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Jhpiego seeks a Financial Officer to provide technical assistance for the day-to-day financial management of the implementation of an anticipated UNITAID project to expand access to preventive chemotherapy for pregnant women in Nigeria. This project aims to scale up an innovative and community-based approach to expanding coverage of intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy (IPTp) for pregnant women. The project will operate over a five-year period

Under the direct supervision of the Finance Manager, the Financial Officer is primarily responsible for the financial management of the TIPTOP project. Responsibilities include the local financial management of the project and strict adherence to UNITAID accounting policies and procedures. With the support of the Finance Manager, s/he will ensure that the core initiatives and project activities are monitored for the key financial file.

This position is contingent upon award from UNITAID. Nigerian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities:

  • Review, reconcile and monitor all accounts, including major operating accounts of operations, and petty cash transactions involving cash advances
  • Maintain and administer the financial accounting system in accordance with Jhpiego policies
  • Check the payments and other accounting entries made by the other TIPTOP team members
  • Prepare specific budgets for local spending, ensure that the necessary financial controls are in place and respected
  • ensure appropriate guarantees of local funds, and ensure compliance of expenditures with financial and accounting procedures of UNITAID, JHU and Jhpiego
  • Determine day-to-day accrued liabilities and local monthly projections to support the accuracy of the forecast and completion of the project as required
  • Review financial documents such as vouchers, invoices, delivery notes, purchase orders and other documents to ensure the completeness, accuracy and validity of financial data in the system
  • Ensure that accounting records are filed in a timely manner and that appropriate accounting records are maintained and consistent with the standard accounting practice, Johns Hopkins University /Jhpiego and the UNITAID guidelines.
  • Assist the Finance Manager in monitoring program spending by ensuring timely preparation of expense reports, accruals and projections and burn rates on a monthly basis
  • Assist in the annual budgeting process for all affected accounts
  • Participate in the monthly reconciliation of installments (hotels and rents) and accounts payable (suppliers and wage deductions).
  • Serving as a resource person for non-finance staff on the financial rules and policies of UNITAID, Johns Hopkins University and Jhpiego
  • Work closely with auditors in audits of Jhpiego field programs
  • Collect and disburse money and ensure that it is stored safely
  • Provide advice, follow-up and support to staff who acquire goods and services, maintain office inventory functions
  • Be the focal point vis-à-vis the Nigeria tax administration
  • Perform related tasks requested by supervisor

Required Qualifications:

  • Diploma in Finance, Accounting, Commerce or equivalent experience
  • 8 years of financial or cost management experience in support of international development program operations
  • Experience in managing financial functions for international non-profit organizations exceeding $10 million annually with multi-office, multi-national environment
  • Experience working with public and/or private donors
  • Knowledge of the principles of international donor cost principles, GAAP accounting rules, and grant/contract management, including contract grants
  • Working knowledge of financial software applications, databases and spreadsheets
  • Ability to speak and write fluently English
  • Ability to travel nationally

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Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package including: medical and dental plans; paid vacation, holidays and sick leave; personal accident insurance; 403(b) retirement plan; life and disability insurance; travel insurance; education assistance plan and more.

Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

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Jhpiego

Our History

Responding to the Changing Needs of Women and Families Worldwide

Since its founding in 1974, Jhpiego has been innovating to save the lives of women and families worldwide. From the first day, Jhpiego has been asking the question: How can we make lifesaving services available and accessible to the people who need them—all over the world?

Dr. Theodore M. King, an early innovator and champion for women’s health, was the moving force behind the founding of Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University. In the early 1970s, King recognized the need to make physicians, nurses and administrators from developing countries aware of reproductive health breakthroughs, such as laparoscopy (a procedure used to inspect internal reproductive organs for infertility or to provide contraception by closing off the fallopian tubes) and modern contraceptives. Originally known as the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics, the organization was funded through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Under King’s leadership, as a founder, trustee and later president of Jhpiego for 14 years, the organization conducted a steady stream of programs throughout the developing world.

How Did We Get from There to Here?

Early on, Jhpiego established itself as a leader in reproductive health training. Beginning in 1974, Jhpiego held training sessions on family planning/reproductive health for doctors and nurses in the USA In 1979, Jhpiego started its first in-country training programs in Tunisia, Brazil, Kenya, Nigeria, Thailand and the Philippines. From 1987 through 2004, Jhpiego conducted three global Training in Reproductive Health Projects, funded by USAID. Beginning in 1993, Jhpiego published learning materials on long-acting family planning methods.

Over the years—to respond more effectively to the needs of individual countries—Jhpiego became increasingly field-based and established its first field office in Kenya in 1993. Today, Jhpiego has field offices in more than 30 countries worldwide. Similarly, Jhpiego’s programming areas have expanded to meet changing needs in the field. In addition to family planning and reproductive health, Jhpiego now has expertise in maternal and child health, infection prevention and control, HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases.

Jhpiego’s work has also expanded to address reproductive health policy and guidelines and to support health systems strengthening. For example, in 1996 in Brazil, Jhpiego launched a performance and quality improvement approach, now known as Standards-Based Management and Recognition (SBM-R), which has since been implemented in 30 countries. SBM-R empowers health workers and facilities to improve the performance and quality of their services by providing them with the tools and methods they need to make decisions, solve problems and innovate at the local level.

Innovations in Training Methods and Technologies

In 1986, Jhpiego pioneered a competency-based training (CBT) approach that emphasizes learning by doing. CBT focuses on how the participant performs and promotes the trainer’s ability to encourage learning. Jhpiego also introduced the use of anatomic models for “humanistic training.” To minimize risk to clients, learners first practice on models until they achieve competency. In 1995, a clinical training skills manual—the cornerstone of Jhpiego’s training approach—was published. Using a systematic “training of trainers” approach, Jhpiego has created a global network of qualified physician, nurse and midwife trainers.

As early as 1984, Jhpiego collaborated with the University of the West Indies to deliver reproductive health courses, via satellite, to six islands in the Caribbean. In 1987, Jhpiego sponsored a global meeting on reproductive health education and technology with the World Health Organization (WHO) and introduced computer-assisted instruction to simulate clinical situations in several of its US-based courses. In 1995, ReproLine, an online source for reproductive health information, was launched. Today, Jhpiego continues to explore new learning technologies: mobile phones in Afghanistan, a computer-based learning management system in Ethiopia, computer-based training in Ghana, a distance learning program in Zambia.

Practical Solutions for Low-Resource Settings

Since the 1992 publication of its international reference standard Infection Prevention for Family Planning Service Programs, Jhpiego has been at the forefront in promoting evidence-based practices that can protect health care professionals, staff and clients from potentially life-threatening infections. To this end, Jhpiego has tested and introduced practical, low-cost infection prevention procedures that can be implemented effectively in settings with limited resources.

In developing countries, cervical cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths among women. In 1995, Jhpiego began research with the University of Zimbabwe to find a low-cost alternative to the Pap test that could make cervical cancer prevention a reality in low-resource settings. Based on the results of this research, Jhpiego helped form the Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention in 1999 and received funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand its cervical cancer program. Since that time, Jhpiego has developed and piloted the single visit approach in which women are screened and treated during the same visit.

In 1995, Jhpiego began addressing HIV/AIDS and its integration with family planning services. Six years later, Jhpiego began work in HIV voluntary counseling and testing with a USAID-funded project in Jamaica. In 2002, Jhpiego received its first funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for work in HIV/AIDS and, the following year, developed a global learning package on prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV—with CDC, WHO and university partners—to enable global scale-up. Also in 2003, Jhpiego began work on male circumcision for HIV prevention in Zambia. In 2008, Jhpiego developed a global learning package on male circumcision for HIV prevention with WHO and UNAIDS.

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Jhpiego seeks a Financial Officer to provide technical assistance for the day-to-day financial management of the implementation of an anticipated UNITAID project to expand access to preventive chemotherapy for pregnant women in Nigeria. This project aims to scale up an innovative and community-based approach to expanding coverage of intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy (IPTp) for pregnant women. The project will operate over a five-year period

Under the direct supervision of the Finance Manager, the Financial Officer is primarily responsible for the financial management of the TIPTOP project. Responsibilities include the local financial management of the project and strict adherence to UNITAID accounting policies and procedures. With the support of the Finance Manager, s/he will ensure that the core initiatives and project activities are monitored for the key financial file.

This position is contingent upon award from UNITAID. Nigerian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities:

  • Review, reconcile and monitor all accounts, including major operating accounts of operations, and petty cash transactions involving cash advances
  • Maintain and administer the financial accounting system in accordance with Jhpiego policies
  • Check the payments and other accounting entries made by the other TIPTOP team members
  • Prepare specific budgets for local spending, ensure that the necessary financial controls are in place and respected
  • ensure appropriate guarantees of local funds, and ensure compliance of expenditures with financial and accounting procedures of UNITAID, JHU and Jhpiego
  • Determine day-to-day accrued liabilities and local monthly projections to support the accuracy of the forecast and completion of the project as required
  • Review financial documents such as vouchers, invoices, delivery notes, purchase orders and other documents to ensure the completeness, accuracy and validity of financial data in the system
  • Ensure that accounting records are filed in a timely manner and that appropriate accounting records are maintained and consistent with the standard accounting practice, Johns Hopkins University /Jhpiego and the UNITAID guidelines.
  • Assist the Finance Manager in monitoring program spending by ensuring timely preparation of expense reports, accruals and projections and burn rates on a monthly basis
  • Assist in the annual budgeting process for all affected accounts
  • Participate in the monthly reconciliation of installments (hotels and rents) and accounts payable (suppliers and wage deductions).
  • Serving as a resource person for non-finance staff on the financial rules and policies of UNITAID, Johns Hopkins University and Jhpiego
  • Work closely with auditors in audits of Jhpiego field programs
  • Collect and disburse money and ensure that it is stored safely
  • Provide advice, follow-up and support to staff who acquire goods and services, maintain office inventory functions
  • Be the focal point vis-à-vis the Nigeria tax administration
  • Perform related tasks requested by supervisor

Required Qualifications:

  • Diploma in Finance, Accounting, Commerce or equivalent experience
  • 8 years of financial or cost management experience in support of international development program operations
  • Experience in managing financial functions for international non-profit organizations exceeding $10 million annually with multi-office, multi-national environment
  • Experience working with public and/or private donors
  • Knowledge of the principles of international donor cost principles, GAAP accounting rules, and grant/contract management, including contract grants
  • Working knowledge of financial software applications, databases and spreadsheets
  • Ability to speak and write fluently English
  • Ability to travel nationally

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Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package including: medical and dental plans; paid vacation, holidays and sick leave; personal accident insurance; 403(b) retirement plan; life and disability insurance; travel insurance; education assistance plan and more.Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.

 2017-03-31

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