Project: Nigeria Plastic Solutions Activity

Number of positions: 4

Reports to: Senior Business Advisor

 Job Summary:

Working closely and being directly supervised by the Senior Business Advisor, the Business Advisor will play a critical role in the USAID and Coca-Cola’s Nigeria Plastic Solutions Activity by overseeing advisory services and conducting all program activities and training services to beneficiaries, while also facilitating formal and informal networking and linkages with various stakeholders. S/he will facilitate business linkages, gather market intelligence, and monitor performance. The tasks outlined below are the key responsibilities of the business advisor, however, the employee will be expected to perform any tasks that are necessary within the context of the evolving needs of the project.

Primary Functions & Responsibilities:

Project Inception Phase

• Provide support to short-term consultants during market analysis study which will include value chain mapping, enabling environment mapping, gender and social inclusion analysis.
• Conduct recruitment/enrollment of program beneficiaries using predetermined criteria.
• Assist the Senior Business Advisor and Project Lead in developing the detailed project work plan.

Project implementation

• Lead the implementation of the project’s digital strategy, ensuring beneficiary adoption and engagement.
• Facilitate training sessions for beneficiaries, monitoring attendance and engagement to ensure adherence to program guidelines.
• Provide crucial linkages between plastic collectors and aggregators, and between aggregators and recyclers.
• Monitor the recruited plastic collectors, aggregators, and recyclers to ensure they are operating within the terms and conditions of the program’s agreement.
• Participate in monitoring, evaluation, and learning activities, contributing to the program’s reporting and knowledge sharing.
• Ensure adherence to the program work plan, identifying and mitigating risks to successful project implementation.
• Collate feedback from the program beneficiaries through the program’s feedback mechanism.
• Embody and promote TechnoServe’s values, vision, and strategy, ensuring these are integrated into all program activities.
• Perform other duties in line with the evolving needs of the program.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree/HND in Business Management, Marketing, Business Enterprise, Project Management, or relevant Social Sciences/ Humanities related discipline with at least 3 years’ experience working with communities living on less than $2 a day in educating clients/beneficiaries on business development and marketing goals while nurturing relationship with relevant stakeholders. Alternatively, at least 1 year experience in similar field with a Masters degree.
• Demonstrated ability in working with small and growing businesses for at least 2 years post NYSC as a plus.
• Proven experience in stakeholder engagement, data collection and analysis, digital training delivery, and report writing.
• Ability to engage and advise a broad range of stakeholders, including senior management of private sector companies, donor representatives, and others;
• Demonstrated experience in report writing.
• Experience in the waste management or recycling sector.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to engage a wide range of stakeholders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint); familiarity with Comcare and KoBoCollect is advantageous.
• Must have strong interpersonal skills.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.

Required Languages: Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English. Proficiency in the local languages of Anambra and Lagos states is highly desirable.

Travel: At least 40% of the time with willingness to travel to the project communities.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Experienced in writing excellent reports.
• Must have strong interpersonal skills.
• Proven skills with Microsoft Office software (Excel, Word, PowerPoint). Knowledge of the use of Comcare, and KoBoCollect will be an advantage.
• Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English.

Job Summary:

Reporting to the Program Manager and a dotted line reporting to the Operations lead, TechnoServe Nigeria. The Program Administrator is a dynamic and agile position that will play a key role in enabling the implementation of project activities in an efficient and compliant manner and ensuring the effective use of resources for maximum impact.

Primary Functions & Responsibilities:

Administration, logistics, and office management

• Perform procurement functions, ensuring procurement of goods and services in compliance with TechnoServe and FCDO policies and regulations and providing guidance to the project team on matters relating to procurement.
• Organizes end-to-end the logistics requirement of the project team, ensuring sound logistical arrangements are in place to support project implementation, including fleet and other resource management
• Coordinate project events and meetings, ensuring events such as training, workshops, conferences, and meetings are properly coordinated, managed, and executed.
• Ensure adherence of project activities and staff to the country safety and security plans
• Perform administrative tasks to ensure TechnoServe adheres to local legal and statutory requirements.
• Assume responsibility for document filing and develop office administrative procedures as required.
• Coordinate meetings with the project team, consultants, and country office staff.
• Support the drivers and office cleaners for optimum performance.
• Ensure all documents are filed and maintained for auditing purposes.
• Prepare accounts payable documents (e.g. invoices, payment requests) for approval.
• Perform any other related duties that may evolve from time to time.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, or other related field.
• Alternatively have at least 2 years of professional experience in responsibilities related to procurement, logistics, and general office administration.
• Advanced level knowledge of Microsoft Excel and basic functional knowledge of field accounting software packages.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with donor-funded
• Demonstrated ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks with competing deadlines.
• Experience coordinating junior-level service-oriented staff and developing strong working relationships.

Required Languages: Proficiency in writing and spoken English

Travel: Minimal

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong sense of collegiality, integrity, resourcefulness, and accountability for results
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• An ability to think critically and elevate risks to management
• A creative and entrepreneurial approach to resolving problems

Position Description:

TechnoServe seeks a Finance Controller reporting to the Country Director to oversee local financial management, including project-spending patterns against budget projections, preparation of financial reports, oversight of funds, and compliance with local laws and donor regulations and practices.

Primary Functions & Responsibilities:

Finance and Accounting

• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Finance department, including but not limited to timely payments to suppliers, timely posting of financial transactions in the system, proper coding of expenses by program staff, proper supporting documents that can withstand an Audit, etc.
• Establish and document a cost-sharing basis for shared costs and periodically review and document the rationale as and when new factors come into play.
• Manage payroll and expense reimbursements to staff.
• Monitor the liquidity position of Nigeria cash positions to ensure that business cash flow adequately supports project activities. Manage currency fluctuations in the Country.
• Ensure country staff timesheet is verified before being imported for salary allocation.
• Ensure Timely Monthly Closure in Compliance with TechnoServe timelines and GAAP.
• Provide support in all aspects of financial management for sub-grantees and monitor agreements to ensure compliance with Donor financial regulations and guidelines.
• Review financial reports of sub-grantees, whenever applicable, and ensure that expenditures are in line with the budget and in compliance with donor regulations.
• Effectively communicate and present critical Finance matters to the Country Director and the Regional Financial Controller.
• Provide detailed financial analysis to support any critical decision-making for TechnoServe.

Finance Administration

• Lead the overall system maintenance and data integrity of Dynamics 365 Business Central (Sylogysts) Navigator, providing training on the system to new and existing finance staff.
• Maintain all balance sheet accounting, producing consistent and accurate supporting schedules and reconciliations.
• Ensure accounting data accuracy and timeliness for informed decision-making, timely identification, and correction of errors for transactions posted in the General ledger.
• Implement a grant tracking/monitoring system and monitor expenditures.
• Analyze business performance/results by budget and dimension across all the Country operations as required; provide the results of such analysis to senior management on a monthly basis.
• Oversee overall financial services for efficient and effective service delivery.

Budgeting, Monitoring, and Reporting

• Lead the annual country budgeting process as well as mid-year budget reviews.
• Discuss monthly budget tracking reports with Program Managers and ensure spending is within budget and corrective action is taken in case of unfavorable variances.
• Lead the quarterly Burn rate calls with HQ Finance management and the Country and Regional Directors.
• Review expenditures and processes to ensure grant compliance with donor requirements.
• Train and advise staff on donor compliance to ensure zero non-allowable costs.
• Coordinating the compilation of all internal and external financial reports/proposals for all projects/programs.

People management and technical support

• Managing performance and conducting performance evaluations of financial personnel.
• Support the building of the financial management capacity of local finance staff through on-the-job training, identify further formal training needs, and, if applicable, facilitate such training.
• Support field staff training in financial reporting principles and financial and administrative control for field site operations.
• Assisting staff to develop a stronger understanding of TechnoServe Inc. systems and procedures.
• Producing relevant, useful and timely information to senior management with respect to the current financial position and financial consequences of any proposed decisions or activities.
• Provide advice on financial options available in project planning and implementation.
• Ensure the protection of the organization’s assets through the development and application of internal controls.
• Ensure the availability of employees for the finance department by identifying hiring needs and remaining responsible for the recruitment of qualified employees to the team.
• Ensure the country inventory list is accurately updated.
• Support the Administrative team in analyzing costs as required.

Regulatory and statutory compliance

• Ensure compliance with TechnoServe’s policies and procedures;
• Ensure all taxation and legislative requirements of the Nigerian government are compiled at all times;
• Prepare and maintain audit files for internal and external auditors to review.
• Liaise with internal/external audit on the implementation of audit recommendations given in the reports to TECHNOSERVE.
• Keep abreast of changes in regulations that may affect the accounting functions of the organization and communicate all changes and updates to the organization accordingly.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Financial Management with a minimum of 10 years of experience in all aspects of accounting & financial management. An MBA is preferred, and a minimum of 7 years of experience would be required with certifications in ICAN, ANAN, CFA, ACCA as a plus).
• Demonstrated experience and skill in planning, budgeting and forecasting, financial management, and financial reporting, preferably with an international NGO.
• Excellent knowledge of Excel, Access, and PowerPoint is required; familiarity with Dynamic 365 Business Central or similar finance and accounting software is preferred.

Required Languages: Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills, including fluency in English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of key donor reporting requirements (USAID, USDA, Mastercard Foundation and other international donors) is an advantage.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Financial management and financial reporting skills.
• Ability to control and manage financial policy and procedures and good practices/systems.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Excellent verbal, analytical, organizational and written skills.
• Ability to mentor and coach the Finance team.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Excellent analytical and management skills.
• Ability to work independently and as an integral part of a team.

Job Summary

The EdTech Communication Specialist is responsible for overseeing and engaging with our online communities, ensuring vibrant and constructive interactions, and facilitating the conversion of community members into training participants.

Primary Functions & Responsibilities:

• Assist in building, maintaining and growing social-media-based communities of micro and small entrepreneurs.
• Actively engage the online community across our social media platforms, nurturing a sense of belonging and togetherness.
• Handle comments, posts, and other forms of engagement, ensuring timely and appropriate responses.
• Follow up with interested parties to ensure successful completion of sign-up processes.
• Oversee and regulate social media ad campaigns to maximize reach and engagement.
• Develop and share relevant content to drive engagement and knowledge dissemination, in collaboration with the Product area.
• Engage with interested users, ensuring their smooth transition through the EdTech funnel.
• Develop and craft original, engaging success stories of our alumni that align with the project’s brand, messaging, and objectives.
• Continuously monitor engagement metrics, audience feedback, and other pertinent KPIs while regularly updating the performance metrics spreadsheet.
• Regularly report on community metrics and provide insights.

Basic Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication, English, Communication Arts, and or related fields.
• Should have at least 3 years experience as a Community Manager. Alternatively, 1 year experience with a master’s degree.

Preferred Qualifications:

Additional qualifications that would make a candidate more desirable.

• Experience working on FCDO/UN-funded projects in Nigeria
• Experience working with an INGO
• Experience working on an entrepreneurship donor-funded project

Required Languages

• Advanced English proficiency.

Travel: Willingness to travel to field locations

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Passion for TechnoServe’s mission of prosperity for all Proven analytical skills.
• Effective communication within the team, the users and project stakeholders.
• Skilled in collaborating within multicultural teams as a respectful and adaptable team player.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, doer.
• Proactive and initiative-driven
• Empathy toward users’ backgrounds, contexts, and challenges.
• Advanced oral and written communication skills.
• Proven experience managing online ads campaigns.
• Proven analytical skills.
• Proficiency in digital tools, including Microsoft office, social-media and messaging platforms.
• Proficiency in content creation tools like Canva, Cap cut and Figma.
• Desired experience providing technical support to users in virtual environments.
• Desired experience working with remote teams.

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