Job title: Project Administrator- IGNITE/DQAQC
Company: TechnoServe
Job description: Description :
Job Title: Project Administrator
Project: IGNITE/DQAQC
Department: Operations
Location: Lagos state, Nigeria
Grade: 5
Reports to: Senior Program Manager
About TechnoServe:
Everyone deserves the opportunity to build a better future. This simple idea has been at the heart of work around the world for over 50 years. TechnoServe is a pioneer in leveraging the power of business and markets to create sustainable pathways out of poverty.
The low-income communities in which we work are full of enterprising people. Their small-scale farms and businesses are the keys to economic development. But they face many challenges: low literacy, lack of access to jobs and markets, unpredictable political dynamics and, increasingly, the effects of climate change. For many women and young people, the challenges are even more daunting. Working with TechnoServe staff, people around the world are lifting themselves out of poverty. The results are amazing…when incomes increase and living conditions for families get better, they are able to access health care and education previously out of reach. Communities and even whole countries are better off.
Job Summary:
Reporting to the Senior Program Manager and a dotted line reporting to the Finance and Operations Manager, TechnoServe Nigeria, the Project 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 while ensuring the effective use of resources for maximum impact.
Program/Practice/Department Overview:
The Inspiring Good Nutrition Initiatives Through Enterprise (IGNITE) will build on the foundations of the Technical Assistance Accelerator Prelude (TAAP) program to achieve increased motivation and fortification capability of millers leading to increased proportion of fortified staple foods and conversion of a critical mass of millers to improved FF practices across at least eight countries.
IGNITE will facilitate the activation and expansion of a catalytic collective impact initiative – the Millers 4 Nutrition (M4N) coalition – to globally coordinate and locally implement an ultimately sustainable model for delivery of technical assistance (TA) and other services to millers. These TA services, and associated engagement platforms, will establish business cases and motivate and develop capabilities of food processors to improve their performance in the fortification of selected staple foods and condiments, and thereby to achieve large-scale and relevant (contributing to the diets of large proportions of populations in countries where staple FF has been identified as part of national nutrition strategies) coverage on a sustained basis. The IGNITE program will be implemented in eight priority countries namely Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan and Tanzania with Nigeria, Kenya, and India serving as the operational hubs.
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, resourced, 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 develops office administrative procedures as required
- Coordinate meetings with the project team, consultants, and country office staff
- Ensure all documents are filed and maintained for auditing purposes
- Prepare accounts payable documents (e.g. invoices, payment requests) for approval
- Arrange meeting rooms, draft and disseminates meeting agendas, prepare briefing notes, and where necessary take meeting minutes which may include preparing and disseminating materials as instructed
- Perform any other related duties that may evolve from time to time
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, logistics, economics, or other related field.
- Alternatively, 2 years of professional experience in responsibilities related to procurement, logistics, and general office administration.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel and basic functional knowledge of field accounting software packages.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with donor-funded projects
- 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
Supervisory Responsibilities – Project Driver
Closing Statements:
We encourage all qualified individuals who share TechnoServe’s vision of improving the lives of others through proven business solutions to apply.
With our commitment to diversity, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and and do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, HIV/AIDS status, protected veteran status, disability and all other protected classes.
We are also proud of our commitment to protecting staff, partners, and beneficiaries from abuse and exploitation and thoroughly vet all final candidates through rigorous background and reference checks.
If you have a disability that affects your ability to use our online system to apply for a position at TechnoServe please contact the Human Resources at or call +1 202 785 4515.
Expected salary:
Location: Nigeria
Job date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 05:04:13 GMT
