Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organisation (WEWE) is soliciting for individuals to fill the following vacancies in a 5-year USAID funded project called ‘Local Partners Initiative for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (LOPIN 2) Project for Anambra, Imo, Akwa-Ibom and River States.
FINANCE MANAGER
Locations: The successful candidates will base in Abuja central office
QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Must have a B.Sc/HND in Accounting or a related course with a minimum of a second class upper or upper credit
Must have an advance degree in accounting/finance or any other related field
An ICAN or ANAN professional qualification is an added advantage
A minimum of 5 years’ experience working with a USAID or USG accounting principles, theories, practices, and terminology
The ability to use various commercially available accounting software programs such as e.g. Quick Book, peach tree or SAGE
Finance Manager will be responsible for:
Work with Finance and Admin Director (FAD) to overseeing project finance duties
Assist FAD to Grant management of sub-awards/grants
Assist FAD to manage accounting, financial records and other financial matters
Assist in preparation of sound budgets and monitor project expenses in line with the cooperative agreements, USAID regulations and WEWE financial policies
Ensure financial systems is in compliance with USAID regulations, WEWE financial policies and the LOPIN cooperative agreement.
Assist FAD to management sub-grants to Implementing agents
Writing and submitting timely financial reports to USAID and particularly completing the financial section of the quarterly reports, filling USAID Accruals forms and Standard Forms
Assist in Coordinating annual USAID audits and support WEWE statutory audits
Setting up and maintaining the QuickBooks accounting software
Supervision of the finance officers
Experience working on an international donor project such as USAID/PEPFAR/EU strongly desired
FINANCE OFFICER
Location: The successful candidate will be based in Akwa Ibom/ River State
QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS:
A minimum of HND/B.Sc in Accounting or a related field with a second class upper or upper credit
ICAN or ANAN qualification is an added advantage
A minimum of three (3) years and above experience in Accounting
The Finance Officer will:
Provide input to financial reports
Review of local expenses reports for the compliance of USAID and WEWE’s travel regulations before signing off for reimbursement.
Coordinate with program and administrative staff to ensure transactions are properly coded
Monitor cash balances, prepare advance account reconciliations, bank statements, exchange rates and maintain a good system of record.
Coordinate with the bank for information regarding balance account, bank statement, exchange rates etc.
Maintain double entry accounting systems to track all income and expenses against approved budget
Prepare budget analyses when approved
Establish and maintain a good working relationship with project bank, ensure that the banking activities are processed in a timely manner, and ensure that the bank is providing all necessary services to the project at competitive price.
Assist with checking that staff have approved documentation on petty cash request, Travel, office procurement request
Make Photocopies and scanning of monthly financial report document
Prepare project weekly Wire projection (Fund request)
Collate and review timesheet in preparation of pay-roll
Prepares salary schedule (Pay roll) and pay slips
Compute staff taxes and process staff tax clearance
Follow up with tax authority to collect receipts and documentations of tax remitted
RESEARCH OFFICER
Location: The successful candidate will be based in Owerri.
QUALIFICATION AND SKILLS:
Postgraduate degree in Public Health, International development, Epidemiology, statistics, Demography, Biological Sciences, Operations research or related discipline
Minimum of one year post PhD or five years post MPH
Strong Quantitative, Qualitative Research and analysis skills
Demonstrated experience with HMIS, SPSS, Epistat, Epi-Info, STATA
Candidates with demonstrable skills, but lower years of postgraduate experience will be considered
Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to do research
Strong facilitation and coordination skills
Excellent written and spoken English is a must
Research Officer will:
Review documents and literature in relation to ongoing research/project topics
Work with WEWE Director of Monitoring and Evaluation to develop research themes within WEWE’s program areas
Develop research tools according to research methodology
Carryout baseline, operations, action and implementation research
Document research processes and report to the DME
Enter and analyze data using agreed statistical software
Write final reports and papers for peer review journal publications
Support the supervision of data collection and data quality checks on data collection process
TO APPLY
Candidates are advised to indicate the location they are applying for on the subject mail, send their comprehensive CV’s and cover letter in ONLY one attachment (MS word document) explaining suitability for the job to jobvacancies@weweng.org
This position will be on rolling basis and applicants who submit their CV’s early will be shortlisted and reviewed first. Once WEWE has found a suitable candidate at any time within the recruitment process, the job opportunity will be closed. Please you are advised to provide your functional emails/mobile phone number on your CV as well as that of your three professional referees.
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