Action Against Hunger Graduate Staff Recruitment – HND/BSc (N236k per month)

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Action Against Hunger | ACF International, a global humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger, works to save the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger.

We are recruiting:

1). Finance and Admin Assistant

  • Location: Potiskum, Yobe
  • Department: Finance
  • Level: Entry Level
  • Starting date: As Soon As Possible
  • Direct Line Manager: Finance and Admin Officer

Objective 1

  • The Finance & Admin Assistant ensures that the cash box and cash books are perfectly maintained, as well as monitoring, inputting and archiving accounting documents

Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Establish a statement of needs for liquid assets in consultation with the Finance Officer in Damaturu
  • Make advances payment in accordance with established procedures
  • Keep the advance books and cash journal
  • Record budget allocations and accounting codes of the expenses
  • Before recording, check that the supporting documents comply with AAH procedures
  • Ensure that accounting documenting are translated if necessary
  • Check cash balances daily and report any discrepancies to the line manager
  • Send to Damaturu accounting documents on a weekly basis after a final check of supporting documentation
  • Ensure cash box security and confidentiality of information
  • Visit field regularly to administer cash payment to beneficiaries

Objective 2

  • Manage accommodation for staff travelling to Potiskum and ensure supplies in the office at all time.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Provide timely request of supplies required on monthly basis.
  • Follow up with HR/Admin Officer to ensure timely receipt of supplies and make such arrangement that the supplies are available at all time.
  • Arrange accommodation in Guesthouse and hotels based upon approved travel request.
  • Ensure that all staff submit time-sheet and 10 minutes conversation on a monthly basis before 5th of every month.
  • Track and share leave absence with Damaturu office
  • Monitor Maintenance staff to make sure the office is kept tidy and clean at all times
  • Take minutes of meetings and proceedings at weekly briefings and other functions
  • Arrange logistics for meetings, retreats and workshop as required
  • Scan all documents to Damaturu and Abuja as required.

Internal & External Relationship
Internal:

  • Directly reporting to Finance Officer Damaturu
  • Technically supported Finance Co Abuja
  • Liaise with  Damaturu finance team
  • Liaise with Logistics team / PMs

External:

  • Suppliers, vendors, Government and operational partners

Position Requirements

  • BSc / HND Accounting, Bachelor level degree in Management, Finance, or related field
  • Minimum of 1 year experience in a finance and administration-related role.

Essential:

  • Professional
  • Organized with time management and planning skills
  • Sense of confidentiality
  • Strong computer skills, and familiarity with Microsoft Word and Excel
  • Ability to manage and follow work plans
  • Good interpersonal skills  (communication, able to negotiate, influence, give effective feedback, be a team player)
  • Able to manage stress effectively, juggle competing priorities, balance various programmatic, logistic and team needs

Preferred:

  • Experience in a non-governmental organization is preferred
  • Experience with donor-funded programs would be appreciated.

Minimum Basic Salary
N156,995 per month.

How to Apply – See Below >>>


2). FSL Officer – Cash Based Transfer & Social Protection (CBT-SP)

  • Location: Damasak, Borno State
  • Department: Programmes – FSL
  • Level: Mid Level
  • Starting date: As Soon As Possible
  • Direct Line Manager: FSL Sector Manager.

Objective 1

  • Provide support for the successful implementation of social protection component of the program at LGA level

Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Facilitate community mobilization towards social protection activities.
  • Work with traditional committees to ensure the identification and selection of the most vulnerable beneficiaries for cash or food voucher support.
  • Ensure IDPs and host communities provide information to ensure accountability, fairness, and transparency during cash or voucher disbursement activities.
  • Work closely with community structures to follow up on the implementation of planned activities with support from the FSL sectors.
  • Support in the implementation of capacity building training including Field Training Workshops for the target beneficiaries at the LGA level.
  • Directly implement in the field the activities defined in the program in close collaboration with the FSL CBT-SP Assistant and Community stakeholders.
  • Contribute to developing and implementing a detailed work plan for the FSL team at LGA level activities in collaboration with FSL Assistant.
  • Contribute to organizational and sector-wide learning through documentation of lessons learned, best practices, evaluations, etc. on the social protection component of the program.
  • Contribute to FSL internal and external social protection reports including case studies and success stories etc

Objective 2

  • Collate information and data on social protection activities at LGA level through surveys, assessments, regular post distribution monitoring and field supervision visits of beneficiary households

Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Supervise and collect information to ensure that the surveillance of the social protection situation in the area of implementation of the program is achieving the expected result when required.
  • Supervise and collect the required information in the field to facilitate the capacity building and training program, with the support of the FSL CBT-SP Assistants.
  • Support the M&E team in the analysis of beneficiary data collection through the various tools that the department uses.
  • Coordinate closely with the FSL CBT-SP Sector Manager to ensure that cross-LGA programs are being implemented in synergy.
  • Coordinate closely with the FSL (Agro recovery and economics strengthening), Nutrition, WASH teams in different LGAs on cross-learning with the aim of revising and improving approaches.
  • Participate in and inform longer-term discussions with the program team (FSL, WASH, and nutrition) regarding program implementation strategy.
  • Support M&E team in activities monitoring (beneficiary targeting, identification, registration, and training; market and livelihood assessments; baseline and end-line surveys, post distribution monitoring, price monitoring, field monitoring visits, focused group discussions (FGD), etc)
  • Contribute to the development of tools to monitor and improve the quality of FSL social protection programming.
  • Support the preparation of documentation required for the implementation of field activities.
  • Ensure harmonization of program operating plans and protocols across the program as well as the mission, with the help of technical support from FSL Sector Manager, review tools and approaches, and ensure that technical standards, guidelines, and methodologies are communicated and understood.

Objective 3

  • Mobilization and awareness-raising about the organization, social protection objectives, and activities to local authorities and the population, and act as a link between the organization and the beneficiaries (at LGA level)

Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to the development of project community mobilization strategies for targeting and registration of beneficiaries for the social protection activities.
  • Implement sensitization activities for targeted communities about social protection activities and strengthening livelihood restoration activities with support from relevant State, LGA, and community stakeholders, in feasible livelihood restoration activities at LGA level.
  • Support in the verification of the beneficiaries to ensure the identification and selection of the most vulnerable population is verified based on project proposal and organization policies before social protection intervention is made.
  • Support the FSL sector manager effective facilitation  of care group model session and
  • Support the FSL sector manager in ensuring that targeting of beneficiaries to receive cash-based social protection interventions is carried out in a transparent way that guarantees protection and gender sensitivity in the field way and with the active participation of women, men, and minority members of communities.
  • Facilitate the good working relationships between the state, LGA, community-level stakeholders and target beneficiaries

Objective 4

  • Participate in regular internal and external coordination for the program at LGA and state levels when required

Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with all other Action Against Hunger departments and sectors to ensure the project activities are integrated into line with Logistics, Finance, HR and security procedures, and SoPs
  • Collaboration with other partners including relevant state government ministries, INGOs, NGOs, CBOs and the UN working in assigned LGA
  • Work in collaboration with the communities and local leaders at all stages of project implementation
  • Ensure that the project (implementation of social protection activities) is well represented in regular LGA level meetings and forums
  • Ensure proper records are kept of all expenditure and usage of materials, and cash advances received from finance are  properly retired after each activity
  • Ensure that documentation is properly done for all cash distributed (donation certificates, delivery notes, beneficiary lists, and supply request order)Preparation of weekly movement plan for assigned LGA according to the team plan.

Objective 5

  • Reporting and Performance Management

Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate with FSL CBT-SP Assistants to compile and submit monthly activity reports
  • To provide reports according to the request of the FSL CBT-SP Sector Manager (Bi-weekly updates, success stories, case studies, etc.)
  • Participate in writing situation reports with information on food security, security information at the community as needed and/or requested
  • Including, but not limited to: Compiles weekly and monthly reports and ensuring timely submission of such written reports to the FSL CBT-SP Sector Manager for consolidation and sharing with the Multi-sectoral Project Manager
  • Communicate Action Against Hunger performance standards and expectations to team members which includes; 10 minutes monthly conversation, 3 months/end of probation performance appraisal, and annual/ end of contract appraisal.
  • Establish performance objectives, provide feedback, identify strengths and areas for professional improvement.
  • Contribute to the professional development and improvement of team members by providing support.

Position Requirements
Qualification

  • Bachelor’s Degree / HND in Agric Economics, Business Management, Sociology or Accounting, and any relevant field.

Skills And Experience:
Essential:

  • Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in humanitarian contexts, with at least 1 year in conflict/insecure contexts.
  • Previous experience with food security and livelihoods programming.
  • Excellent Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
  • Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
  • Strong computer literacy, organizational and planning skills, report writing, and budget oversight.
  • Commitment to upholding Action Against Hunger’s values, excellent interpersonal, and communication skills.
  • Ability to be adaptable and flexible.
  • Fluency in English, Hausa and other local languages (Fulani and Kanuri)
  • Commitment to Action Against Hunger mission, values, and policy

Preferred:

  • Previous experience managing FSL interventions (i.e. cash based transfer, IGA, agriculture/livelihoods).
  • Previous experience with Action Against Hunger.
  • Experience implementing programming on behalf of the donor (i.e. USAID, ECHO, DFID, SIDA) funded activities.

Minimum Basic Salary
NGN 236,585 per month.

How to Apply – See Below >>>


3). FSL Officer – Household Economic Strengthening (HES)

  • Location: Damasak, Borno
  • Department: Programmes – FSL
  • Level: Mid Level
  • Starting date: As Soon As Possible
  • Direct Line Manager: FSL Sector Manager.

Objective 1

  • Provide support in the implementation of income-generating activities and household economic strengthening component of the program at LGA level

Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Facilitate community mobilization towards economic activities.
  • Work with traditional committees to ensure the identification and selection of the most vulnerable beneficiaries for income-generating activities.
  • Ensure IDPs and host communities provide information to ensure accountability, fairness, and transparency during cash support disbursement activities.
  • Work closely with community structures to follow up on the implementation of planned activities with support from the FSL sector manager.
  • Support in the implementation of capacity building training including business management, bookkeeping, market linkage, and profit maximization for the target beneficiaries at the LGA level.
  • Directly implement in the field the activities defined in the program in close collaboration with the FSL Household Economic Strengthening Assistant and Community stakeholders.
  • Contribute to developing and implementing a detailed work plan for the FSL team at LGA level activities in collaboration with FSL Assistant.
  • Contribute to organizational and sector-wide learning through documentation of lessons learned, best practices, evaluations, etc. on income-generating activities component of the program.
  • Contribute to preparing FSL internal and external Economic Strengthening reports including case studies and success stories etc.

Objective 2

  • Collate information and data on economic strengthening activities at LGA level through surveys, assessments, regular post distribution monitoring and field supervision visits of beneficiary households.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Supervise and collect information to ensure that the surveillance of the economic situation in the area of implementation of the program is achieving the expected result when required.
  • Supervise and collect the required information in the field to facilitate the capacity building and training program, with the support of the FSL Household Economic Strengthening Assistants.
  • Support the M&E team in the analysis of beneficiary data collection through the various tools that the department uses.
  • Coordinate closely with the FSL Economic Strengthening FSL sector manager to ensure that cross-LGA programs are being implemented in synergy.
  • Coordinate closely with the FSL (Agro recovery and social protection), Nutrition, WASH teams in different LGAs on cross-learning with the aim of revising and improving approaches.
  • Participate in and inform longer-term discussions with the program team (FSL, WASH, and nutrition) regarding program implementation strategy.
  • Support M&E team in activities monitoring (beneficiary targeting, identification, registration, and training; market and livelihood assessments; baseline and end-line surveys, post distribution monitoring, price monitoring, field monitoring visits, focused group discussions (FGD), etc)
  • Contribute to the development of tools to monitor and improve the quality of FSL Economic Strengthening programming.
  • Support the preparation of documentation required for the implementation of field activities.
  • Ensure harmonization of program operating plans and protocols across the program as well as the mission, with the help of technical support from FSL sector manger, review tools, and approaches, and ensure that technical standards, guidelines, and methodologies are communicated and understood.

Objective 3

  • Mobilization and awareness-raising about the organization, Economic Strengthening objectives, and activities to local authorities and the population, and act as a link between the Organization and the beneficiaries (at LGA level)

Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to the development of project community mobilization strategies for targeting and registration of beneficiaries for the income-generating activities.
  • Implement sensitization activities for targeted communities about Economic Strengthening activities and strengthening livelihood restoration activities with support from relevant State, LGA, and community stakeholders, in feasible livelihood restoration activities at LGA level.
  • Support in the verification of the beneficiaries to ensure the identification and selection of the most vulnerable population is verified based on project proposal and organization policies before Economic Strengthening intervention is made.
  • Support the FSL Sector manager in ensuring that targeting of beneficiaries to receive cash-based Economic Strengthening interventions are carried out in a transparent way that guarantees protection and gender sensitivity in the field way and with the active participation of women, men, and minority members of communities.
  • Facilitate the good working relationships between the state, LGA, community-level stakeholders, and target beneficiaries.

Objective 4

  • Participate in regular internal and external coordination for the program at LGA and state levels when required

Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with all other Action Against Hunger departments and sectors to ensure the project activities are integrated into line with Logistics, Finance, HR and security procedures, and SoPs.
  • Collaboration with other partners including relevant state government ministries, INGOs, NGOs, CBOs, and the UN working in assigned LGA.
  • Work in collaboration with the communities and local leaders at all stages of project implementation.
  • Ensure that the project (implementation of Economic Strengthening activities) is well represented in regular LGA level meetings and forums.
  • Ensure proper records are kept of all expenditure and usage of materials, and cash advances received from finance are  properly retired after each activity
  • Ensure that documentation is properly done for all cash distributed (donation certificates, delivery notes, beneficiary lists, and  supply request order)
  • Preparation of weekly movement plan for assigned LGA according to the team planning and share update with Sector Manager.

Objective 5

  • Reporting and Performance Management

Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate with FSL Household Economic Strengthening Assistants to compile and submit monthly activity reports.
  • To provide reports according to the request of the FSL Economic Strengthening deputy program manager (Bi-weekly updates, success stories, case studies, etc.).
  • Participate in writing situation reports with information on food security, security information at the community as needed and/or requested
  • Including, but not limited to Compiling weekly and monthly reports and ensuring timely submission of such written reports to the FSL Sector Manager for consolidation and sharing with the Multi-sectoral program manager
  • Communicate Action Against Hunger performance standards and expectations to team members which includes; 10 minutes monthly conversation, 3 months/end of probation performance appraisal, and annual/ end of contract appraisal.
  • Establish performance objectives, provide feedback, identify strengths and areas for professional improvement.
  • Contribute to the professional development and improvement of team members by providing support.

Position Requirements
Qualification:

  • BSc or HND in Economics, Agric Economics, Business Management or Accounting.

Skills and Experience:
Essential:

  • Minimum of two years’ work experience in humanitarian contexts, with at least 1 year in conflict/insecure contexts.
  • Previous experience with food security and livelihoods programming.
  • Strong computer literacy, organizational and planning skills, report writing, and budget oversight.
  • Commitment to upholding Action Against Hunger’s values, excellent interpersonal, and communication skills.
  • Ability to be adaptable and flexible.
  • Microsoft Office Skills (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
  • Willing and able to be based and travel regularly within remote areas, where services are limited.
  • Fluency in English, Hausa and other local languages (Fulani and Kanuri)
  • Commitment to Action Against Hunger’s mission, values, and policy.

Preferred:

  • Previous experience managing FSL interventions (i.e. cash based transfer, IGA, agriculture/livelihoods)
  • Previous experience with Action Against Hunger
  • Experience implementing programming on behalf of the donor (i.e. USAID, ECHO, DFID, SIDA) funded activities.

Minimum Basic Salary
NGN 236,585 per month.

How to Apply: Eligible and interested candidates should apply via the appropriate link below:

Application Deadline: May 22, 2020

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