Smile for All Children Initiative (fondly called SMILE’s) is a registered non-profit, non-political and National non-governmental women and youth led organization, established in June 2022 by a group of vibrant young men/women with enormous wealth of experience in humanitarian and developmental works, with the mandate of promoting healthy, education and socio-economic wellbeing of children and their vulnerable caregivers. SMILE’s areas of operation are: Benue, Borno, and Yobe State, currently in a bid to extend to Northwest Nigeria. Currently SMILE’s is involved in issues related to woman empowerment, rural water sanitation and hygiene programs, Child Protection, Education in Emergency, climate mitigation, WASH activities and others.
Smile envisions a “society where every child has a decent place to live”, this we intend to achieve by providing and ensuring adequate protection and better care for children and vulnerable caregiver’s, through a coherent and sustainable engagements with relevant stakeholders such as Government Agencies, Humanitarian Agencies, individuals etc. to foster care between caregivers and their wards and ensure families maintain bond.
SMILE’s believes that children tend to do better when they are in the care of a protective and caring family. They are able to maximize their potentials and are better groomed into a more responsible citizen when raise in a protective and capable families. This largely translate into creating a responsible and capable future generation.
SMILE’s therefore ensures to work with relevant stakeholders to ensure families maintain bonds and those separated by insurgency are traced and reunified, vulnerable families are empowered to better care and provide for their children, and liaise with relevant agencies to curb negligence and abandonment on the part of parents.
We are looking for suitable individuals to fill the following vacancy:
- Job Title: Programme Assistant (Volunteer)
- Job opening: 1
- Job Type: not specified
- Qualification: BA/BSc and HND
- Experience: 1 year
- Duration: 1year
- Location: Benue State
- Deadline for Applications: 28th March, 2024 CoB
Key Responsibilities:
In addition to the requirements listed below, regular attendance in the workplace is an essential function of this position and must comply with policies, procedures and ethical conduct at all times.
- Assist in provides day-to-day operational leadership and support to staff that mirrors the mission including planning, formulating and achieving short- and long-term goals
- Assist in sourcing for grant and partnership opportunities, develops and manages partnerships and grants.
- Assists and to manages programme development, resourcing, implementation and reporting including Programme Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning.
- Assists in responsible for overseeing budgets, financial reporting, and fiscal accountability, including monitoring and improvement of financial goals
- Assists in developing, manages, executes, and improves strategic plan for the organization and has ongoing strategic conversations and collaboration to the Line Supervisor with regular data and reporting.
Skills:
The requirements listed below are representative of the basic knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- A strong employment and volunteering history that reflects leadership, managing high-level operations, teams and community engagement.
- Excellent communication (speaking, writing and presentation) skills including demonstrated professional and effective working relationships
- Outstanding leadership ability, strong problem-solving skills, interpersonal and coordination skills, emotional intelligence, confidence, and executive presence for sound decisions, logical interpretations
- Operates with proficiency in a variety of office equipment including an office computer, a variety of word processing, spreadsheets, analytical and data management, project management software and applications as well as some graphic and presentation programmes.
- Strong skill set in prioritizing, strategizing, meeting deadlines and following up on assignments and roles and responsibilities with minimum supervision.
- Successful candidate will be creative, visionary, proactive, highly dynamic, and versatile, organized, a team builder, at home with computing, and interested in working on new challenges. The role is suited for those who are interested in the Leadership and Management career path, those who are interested in the development field, passionate about Smile for All Children Initiative, sustainability and non-profits.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Preferred Bachelor’s degree or HND in business administration and Management, finance, economics, or a closely related field which will provide knowledge of the principles, practices and administration of business and non-profits.
- Minimum of One (1) year of operations and leadership experience of full-time progressively complex and responsible related work experience directly involved with Field operations, Programmes development, finance or related areas. An NGO work-related environment is preferred.
- Fluency in speaking and understanding English, Tiv, Idoma and Hausa.
Role Purpose:
The Programme Assistant (Volunteer) is responsible for the implementation of Smile’s Programme activities in Benue State, Nigeria and reports to the Programme Officer.
Application Procedure:
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications addressing Programme Coordinator, via: [email protected] coping HR/Admin Officer on [email protected] using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the email.
Note: Application or Cover letter and Curriculum vitae CV, should be in a single PDF or Microsoft Word Document, otherwise applications will not be considered.
This position is open to Benue Indigenes and Nigerian nationals only.
Evaluation Criteria:
Applications will be evaluated based on qualifications, relevant experience, and demonstrated skills in the relevant position.
Additional Information: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
SMILE’s is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, gender, disability, or age. Women are strongly encourage to apply.
