Careers Opportunities at Save the Children Abuja, Nigeria, February 2015
Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating
lasting change in the lives of children in over 120 countries around the
world.
Recognized for our commitment to accountability, innovation and
collaboration, our work takes us into the heart of communities, where we
help children and families help themselves. We work with other
organizations, governments, non-profits and a variety of local partners
while maintaining our own independence without political agenda or
religious orientation. Save the Children's mission is to inspire
breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve
immediate and lasting change in their lives.
Save the Children is recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Awards Officer
Location: Abuja
Description
- To assist the maintenance and administration of a robust and
effective awards management system that is compliant to SCI awards
systems and guidelines, and meet donor requirements.
Qualification
- Candidate must have a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or other relevant discipline.
- 3-5 years' working experience with institutional donor contracts such as DFID, EC, ECHO, USAID in an l/NGO environment.
- S/he should have analytical skills.
- Experience of supporting programmes in each stage of the project
cycle, including budgeting, technical and financial monitoring in the
context of grants/restricted funding sources.
- Computer literate (including working knowledge of MS Word,
Excel, Access) and competency in development of spread-sheets and
databases.
Job Title: Logistics Coordinator
Location: Abuja
Description
- The Logistics Coordinator is responsible to the Logistics
Manager for supporting improvements and providing management in all
logistics and procurement functions including the supply chain, fleet,
assets and communications in coordination with the logistic and
procurement together staff.
Qualification
- S/he should possess a degree in relevant subject with extensive
experience in purchasing, clearing and forwarding, exemption waiver
pursuit.
- NAFDAC, Customs processes and procedures.
- Extensive experience in warehousing,vehicle management,administration, HF and VHF radios.
- Good communication skills and computer literacy skills.
- Experience working with I/NGO's would be an asset.
Job Title: Awards Manager
Location: Abuja
Description
- This role will work collaboratively with members and other
departments of the Country office programme to ensure smooth management
of development and humanitarian programme awards, sub awards and
contracts, focusing on donor compliance and accountability.
- This position will also be responsible to build the capacity of staff and partner organizations.
Qualification
- Candidate should possess minimum of a Master's Degree in any of
the social Sciences or related discipline and a professional
qualification will be an added advantage.
- S/he should have 6-8 years proven work experience managing
International Donor Funded projects in an l/NGOs environment with
excellent communication skills, report and proposal writing skills.
- Experience of and well developed skills in staff management,
supervision and capacity building with proven track record of supporting
a senior management team.
- Computer literate (i.e.WORD,advanced Excel, Outlook, Internet Explorer,financial systems).
Job Title: Head of Logistics
Contract - Full-Time (12 months)
Location: Abuja
The Role
- The post holder leads on responding to and managing the growing
needs within the Nigeria programme for effective core logistics
capacity to support ongoing development programmes and emergency
response interventions.
- In this, he ensures that all policies and procedures of Save
the Children are strictly adhered to and also to ensure that Save the
Children's commitment to improving quality and accountability in
development and humanitarian work is upheld, through reference to the
Sphere Standards, Save the Children Quality Framework Essential
Standards and the NGO Code of Conduct.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential:
- At least 7 years of national and/or International experience -
of which at least 4 years with an INGO - in supply chain management,
inclusive of procurement, transport and distribution, warehouse and
stock management.
- Strong experience in vehicle and fleet management.
- Robust experience of NGO project cycle management and experience of working within a complex and matrix organisation structure.
- Master's degree in Logistics, MBA or any other relevant degree.
- Experience of building and developing the capacity of logistics
staff through the use of training, performance management frameworks
and development plans.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
- Strong analytical skills and capacities to plan and think strategically.
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
- Proficiency with Excel and Word platforms.
Desirable:
- Experience in distributions of both NFIs and food items in emergency context.
- Working experience in Nigeria and/or West Africa.
- Ability and willingness to change work practices and hours, and
work with various incoming teams in the event of major emergencies.
- Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children's aims, values and principles, including rights-based approaches.
Job Title: National Safety and Security Manager
Location: Abuja
Description
- The overall objective of this position is to mitigate the risks
posed to the programmes, personnel and assets in SC in Nigeria through
the provision of specialized, coordinated and focused security
management support.
Qualifications
- Candidate should have a formal security qualification or
advanced security management training and an advanced level of
understanding with the philosophy and mode of operation of NGOs.
- S/he must have a minimum of 5 years field based experience in
complex and insecure settings, experience in liaising with civilian,
police and military government authorities, as well as with regional,
national and international institutions, experience of incident
reporting, incident mapping, intelligence collation and analysis
functions, set up and execution of an incident warning system (warden
system), compilation of security reports and assessments.
- Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices
and hours, and work with incoming surge teams, in the event of
emergencies.
- Experience in providing safety & security trainings such as personal safety & security, fire safety and first aid
- Willingness to work and travel in often difficult and insecure environments.
- S/he should have a high level of IT expertise.
- Knowledge and understanding of Nigeria-the Northern States
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's and qualifying statement explaining why you are suitable to:
[email protected] State the position clearly in the subject field as application without appropriate subject will be disqualified.
Note:
- Application received after the closing date will not be consider.
- Application will the treated as they are received and shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Application Deadline 9th March, 2015.