DAI Finance and Administration Manager, Private Sector Growth Job Vacancy in Nigeria

About DAI

DAI works at the cutting edge of international
development, combining technical excellence, professional project management,
and exceptional customer service to solve our clients’ most complex problems.
Since 1970, DAI has worked in 150 developing and transition countries,
providing comprehensive development solutions in areas including crisis
mitigation and stability operations, democratic governance and public sector
management, agriculture and agribusiness, private sector development and
financial services, economics and trade, HIV/AIDS, avian influenza control,
water and natural resources management, and energy and climate change. Clients
include international development agencies, international lending institutions,
private corporations and philanthropies, and host-country governments.

Objective of the programme

The aim of the programme is to promote livelihoods
in Nigeria through value chain promotion to increase economic growth,
employment and incomes. The programme will be active in the Niger Delta region
and will utilise the Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) approach to ensure
that interventions are pro-poor and inclusive of vulnerable groups, working in
close collaboration with the extractive industries to support community
engagement.

Start Date April 2013

Duties and Responsibilities

 Oversee
general office management and set up

 Oversee
the management of Human Resource issues in conjunction with the Team Leader

 Manage the
Programme Support Unit and directly supervise other unit staff, for example the
accountant, grants managers and administration assistants

 Design and
implement finance, accounting, human resources and procurement manuals

 Manage
payroll functions

 Manage,
process and account for all expenditures under the Programme

 Ensure
non-billable requirements are kept to a minimum

 Provide
DFID with annual budgets of expenditure as well as quarterly forecasts against
budget statements

 Allocate
project funds among various program activities with the authorisation of the
team leader

 Oversee
and ensure adequate programme profitability

 Set up and
refine financial systems to DFID requirements

 Prepare
regular reports for appropriate management as necessary or requested.

Requirements

 Relevant
degree required

 Minimum
five years’ experience in international development, with at least three years
in management positions in the field