Location: Nigeria
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Salary: N15,241,952 per annum
Hours of Work: 40
Closing Date: 17 November 2024
Job Profile
This role is responsible for providing smooth and effective financial and human Resources administration for Nigeria office programmes. The post-holder will support in maintaining an accurate overview of programme and office finances, providing guidance and enabling the effective management for the country and/or region. They will be responsible for financial aspects of donor compliance, in liaison with the Programme Development and Funding Officer.
The postholder works within the team based in Nigeria and works closely with others across the region and with finance, human resources and operations teams in London.
The post holder is not a budget holder but handles cash and ensures financial and administrative compliance. The post holder will undertake the responsibility as the HR Focal Point for Nigeria Country.
The post-holder will be expected to undertake some travel nationally (up to 12 weeks per year).
Key Responsibilities
Support the effective financial management of CAFOD’s finances
Programme Finance
Administration
Human Resource Management:
This post-holder is the HR Focal Point, responsible for the following:
Safeguarding
All CAFOD staff share responsibility to promote and maintain a strong safeguarding culture, including identifying the key actions they should take given their role and responsibilities.
This list of duties and responsibilities is by no means exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as required. This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
Understanding our context
A Understanding Catholic identity
B Understanding CAFOD
C Understanding international development
Working together
D Managing ourselves
E Working with others: Coaches and mentors’ staff in sound financial management skills
F Communicating
G Looking outwards: Understanding of donors and ability to ensure compliance to donor requirements
Making change happen
H Managing resources: Creates budgets; Full understanding and practical application of good financial standards and PCM; Full understanding of CAFOD’s finance systems and grant making; Monitors and reviews expenditures accurately, recognizes errors, issues and fraud.
I Achieving results: Suggests improvements in financial processes and practices
J Managing our performance
K Taking the lead: Manages a multicultural team remotely
Job-specific competencies
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CAFOD is an equal opportunities employer. Recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
Safeguarding for Children and Vulnerable Adults
CAFOD recognizes the personal dignity and rights of children and vulnerable adults, towards whom it has a special responsibility and a duty of care and respect. CAFOD, and all its staff and volunteers, undertake to do all in our power to create a safe environment for children, young people and vulnerable adults and to prevent their physical, sexual or emotional abuse. CAFOD is committed to acting at all times in the best interests of children and vulnerable adults, seeing these interests as paramount. Any candidate offered a job with CAFOD will be expected to adhere to CAFOD’s Safeguarding policy and sign CAFOD’s Code of Behaviour as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents. This post involves contact with children, young people and vulnerable adults, or has responsibility for people who will do, and applicants will be subject to Police Checks related to safeguarding issues.
All offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, and appropriate screening checks can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks. CAFOD also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of, and consent to, these recruitment procedures.