environment to improve awareness on the benefits WASH in the state.
    • Organize meetings with religious, traditional and community leaders, village heads, community groups, women’s groups, trade associations and other relevant stakeholders to improve awareness of WASH activities in the state.
    • Collaborate with Program Manager and State M&E Officers to ensure documentation of all community mobilization activities
    • Prepare and submit timely and quality activity reports, including field notes and success stories, to effectively capture lessons learnt on the ground from the projects.
    • Provide administrative support as needed.

    Qualification, Requirement and Experience

    • Bachelor's degree with at least 2 years’ work experience in advocacy, social and/or community mobilization programs
    • Excellent communication, and organizational skills; and ability to influence and facilitate advocacy agendas at State and LGA levels
    • Understanding of local communities and cultures, and ability to communicate fluently in the commonly spoken local language.
    • Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
    • Ability to travel and work in difficult settings, including remote rural areas of the state.
    • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, or similar software
    • Well-organized, with ability to track multiple activities and deadlines
    • Experience in providing administrative leadership and support to work teams

    Salary
    The salary range is between N30,000 to N100,000 per month base salary with an additional 90% fringe benefits.

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    E-WASH Program Manager

    Duration: One (1) year (April 2019 to March 2020)

    Duties and Responsibilities

    • Supervise and monitor the implementation of WASH activities, ensuring that all activities are compliant with the grant requirements.
    • Ensure the tracking, monitoring and quality reporting of the program activities in line with the objectives of the program.
    • Formulate and communicate project work plans
    • Work with the state WASH team, ED and other relevant team members to ensure joint planning and grant compliance.
    • Work with ED and relevant team to overcome implementation challenges based on practical solutions.
    • Participate in cluster working groups and meetings.
    • According to the project work plan, outline indicators and outputs to be measured to determine success of the program.
    • Work with M&E Unit to translate assessment criteria to tools and methodology for monitoring and evaluation of interventions related to the program.
    • Provide technical input and indicators to the M&E Unit to be incorporated into tools and formats as needed.
    • Support the establishment and maintenance of monitoring and evaluation systems for internal and external use.
    • Budget Management.

    Qualification, Requirement and Experience

    • Bachelor’s degree in related field and master’s degree will be an added advantage.
    • Minimum of 3 years’ experience with NGOs specialized in Humanitarian assistance
    • Previous work experience in Humanitarian assistance activity in Imo State.
    • Previous experience in program management of a WASH project is essential.
    • Excellent communication, and organizational skills; and ability to influence and facilitate advocacy agendas at State and LGA levels
    • Understanding of local communities and cultures, and ability to communicate fluently in the commonly spoken local language.
    • Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
    • Ability to travel and work in difficult settings, including remote rural areas of the state.
    • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, or similar software
    • Well-organized, with ability to track multiple activities and deadlines
    • Experience in providing administrative leadership and support to work teams
    • Experience managing USAID funded programs
    • Demonstrated experience leading and managing teams.

    Salary
    The salary range is between N30,000 to N100,000 per month base salary with an additional 90% fringe benefits.

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    E-WASH Monitoring and Evaluation Officer

    Duration: One (1) year (April 2019 to March 2020)

    Duties and Responsibilities

    • Ensure relevant data is entered into organization-wide data management system designed to capture, analyze, and disseminate project data
    • Develop and oversee data flow pattern for programs that will ensure timely data collection and reporting
    • Ensure that regular lessons learnt workshops and learning activities are held
    • Ensure M&E-specific elements and local partner capacity strengthening plans are successfully captured and a training plan regularly updated
    • Report results of M&E activities to the ED and Program Manager by providing written documentation about progress toward achieving indicators/targets, as appropriate
    • Ensure high-quality implementation, in close collaboration with the Program Manager, SWB and relevant stakeholders
    • Support evaluation/research/survey efforts, to monitor and evaluate project interventions, document results and provide feedback to stakeholders to guide decision-making
    • Ensure feedback and recommendations from evaluations, community feedback mechanisms are regularly captured and fed into program management meeting
    • Support efforts to utilize training monitoring systems to track and monitor trainers and participants at training events to facilitate follow-up and recordkeeping
    • Utilize the data collected to inform strategic decision-making and project planning
    • Support the conduct of targeted evaluations and operations research, including design, data collection, management and analysis
    • Ensure quality of data through data verification procedures, including routine data quality audits
    • Cultivate strategic M&E relationships and alliances, and present M&E activities in public and professional circles through meetings, conferences, and presentations
    • Ensure that the project report timely and reports are reviewed and feedback given to teams
    • Promote and support the dissemination of project information among the project teams
    • Use infographics to produce M&E information products that are reader friendly (converting research and evaluation reports into infographics).

    Qualification, Requirement and Experience

    • Bachelor's degree with minimum of 2 years work experience in Monitoring and Evaluation.
    • Excellent communication and organizational skills; and ability to influence and facilitate advocacy agendas at State and LGA levels
    • Understanding of local communities and cultures and ability to communicate fluently in the commonly spoken local language.
    • Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
    • Ability to travel and work in difficult settings, including remote rural areas of the state.
    • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint, or similar software
    • Well-organized, with ability to track multiple activities and deadlines
    • Experience in providing administrative leadership and support to work teams

    Remuneration
    The salary range is between N30,000 to N100,000 base salary monthly with an additional 90% fringe benefits.

    Method of Application

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    Interested and qualified candidates should send their comprehensive CV and Cover Letter in ONLY one attachment (MS word document) explaining suitability for the job Please indicate the title of the post applied for in the subject line of the email.

    Note

    • Please you are advised to provide your functional emails/mobile phone number on your CV as well as that of your three professional referees.
    • WEWE’s recruitment process for this position will be on a rolling basis, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applications will be reviewed in batches on a first come first served basis. WEWE reserves the right to conclude this recruitment process when a suitable candidate is selected.
    • “WEWE is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate based on tribe, state of origin, religion, age, sex, race or physical disability. WEWE does not require that this information is included in your application and it will not be used as selection criteria”.

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