Latest Recruitment at the Centre for Communication and Social Impact (CCSI), 26th June, 2019

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      Job Title: State Project Officer Job Code: SPO 1 Location: Oloibiri, Bayelsa Job Description The Programme Officer will be required to:

• Provide day to day support to the Project Coordinator
• Assist with technical support in the design and development of demand generation strategies to promote uptake of priority health behaviors and community health insurance.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Support the general management, coordination planning and implementation of programme activities of the project in the respective Local Government Areas.
• Track program targets and timely implementation of the planned activities to ensure program meets targets.
• Ensure implementation of activities is in line with the laid down protocols, by continuously monitoring and conducting supervision and on-job training of health workers in the LGAs.
• Review reports from health workers/field implementers in the LGAs for accuracy and completeness prior to submission.
• Maintain a good relationship and work jointly with – Public Health Officers and other partners to undertake home visits, meetings and to ensure health LGA’s ownership.
• Ensure accountability of received commodities and supplies through tracking consumption levels and review of reconciliation reports
• Assist with the data quality queries and ensure identified issues are rectified in time.
• Participate in operations research and project learning, document good/best practices.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned

Required Qualifications: Education & Experience

• B.Sc in Public Health or BA in Social Sciences. A Master’s degree will be an added advantage
• Must have at least 7 years demonstrated experience with public health related projects.
• Experience working at LGAs and/or community level
• Ability to travel to LGAs outside of state at least 40% of the time
• Significant experience in designing, managing communication programs designed to improve access to quality services
• Significant understanding and/or experience in program development, evaluation and assessment.
• Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team and effectively culturally diverse individuals and communities.
• Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to think and act strategically in the design and execution of public health and social development programs.
• Solid leadership experience in convening and facilitating meetings with diverse populations and communities.
• Advanced independent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Strong computer skills: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Power point).

      Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation and Documentation Officer Job Code: M, E & D 1 Location: Oloibiri, Bayelsa Job Description The Documentation Officer will be required to:

• Support the Technical Adviser RMEL by providing technical guidance in communication and story documentation of project successes using relevant tools.
• Support and build capacity of health facility staff on the use of NHMIS tools and support good documentation at health facilities.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Technical Adviser RMEL to conceptualize and develop research studies and program evaluation; and ensure field research are implemented based on protocol
• Assist in development of research instruments for all research and evaluation studies
• Support the TA RMEL in organizing, coordinating the mobilization of data enumerators, and provide requisite training, the data collection, processing, and management of data at field level.
• Support in coordinating capacity building sessions for health workers in the LGAs.
• Support in reviewing routine program reports and ensure quality
• Support research analysis and interpretation including data cleaning and draft presentations and reports of the studies implemented
• Ensure that the project activities and achievements are documented, for easy replication and scalability of program.
• Ensure that lessons identified will be further processed to learning experience and shared with all stakeholders.
• Deploy KM tools such as after-action reviews, (AAR) most significant change (MSC) stories, implementation mapping tool (IMT), outcome harvesting; photo documentaries; and photo storytelling to document project successes.
• Participate in routine monitoring of field activities
• Support routine analysis of all project data for performance reviews, documentations of learning outcomes, publications and dissemination.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned

Required Qualifications: Education & Experience

• BSc in Public Health (Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Policy) or Social Science (Sociology, Economics, Political Science). A Master’s degree will be an added advantage.
• A minimum of 5 years work experience with NGOs with expertise in empirical research, quantitative and qualitative data analysis and research writing will be given preference
• Experience in data collation, entry, processing and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data sets
• Knowledge of knowledge management tools and methodologies within NGOs and other sectors is required.
• Knowledge of scientific writing, research and evaluation designs
• Proficient in the use of MS Excel, Word, and Power point.
• Experience with quantitative and qualitative software’s (e.g. SPSS, STATA, R NVivo, Dedoose, Atlas ti etc.) will be an added advantage.
• Written and spoken communications skills in English and Nigerian languages.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work successfully in a cross-cultural, team-based environment

      Job Title: Finance and Grants Officer Job Code: FGO 1 Location: Oloibiri, Bayelsa Job Description The Finance & Grants Officer will be required to:

• Provide support in the management of all financial related components of the project including payments of vendors, sub-contracting/ sub-granting, money transfers and timely retirement.
• Supportthe emp owerment of the small-scale entrepreneurs in seed grant

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Provide timely, accurate financial information and ensure that Grants expenditures are in line with the donor requirements.
• Support the Senior Finance Officer to prepare the grants budget for the OHP project.
• Contribute towards grant and financial management of the office and programmes, interfacing with both operational and programme team members
• Assist with the grants set-up in SAP.
• Support with the training of staff and partners on donor policies, rules and regulations
• Support the full cycle of grants management activities beginning from pre- award assessments, monitoring/compliance visits and close-out procedures.
• Provide technical assistance in terms of accounting (use of SAP, Quickbooks), financial management, financial policy formulation, and systems of internal control of all partners/grantees to ensure compliance in terms with donor rules and regulations.
• Review partner budget and provide assistance and guidance where necessary including the monitoring and interpretation of project budgets versus actual expenditures.
• Facilitate timely partner advance request and liquidation in SAP.
• Review Partners/grantee liquidation and recommend for approval.
• Conduct and document regular partner visits to ensure compliance with grant agreement.
• Ensure receipt of timely and accurate accounting and financial reports from partners.
• Monitor and track grants related performance measurement indicators and liaise with Senior Finance Officer to implement strategies to improve performance.
• Support the preparation of financial reports based on donor requirements.
• Ensure proper filing (electronic and hard copy) of grants financial reports.
• Periodically update the financial reporting matrix.
• Perform any other project related duties as specified by the Senior Finance Officer

Required Qualifications: Education & Experience

• Degree in Accounting or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in donor funds grants administration.
• Experience working with sub-grantees required.
• Preferred qualifications: knowledge of and experience with the key donors in the industry is strongly preferred.
• Experience of providing capacity development assistance to sub-grantees strongly preferred.
• Excellent and demonstrable experience in grant and financial management.
• Knowledge and understanding of Nigeria’s policy environment
• Strong computer skills: Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Power point)

      Job Title: Capacity Building Officer Job Code: CBO 1 Location: Oloibiri, Bayelsa Job Description The Capacity Building Officer will be required to:

• Coordinate trainings and facilitate trainings as a master trainer for health workers.
• Coordinate supportive supervision and mentoring sessions for health workers.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Ensure the day to day implementation of capacity development interventions to take place under the design of the project and within the proposed timeframe
• Work collaboratively with the State Project Officer to ensure that capacity development is holistic, meeting the needs of the stake holders and the health workers
• Support advocacy and networking related components for the Project
• Deliver all customized capacity development activities for the project in diverse areas of organizational development (i.e. program management, resource mobilization, monitoring and technical capacity development)
• Work closely with selected local partners (communities in the LGAs) to ensure adequate capacity is built in identified areas of the Project through training, mentoring, coaching and other methodologies.
• Conduct technical and organizational capacity assessments, network analysis and organizational performance index
• Develop materials and processes for specific areas identified as needed for capacity development of health workers, including training, mentoring and coaching , peer learning and other methodologies.
• Ensure flexibility and high quality of the capacity development support provided to the health workers
• Ensure integration of organization capacity development with other technical support the project will provide to the health workers.
• Support coordination with appropriate stakeholders in all aspects of activities; planning, monitoring and implementation.
• Build local government and institutional capacity to effectively promote peace in their communities.
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned

Required Qualifications: Education & Experience

• B.Sc/ BA in Public Health, Development, Public Administration or another related field
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in capacity development of health workers and/or government
• Extensive knowledge of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Experience in facilitating and leading trainings as well as production of training and capacity assessment reports
• Experience in working directly with health workers, with a focus on provision of technical advice and/or capacity building.
• Proven skills in developing organizational capacity of health workers
• Previous experience working with USAID funded programs
• Contribute to the development of annual workplans, performance monitoring systems and tools and writing of program reports.
• Remain up-to-date with latest methodologies, best practices and donor requirements and ensure that the project capacity development results are consistent with the best practices of the sector.
• Capture & document success stories and case studies

      How To Apply Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and a detailed Cover Letter describing their relevant qualifications and experience to: [email protected] Applications must indicate the Position Title & Location on the e-mail subject line.

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