UNDP has been in Nigeria since the country became independent in 1960 providing capacity building and policy development support to the Federal Government of Nigeria in areas of Governance & Peace Building, Inclusive growth and Sustainable Development. UNDP continues to support, the government in the preparation of the second National Implementation Plan of the National Vision 20:2020. UNDP works in partnership with the Federal Government of Nigeria, development partners, UN agencies, civil society and local communities to help identify local solutions to meet national development challenges through a range of interventions that combine UNDP’s expertise and comparative advantage in the areas of Governance & Peace Building, Inclusive growth and Sustainable Development.
- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualification: BA/BSc/HND , Secondary School (SSCE)
- Experience: 3 – 6 years
- Location: Abuja
- Job Field: NGO/Non-Profit , Project Management
Duties and Responsibilities
The programme associate will be required to provide administrative support services toward implementation of the Japan funded Peace Support Operations Project. Specifically, the candidate will, among others, be required to perform the following tasks:
Provides support to the management of Japan funded project with support to the other CO programmes/projects focusing on the achievement of the following results:
- Prepares project annual work plan, draft project report and briefs.
- Support project budget revisions, determination of unutilized funds and financial closure of a project.
- Support of financial process of payment to vendors for the projects.
- Support organization of project trainings and workshops.
- Support MLAILPKC to prepare its financial documents, such as, ICE, Face Form, Request for Direct Payment and organise project events.
- Support collation of project documents, reports for NIM audit and supports implementation of audit recommendations.
Providesadministrative support to the Governance, Peace and Security Unit’s programmes/projectsfocusing on the achievement of the following results:
- Preparation of concept notes, Terms of Refence, draft project briefs/reports.
- Contribution to projects’ formulation and projects’ budgets/finance.
- Provision of support to project implementation, monitoring and reporting.
- Revision of NIM/DIM projects Financial Reports; preparation of non-PO vouchers for development projects.
- Maintenance of the internal expenditures control system which ensures that vouchers processed are matched and completed, transactions are correctly recorded and posted in QUANTUM.
- Timely corrective actions on unposted vouchers, including the vouchers with budget check errors, match exceptions, unapproved vouchers.
- Creation of requisitions in Atlas for development projects and register of goos receipt in QUANTUM or any ORACLE application.
Education:
- Secondary School Education.
- A university degree with 03 years of relevant experience would be considered
Experience & Skills:
- 6 years of relevant experience or 3 years experience with Bachelor’s degree
- Project management,
- Organizational skills (organization of trainings and workshops)
- Administrative support
- Ability to use MS Word software/package is a must.
- Similar work experience in international organization or UNDP constitutes an added advantage.
- Excellent computer skills, in particular masteryof all applications of the MS Office package.
- Proficiency in MicrosoftOffice and data analysis software.
- Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks effectively.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
