Description
Requisition ID: req22477
Location:
Bama, Adamawa
Sector: Child Protection
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Job Overview / Summary
Adolescent girls and boys are gravely underserved in humanitarian emergencies, particularly during the acute phase of the response.
They are often inserted into programming designed for younger children or into adult programming, where their age-specific needs are not understood or met. The Child Protection Assistants will act as focal points for adolescent girls (younger) and boys (younger and older), their caregivers and within Child Protection programming in all the field sites under the SAFE program.
They will also be responsible for the supervision and close monitoring of Socio-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Safe Healing and Learning Spaces (SHLS) activities.
Major Responsibilities
Technical Quality
Provide support for adolescents and their families and link them to specialized services where needed.
Provide support for SEL and SHLS activities.
Work with Child Protection Community Based Structures (CBCPCs), community leaders, caregivers/parents to promote child protection in homes and in the community.
Ensure regular communication with the CP Officer and manager for updates on achievements and challenges
Program Development:
Contribute to the development of proposal activities in relation to case management.
Identify Child Protection trends that need to be addressed through child Protection programming.
Coordinate with other IRC sectors staff (e.g. WPE, Protection, Health and Livelihoods) at field level and ensure child protection mainstreaming.
Other:
Consistently and proactively monitor/assess the safety and security of field teams; promptly reporting concerns or incidents to IRC management and liaising with community leaders and other external parties as required to maintain/enhance the security environment for IRC programs.
Ensure all CP facilities and properties on the field are taken care of and report any damage or threat on the property.
Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop IRC programs
Professional Standards:
All IRC staff is required to adhere to THE IRC Way Standards for Professional Conduct and the IRC country employment policies.
Uphold the IRC Child Safeguarding Policy and ensure the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in the workplace and communities of intervention.
Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to: CP Officer
Position directly supervises: SHLS Facilitators
Indirect Reporting: Nil
Qualifications / Job Requirements
The requirements should establish a baseline (minimum) for educational background, previous work experience, professional knowledge or certification, specific skills and strengths and any other skill necessary to perform the essential functions of the job.
Education:
Technical Diploma or Degree in Social Work, Human Rights or a related degree preferred.
Work Experience:
At least two years experience working to support children, adolescent girls and boys, women or parents and caregivers
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
Experience with facilitation of group work with relevant populations
A high level of motivation to assist adolescent girls and boys affected by humanitarian crisis
A learning attitude and willingness to increase skills and knowledge in the protection of adolescent girls and boys
Experience as an active participant of social groups, with an understanding of group dynamics and processes.
Capacity building, facilitation, or training experience.
Language Skills:
Fluency in English, Hausa and/or (other languages) preferred or required
Certificates or Licenses:
Nil
Working Environment:
Bama is relatively safe. Access to basic social amenities and infrastructures are available. Frequent travel and relocation can be a requirement for this position.
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Requisition ID: req22468
Location:
Gwoza, Borno
Sector: Finance
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: No
Job Overview / Summary
The Finance Assistant is to assist the senior Finance officer by managing the day-to-day operations of the Finance Department, responsible for Cash processing and record-keeping of the day-to-day transactions in accordance with IRC policy and procedures.
Major Responsibilities
To assist the Senior Finance Officer in ensuring that timely and accurate payments are made.
Ensure accuracy and completeness of payment documents in compliance with IRC and Donor policies and procedure
Coordinate with district teams for advance issuance and their timely adjustment of advances & Training documentation.
Ensure completeness of supporting documents in all respect which includes authenticity of signatures, cross-checking attendance sheets, and verifying payments to be made
Posting all vouchers into the transaction spreadsheet on daily basis for review by the senior Finance Officer. Ensure that all information in the spreadsheet is correct and complete.
Processing of petty cash transactions on daily basis. Ensure petty cash is replenished on time to meet daily cash needs. Carry out cash count as per the IRC policy and schedule. Document the cash count sheets for records.
Prepare all payments and make sure that they are properly coded and supported with relevant necessary documents.
Assist senior Finance office in monthly bank & account reconciliation.
Ensure all the financial documents are properly filed & tagged.
Paid stamping of all the invoices and related documents before filing.
Ensure timely preparation of tax & deposit into the bank.
Visit Bank for necessary collection & submission of financial documents.
Photocopies & scanning of all necessary documents/Instruments.
Perform any other task assigned by the line manager.
Finance/Budgeting
Act always in accordance with local law and standards of accounting practice.
Review budget with the aim of gaining a clear understanding of budget guidelines and instructions
Review funding allocations to enable proper guidance to programs and proper coding.
Provide training to program staff on finance issues.
Produce monthly and quarterly reports to be reviewed by your supervisor.
Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to: Senior Finance Officer
Position directly supervises: None
Indirect Reporting: Finance Coordinator, Finance Manager and Senior Area Manager,
Other Internal and/or external contacts: Field coordinator, IRC Gwoza sector leads
Qualifications
The requirements should establish a baseline (minimum) for educational background, previous work experience, professional knowledge or certification, specific skills and strengths and any other skill necessary to perform the essential functions of the job.
Education:
HND or a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from a recognized College / Institutions
Work Experience:
Minimum of two (2) years of professional accounting experience.
INGO Finance experience is highly desired.
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
Able to work in high-pressure situations, solve problems and resolve conflicts.
Able to independently organize work, prioritize tasks and manage time.
Strong interpersonal skills, able to coach and support others.
Self-motivated, honest, highly responsible, and punctual.
Computer literate with significant knowledge/experience in excel.
Language Skills:
Fluency in local context language is highly desirable.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, fluent in written and spoken English.
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Requisition ID: req22468
Location:
Maiduguri, Borno
Sector: Program Administration
Employment Category: Fixed Term
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open to Expatriates: Yes
Scope of work
The Senior Program Coordinator (SPC) for health and governance outcome works closely and under the supervision of the Deputy Director of Programs (DDP) to design and deliver high quality, innovative programs in close coordination and collaboration with Deputy Director Field Management and Senior Program Coordinator, Safety, education and ERD outcomes.
The role has a particular focus on driving strategy implementation, leading the technical coordinators in designing high-quality projects with particular attention to enhancing program integration, supporting expansion into newly accessible geographic areas, and increasing IRC’s work on an early recovery across the humanitarian and development nexus S/he will ensure timely and effective program delivery, coordination and technical coherence and support, monitoring, evaluation and accountability.
The SPC will provide a focus on outcomes and client responsiveness, and will represent IRC programs to major stakeholders, relevant government authorities and other program partners.
Areas of Responsibilities
Program quality and development:
Provide leadership to Program Technical Coordinators in setting priorities and delivering outcome-focused programs which align with the Nigeria Strategy Action Plan.
Ensure that program design is evidence-based and uses theories of change that place crisis-affected people and their voice at the centre of IRC's response, and lead program integration to support this.
With HQ-based Technical Advisers, ensure that program implementation is aligned to relevant standards and makes use of tools, systems and procedures that are in place.
Work closely with the Senior Grants Coordinator and the Grants and Partnerships Team to shape concept papers and grant proposals for submission to donors.
Work with the M&E coordinator to build and foster a culture of learning and reflection that uses data to design and adapt programs.
Monitor changes in the context and ensure that IRC responds where necessary.
Alongside our existing focus on humanitarian programming, analyze gaps and needs, and help to drive a new focus on early recovery programming in appropriate geographic areas, working across the humanitarian-development nexus.
Support Program Coordinators in creating and maintaining up-to-date briefings, factsheets and updates for external stakeholders.
Program Implementation:
Provide leadership to program technical coordinators in ensuring effective grant start-up, implementation review and close-out meetings are planned and conducted in a timely manner with the full participation of all relevant stakeholders from programs and support teams, and that actions are taken as a result.
Provide leadership for Program Coordinators in the timely and high-quality implementation of programs, and promote regular reviews - both internal and external - and other learning events.
Provide support to the Country Emergency Team during the scale-up of a sudden onset humanitarian response and during the deployment phase
Ensure program coordination, and that managers and technical coordinators for cross-cutting themes work together effectively according to program work plans.
Conduct frequent field visits to all project sites for monitoring, quality control and program staff mentoring and coaching.
Coordinate high-level reporting on country-level indicators such as beneficiary numbers, design for impact indicators, cluster data and other information as needed.
Ensure that donor reports produced by the programs team effectively demonstrate the impact of IRC’s interventions.
HR and Staff Management:
Help to drive a culture of ambitious, responsible, and committed leadership amongst Sector Coordinators and other program leaders.
Enhance the performance management for staff under your sectors, direct and indirect line management
Support program staff through close attention to staff care, mentoring, and development.
Create and sustain a work environment of mutual respect where team members strive to achieve excellence.
Contribute to country team-building efforts, help team members identify problem-solving options and ensure the integration of all team members into relevant decision-making processes.
Representation and Advocacy:
In coordination with the DDP/DDFM, actively develop and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders in Nigeria including local communities, donors, government actors, UN agencies, international and local NGOs, and other relevant actors.
Ensure IRC active representation and participation in the relevant clusters/sectors coordination
Develop strategic partnerships with local organizations.
In coordination with the DDP and DDFM, assist in organizing donor visits by supporting staff in the smooth design and running of field visits.
Requirements
Essential:
Master's Degree preferably in Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, International Humanitarian Law, International Development or Humanitarian Assistance.
Experience managing programs in a relevant technical area(s) that may include, health, reproduction health, Nutrition, and WASH
Should possess a minimum of 5 years of international assignments experiences in humanitarian and development work
Experience managing humanitarian relief and/or transitional programs in areas affected by large scale displacements due to conflict and chronic food and nutritional insecurity
Demonstrated experience in program management, project design and use of project design tools
Demonstrated experience in supervising expatriate and national staff, and in mentoring of national staff and with a strong commitment to staff capacity development; Demonstrated qualities of leadership, sensitivity to cultural settings, communication skills, commitment, and sound judgment
Aptitude to adapt to a different context regarding security, culture, climate or health issue, demonstrated by experience outside of the country of origin
Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines, and work independently and cooperatively with team members.
Willingness to travel in the field at least 50% of your time
Commitment to women’s rights and IRC’s vision, mission and values, including sensitivity to cultural settings
Desirable:
Experience in CTP programming.
Specific Security Situation / Housing
The Senior Program Coordinator will be based in Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria with travel throughout the sites where IRC has a presence.
The security situation in North-East Nigeria continues to be volatile with a security level at 3 (orange); candidates should be prepared to implement programming in insecure environments.
This is a non-accompanied position, and the Senior Program Coordinator will live in shared housing.
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Requisition ID: req22494
Location:
Maiduguri, Borno
Sector: Health
Employment Category: Regular
Open to Expatriates: No
Project Overview
FCDO Health Resilience of Northeast Nigeria Service delivery project in Borno and Yobe states supports delivery of quality integrated primary healthcare, reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services, to improve evidence-based decision making, accountability at all levels of service delivery.
IRC leads a consortium of humanitarian and development implementing partners (Action Contre la Faim – ACF, Society for Family Health Nigeria).
The Project team will work alongside states and local government authorities, building their capacity to effectively deliver quality integrated primary healthcare, reproductive, maternal, and newborn and child health and nutrition services.
Scope of Work
IRC is seeking a dynamic and experienced health and governance professional to provide program management and technical leadership.
Reporting to the Team Leader, the Deputy Team Leader (DTL) will be responsible for directly working with the technical coordinators of the project consortium members (IRC, ACF and SFH) with particular focus on program quality and reporting as well as for ensuring an aligned approach across the consortium and LGA authorities to design and deliver health system strengthening components of the project.
In consultation with the Team Leader (TL), the DTL will regularly coordinate with states and LGA government authorities, development actors and stakeholders. This position will be based in Maiduguri, Borno State, with regular trips to the field.
Major Responsibilities
Management:
Develop, review, and monitor in coordination with key project staff, annual work and performance plans to ensure long-term and short-term priorities are on track
On a day-to-day basis, manage financial and operational support to optimize resources through sound budgets and consistent financial tracking
Coordination with technical leads of the 3 consortium partners (technical program reporting)
Manage the reporting process, including coordination with internal and external stakeholders in accordance with contractual requirements
Maintain active and cooperative relationships with all key stakeholders, including government officials, project partners, other implementing agencies, and related institutions
Support project staff by creating and maintaining a work environment that promotes teamwork, trust, mutual respect, and empowers staff to take responsibility; Matrix manage a core project team to ensure that the project deliverables are met
Contribute to the development of field staff through training, mentoring, and assisting with professional advancement
Ensure that the health system strengthening (HSS) aspects of the program are implemented according to defined work plans in order to achieve program deliverables. Through strong planning and monitoring, identify potential obstacles to programmatic success in a timely fashion, and implement corrective actions as needed
In consultation with the TL, develop a clear strategy to enhance program complementarity and synergy across all major donor funded health and nutrition programs within target areas.
Introduce quality assurance initiatives to address efficiency, effectiveness, or compliance concerns.
Technical Support and Coordination:
Develop a strategy for mainstreaming governance principles and processes aimed at increasing participation, responsiveness, and accountability in the delivery of reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health services
Responsible for overseeing the overall quality of service provision and ensuring that implementation strategies across technical areas reflect governance principles and best practice
Provide leadership in the development or adaptation of service delivery models / systems, especially organizational development of LGA Primary Healthcare Departments (PHD), and implementation of social accountability approaches, to allow for greater participation and responsiveness of the health system
Provide leadership in analyzing and providing strategies to improve the management of the health system at the LGA PHD and facility level, notably planning, budgeting, human and financial resource management
Provide capacity assessment, capacity-building, monitoring and implementation support to other technical specialists, to ensure equitable access to health services and that spaces for user voice and mechanisms to respond effectively are strengthened
Identify, document, and disseminate best practices in systems strengthening
Work in close collaboration with other technical specialists to ensure integrated programming.
Advocacy and Representation:
Advocate and collaborate with MoH, SPHCDA, local authorities, and CSOs to incorporate best practices and international standards in service delivery
Establish and maintain collaborative relationship between IRC and other partners
Provide expert contribution to the development or adaptation of national policies, guidelines and standards that promote quality service provision in Northeast Nigeria that is accessible, responsive, and accountable to citizens, and allows their voices to be heard.
Key Working Relationships
Position Reports to: Team Leader – HeRON Consortium
Position directly supervises: Consortium Senior managers
Indirect Reporting: Consortium finance manager, Pharmacy procurement manager, M&E Senior Manager
Other Internal and/or External Contacts:
Internal Collaboration: Technical Advisors (HQ), Supply Chain Managers, Grants Managers
External Coordination: Implementing partners, Donors, UN Agencies, States and LGAs Officials.
Qualifications
Education:
Master’s Degree in relevant Health related subject, post-graduate medical degree (MPH, MD, RN, PA, or midwife), or other relevant Degree
Work Experience:
At least five years’ experience in design and implementation of health programs in developing countries, insecure environments and areas affected by crisis
At least two years’ experience in management of health system strengthening (HSS) programs, working directly with national, state, and/or local health actors to strengthen the quality and responsiveness of services.
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
Demonstrable technical expertise and working knowledge in advocacy, HSS and health governance; Technical skill in participatory processes, and methodologies, preferably in a conflict or post-conflict environment, preferably Africa
Demonstrable technical expertise in public finance and public sector management and especially as applied to a health system context
Experience running large, geographically dispersed teams and working in tandem with local and international partners
Proven track record of successfully providing technical assistance Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills with evidence of ability to productively interact with a wide range and levels of organizations (government, private sector, NGOs, research institutions)
Demonstrated good judgment and decision-making skills
Excellent IT skills (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint)
Ability to handle a large and dynamic workload, work under pressure and meet deadlines
Previous work experience in Africa, field experience in Nigeria is preferred
Strong internal and external communications skills, experience with advocacy an advantage.
Language Skills:
Fluency in English (spoken and written)
Certificates or Licenses:
N/A.
Working Environment
This position is based in Maiduguri, with frequent travels to project locations.
Work environment of the office is standard; while group housing is provided, with internet connections, electricity and amenities.
Standards for Professional Conduct
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability.
In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
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