Project Assistant at Adam Smith International

Employment Nigeria 31-Jan-2016 KANO , Administrative

Adam Smith International is an award-winning professional services business that delivers real impact, value and lasting change through projects supporting economic growth and government reform internationally.

MAFITA

MAFITA is a 6-year DFID-funded programme working in Nigeria's northern states, with a vision to empower marginalised youths and women through provision of increased economic opportunities and social inclusion. MAFITA is currently recruiting.

Northern Nigeria has high-youth unemployment, insecurity and limited economic opportunities. This reality can lead to extremism and instability. Marginalised groups, such as adolescent women and the Almajirai are particularly hard-hit.

MAFITA aims to lead 68,000 marginalised young people - with a particular emphasis on adolescent girls and Almajirai - to gainful employment. By 2021, the program will create a net total of 43,300 full-time equivalent jobs and assisting 23,500 micro and small enterprises (MSEs). The project will tackle the supply and demand side of the labour market, focussing on the delivery of skills essential for employment, as well as the absorptive capacity of the labour market.

MAFITA will partner with public and private stakeholders to improve access to relevant and quality training, mentorship, work experience, business development, and financial services for marginalised youths and women. The programme will also support local market systems to enable the absorption of MAFITA's target beneficiaries into sustainable income-generating activities.

POSITION : Project Assistant

The Project Assistant will be responsible for a range of programme management tasks critical for the smooth running of the programme. The Project Assistant will also have some scope to be exposed to the technical elements of MAFITA's work, if and when suitable opportunities arise.

Key areas of responsibility

Manage ASO on hotels, visas, letters of invitation, arrivals, personal equipment, and accommodation for Mafita associates
Take notes at team meetings and external stakeholder engagements, sending out minutes and highlight action points
Issue contracts to new Mafita associates, and make necessary amendments to contracts for current associates
Review associate invoices and check invoice timesheets against list of absences/half days/travel days
Support Finance and Admin Manager with DFID and ASI financial forecasts and budgets
Manage ASO on procurement of goods and services needed for operational and technical work, in line with procurement guidelines
Support technical teams with planning and budgeting of intervention pilots
Support Communications specialist with monthly and quarterly reports, and printing of materials
Assist with research and data compilation for external presentations and reports
Assist technical teams and liaise with ASO in planning of workshops, meetings, and trainings
Any other tasks as required by Finance and Admin Manager

Duration and Location

This is a full-time position, commencing on the 1st February 2016 with anticipated 440 days of input until 1st February 2018. The Assistant will be based in the Kano project office with some travel to the focal states; Kaduna and Katsina, with Jigawa in the long-run.

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Project Assistant at Adam Smith International

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