Latest Vacancies at Christian Aid, 6th August, 2018
Christian Aid (CA) is a UK-based international NGO, partnering with others to end poverty in Africa. At the heart of this vision is the transformation of the lives of people who live in poverty, empowering them to have a brighter future. Christian Aid works in more than 30 countries and has been operating in Nigeria since 2003. The Nigeria Country programme focuses on Community Health and HIV, Accountable Governance including humanitarian response and Gender.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Assistant
Location: Kaduna, Nigeria
Type of Contract: Fixed Term
Contracted hours: 35
Contract Length: 1 year
Reporting to: Senior MEAL Coordinator
Role Purpose
- Work with the MEAL team to strengthen existing MEAL systems to allow for effective, accurate reporting for decision making and project implementation
- To provide day-to-day management of the pilot global digital M&E database, inputting programme data and providing feedback to the technical team
- To assess the capacity of Christian Aid partners, work with the team to develop and build capacity of partners and respond to technical support requests from staff and partners. Encourage active knowledge management and organizational learning needs using Monitoring and Evaluation findings and learning.
The role will:
- Maintain management information systems and data-files
- Provide day-to-day support on the use of PROMISE
- Provide ad-hoc support to project teams or country programme
- Participate in programme planning processes
- Assist the MEAL unit in regular data collection through implementing partners/volunteers
Role Context
- The role works within the International Programmes role family positioned within the MEAL team or country programme, the post-holder also works in close collaboration with the Programme Quality & Impact Team
- The role is key in providing MEAL support to the work team to ensure partnerships and programmes are managed effectively. The role will normally work within the country office.
Key Outcomes
- Alongside supporting and contributing to effective MEAL practice, the role will deliver the following outcomes:
- Global Monitoring and Evaluation Database:
- Feedback on the monitoring and reporting database is co-ordinated and communicated effectively
- Testing and data migration to the new database is supported to completion
- Staff within the country office and partner organisations are trained and supported to use the database
- Provide support to staff on the use of Christian Aid programme management information system, PROMISE.
- Support migration of data from PROMISE to new database.
- MEAL System Strengthening and Learning
- MEAL capacity assessments of country programme & Christian Aid partners are completed with guidance and support from the Programme Quality & Impact Team
- MEAL training for the country staff & Christian Aid Partners is delivered in coordination with the Programme Quality & Impact Team.
- MEAL technical support requests expressed by partners are followed up with the relevant technical advisor
- The quality of data submitted by partners is assessed and feedback provided to partners
- Organisational learning is improved through sharing of Monitoring and Evaluation findings
Role Requirements
Relationships:
- External:
- The post holder will have relationships with partners, and external stakeholders.
- Internal:
- The position is line managed by the Senior MEAL Coordinator. Daily contact with the MEAL/Programme team within the country office and attending relevant team meetings. Frequent contact with peers in other country offices, the programme quality & impact team, other MEAL advisors and managers based globally.
Decision Making:
- The ability to make do-to-day decisions to assist in the administration and smooth running of the MEAL team and/or programme.
Analytical Skills:
- Analytical skills desirable to perform day-to-day logistics and coordination work. Ability to identify challenges or errors within the Monitoring and Evaluation database, to spot errors in data and spot capacity gaps and training needs.
Developing Self and Others:
- Ability to take initiative, be self-motivated and build capacity of/guide new and existing staff on programme and MEAL requirement.
Person Specification
Applied Skills/knowledge and expertise
Essential:
- Degree in Applied or Social Sciences or Statistics, with at least 2 years work experience
- Good knowledge of donors (e.g. EU, DFID, USAID) reporting requirement and standards
- Understanding and familiarity with database management and use.
- Experience of monitoring and evaluation and Project/programme-cycle management approaches and tools – including participatory planning.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel
- Familiarity and understanding of statistical software such as SPSS, Epi-info; STATA
- Excellent report writing, communication (written and verbal) skills, and.
- Strong IT skills
- Experience in coaching or training others on systems and processes
- Fluent in English
Desirable:
- Experience of using a database, particularly a Monitoring and Evaluation database or system
- Understanding of partnership approach to international development
- Proven experience of producing and analysing data accurately.
- Manage and organize information systems and establish and maintain filing systems.
Competency Profile
LEVEL 1: You are expected to be able to:
Build Partnerships:
- Work in a collaborative way that develops positive relationships and proactively provide help to others
- Proactively participate in team work and contribute ideas, including those that may be beyond your own or your team’s role.
- Keep others informed about what is going on in your own work area.
- Treat everyone with courteousness, dignity and respect, recognising that people are different and have different views.
- Act and behave consistently with what you say.
Communicate Effectively:
- Communicate clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing.
- Pass on messages or information promptly and accurately, ensuring clarity and understanding.
- proactively question to clarify when needed.
- Explain things simply and in a different way if someone appears not to have understood.
- Be sensitive to and take responsibility for how your actions and words impact on others and adapt if necessary
Steward Resources:
- Be responsible for using resources economically, whether these are Christian Aid resources or wider environmental resources.
- recognise that time is a resource and take responsibility and proactive measures for managing your time effectively.
Deliver Results:
- Agree your work plan and priorities, keep track of your own progress and keep others informed.
- Check the quality of your own work and deliver to expectations.
- Seek clarification and support from your manager when needed, ensuring appropriate sign-off.
- Respond promptly to the requests of others, handling competing priorities and seeking guidance on these where appropriate.
- Consider the consequences of your actions, and take responsibility for the impact on your work, your colleagues and team objectives.
- Be accountable for your actions.
Realise Potential:
- Acknowledge gaps in your own knowledge and skills and seek out information and advice in order to learn.
- Regularly ask for and act on feedback on own performance.
- Assist others by showing how to complete tasks and sharing knowledge
Strive for Improvement:
- Demonstrate openness and willingness to embrace change, be flexible and adapt to new methods of working.
- Respond quickly and positively to new initiatives.
- Find ways to make improvements in your work and ways of working.
- Show initiative when faced with problems and proactively seek solutions.
- Willingly share knowledge and information that may help others.
Full Time Salary
N3,187,627
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Job Title: Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) Assistant
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Type of Contract: Fixed Term
Contracted hours: 35
Contract Length: 1 year
Reporting to: Senior MEAL Coordinator
Role Purpose
- Work with the MEAL team to strengthen existing MEAL systems to allow for effective, accurate reporting for decision making and project implementation
- To provide day-to-day management of the pilot global digital M&E database, inputting programme data and providing feedback to the technical team
- To assess the capacity of Christian Aid partners, work with the team to develop and build capacity of partners and respond to technical support requests from staff and partners. Encourage active knowledge management and organizational learning needs using Monitoring and Evaluation findings and learning.
The role will:
- Maintain management information systems and data-files
- Provide day-to-day support on the use of PROMISE
- Provide ad-hoc support to project teams or country programme
- Participate in programme planning processes
- Assist the MEAL unit in regular data collection through implementing partners/volunteers
Role Context
- The role works within the International Programmes role family positioned within the MEAL team or country programme, the post-holder also works in close collaboration with the Programme Quality & Impact Team
- The role is key in providing MEAL support to the work team to ensure partnerships and programmes are managed effectively. The role will normally work within the country office.
Key Outcomes
- Alongside supporting and contributing to effective MEAL practice, the role will deliver the following outcomes:
- Global Monitoring and Evaluation Database:
- Feedback on the monitoring and reporting database is co-ordinated and communicated effectively
- Testing and data migration to the new database is supported to completion
- Staff within the country office and partner organisations are trained and supported to use the database
- Provide support to staff on the use of Christian Aid programme management information system, PROMISE.
- Support migration of data from PROMISE to new database.
- MEAL System Strengthening and Learning
- MEAL capacity assessments of country programme & Christian Aid partners are completed with guidance and support from the Programme Quality & Impact Team
- MEAL training for the country staff & Christian Aid Partners is delivered in coordination with the Programme Quality & Impact Team.
- MEAL technical support requests expressed by partners are followed up with the relevant technical advisor
- The quality of data submitted by partners is assessed and feedback provided to partners
- Organisational learning is improved through sharing of Monitoring and Evaluation findings
Role Requirements
Relationships:
- External:
- The post holder will have relationships with partners, and external stakeholders.
- Internal:
- The position is line managed by the Senior MEAL Coordinator. Daily contact with the MEAL/Programme team within the country office and attending relevant team meetings. Frequent contact with peers in other country offices, the programme quality & impact team, other MEAL advisors and managers based globally.
Decision Making:
- The ability to make do-to-day decisions to assist in the administration and smooth running of the MEAL team and/or programme.
Analytical Skills:
- Analytical skills desirable to perform day-to-day logistics and coordination work. Ability to identify challenges or errors within the Monitoring and Evaluation database, to spot errors in data and spot capacity gaps and training needs.
Developing Self and Others:
- Ability to take initiative, be self-motivated and build capacity of/guide new and existing staff on programme and MEAL requirement.
Person Specification
Applied Skills/knowledge and expertise:
Essential:
- Degree in Applied or Social Sciences or Statistics, with at least 2 years work experience
- Good knowledge of donors (e.g. EU, DFID, USAID) reporting requirement and standards
- Understanding and familiarity with database management and use.
- Experience of monitoring and evaluation and Project/programme-cycle management approaches and tools – including participatory planning.
- Familiarity with Microsoft Packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel
- Familiarity and understanding of statistical software such as SPSS, Epi-info; STATA
- Excellent report writing, communication (written and verbal) skills, and.
- Strong IT skills
- Experience in coaching or training others on systems and processes
- Fluent in English
Desirable:
- Experience of using a database, particularly a Monitoring and Evaluation database or system
- Understanding of partnership approach to international development
- Proven experience of producing and analysing data accurately.
- Manage and organize information systems and establish and maintain filing systems.
Competency Profile
LEVEL 1: You are expected to be able to:
Build Partnerships:
- Work in a collaborative way that develops positive relationships and proactively provide help to others
- Proactively participate in team work and contribute ideas, including those that may be beyond your own or your team’s role.
- Keep others informed about what is going on in your own work area.
- Treat everyone with courteousness, dignity and respect, recognising that people are different and have different views.
- Act and behave consistently with what you say.
Communicate Effectively:
- Communicate clearly and concisely, verbally and in writing.
- Pass on messages or information promptly and accurately, ensuring clarity and understanding.
- proactively question to clarify when needed.
- Explain things simply and in a different way if someone appears not to have understood.
- Be sensitive to and take responsibility for how your actions and words impact on others and adapt if necessary
Steward Resources:
- Be responsible for using resources economically, whether these are Christian Aid resources or wider environmental resources.
- recognise that time is a resource and take responsibility and proactive measures for managing your time effectively.
Deliver Results:
- Agree your work plan and priorities, keep track of your own progress and keep others informed.
- Check the quality of your own work and deliver to expectations.
- Seek clarification and support from your manager when needed, ensuring appropriate sign-off.
- Respond promptly to the requests of others, handling competing priorities and seeking guidance on these where appropriate.
- Consider the consequences of your actions, and take responsibility for the impact on your work, your colleagues and team objectives.
- Be accountable for your actions.
Realise Potential:
- Acknowledge gaps in your own knowledge and skills and seek out information and advice in order to learn.
- Regularly ask for and act on feedback on own performance.
- Assist others by showing how to complete tasks and sharing knowledge
Strive for Improvement:
- Demonstrate openness and willingness to embrace change, be flexible and adapt to new methods of working.
- Respond quickly and positively to new initiatives.
- Find ways to make improvements in your work and ways of working.
- Show initiative when faced with problems and proactively seek solutions.
- Willingly share knowledge and information that may help others.
Full Time Salary
N3,187,627
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline 12th August, 2018.
Interview Date 21st August 2018.
Job Title: Regional Human Resources Officer - Africa
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Type of Contract: Fixed Term
Department: Corporate Services
Contracted hours: 35
Contract Length: 2 years
Reporting to: Head of People Africa
Role Purpose
- To provide functional and/or technical support and implement operational plans to enhance the organisation’s performance through our people in the Africa Division
- The role will primarily focus on enhancing the capacity of the regional team to offer an effective day to day operational service to Country Programmes and Regional Teams
- The role will also closely support the Head of People Africa in the execution and follow up of project activities to enable timely strategic interventions and, effective talent management in the Africa Division.
Key Outcomes
- Country teams and managers, are provided with high quality advice and customer service on operational day to day advice, particularly around implementing CA HR policies and procedures to ensure appropriate application.
- Country HR staff understand HR processes and systems and are trained and supported on any issues arising, by creating trusted relationships with key stakeholders in Country teams and at divisional level to enable successful people management.
- Recruiting managers and are supported with recruitment processes on EARCU as necessary for timely broadcast of vacancies.
- Heads of Regional Teams are supported in managing senior level recruitment and offered the necessary accompaniment and support, while making the necessary links with Country Programme HR staff.
- Periodic workforce reports and updated performance scorecards are updated and submitted to ensure people management accountability across the AD and, inform decision making and the development of appropriate interventions.
- Together with the other members of the Africa people team and the wider global people functions, a good and complete induction programme is in place to support the integration of new starters as necessary.
- Contribution is made to the development and support offered for the understanding of CA policies and procedures, and their role out effectively coordinated.
- Working closely with the Regional People Business Partners, complex case work is supported ensuring adherence to labour laws, HR policy and effective record management.
- Assistance to countries on scale up support to emergencies in conjunction with the HT.
- Backfill HR support is provided to Country Offices as necessary in change management and/or in the event of resource gaps or expansion of programmes.
- Delegated projects are successfully managed and delivered according to the HR Plan Objectives.
Role Agility
- On call/unsocial hours - Yes
- Surge capacity for emergency responses - Yes - could be required to to travel for more than 75 days p.a. and for a period of up to 3 months but for no more than 6 months p.a. with no less than one month’s interval between postings unless in extreme circumstances.
In order to respond to ever changing demands within the environment, Christian Aid operates within an agile framework (both in workforce and operational) that requires from all employees, a high level of responsiveness and adaptiveness to processes and structures making flexibility and a project based working approach the norm. To sustain this system, managers may/will agree further details of specific tasks and duties as part of the performance agreement. Any reasonable duty may be assigned that is consistent with the nature of the job and its level of responsibility, and employees may be required to change the focus of their role from time to time.
Role Context
- Based in a Christian Aid Country office, this role works within the Global People Function to ensure that Countries are enabled to deliver their strategies effectively through their people, and that staff and volunteers excel and thrive while working at Christian Aid
- To be successful in the role, the post-holder needs to understand the organisational HR Policies, Procedures and Systems, as well as be technically adept at HR Management
- The post holder will need to build excellent relationships with their key clients, managers and Country HR staff, and be viewed as a credible partner in executing HR operations
- They will need to be assertive but adaptable and be able to demonstrate initiative and influence beyond their level of authority
- The post holder will need to be resilient and able to meet constant challenges and demands.
Role Requirements
Relationships:
- External:
- May liaise with third party service providers as well as support participate in external networks.
- Internal:
- Works closely with other staff in the Global People Function both in the Division and overseas. Works closely with members of other regional teams such as Humanitarian, Programme Innovation and Funding, ICT Services and Divisional Leadership groups. Relates to employees at all levels in Christian Aid, especially with Managers and HR staff in client areas.
Decision Making:
- Budgetary/savings responsibility N/A
- Advises on the most appropriate and credible advice and approach to managers and employees on legal, policy and contractual HR matters, in compliance with employment legislation and best practice
- Offers guidance on the most appropriate method for recruiting staff.
Analytical Skills:
- The ability to make sense out of data and attention to detail is integral to this role
- Work could be varied and complex. Ability to make sound judgement regarding the sensitivity of matters they are dealing with is critical
- Compliance with employment legislation, good risk management principles and people centred form the basis for execution.
Developing Self and Others:
- Works closely with managers and staff in designated business areas to provide proactive advice and support in dealing with people management issues
- Works within a peer group with other People roles and the HR Tier 1s to develop and support each other.
Role Related Checks:
- Child protection clearance Not required Counter terrorism screening Not required
Person Specification
Applied skills/knowledge and expertise:
Essential:
- At least 3 years of professional HR work experience
- Professional qualification in Human Resources and/or related field with experience in general human resources management. Ability for capacity building and skills transfer including logical delivery of training in HR areas
- Proven ability to plan mid-term, organized priorities and work under administrative and programmatic pressures with detail orientation and professionalism.
- Experience of offering support across multiple teams
- Highly collaborative and able to establish positive working relationships with all stakeholders to maximize cooperation and productivity Strong proficiency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint is required
- Experience with HRIS
- Fluent in English.
Desirable:
- Previous work experience in an international development organization including work within multicultural context.
- Experience in data analytics
- Working knowledge of French
Full Time Salary
N8,501,197 - N9,871,477
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline 24th August, 2018.
Interview Date 9th September, 2018