Grants And Reporting Officer (Jpo) Job Vacancies in Nigeria

Grants And Reporting Officer (Jpo) - Maiduguri, Nigeria.

Description De L'offre

Workplace: Maiduguri, Nigeria

CONTEXTE:

In Nigeria, Tdh has first been established in Abeokuta, in 2008, and implemented development programmers, such as Migration programs. Activities in the South of Nigeria have been closed in 2019. In order to respond to the Lake Chad Basin Crisis, Tdh has established a country office since mid-2017, in Maiduguri, Borno State. Tdh contributes to the crisis' response by providing child protection services, education in emergencies, wash and nutrition assistance to most vulnerable children and their families.

In the line of its expertise and programing positioning at the worldwide level, Tdh also analyzes the situation, as well as the potential response to the crisis on a mid-term basis, regarding the early recovery and nexus approach. Indeed, given its core competencies in term of deployment of a response for primary needs, implementation of development projects, support to the public services and community/social approach of the beneficiaries, Tdh thinks that the organization could have an added value on all the dynamics/programs related to the stabilization or the structuration in other regions of Nigeria.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE POSITION:

· Coordinate and contribute to the development of project proposals and concept notes

· Coordinate and contribute to reporting processes for current projects

· Country Strategy and program perspectives/prospective

· Communication and Representation of Tdh

CONTRACTUAL CONDITIONS:

Expatriate contract under Swiss regulations CHF 2’400 CHF brut / month according to experience x 13 times, Vacancy: 25 days annual leaves local accommodation and transportation, Health insurance, accident and medical repatriation insurance, return flight.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Coordinate and contribute to the development of project proposals and concept notes

· Participate to the identification of funding opportunities through donor watch in Nigeria.

· Coordinate and contribute to the writing and submission of donor proposals, including coordination exchanges among both Delegation and HQ staff.

· Support the activities for situation analysis, data collection and needs assessments.

· Support timely submission of projects proposals and donor communications and follow up.

· Ensure that program units have sufficient information to contribute towards the development of proposals designs.

· Facilitate processes to ensure that all operational units are aware of their commitments and contribution towards the delivery of proposals meeting donor requirements.

· Ensure the adequate filing and archiving of final documents (physical and electronic), as well as update the grant follow-up tools.

· At the beginning of a new project, coordinate the preparation of the kickoff meeting with relevant colleagues of program units.

COORDINATE AND CONTRIBUTE TO REPORTING PROCESSES FOR CURRENT PROJECTS

· Coordinate the preparation and finalization of donor reports for current projects, ensuring consistency, accuracy, clarity and timely submission in compliance with donor contractual requirement and Tdh standards.

· Consolidate the contribution of technical staff and the ensure the internal validation of the outputs within the Delegation.

· Contribute to the quality of the presentations regarding the results of the current projects and to their dissemination to donors and other partners.

· Prepare retro-planning and send the reminders to ensure the timeline.

· Support the preparation and review of capitalization documents and evaluation reports.

· Ensure the adequate archiving, filing, and disseminating of the final documents.

· Coordinate and contribute to the internal annual report process.

· Coordinate the collection of information for the dissemination of SMT minutes and monthly satraps.

· Ensure smooth communication and collaboration with partners when included in consortium.

COUNTRY STRATEGY AND PROGRAM PERSPECTIVES/PROSPECTIVE

· Support the regular update of donor mapping informed by the ambitions and outcomes articulated in the Tdh Country Strategy.

· Provide on-going research, strategic donor intelligence gathering, and trends analysis and generate information to enable engagement with country level donors.

· Support the appraisal of new funding opportunities.

· Work with affiliates program units in identifying and sharing new opportunities with home donors.

· Support the fundraising strategy review processes, by documenting the tracking tools.

COMMUNICATION AND REPRESENTATION OF TDH

· Represent Tdh in external engagements with donors if necessary.

· Support the work to ensure that communities are informed about Tdh's programs/activities in Nigeria, are aware of their entitlements, and have the opportunity give feedback which could be used to improve the quality of Tdh’s programs.

· Support the supervision the organization of communication events: project’s opening and/or closure ceremonies.

· Liaise with communication sector at HQ to manage a database of professional photos and videos, as well as other communication output, related to Tdh’s activities and/or beneficiaries.

OTHERS

· Collect data from programmers monitoring tools related to the project's implementation situation/impacts.

· Undertake all other duties that may be determined by the Country Representative and that are compatible with the job.

· Maintain and ensure a culture of strict confidentiality - inter Tdh staff and between Tdh staff and non Tdh employees.

PROFILE:

EDUCATION

Masters / Post-graduate from a recognized University/college in International Development, Social Sciences or any other related area that can bring added value to the job.

EXPERIENCE

· Relevant experience of 1-2 years in programmer cycle management, preferably in an international NGO/Institution.

· Management experience in securing and managing funds from institutional donors, such as ECHO, EU, SDC, OFDA, CIDA, and UN agencies.

· Experience with working in multi-cultural environment

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

· Excellent planning skills, and a sound understanding of Programmed Cycle Management in emergencies and/or development environments.

· Highly developed interpersonal, influencing and relationship skills.

· Good administrative and numerical skills and attention to details.

· Demonstrated organizational awareness and understanding of knowledge management.

· Proven analytical skills and the ability to think strategically in relation to fundraising and donor engagement.

· Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills. Able to understand complex issues and translate them into simple, workable actions and plans.

· Ability to represent an organization to donors and external institutions.

· Ability to adjust to constantly changing situations while maintaining focus on delivery and follow-through.

· Great sense of flexibility and adaptation capacity to difficult living conditions (volatile security context and environment with limited social interactions).

LANGUAGES

· Excellent personal communication skills, in written and verbal English, with high impact influencing and persuasive skills. Able to use different approaches to achieve follower-ship.

· Excellent in the use of computers and Microsoft, especially spreadsheet (Excel), accounting packages, word processing (Word) and Power Point. Competent in the use of email packages.

PROFIL REQUIS