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- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
- Location Borno , Cross River , Katsina
- Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit
Purpose of the consultancy:
The Capacity Strengthening consultants will provide a tailor-made capacity strengthening support to community-based, local, and national organisations around Save the Children Nigeria’s areas of operation in Borno, Adamawa, Katsina and Ogoja. The consultants will lead mentorship, coaching, training (in-person and virtual) sessions as well as support selected organisations to train, develop policies, strategies and processes that will enable an enhanced finance management capacity. He/she/they will ensure that outlined capacity strengthening gaps are improved using different capacity strengthening methods which must be integrated during the period of the engagement.
Scope of the Role:
The role is expected deliver the capacity strengthening initiative of Save the Children as part of enhancing technical and organisational capacity strengthening support to prospective local and national actors, in line with its localisation strategy. Experts will lead one-on-one training; mentorship supports and develop relevant policies and procedures of L/N organisations towards strengthening their financial management and other internal control capacities.
Capacity strengthening methods:
- Technical trainings
- Mentoring & coaching
- Reporting
- Joint Field Visit
- On-the-job-training
- Follow up on actions related to capacity strengthening
Key deliverables:
- Develop and share work plan for the period of engagement
- Support selected organisations to develop annual budgets and cash flow forecast.
- Support org. to develop chart of accounts.
- Train staff on Financial Management.
- Set-up approval thresholds and scheme of delegation for the organisations
- Jointly develop an indirect cost sharing system or policy.
- Train staff on adequate supporting documentation while treating different transactions.
- Train finance staff on excel accounting or software like Quick-Books
- Support orgs. to introduce & train org. on petty cash
- Support and encourage financial reports to be developed monthly/quarterly and shared with budget holders.
- Enhance org’s skills on financial reconciliation practice.
- Develop engagement process of external auditors.
- Deliver other tasks as may be required.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Master’s degree in social sciences, development, organizational leadership or relevant field. Extensive and substantive relevant practical experience and certifications may be considered in lieu of a master’s degree.
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- B.Sc., or M.Sc. in Accounting, Business Management
- A holder of ICAN, ANAN or other finance certifications
- Relevant experience in similar field with an international or local NGO
- Previous experience in strengthening capacity of organisations in similar area, through consultancy or fixed term.
- Demonstrable experience and success in delivering similar support in the Ogoja, Katsina, Borno, Yobe or Adamawa in Nigeria.
- Excellent facilitation and mentorship skills
- Committed to the Grand Bargain 2.0 localisation.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills including experience in facilitation of pieces of training/workshops and presentations as well as report writing.
- Excellent communication and writing skills in English is mandatory; local language skills especially will be an asset.
