Recruitment, apply for Helen Keller International recruitment 2021 below.
Gatekeepers News reports that Helen Keller International (HKI) is dedicated to saving the sight and lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged.
Helen Keller International is recruiting to fill the following positions:
1.) Independent Monitor – Taraba
Location: Taraba
Slots: 16 Openings
Deadline: 22nd October 2021
Job Responsibilities
- Under the supervision of the M&E Specialist, the Independent Monitor assists with monitoring and supervision of MNCHW in assigned LGA and administering standard questionnaires using a programmed smartphone and submitting a comprehensive report of activities and intervention at the end of the exercise
Specific Responsibilities
- Participate in supervising MNCHW intervention teams and monitoring of intervention in communities within assigned LGA.
- Participate in filling 20 health worker supervisory questionnaires daily for a 4-day period.
- Participate in interviewing 20 caregiver exit interview questionnaires daily for a 4-day period.
- Complete 1 picture/video/interview form on the 5th day of the intervention.
- Document lessons learned, successes / best practices challenge and proffer possible solutions.
- Produce and submit a detailed preliminary report of the MNCHW in the assigned LGA.
- Return assigned Smartphones, chargers, power banks and ID Cards.
Minimum Education / Experience / Skills
- Degree in Sciences, Public Health, Public Administration, Management or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- At least 1-year of working experience in a Nutrition program or carrying out data collection using a smartphone.
- Willingness to travel within any part of the state.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
- Computer skills: Windows applications for word processing and spreadsheet software
- Extraordinary verbal and written communication skills to manage project communications and disseminate project information are required.
- Demonstrates technical knowledge pertaining to the job requirements
- Critical thinking, problem-solving skills and supportive supervision skills;
- Able to work under pressure, hard to reach areas and able to meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated excellent personal integrity and confidentially.
2.) Independent Monitor
Locations: Adamawa, Akwa Ibom and Katsina
Number of Openings: Adamawa (21), Akwa Ibom (31) and Katsina (34)
Duration: Training – 2 days; Field Activities/Intervention – 5 days.
Deadline: 22nd October 2021.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Participate in supervising MNCHW intervention teams and monitoring of intervention in communities within the assigned state.
- Participate in filling 20 health worker supervisory questionnaires daily for a 4-day period.
- Participate in interviewing 20 caregiver exit interview questionnaires daily for a 4-day period.
- Complete 1 picture/video/interview form on the 5th day of the intervention.
- Document lessons learned, successes / best practices challenge and proffer possible solutions.
- Produce and submit a detailed preliminary report of the MNCHW in the assigned state.
- Return assigned Smartphones, chargers, power banks and ID Cards.
- Specifically, the consultant shall ensure that the various SMART Phone-based VADI.
Required Minimum Education / Experience / Skills
- Degree in sciences, Public Health, Public Administration, Management or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- At least 1-year working experience in a Nutrition program or carrying out data collection using a smartphone.
- Willingness to travel within all parts of the state.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
- Computer skills: Windows applications for word processing and spreadsheet software
- Extraordinary verbal and written communication skills to manage project communications and disseminate project information are required.
- Demonstrates technical knowledge pertaining to the job requirements
- Critical thinking, problem-solving skills and supportive supervision skills;
- Able to work under pressure, hard to reach areas and able to meet deadlines.
- Demonstrated excellent personal integrity and confidentially.
3.) Senior Procurement Officer
Location: FCT, Abuja
Deadline: 22nd October, 2021.
Job Responsibilities
- Establish, lead, and implement procurement processes to support activity implementation for the project, from initial sourcing through delivery and in accordance with USAID Acquisition rules and regulations, and Helen Keller Intl policies. This involves the process of overseeing competitive solicitation and selection of vendors, negotiation of contracts, forecasting demand, and managing the fulfilment of supply.
- Ensures all procurements are implemented with the highest integrity, transparency, and competitively, and in accordance with Helen Keller’s Code of Conduct and Ethics Policy.
- Serve as in-house project team expert on procurement under USAID Acquisition, including working knowledge of the Federal Acquisition Regulations, the USAID
- Acquisition Regulations, U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, and local laws. Understand and comply with Helen Keller Procurement Manual and templates, and internal review and approval procedures.
- Work with Chief of Party and technical leads to prepare a Procurement Plan to maximize efficiency and coordination in the procurement of goods and services.
- Coordinate with project team members, both operations and technical, to identify procurement needs and timelines, provide timely feedback and updates to project teams on the progress of their procurements and organize regular meetings as needed to troubleshoot and review best practices.
- Prepare and issue procurement solicitations based on approved purchase requisition and in accordance with Helen Keller policies. Manage and oversee the receipt of offers, ensuring the confidentiality of all offers until such time offers are evaluated by the bid evaluation committee.
- Identify evaluation committee members, with Chief of Party approval. Coordinate committee members to attend committee meetings, conduct a proper evaluation of offers, and document discussions and decisions following Helen Keller templates.
- Prepare and issue procurement contracts, in Helen Keller templates. As applicable, negotiate contract terms with vendors
- Support purchase requestor in overseeing the receipt of goods/services from a vendor, ensuring requestor completes the required Goods and Services Received Note.
- Document any errors with the vendor and maintain follow-up action items.
- Work collaboratively with the purchase requestor and accounts payable team to analyze invoices to ensure payment is made against confirmed/accepted goods and services and at cost matching procurement contracts.
- Provide coaching and mentoring for project staff in understanding and following required procurement procedures, roles and responsibilities.
- Travel to field-based offices to provide support, training, and oversight of procurements in those offices. Support a structured reporting structure with field-based staff and ensure all field-based procurements are conducted in accordance with Helen Keller policies and USAID regulations.
- Ensure robust documentation of all procurements and maintain all procurement documentation in the organized file system.
Education
- Required: Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent related experience.
- Required: 8+ years of experience in managing donor-funded project procurement and operations, with minimum of 5 years managing procurement under USAID Acquisition (e.g. contracts) funded projects.
- Required: Working knowledge and experience with USG Regulations, including Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), USAID Acquisition Regulations (AIDAR), U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and others.
Physical Demands:
Ability to travel to and work in UAN project states- Bauchi, Kebbi and Sokoto
4.) Monitoring Evaluation and Research Advisor
Location: Abuja
Deadline: 22nd October 2021
Specific Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership and management for overall monitoring and evaluation functions of the UAN. These tasks include, among others:
- Develop and implement M&E technical strategy for the IDIQ for the project specifying baselines, outputs, outcome and impact indicators, annual targets, data sources, and major assumptions.
- Develop detailed annual work plans for the project
- Develop and implement a project work plan performance monitoring framework/plan that ensures that project activities align with required deliverables and project targets.
- Establish a system and tools for collecting, analyzing and reporting on IDIQ and Task
- Order performance; and take the lead for timely and complete reporting by all project staff, consortium partners, and grantee partners.
- Tailor the data to each core audience’s needs and organize internal data review meetings to ensure data is used to improve project performance, and flag underperformance or issues with the Nutrition/Food Systems Advisor and the Chief of Party
- Provide TA in adapting M&E tools and techniques to improve the quality of data generated and reported.
- Provide TA to government and other partners in the areas of data quality, data analysis and visualization
- Compile lessons learned from project implementation and make strategic technical inputs at technical meetings and TWGs to support the adoption of M&E best practices.
- Lead the design and conducting of project studies and research
- Coordinate the preparation of all IDIQ and Task Orders quarterly progress reports, annual project reports, inception reports, ad-hoc technical reports, and success stories for submission to USAID.
- Recruit, supervise and appraise project M&E staff at the state levels, and strengthen their technical and managerial capacity through hands-on training, mentoring and coaching.
Qualifications and Experience
- A Master’s Degree in Social Science, Epidemiology, Statistics or other relevant field and at least 10 years of relevant work experience in monitoring and evaluation of donor-funded public health programs or equivalent combination of skills and experience;
- Excellent understanding of M&E and systems strengthening in Nigeria; Experience with USAID systems is an asset.
- Successful experience designing and implementing M&E programs, including developing the logical framework, M&E strategies and approaches.
- Experience establishing data quality assurance systems, proven analytical skills and ability to design data collection instruments, and analyze and interpret data. Evidence of successful implementation of quantitative, qualitative and participatory research methods.
- Knowledge of and experience in training and developing local capacities on M&E.
- Prior experience in the design and implementation of a project learning agenda.
- Demonstrated experience with software applications related to project planning and monitoring.
- Experience working on complex projects.
- Experience integrating gender in M&E plans.
- Demonstrated strategic agility, diplomacy, conflict management, team building, and negotiation skills; experience leading teams and ability to make timely effective decisions.
- Willingness to travel within project areas as needed.
- Must possess excellent management, documentation, presentation, and written
5.) Nutrition / Food Systems Advisor
Location: Abuja
Deadline: 22nd October 2021
Scope of the Position
- The Nutrition/Food Systems Advisor will provide collaborative technical leadership for the project in Nigeria. The position will work under the direct management of the Chief of Party and provide technical support to the members of the project team, government and other partners.
- This position is based in Abuja, with frequent travel to the project states – Bauchi, Kebbi and Sokoto (up to 50%).
Qualifications
- Education: Degree in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Food Systems, Public Health Nutrition or a related field and a minimum of 8 years work experience or equivalent combination of skills and experience.
- Experience: Prior experience working in complex nutrition programs, preferably with direct experience in Nigeria
- Knowledge of agricultural and/or market systems with experience enhancing the diversity, productivity, nutritional value, income-producing potential and sustainability of agricultural production and/or leading the development of nutrition-sensitive food systems enterprises
- Demonstrated experience working and/or collaborating with government ministries and other development partners in multi-sectoral nutrition programming.
- Substantial institutional and staff expertise in implementing complex capacity building programs, in resource-constrained environments.
- Strong experience and demonstrated success in coordinating activities with multiple stakeholders to optimize the use of limited resources, including the development of joint work plans.
- Excellent capacity building and coordination skills. An ability to delegate responsibilities effectively and coach and mentor staff from different cultures.
- Ability to respond rapidly to shifting implementation scenarios. An ability to work in challenging and changing environments, and to see through challenges to find solutions; an ability to maintain balance when under stress.
- Demonstrable respect for all persons regardless of religion, ethnicity, class or gender, with a high comfort level working in a diverse environment with a demonstrated commitment to high professional ethical standards.
- Experience working effectively in partnership with staff, collaborating organizations, international donors and agencies, U.S. Government agencies, host country governments and ministries and other relevant stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft software packages: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
- Excellent English language skills, both written and spoken with strong presentation skills. Ability to prepare and disseminate project findings, success stories, and other documents effectively.
- Willingness and ability to undertake travel outside Abuja (up to 50%).
Required Competencies:
- Superior technical knowledge and experience in one or more of the following areas: food systems for nutrition (including post-harvest processing, value chain enhancement, horticulture and small-animal raising, market systems, and income-oriented production of nutritious foods) and/or public health nutrition (including prevention and treatment of acute malnutrition, adolescent health and nutrition, maternal/infant/child health and nutrition).
- Superior leadership, management and communication skills–this includes professional experience interacting with US Government agencies, host country governments and other relevant stakeholders.
- Strong interpersonal skills and experience working effectively in teams and cross-cultural settings.
- Excellent time management and personal organization skills.
- Ability to respond rapidly to shifting implementation scenarios.
- Comfortable working in a matrixed, integrated work environment.
- Confident in giving and receiving feedback in a direct, professional manner.
- Capacity to direct multiple long and short-term activities simultaneously with minimal supervision.
- Ability to work effectively with local government and NGO stakeholders.
- Skilled in fostering new and effective partnerships facilitating meetings, and effectively participating in technical working groups.
- Knowledge of USAID regulations, policies, strategies, and program priorities.
6.) Senior Finance Officer
Location: Abuja
Deadline: 22nd October 2021.
Scope of the Position
- The Senior Finance Officer is responsible for the overall financial management and compliance support to the project, in accordance with USAID Acquisition rules and regulations and Helen Keller policies and procedures.
- The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting the Chief of Party to safeguard the assets (financial and physical) of Helen Keller and the U.S. Government against fraud, loss or misuse. S/he will ensure that any resources expended on the project is done in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, Helen Keller policy, and USAID cost principles.
Qualifications
- Master’s Degree in Finance Management, Accounting or an equivalent university degree; plus
- Professional experience of at least eight (8) years in a similar position, preferably in an international NGO, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Required: Working knowledge and experience with USG Regulations, including Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), USAID Acquisition Regulations (AIDAR), U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), and others.
- Experience with budgeting and financial reporting requirements on multimillion-dollar USAID-funded projects
- Strong knowledge of generally accepted accounting practices, financial reporting standards, financial management processes and procedures
- Excellent English is written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated experience operating in developing country environments, including managing projects, budgets, and workstreams as well as a local national staff
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills and ability to solve complex problems
- Understanding of key aspects of accounting. Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, especially Excel spreadsheets, or comparable software.
- A creative and proactive approach to all areas of work with a ‘can do’ attitude, in line with Helen Keller’s values
- Strong team working orientation with a flexible and adaptable approach to work demands across the whole organization
- Commitment to accuracy and attention to detail
- Collaboration Skills. Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to relate to people at all levels internally and externally
- Ability to plan, balance and cope with competing priorities
Terms & Conditions
This is a local posting in Nigeria, and as such, is subject to local terms and conditions.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume and Cover Letter to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
Note;
- Applications will be accepted until the application closing date.
- In the spirit of our founder and namesake, Helen Keller is dedicated to building an inclusive workforce where diversity is fully valued.
- We are an Equal Opportunity Employer where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.
- We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need to request accommodation during the application or interview process, please contact us at the email above.
