Program Associate III at Ipas Nigeria

Ipas - Founded in 1973, Ipas is a global non-governmental organization dedicated to ending preventable deaths and disabilities from unsafe abortion. Through local, national and global partnerships, Ipas works to ensure that women can obtain safe, respectful and comprehensive abortion care, including counseling and contraception to prevent future unintended.

Ipas is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Position: Program Associate III

Location: Abuja

Job Description

• Ipas, a global, non-profit reproductive health organization working in Nigeria, seeks a program Associate in their Programs Unit.
• The Program Associate will assist the Program Unit Team Lead in supporting the implementation of donor program requests, activity documentation and day-to-day communications with in-country program staff.
• The Position also supports in obtaining and disseminating internal and external presentations and materials about local community programs, drafting memos and briefs, and interacting with other units on activity documentation;
• This is a full-time staff position based in Abuja and is available immediately.

Responsibilities

• Creating initial drafts of donor proposals, reports, grant agreements, contracts, disbursement schedules, project timelines, project work plans, and other related documents as needed.
• Tracking unit deadlines, formatting reports and forms, coordinating conference participation.
• Responding to requests from team members for: educational materials, sending courier packages, collecting timesheets, scheduling team meetings, and serving on ad hoc committees.
• Providing research assistance including literature searches and either data gathering assignments.
• With direction from team lead, monitoring country team budget, reviewing monthly finance reports, budget discrepancies with the Country Director, and processing fund transfer requests.
• Providing monthly reports on country achievements and lessons learned
• Coordinating and overseeing courier packages and mail to the unit; coordinating the dissemination of publications; assisting in scheduling meetings and taking meeting notes; maintaining a contact database for the unit.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in any social sciences and 3-5 years' of experience in development work
• Experience providing administrative support to programmatic units.
• Good communication and writing skills in English and any other Nigerian language.
• Proficiency in MS Office required.
• Working with youth and young people in a similar/comparable organization is an advantage.

Application Closing Date
2nd September, 2014.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their cover letter and CV to: [email protected]

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