Latest Job Opportunities Nationwide at Damien Foundation (DFB), 2nd December, 2019

Damien Foundation (DFB) is a non-profit humanitarian medical organization affiliated with Damien Foundation Belgium (DFB) and is assisting the Federal Government of Nigeria with the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTBLCP) in Oyo, Osun, Kwara, Ondo, Ogun, Ekiti and Lagos States. As Sub Recipient (SR) to Public-Private Mix (PPM) IHVN TB project under Global Fund Grant, DFB has been vested with the responsibility of improving TB case finding in Public-Private Sector in Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Kwara, Ekiti and Osun States.

We are looking for the qualified persons to fill up the position for the TB grant in the respective States in Nigeria:

Job Title: Finance Officer

Location: Nationwide

Duties and Responsibilities

• Reviewing all payments to be made for completeness, appropriateness, authorization and availability of funds.
• Ensuring proper maintenance of all books of account under the supervision of the Finance Manager.
• Supporting the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial/expense reports including bank and cash reconciliations to be submitted to the Principal Recipient.
• Handling the timely preparation and submission of taxes due and filing of tax returns, while ensuring that contracts are issued to clients in compliance with DFB HR guidelines.
• Maintaining payroll and budget spending records, in coordination with the Finance Manager and HR & Operations Department.
• Working closely with the Finance Manager to provide the technical team members with advice on activity budgets, relative to procurement of goods and services invoicing and reimbursable expenses, while maintaining a continuous line of communication to clear any financial issues.
• Assisting all programme staff to reconcile variances that occur in the application of cash and other spending in the course of implementing activities that are in line with the work plans.
• Reviewing staff timesheets on a weekly and monthly basis, ensuring timeliness, correctness, and compliance with policies and procedures of DFB.
• Daily posting of financial record or as may be directed by the Finance Manager.
• Providing support for annual and Quarterly audits, which may include research and reconcilement.
• Proper archiving of financial document – manually and electronically.
• Ensuring strict adherence to DFB Process, Policies, procedures, rules and regulations.
• Any other duties as may be assigned by the Finance Manager

Education/Experience

• A minimum of HND/ B.Sc. degree in Accounting
• ACA/ACCA/CPA will be an added advantage
• Must also have at least two years relevant working experience with reputable audit firms or NGO with skills in QuickBooks, Microsoft excel, words and power point
• Experience: 2-3 years
• Age: Not more Than 35 years

Job Title: M&E Officer

Location: Nationwide

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and oversight on monitoring and evaluation of the Global Fund project
• Ensure that the implementation of monitoring and evaluation activities are in line with the project’s implementation plan and meets the donor and project’s M&E needs.
• Provide technical support to state officers in ensuring that programmatic data/indicators are accurately captured, and reported according to set guidelines.
• Represent and make appropriate presentations to stakeholders at various forum on program achievements and deliverables and other M&E activities
• Support the development and design of the M&E framework, tools and project M&E plans, guidelines and ensure efficient data management processes
• Provide continuous technical lead to project team on data management and regularly analyze state data, highlight important programmatic gaps and coordinate with program management and others in addressing these gaps.
• Conduct routine monitoring and supportive supervisory visits to project sites, including the conduct of data verification and validation and data quality assessments (DQAs) using standard checklists
• Ensure regular maintenance of database/information system, project’s training database and programmatic progress updates that documents achievements on a regular basis.
• Support monitoring activities to project sites, collation/analysis of monitoring reports for program feedback and decision making
• Conduct operational research activities and participate in project assessments, evaluations and design teams as applicable.
• Facilitate the preparation/production of project reports,
• Provide technical support to PPM (Global Fund Project) including development of survey instruments, survey implementation, data analysis and report writing under the guidance of the M&E Manager.

Education/Experience

• Applicants must have a University degree in any of the following related field: Medicine, Statistics, Demography and Public Health.
• A master’s degree in public health will be an added advantage.
• Experience in Monitoring and Evaluation in related health fields and programs in developing countries: and working experience with Global Fund projects or any other donor funded programs is desirable.
• Competency in Microsoft Office, SPSS, Epi-Info and STATA
• Applicant’s experience must reflect the knowledge, skills and abilities listed above
• Experience: 3-5 years
• Age: Not more Than 45 years

Job Title: Dispatch Rider – Adhoc Staff

Location: Nationwide
Contract period: 1 year
Coverage Area: Oyo, Ogun, Ondo, Kwara, Ekiti and Osun state.

Job Description

• The Dispatch Riders will work in the Local Governments of the respective coverage areas for TB case finding intervention to carry phlegm from DOTs sites to the laboratories,

Duties and Responsibilities

• Transporting sputum from DOTs facilities and PPM sites to the laboratories
• To collect result from the laboratories to the DOTs facilities and PPM sites.
• Electronic data entry on provided device
• Carrying out any other duties as directed by the Organization

Education/Experience

• Minimum of SSCE or its equivalent and the ability to write and speak English and fair knowledge of Yoruba and any other Nigerian languages.
• Sound knowledge about roads/routes within the States as specified above.
• Competent in Android phone App usage.
• Should possess a valid respective State based dispatch driver’s license.
• Experience: 3-5 years
• Age: Not more Than 45 years

Job Title: IT Intern

Location: Nationwide

Duties and Responsibilities

• To provide support, including procedural documentation and relevant reports.
• Responsible for data input (e.g. input of Labs and Facilities into the Database).
• Talk end users through a series of actions if/when required.
• Set up new users’ accounts and profiles and deal with password issues
• Other responsibilities as assigned to under the Lagos State –Global Fund TB Grant.

Education/Experience

• Minimum of OND in Computer science /Information Technology or other related fields
• General Skills for all position
• Self-motivated and pro-active
• Strong time management skills
• Able to manage and prioritize workload
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong team player.
• Time Management Skill.
• Experience: minimum 5 years
• Age: Not more than 35 years

Deadline: 13th December, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV in Microsoft Word or PDF format to: ppmjobs.ibadan@dfbnigeria.org.ng on Email subject should be the position applying for: e.g Finance Officer Location: Ibadan

Note: Only short listed applicants will be contacted for interviews.