job description - Associate, Deworm The World Initiative
- As an Associate, Deworm the World Initiative, you will collaborate daily with our in-country teams to support school-based deworming programs in Ogun State, Nigeria.
- Based in Ogun State and reporting to the Manager, Deworm the World Initiative, South-West, Nigeria, you will make important contributions to high-quality programs that deliver deworming treatment to millions of children each year.
- Energized by this opportunity for enormous impact (and by the prospect of becoming an expert on both parasitic worms and at-scale programming), you will provide critical support to operational, financial, project management, and communications.
- Your keen attention to detail and team-oriented approach to work will enable you to efficiently execute both short- and long-term projects, whether administrative or strategic in nature.
Job Purpose
- To provide critical operational, financial, project management, and communications support. Keen attention to detail and team-oriented approach to work and efficiently execute both short- and long-term projects, whether administrative or strategic in nature.
Duties and Responsibilities
Project management support:
- Support the Manager, Deworm the World Initiative, South-West Nigeria, to track and manage work plans for technical assistance to mass school-based deworming programs.
- Draft and edit supporting program documentation, and coordinate review processes for external-facing deliverable such as reports, proposals, presentations, or briefs.
- Contribute to internal working groups to leverage experiences and learnings across the state program geographies.
- Occasionally contribute to operational research projects such as desk reviews and/or case studies.
- Support field teams on Field data administration for various activities through smartphone technology.
Operational Management Support:
- Work with the team to help develop and roll out knowledge management tools, processes, and systems with the deworming team in Nigeria.
- Provide occasional support to draft and review MoUs, contracts, and partnership agreements.
- Take delegated responsibilities in logistical and field operation planning, supervision and reporting.
- Support the team to implement good practices in file storage and program documentation.
- Liaise with operations department to arrange travel for staff, partners, and guests as needed.
Financial Management Support:
- Collate, review, submit and track teacher payment requests
- Contribute to budget development and review processes.
- Facilitate monthly financial and budget monitoring report reviews.
- Provide occasional support to process invoices or payment requests as needed.
Communications Support:
- Coordinate with the team to gather communications material including photos, data points, consent forms, etc
- As Evidence Action is a dynamic organization, must be willing to provide additional support to country teams as needed and perform other duties as assigned.
External Relationships:
- In collaboration with Manager, DtWI, conduct stakeholder meetings at the country, sub-county levels, ensuring communications between the program and stakeholders are well managed
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree with 2+ years work experience in the management of program work with community or social enterprises/NGOs.
- Organized and self-motivated individual who is dedicated to excellence and can complete tasks with minimal supervision
- Quick learner and problem solver who can quickly grasp program information, and identify & act on opportunities for improvement
- Strong attention to detail
- Able to juggle competing priorities and deadlines, and to communicate clearly and proactively when plans change
- Demonstrated strong writing skills and project management skills
- Tech-savvy and experienced in using a range of cloud-based tools and systems (such as Asana and Slack), as well as Microsoft Office suite
- Team player who is eager to join a fast-paced, growing and diverse team with a start-up atmosphere
- Experience working internationally or with internationally diverse teams
- Alignment with Evidence Action values
- Sense of humour
Working Condition
- This position will require very frequent travel across program implementation states, especially in the South-west.
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