Recruitment, apply for Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) recruitment 2021 below.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) is an international development company. For more than 45 years, DAI has worked on the frontlines of international development, tackling fundamental social and economic development problems caused by inefficient markets, ineffective governance, and instability. Currently, DAI is delivering results that matter in some 80 countries.
DAI development solutions turn ideas into impact by bringing together fresh combinations of expertise and innovation across multiple disciplines. Its clients include international development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations and philanthropies, and national governments.
Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) is recruiting to fill the positions below:
State Programme Officer
Finance Officer
Job Title: State Programme Officer
Locations: Jigawa, Kaduna, and Kano
Employment Type: Full-time
Reporting to: State Team Lead
Programme: PLANE (Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria)
Duration: 7 years
Job Description
- The Programme Officer will provide extra support to the Output Leads and Reform Facilitators in coordinating their involvement and inputs with the state. In addition, H/She will;
- Supporting the engagement with PLANE, in conjunction with the State Team Lead
- Oversee the implementation of program work plans across the state while ensuring the alignment of these activities to the overall programme work plan and strategy;
- Support and enhance program networks across the state and ensuring a regular exchange of best practices;
- Contribute to PLANE’s monitoring, evaluation, and learning processes, including sharing and disseminating lessons learnt; and
- Contribute to PLANE’s reporting and other engagement with stakeholders, in FCDO as appropriate.
Role Specification
- 3 – 6 years experience in project management and operations.
- A minimum of a First Degree.
- Previous experience managing programme for large multi-million-pound projects for FCDO and other donors.
- Build the capacity of the place teams to deliver on programme deliverables, reporting, financial management.
- Excellent communication and IT skills, including strong reporting/presentation skills and familiarity with a wide range of IT applications
- Experience of contributing to complex programmes with international development agencies, FCDO is desirable;
- Experience of closely working with government departments at the provincial and district level is highly desirable
- Demonstrated experience of work in politically sensitive and volatile environments.
Application Closing Date
15th October 2021.
Job Title: Finance Officer
Locations: Jigawa, Kano, Kaduna
Employment Type: Contract
Duration: 7 years
Programme: PLANE – Partnership For Learning For All In Nigerian
Reports to: Finance Manager
Job Description
- The Finance officer will support the Finance Manager in managing the state budgeting, forecasting, disbursement, and accounting functions.
Other duties and responsibilities include: - Provide financial management guidance & support to State offices, fielding queries from staff, and capacity development of field staff.
- Checking and analysing weekly and monthly spend returns from the State and forwarding of these to the National Finance and Administration Manager.
- In-put of Cash, Bank, and Hotel accounts data for the State.
- Maintain an efficient, proper, and transparent financial filing system of all documents relating to Finance
- Compile monthly cash-flow forecasts and weekly cash requests.
- Make payments (in cash and cheques) to third parties, issues cash advances, and maintain the Advances Register
Write checks, request/obtain bank statements and oversee the office cash holding - Manage the office cash in safe and reconcile daily
- Act as the first point of reference for staff at the state level on queries regarding Finance issues and assist FM in preparing protocols and guidelines on Finance.
- Undertake visits and field queries from the States to develop capacity and ensure implementation of finance guidelines across the States.
- Any other duties which might be allocated.
Role Specification
- A University Degree in Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or similar disciplines
- 3 – 6 years work experience in a similar role with some responsibility
- Good knowledge of accounting, budgeting techniques, and financial control theory/practices.
- Ability to relate with programme/technical personnel who may have little or no knowledge of financial control procedures and practices.
- Knowledge of the funding, reporting, and administrative requirements of FUDO-funded programmes.
- Ability to perform detail-oriented work with a high level of accuracy.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Functional independence with the initiative to manage high-volume workflow.
- Skills to interact with diplomacy and tact, and follow up on requests in time and diplomacy and tact, and follow up on requests in a timely and efficient manner.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel and the ability to work with modern accounting software (e.g. SAGE, QuickBooks, Peachtree, etc).
- Membership of a professional accounting body or an in-view status of membership will be a big advantage.
Application Closing Date
15th October 2021.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the email.
