Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries. We save children’s lives. We fight for their rights. We help them fulfil their potential. Save the Children is working in Nigeria because one in five children in Nigeria dies before their fifth birthday. About 40% of children miss out on school and have to work to survive while nearly 2 million children have lost one or both parents to an AIDS-related disease.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: MEAL Coordinator
Job ID: 2100060I
Location: Ogoja, Cross River
Grade: 3
Post Type: National
Team: Nigeria Country Office
Employee Status: Fixed Term
Child Safeguarding
- Level 3 – The responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with children or young people and, in the overseas context all posts are considered to be level 3 posts in view of potential situations which may allow staff unsupervised access to vulnerable children and young people.
Role Purpose
- The MEAL coordinator will lead in the development and implementation of MEAL plans of all projects implemented from the Ojoga Office.
- S/he is responsible for establishing and ensuring better data management systems for the core program.
- He/she provides technical support and training to the field staff.
- S/he will lead in the generation of evidence, maintaining accountability standards and ensuring effective monitoring, evaluation and learning of the projects across all sectors.
- S/he will coordinate the collection, compilation, consolidation and analysis of data to track programs/ projects activities, monitor progress and support impact measurement.
Scope of Role:
- Reports to: Head of MEAL
- Staff reporting to this post: MEAL Officers
Key Areas of Accountability:
- Lead in the development and implementation of an M&E Plan for the projects and provide MEAL related support to the Ogoja office.
- In consultation with relevant sector leads, design and develop program database, IPTT and regularly update database for the sector.
- Provide project related figures and conduct regular data verification exercises to ensure reporting and collection of quality data; Verify entered data for completeness, correctness, and consistency and follow up on any data quality issues.
- Support programming staff to incorporate participatory methods into community level M&E systems and tools.
- Establish and maintain project level information management system.
- Actively participate in M&E meetings with key stakeholders. Participate in studies, evaluations and surveys.
- Conduct Post Distribution Monitoring, Child Participatory Activities for the projects
- Support lessons learned, best practices, program data, evaluations, and other information to generate donor communication pieces, proposal annexes, success stories, case studies, and other high-quality, results-based documentation.
- Lead to the revision of monitoring and evaluation tools and train program team on design and proper use of it.
- Organize learning events and document lesson learns
- Conduct regular field visits to track progress against indicators and put in place systems for routine data quality checks and validations
- Perform other tasks as assigned by the supervisor.
Behaviours (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility
- High level of accuracy in work, and ability to analyse complex sets of relationships and situations
- Holds self and others accountable
Ambition:
- Creating best-in-class EA function
- Future-orientated, thinks pro-actively
Collaboration:
- Working effectively with stakeholders to achieve common goals
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
- Designing more effective admin and data management systems
- Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.
Skills & Experience
Essential:
- Minimum of 4 years experience in M&E positions and/or program experience in field data collection in emergencies especially in the area of education, child protection & WASH
- Detailed knowledge of M&E frameworks and M&E Plans, systems and indicator reference sheets
- Experience maintaining programmatic databases
- Ability to contribute to Awards reporting from a MEAL perspective in a timely and accurate manner
- Experience of working in a post-conflict environment/refugee/IDP situation
- Ability to work as part of a team, Flexibility, adaptability, and patience
- Ability to work under pressure often to strict deadlines
- Ability to assess problems and recommend solutions.
- Good understanding of routine data quality checks/validation
- Experience in survey and qualitative interviewing, including supervising field data collection teams and writing research case studies
- Advance knowledge Microsoft Office Suite, especially MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, SPSS/STATA
- Training and facilitation skills,
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline 2nd September, 2021.
Job Title: Procurement Officer (Buying)
Job ID: 21000664
Location: Abuja
Contract Length: Open Ended
Employee Status: Fixed Term
Grade: 4
Team / Programme: Supply Chain
Child Safeguarding
- Level 3: The post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
Role Purpose
The Procurement Officer (Buying) is responsible for purchasing of goods and services in Nigeria based on needs of Save the Children’s programmes, managing orders and relations for a complex portfolio of programmes. The Procurement Officer will also support the Procurement Coordinator in:
- Ensuring that the right supplies and services are procured and that there is timely procurement and delivery of goods and services to programmes to deliver outstanding results for children.
- Ensuring best value for money is achieved through competitive and transparent procurement processes.
Scope of the Role:
- Reports to: Procurement Co-ordinator (Buying).
- Staff reporting to this post: Procurement Assistant (Buying), Procurement Intern.
Key Areas of Accountability
Procuring Goods and Services (Buying):
- Manage suppliers professionally and proactively, providing feedback to improve performance and leading periodic review meetings.
- Provide procurement advice and support to field offices.
- Deliver management information reports summarising key trends in performance of the procurement section against KPIs.
- Ensure all orders are processed in timely manner, inputted on Procurement Tracker, status updates are communicated to programmes, and that all relevant documentation is filed appropriately.
- Ensure supplier files are routinely updated on performance and that regular reviews of performance are undertaken by the Procurement Committee for evaluation of suppliers for future use.
- Develop strong relations with field office programmes to support them in improving their ordering practices and review all Procurement Plans together with the Procurement Manager.
- Delegate to the Procurement Assistant Routine Procurement duties and support and supervise to ensure processes are followed in a timely manner and according to SCI policies.
- Manage procurement for the Nigeria programme in line with SCI procurement policies, processes and quality standards through supervision of Purchase Requests and Purchase Order processes.
- Deliver on the Country office supply plan, combining use of ad-hoc procurement, approved suppliers and contracted suppliers to meet the needs of the programmes.
Team Management and Capacity Building:
- Conduct Performance Review with line report and ensure clear work and personal development objectives are established with timelines and regular feedback and support is provided.
- Develop strong relationships with field office programmes to support them in improving their procurement practices
Performance Management:
- Support the line manager in the production of management information reports on a monthly and quarterly basis, including data analysis and recommendations on improving the efficiency of procurement processes.
Systems, Tools and Processes:
- Promote and ensure compliance to our Procurement Policy, Procedures and quality standards
- Responsible for ensuring Supplier Enablement activities are carried out so that as many suppliers as possible transact with SCI through the Ariba Network.
- Provide ProSave support and Procurement advice for requestors.
- Support head office initiatives around global supply chain systems, as required with specific focus on Procurement as guided by our Regional and Centre Offices.
- Support the Procurement Coordinator Buying with Vendor Management activities.
Behaviours (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
- Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values.
- Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
Ambition:
- Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
- Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others.
- Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
Collaboration:
- Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
- Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength.
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk with.
Creativity:
- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
- Willing to take disciplined risks.
Integrity:
- Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity.
Qualifications
- B.A / BSc in Management, Procurement, Logistics, Supply Chain Management or related field.
- Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS UK) or equivalent Experience.
- Master’s Degree in above fields an added advantage.
Experience and Skills:
- Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience working in procurement, preferably in an NGO/and/or development program, with in depth experience in managing procurement processes
- Strong knowledge and experience of implementing procurement processes, driving contract compliance and embedding buying best practice
- Excellent reporting skills, particularly the ability to quickly develop clear and concise delivery tracking, scheduling or pricing, donor, monthly KPI reports
- Willingness to undertake field travel as required and work in difficult environments according to travel environments.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills; fluency in spoken and written English;
- Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles
- Desirable: Procurement system experience
- Excellent supplier management skills and a strong ability to hold suppliers accountable to deliver on their responsibilities
- Knowledge of NGO/Donor policies and their compliance requirements in respect of Procurement and wider supply chain activity
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching.
- Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to juggle multiple tasks with competing priorities and simultaneously stick to deadlines, whilst maintaining relationships with suppliers and customers
Additional Job Responsibilities:
- The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities:
- The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding:
- We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Safeguarding our Staff:
- The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy
Health and Safety:
- The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Application Deadline: 8th September, 2021.