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Job Title: Technical Officer, Finance
Overall Responsibilities
The Technical Officer will work as a member of a multifunctional team led by a Technical Advisor to provide integrated technical assistance for the capacity building of CSO and government partners in strengthening their leadership capacities and management systems. Specific areas include project management, Grants & Procurement Management, Proposal Development, partner collaboration/coordination, strategic and operational planning and leadership and general management in order to enable the partners to be more programmatically, institutionally and financially sustainable.
The technical officer will required to have specialized training and experience in one of the management areas mentioned above and should be familiar with PEPFAR and HIV/AIDS service delivery in Nigeria. Good knowledge of the expectations and demands of USAID and other international donor agencies will be an added advantage. The TO is expected to have strong facilitation skills and able to work to train staff of partner organizations.
The TO will work under the supervision of thePLAN-Health Capacity Building Senior Technical Advisor but will be expected to work closely in a team and other colleagues in MSH Nigeria
Specific Responsibilities
The Technical Officer will meet two broad responsibilities to be able to achieve the functions of the position.
To PLAN Health Clients
- Participating with clients in identifying needs, defining end results and developing workplans to achieve the results
- Implementing technical assistance in a manner that leads to adoption and sustainable use of MSH tools and approaches by building client awareness of current gaps, achieving buy-in on the viability and need for an MSH tool or approach, and training client staff on the use of MSH and other appropriate or approaches.
- Building and managing professional relationships with key stakeholders,
- Providing reliable, high-quality follow through on all obligations to clients and other parties.
- Bringing pending needs for contracted work or short term technical assistance to the attention of the team leader.
PLAN Health Internal Responsibilities:
- Provide support to Technical Advisors and other staff on integrating clients’ needs for institutional capacity building into project work plans and budget projections.
- Drafting internal reports and/or communications as needed.
- Submit requests for contracts or STTA, and all administrative items (e.g., expense reports, timesheets, travel requests), in a timely manner.
- Make the PLAN Health management team of opportunities to expand PLAN Health’s impact through new client engagement.
Qualifications
- Graduate degree – preferably in international public health, international development, public policy, public administration, management, social sciences or a related discipline.
- Nigeria-specific experience required.
- Ability to work as a member of a team, and to contribute to developing a new project in a dynamic environment.
- Proven programmatic, technical, and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with professional colleagues in a broad range of indigenous governmental organizations and NGOs.
- Strong facilitation skills
- Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communications, teamwork and partnering abilities.
- Demonstrated computer skills in MS Office Suite applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Fluency in oral and written English required.
- Willingness to travel within Nigeria regularly and potentially outside Nigeria, as required.
