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Posted 4 years ago |
Administrative Officer is needed at Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI)
JOB TITLE: Administrative Officer
LOCATION: Lagos
Project Title: Youth-powered Ecosystem to Advance Urban Adolescent Health and Well-being program
Reports to: Finance & Administration Director Technical Director
Project Duration: 5 years
Level of Effort: Full Time
Programme Overview
- The Youth-powered Ecosystem to Advance Urban Adolescent Health and Well-being activity is a five-year USAID funded programme in Nigeria, beginning in May 2020.
- The program, in partnership with select local NGOs will foster, develop and support an ecosystem of safe spaces for youth to gain life-skills, access sexual, reproductive health and rights (SRHR) information as well as referrals to local facilities.
- The primary goal of the programme is to improve the health and well-being of urban, poor adolescents; ages 15 – 19, by increasing voluntary family planning (FP) uptake and continued use from a holistic, human capital perspective.
Job Summary
- Under the supervision of the Finance & Administration Director, the Administrative Officer will provide administrative and operations support to the programme.
- S/he will be responsible for the day-to-day management of administrative functions for the UAH programme. Including office management, travels, and file maintenance.
- Ensure that project records are maintained in accordance with the approved records management procedures (Record Map Policy) and keep the project records map current.
- Manage daily administrative and clerical services for the program team. Organize, manage, and process all official program correspondence.
Requirements
- A Bachelors’ degree or equivalent qualification in any of the social sciences
- Minimum of 3 years work experience on a donor-funded project
- Familiarity with USAID and US Government rules and regulations is an added advantage.
- The employee needs to be able to work independently, to establish priorities, and to deal comfortably with all Chief of Party’s counterparts, project partners, relevant stakeholders and clientele.
- Strong skills in office administration and organization are needed.
- Good knowledge of administrative procedures.
- Excellent listening and interpersonal skills to interact with diplomacy and tact, and follow up on requests in a timely and efficient manner
- Fluency in English and effective communication skills are required
- Good operational knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. MS Word and Excel. Thorough knowledge of office management, secretarial, time keeping and travel procedures.
- Knowledge of relevant Government of Nigeria administration regulations is also useful.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV by email to: [email protected] using the position title as subject of the mail,
Note: DAI will only contact candidates that are successful at this pre-qualification stage.
Job Features
Job Category | Administration/ Office/ Operations |
Deadline | 4th June, 2020. |