Administrative Support Staff at Oxfam Nigeria

Oxfam in Nigeria and International Centre for Energy, Environment and Development (ICEED: Improving Fuel Wood Balance Project

Oxfam is a confederation of 17 Affiliates committed to creating a just world without poverty. In Nigeria Oxfam works in the areas of Economic Justice/Livelihood, Basic Social Services, Humanitarian programming, Gender Justice / Female Leadership and Good governance, adopting a rights based approach. The International Centre for Energy, Environment & Development (ICEED) is a Nigerian think tank focused on addressing climate change and promoting clean energy through policy research, advocacy and communication on the low carbon economy.

Oxfam and ICEED, with funding support from the European Union and the National Planning Commission (NPC) as the contracting authority, are collaborating in the implementation of a four year project on renewable energy production, including Agro-forestry. The project is aimed at sustainably improving the fuel-wood balance and resilience of livelihoods of rural households in 7 LGAs in Katsina state by increasing wood supply through farmer managed natural regeneration whilst reducing fuel wood demand through dissemination and use of fire wood efficient stoves.

The position is open to suitably qualified personnel who will drive the implementation of the project:

Job Title: Administrative Support Staff

Location: Katsina State
Reports To: The Financial Administrator

Main Tasks:

• Setup Katsina FuWoBa Project financial administration systems and procedures both for the Wood stoves and Agro-forestry components, fully complying with ICEED, Oxfam and EU requirements, including procurements, expenditure, reporting, etc.
• Set up and maintain an office management system with efficient filing and retrieval systems such as transport, salary administration, project activities financing, etc.
• Ensure timely submission of periodic technical and financial reports to the PM and Coordinate periodic reporting
• Coordinate Logistical / financial support to implementing NGOs; build capacity on administrative reporting
• Provide support during audits and all compliance related visits including ensuring follow up and implementation of Corrective Action Plans;
• Provide other services as may be delegated by the Programme Manager such as contributions to the Implementation Manual, M&E procedures, interim management, etc.

Requirement

• University degree in the Social Sciences
• At least 3 years experience in project administration, preferably for an EU project
• Experience in supporting innovative projects such as SME development
• Experience in administrative capacity building of NGOs, CBOs
• Understands and supports project principles
• Good inter-personal skills

Application Closing Date
4th November, 2014

Method of Application
Qualified candidates should send their Curriculum Vitae and application to: [email protected]

Enquiries should be sent to: [email protected] Applications sent to the enquiry e-mail will be disqualified.