Overview of the Organization
Greater Women Initiative for Health And Rights (GWIHR) is a leading sex worker-led community-based organization born out of passion and a strong desire to assist in the development of sex workers through building up their capacity towards meaningful contribution to communal empowerment, awareness to prevent these groups from contracting HIV/AIDs and other life threaten diseases, contribute in reducing of the rate of stigma and discrimination of sex workers living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and further fight against all forms of violation towards sex workers in Nigeria.
Call for Applications
Location: Abia State
Appointment Type: Full Time
Duration: 6 months
Project Type: Human Rights, Gender Based Violence Response and Economic Empowerment
Project Name: Fore Fronting Our Agenda: Speak Out Loud (FOFA-SOL)
Project Donor: French Embassy Nigeria
Application Open Date: 12th March 2022
Application End Date: 25th March 2022.
Program Officer
Job Description
- Coordinating and provision of technical assistance for HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support programs for sex workers including voluntary counselling, psycho-social care, home-based care, referral system, community mobilisation and leadership development.
- Organises and ensures the success stories of outreaches/seminars towards the key/target population on the prevailing issues, causes and prevention strategies of HIV/AIDS
- Provide direct oversight/supervision to counsellor testers and paralegals to ensure their adherence to implementation guidelines in their various assigned LGAs of operation.
- Organizes and engage the community of stakeholders in sensitization and advocacy programs.
- Ensure regular updates of the organizations’ database with activities.
- Ready to carry out other job functions as may be directed by the executive director.
Qualifications
i. Basic Requirements
- Applicants must have a Bachelor’s Degree in Project Management. A post graduate qualification or completed certificate courses in Public health and Social Sciences will be an added advantage.
- She/he must be a sex worker or 100% community friendly.
- She/he must have completed the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps
- She/he must have an advanced knowledge in the use of Microsoft packages (word, excel and PowerPoints)
- She/he must have good knowledge of statistical data analysis and presentation
- Finally, She/he must possess at least four (4) years’ experience implementing programs for sex workers in any registered Health and Right focused non-profit organization in Nigeria.
ii. Other Requirements
Applicants should possess the following skills:
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English Language.
- Leadership and teamwork spirit.
- Capacity to work under pressure and meet tight schedules under minimal supervision.
- Ability to organize and prioritize work schedule to meet required targets within specified deadlines.
- Excellent in time management
Method of Application
Qualified candidates who meet the above-stipulated conditions should email their CVs and Cover letters as one pdf document to greaterwomeninitiative@gmail.com with the job title “Program Officer- Abia State” on or before 25th March 2022.
Note: Only qualified candidates will be contacted for physical interviews and assessments.
FINANCE OFFICER
Job Description
She/he reports directly to the executive director and is responsible for:
- The Finance Officer will be responsible for supervising bank transactions, preparation of payment Vouchers and writing of cheques, posting of payment Vouchers and preparation of financial reports.
- She/he will be responsible for budget tracking, reviewing posted transactions in the Tally, bank reconciliation and ensuring timely remittances of statutory deductions.
- She/he will keep proper financial records for donor and external audit’s view.
- She/he will participate in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual financial reports for donor agencies.
- She/he will undertake payroll preparation, tax and pension deductions and remit same appropriately
- She/he will ensure efficient use of project resources and compliance with organization and donor’s regulations and guidelines.
- She/he will also be responsible for performing the administrative roles of the organization.
Carry out any other duty as may be assigned by the supervisor.
Qualifications
Basic Requirements
- Applicants must have First Degree in Accounting or other related Social Sciences.
- At least 4 years of working experience in managing grants for registered non-profit organizations in Nigeria is required.
- She/he must be 100% community friendly
- She/he must have completed the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps
- She/he must possess strong skills in Microsoft Word Excel and Tally, sound analytical, interpersonal and communication skills.
- She/he must be familiar with Nigeria NGO’s contractual and tax procedures.
- She/he must show evidences of trainings attended on financial management and grant management.
- Applicant belonging to a Professional Accounting Body and possessing certificate courses in financial management, human resource management and administration will be an advantage.
Method of Application
Qualified candidates who meet the above-stipulated conditions should email their CVs and Cover letters as one pdf document to greaterwomeninitiative@gmail.com with the job title “Finance Officer- Abia State” on or before 25th March 2022.
Note: Only qualified candidates will be contacted for physical interviews and assessment.
Qualifications
HUMAN RIGHT AND GENDER OFFICER
Job Description
- Promoting respect for human rights in all aspects for sex workers
- Regularly document reports of human right violations against sex workers
- Support gender mainstreaming and identify other specific gender issues faced by sex workers
- Provide the necessary technical expertise to the mission components on gender mainstreaming strategies, including expanding analytical capacity and developing gender-sensitive policies and programs;
- Liaise, coordinate and monitor project activities with state human rights commission institutions;
- Identify and specify human rights and gender needs for advisory services and technical cooperation;
- Prepare analytical briefings, briefing notes and reports to State Ministry of Justice on gender and human rights issues specific to violations against sex workers human rights.
- Provide training and guidance to inform the development of gender-sensitive policies and operational tools.
- Contribute to the consolidation and documentation of good practices and lessons learned from the programme for peace and security of human rights, gender and sex workers’ rights and ensure their integration into policy development and review processes;
- Perform any other tasks as directed by the supervisor.
Qualifications
Basic Requirements
- Applicants must possess at least Bachelor’s Degree in any related social science courses.
- She/he must be 100% community-friendly
- She/he must have completed the mandatory one-year National Youth Service Corps
- She/he must possess at least four (4) years of experience implementing programs for human rights protection in any registered Right focused non-profit organization in Nigeria.
- She/he must demonstrate and show evidence of human rights cases handled in the past 2 years.
Method of Application
Qualified candidates who meet the above-stipulated conditions should email their CVs and Cover letters as one pdf document to greaterwomeninitiative@gmail.com with the job title “Human Right and Gender Officer- Abia State” on or before 25th March 2022.
Note: Only qualified candidates will be contacted for physical interviews and assessment.