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- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification
- Experience 8 years
- Location Not specified
- Job Field
Reports to: Chief of Party (CoP)
Travel: Limited travel across project States in Nigeria
About the Program
Sahel, in collaboration with other partners, seeks to catalyze the local dairy sector in Nigeria in an inclusive way through a program that will improve the livelihoods, productivity, nutrition, and empowerment of smallholder female dairy farmers and the communities in which they live. If approved, the program will span 5 years and will:
- Advocate for an enabling environment for local sourcing through engagements with the government and relevant private sector stakeholders.
- Increase demand for locally sourced milk through partnerships with dairy processors currently or interested in sourcing locally.
- Improve smallholder dairy farmers’ productivity by increasing their access to technical support services and appropriate inputs.
- Empower women dairy farmers and enable them to improve their livelihoods and that of their households.
- Improve nutrition outcomes among smallholder dairy households through innovations in food systems.
Duties and Responsibilities
- The Finance Manager’s primary responsibilities are outlined below. The Finance Manager is however expected to perform any tasks that are necessary within the context of the evolving needs of the program.
- Financial Management & Oversight: Establish and maintain sound and transparent accounting and fiscal control procedures for internal operations and sub-award and contracts. Ensure compliance of financial and operations systems with Sahel policies and procedures, donor rules and regulation, terms and conditions, award requirements, and the laws of the Government of Nigeria (including PAYE, VAT, Withholding Tax, Pension, and NHF).
- Budgeting: Lead the program annual budget development process that includes managing the annual work plan, life-of-project and activity budgets and ensuring compliance of program expenditures with approved budgets; ensure the consistency, inclusion and accuracy of costs and compliance with agreed policy and practices, and work with staff in developing budgets for technical activities as necessary. Revise overall and sub-budgets as needed throughout the work plan year
- Cash Flow Managemen: Manage the program’s cash flow and prepare cash flow forecasts on a regular basis. Maintain complete and accurate supporting documentation for all financial transactions
- Reporting:Compute key business metrics and provide weekly, monthly and quarterly reports to management; create additional analyses and reports as requested.
- Prepare and submit periodic financial and accrual reports to the funding partners as required by the contract. Contribute to the development of high-quality work plans, quarterly and annual reports, financial reports, and any other reports required by the donor.
- Grant Management: Oversee the administration of all grants, leases, contracts, and other financial obligations.
- Compliance and Risk Management: Ensure that strong internal control systems are in place. Actively monitor all systems and ensure that staff act in full compliance with the terms and conditions of contract/award and donor requirements, local laws, and Sahel policies and standard operating procedures.
- Assist the Chief of Party to conduct regular and thorough operational risk assessments in country, and monitor success of risk mitigation and risk control activities.
- Coordinate execution of financial reviews or audits and ensure timely follow up to review or audit conclusions and recommendations in close collaboration with the project team.·
- Administration: Supervise other program-based finance and accounting staff. Ensure appropriate segregation of duties in all procurement and payment activities from initiation to final payment.
- Handle the acquisition of capital assets and ensure they are properly recorded, amortized, and disposed of as appropriate.
Minimum Required Skills & Experience
Professional Qualification:
- Master's Degree in accounting, finance, economics, business administration or related field is strongly preferred;
- 8+ years of relevant experience in administrative and financial management, including overseeing the finance and operations of equally large and complex project
- Recognized professional certification in Accounting such as ACA, CPA etc.
Technical Expertise:
- Knowledge in generally-accepted accounting, budgeting and fiscal control principles.
- Experience with preparing financial reports for development partners
- Relevant skills in automated accounting software systems and database spreadsheet
- Experience in tax and audit preparation according to Nigerian laws
- Experience building capacity in financial management of, and demonstrated ability to create and maintain effective working relations with partner organizations
Communication & Interpersonal Skills:
- Ability to translate complex financial concepts to individuals at all levels including finance and non-finance managers and team members.o Fluency in the English language, and excellent writing and presentation skills
Personal Characteristics and Other Requirements:
- Excellent judgement.
- Ability to understand current issues quickly and make wise decisions
- Ability to work under pressure, plan personal workload effectively and delegate
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
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- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification
- Experience 5 years
- Location Not specified
- Job Field
Reports to: Chief of Party (CoP)
Travel: Travel across project States in Nigeria
About the Program
- Sahel, in collaboration with other partners, seeks to catalyze the local dairy sector in Nigeria in an inclusive way through a program that will improve the livelihoods, productivity, nutrition, and empowerment of smallholder female dairy farmers and the communities in which they live. If approved, the program will span 5 years and will:
- Advocate for an enabling environment for local sourcing through engagements with the government and relevant private sector stakeholders.
- Increase demand for locally sourced milk through partnerships with dairy processors currently or interested in sourcing locally.
- Improve smallholder dairy farmers’ productivity by increasing their access to technical support services and appropriate inputs.
- Empower women dairy farmers and enable them to improve their livelihoods and that of their households.
- Improve nutrition outcomes among smallholder dairy households through innovations in food systems.
Duties and Responsibilities
- The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist’s primary responsibilities are outlined below. S/he is however expected to perform any tasks that are necessary within the context of the evolving needs of the program.
- Planning and Oversight: Ensure the development of strong M&E mechanisms, program monitoring tools and efficient systems to ensure high quality implementation of the program.
- Monitoring & Reporting: Support the CoP to monitor the program implementation’s progress on a regular basis against donor and Sahel quality standards through monitoring visits, data quality audits, and spot checks
- Support the CoP in ensuring that the lessons learnt from ongoing program monitoring are incorporated into its implementation. Use adequate ICT solutions to ease the process of collecting, managing, analyzing and protecting program data
- Support the CoP in preparing program reports (monthly, quarterly, annually).
Evaluation:
- Oversee program wide assessments and surveys including baseline, midterm, and end line evaluative surveys
- This might entail leading recruitment, orientation, deployment, and management of external consultants.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Directly supervise the program’s M&E Staff and consultants. Create opportunities for reflection and learning among M&E advisors and practitioners from partnering organizations supporting the program implementation
- Share M&E learning and experiences in broader regional and global discussions, and with peer organizations
Minimum Required Skills & Experience
Professional Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in Economics, Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics or a related discipline
Technical Expertise:
- At least 5 years hands on experience designing, developing, and using M&E systems in a complex, international organization and/or in large multifaceted programs
- Demonstrated experience designing logical frameworks and using results-based frameworks and associated performance monitoring and evaluation plans
- Extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
- Experience in database design and other tools for information management
- Competent in MS Excel, word processing, Power Point and statistical software such as SPSS and STATA
Communication & Interpersonal Skills:
- Good interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills
- Ability to inspire confidence and create trust
- Fluency in the English language, and excellent writing and presentation skills
Personal Characteristics and Other Requirements:
- Excellent judgement. Ability to understand current issues quickly and make wise decisions
- Ability to work under pressure, plan personal workload effectively and delegate
- Willingness to travel to program locations
go to method of application »
- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification
- Experience 5 years
- Location Not specified
- Job Field
Reports to: Chief of Party (CoP)
Travel: Extensive travels across project States
About the Program
Sahel, in collaboration with other partners, seeks to catalyze the local dairy sector in Nigeria in an inclusive way through a program that will improve the livelihoods, productivity, nutrition, and empowerment of smallholder female dairy farmers and the communities in which they live. If approved, the program will span 5 years and will:
- Advocate for an enabling environment for local sourcing through engagements with the government and relevant private sector stakeholders.
- Increase demand for locally sourced milk through partnerships with dairy processors currently or interested in sourcing locally.
- Improve smallholder dairy farmers’ productivity by increasing their access to technical support services and appropriate inputs.
- Empower women dairy farmers and enable them to improve their livelihoods and that of their households.
- Improve nutrition outcomes among smallholder dairy households through innovations in food systems.
Duties and Responsibilities
- The Regional Senior Program Manager's primary responsibilities are outlined below. S/he is however expected to perform any tasks that are necessary within the context of the evolving needs of the program.
- Program Oversight: Oversee program activities in his/her assigned region, ensuring an integrated vision among different components and actors, and a focus on achieving the program objectives and expected outcomes. Ensure that the program implementation in his/her region is aligned to relevant standards and makes use of tools, systems and procedures that are in place. Monitor changes, risks and issues, escalate to the CoP as applicable and ensure they are adequately addressed. Work with the program leadership to ensure regional program activities and staff’s compliance with Sahel’s policies and donor requirements.
- Relationship Building & Management: In coordination with the CoP, build and manage effective relations with relevant State Governments, partners and regional stakeholders involved with the program in order to ensure ongoing alignment, commitment and accountability to deliver on the program’s targets. Represent the program at the highest-levels in the assigned states.
- Program Implementation: Coordinate the development of strategic plans, annual and quarterly work plans, and the management of program activities in his/her region and in alignment with directives and guidelines provided by the program headquarters. Provide leadership to regional staff to ensure timely and high-quality implementation of program activities and deliverables in alignment with approved workplans. Work with the program headquarters to coordinate regular internal reviews, updates and reports. Provide input into the development of external program reports.
- Team Building & Management: Create and sustain an environment and culture at the regional office that aligns with that at headquarters and promotes great performance and positive morale. Lead and inspire regional team to deliver on program objectives, providing them with coaching and support as needed.
Minimum Required Skills & Experience
Professional Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Business, Program Management, Development Studies or related field of study
- Minimum of five (5) years of work experience in senior management position with demonstrated results focus, skills and a track record of delivering beyond expectations
Operational Expertise:
- Program management experience in international organizations and/or large multifaceted programs or projects
- Existing program experience in North-central, Northwest, Northeast or Southwest Nigeria
- Strong organizational abilities including planning, delegating, and task facilitation
- Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines, and work independently and cooperatively with team members
- Familiarity with and commitment to addressing gender equality is also required
Personal Skills:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to make sound judgment and decisions and offer innovative solutions
- Demonstrated experience in developing and managing alliances with the private sector; ability to build consensus and relationships among executives, partners, and the workforce; adept at aligning stakeholders with differing agendas
- Superior interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills
- Fluency in the English language, and excellent writing, facilitation and presentation skills;
- Ability to inspire confidence and build trust
- Ability to work under pressure, plan personal workload effectively and delegate
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Willingness to travel extensively across project states within Nigeria
go to method of application »
Reports to: Chief of Party (CoP)
Travel: Limited travel across project States in Nigeria
About the Program
Sahel, in collaboration with other partners, seeks to catalyze the local dairy sector in Nigeria in an inclusive way through a program that will improve the livelihoods, productivity, nutrition, and empowerment of smallholder female dairy farmers and the communities in which they live. If approved, the program will span 5 years and will:
- Advocate for an enabling environment for local sourcing through engagements with the government and relevant private sector stakeholders.
- Increase demand for locally sourced milk through partnerships with dairy processors currently or interested in sourcing locally.
- Improve smallholder dairy farmers’ productivity by increasing their access to technical support services and appropriate inputs.
- Empower women dairy farmers and enable them to improve their livelihoods and that of their households.
- Improve nutrition outcomes among smallholder dairy households through innovations in food systems.
Duties and Responsibilities
- The Finance Manager’s primary responsibilities are outlined below. The Finance Manager is however expected to perform any tasks that are necessary within the context of the evolving needs of the program.
- Financial Management & Oversight: Establish and maintain sound and transparent accounting and fiscal control procedures for internal operations and sub-award and contracts. Ensure compliance of financial and operations systems with Sahel policies and procedures, donor rules and regulation, terms and conditions, award requirements, and the laws of the Government of Nigeria (including PAYE, VAT, Withholding Tax, Pension, and NHF).
- Budgeting: Lead the program annual budget development process that includes managing the annual work plan, life-of-project and activity budgets and ensuring compliance of program expenditures with approved budgets; ensure the consistency, inclusion and accuracy of costs and compliance with agreed policy and practices, and work with staff in developing budgets for technical activities as necessary. Revise overall and sub-budgets as needed throughout the work plan year
- Cash Flow Managemen: Manage the program’s cash flow and prepare cash flow forecasts on a regular basis. Maintain complete and accurate supporting documentation for all financial transactions
- Reporting:Compute key business metrics and provide weekly, monthly and quarterly reports to management; create additional analyses and reports as requested.
- Prepare and submit periodic financial and accrual reports to the funding partners as required by the contract. Contribute to the development of high-quality work plans, quarterly and annual reports, financial reports, and any other reports required by the donor.
- Grant Management: Oversee the administration of all grants, leases, contracts, and other financial obligations.
- Compliance and Risk Management: Ensure that strong internal control systems are in place. Actively monitor all systems and ensure that staff act in full compliance with the terms and conditions of contract/award and donor requirements, local laws, and Sahel policies and standard operating procedures.
- Assist the Chief of Party to conduct regular and thorough operational risk assessments in country, and monitor success of risk mitigation and risk control activities.
- Coordinate execution of financial reviews or audits and ensure timely follow up to review or audit conclusions and recommendations in close collaboration with the project team.·
- Administration: Supervise other program-based finance and accounting staff. Ensure appropriate segregation of duties in all procurement and payment activities from initiation to final payment.
- Handle the acquisition of capital assets and ensure they are properly recorded, amortized, and disposed of as appropriate.
Minimum Required Skills & Experience
Professional Qualification:
- Master's Degree in accounting, finance, economics, business administration or related field is strongly preferred;
- 8+ years of relevant experience in administrative and financial management, including overseeing the finance and operations of equally large and complex project
- Recognized professional certification in Accounting such as ACA, CPA etc.
Technical Expertise:
- Knowledge in generally-accepted accounting, budgeting and fiscal control principles.
- Experience with preparing financial reports for development partners
- Relevant skills in automated accounting software systems and database spreadsheet
- Experience in tax and audit preparation according to Nigerian laws
- Experience building capacity in financial management of, and demonstrated ability to create and maintain effective working relations with partner organizations
Communication & Interpersonal Skills:
- Ability to translate complex financial concepts to individuals at all levels including finance and non-finance managers and team members.o Fluency in the English language, and excellent writing and presentation skills
Personal Characteristics and Other Requirements:
- Excellent judgement.
- Ability to understand current issues quickly and make wise decisions
- Ability to work under pressure, plan personal workload effectively and delegate
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
go to method of application »
Reports to: Chief of Party (CoP)
Travel: Travel across project States in Nigeria
About the Program
- Sahel, in collaboration with other partners, seeks to catalyze the local dairy sector in Nigeria in an inclusive way through a program that will improve the livelihoods, productivity, nutrition, and empowerment of smallholder female dairy farmers and the communities in which they live. If approved, the program will span 5 years and will:
- Advocate for an enabling environment for local sourcing through engagements with the government and relevant private sector stakeholders.
- Increase demand for locally sourced milk through partnerships with dairy processors currently or interested in sourcing locally.
- Improve smallholder dairy farmers’ productivity by increasing their access to technical support services and appropriate inputs.
- Empower women dairy farmers and enable them to improve their livelihoods and that of their households.
- Improve nutrition outcomes among smallholder dairy households through innovations in food systems.
Duties and Responsibilities
- The Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist’s primary responsibilities are outlined below. S/he is however expected to perform any tasks that are necessary within the context of the evolving needs of the program.
- Planning and Oversight: Ensure the development of strong M&E mechanisms, program monitoring tools and efficient systems to ensure high quality implementation of the program.
- Monitoring & Reporting: Support the CoP to monitor the program implementation’s progress on a regular basis against donor and Sahel quality standards through monitoring visits, data quality audits, and spot checks
- Support the CoP in ensuring that the lessons learnt from ongoing program monitoring are incorporated into its implementation. Use adequate ICT solutions to ease the process of collecting, managing, analyzing and protecting program data
- Support the CoP in preparing program reports (monthly, quarterly, annually).
Evaluation:
- Oversee program wide assessments and surveys including baseline, midterm, and end line evaluative surveys
- This might entail leading recruitment, orientation, deployment, and management of external consultants.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Directly supervise the program’s M&E Staff and consultants. Create opportunities for reflection and learning among M&E advisors and practitioners from partnering organizations supporting the program implementation
- Share M&E learning and experiences in broader regional and global discussions, and with peer organizations
Minimum Required Skills & Experience
Professional Qualifications:
- Master's Degree in Economics, Monitoring and Evaluation, Statistics or a related discipline
Technical Expertise:
- At least 5 years hands on experience designing, developing, and using M&E systems in a complex, international organization and/or in large multifaceted programs
- Demonstrated experience designing logical frameworks and using results-based frameworks and associated performance monitoring and evaluation plans
- Extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
- Experience in database design and other tools for information management
- Competent in MS Excel, word processing, Power Point and statistical software such as SPSS and STATA
Communication & Interpersonal Skills:
- Good interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills
- Ability to inspire confidence and create trust
- Fluency in the English language, and excellent writing and presentation skills
Personal Characteristics and Other Requirements:
- Excellent judgement. Ability to understand current issues quickly and make wise decisions
- Ability to work under pressure, plan personal workload effectively and delegate
- Willingness to travel to program locations
go to method of application »
Reports to: Chief of Party (CoP)
Travel: Extensive travels across project States
About the Program
Sahel, in collaboration with other partners, seeks to catalyze the local dairy sector in Nigeria in an inclusive way through a program that will improve the livelihoods, productivity, nutrition, and empowerment of smallholder female dairy farmers and the communities in which they live. If approved, the program will span 5 years and will:
- Advocate for an enabling environment for local sourcing through engagements with the government and relevant private sector stakeholders.
- Increase demand for locally sourced milk through partnerships with dairy processors currently or interested in sourcing locally.
- Improve smallholder dairy farmers’ productivity by increasing their access to technical support services and appropriate inputs.
- Empower women dairy farmers and enable them to improve their livelihoods and that of their households.
- Improve nutrition outcomes among smallholder dairy households through innovations in food systems.
Duties and Responsibilities
- The Regional Senior Program Manager's primary responsibilities are outlined below. S/he is however expected to perform any tasks that are necessary within the context of the evolving needs of the program.
- Program Oversight: Oversee program activities in his/her assigned region, ensuring an integrated vision among different components and actors, and a focus on achieving the program objectives and expected outcomes. Ensure that the program implementation in his/her region is aligned to relevant standards and makes use of tools, systems and procedures that are in place. Monitor changes, risks and issues, escalate to the CoP as applicable and ensure they are adequately addressed. Work with the program leadership to ensure regional program activities and staff’s compliance with Sahel’s policies and donor requirements.
- Relationship Building & Management: In coordination with the CoP, build and manage effective relations with relevant State Governments, partners and regional stakeholders involved with the program in order to ensure ongoing alignment, commitment and accountability to deliver on the program’s targets. Represent the program at the highest-levels in the assigned states.
- Program Implementation: Coordinate the development of strategic plans, annual and quarterly work plans, and the management of program activities in his/her region and in alignment with directives and guidelines provided by the program headquarters. Provide leadership to regional staff to ensure timely and high-quality implementation of program activities and deliverables in alignment with approved workplans. Work with the program headquarters to coordinate regular internal reviews, updates and reports. Provide input into the development of external program reports.
- Team Building & Management: Create and sustain an environment and culture at the regional office that aligns with that at headquarters and promotes great performance and positive morale. Lead and inspire regional team to deliver on program objectives, providing them with coaching and support as needed.
Minimum Required Skills & Experience
Professional Qualifications:
- Master's degree in Business, Program Management, Development Studies or related field of study
- Minimum of five (5) years of work experience in senior management position with demonstrated results focus, skills and a track record of delivering beyond expectations
Operational Expertise:
- Program management experience in international organizations and/or large multifaceted programs or projects
- Existing program experience in North-central, Northwest, Northeast or Southwest Nigeria
- Strong organizational abilities including planning, delegating, and task facilitation
- Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines, and work independently and cooperatively with team members
- Familiarity with and commitment to addressing gender equality is also required
Personal Skills:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to make sound judgment and decisions and offer innovative solutions
- Demonstrated experience in developing and managing alliances with the private sector; ability to build consensus and relationships among executives, partners, and the workforce; adept at aligning stakeholders with differing agendas
- Superior interpersonal and cross-cultural communication skills
- Fluency in the English language, and excellent writing, facilitation and presentation skills;
- Ability to inspire confidence and build trust
- Ability to work under pressure, plan personal workload effectively and delegate
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
- Willingness to travel extensively across project states within Nigeria
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