Job For Senior Program Officer II - RMNCH at Breakthrough ACTION Nigeria, 30th January, 2019
Breakthrough ACTION/Nigeria is a five-year, USAID-funded project. The goal of Breakthrough ACTION/Nigeria is to increase the practice of 17 priority individual and household level behaviors in the areas of malaria; maternal, new-born, child health and nutrition; family planning and reproductive health (RH); and tuberculosis, while increasing the capacity of national and sub-national entities to coordinate and oversee quality SBC programming. Implementation will vary by health area across eleven states.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Senior Program Officer II - RMNCH
Location: Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
Reports to: Deputy Project Director – Integrated SBC & FP
Summary
- The BA-Nigeria Senior Program Officer II - RMNCH will provide technical and programmatic support for all integrated RMNCH+N and Malaria SBC activities.
- S/he will report directly to the Deputy Project Director - Integrated SBC & FP and work in close consultation the BA-Nigeria state teams, technical leads at HQ and the BA-Nigeria Project Director.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The Senior Program Officer’s specific duties will include:
- Assist with design and oversee implementation of the project monitoring and evaluation system.
- The position will be based at the BA-Nigeria Office in Abuja but travel to focal states is expected to be approximately 30% or more.
- Perform job duties/responsibilities in support of JHU-CCP’s Mission and Values, as appropriate.
- Other duties as may be assigned by supervisor or BA-Nigeria Project Director.
- Assist Deputy Project Director - Integrated SBC & FP to operationalize and implement BA-Nigeria’s Integrated RMNCH+N and Malaria program components
- Support establishment and maintenance of effective relationships at national and state level with USAID and other implementing partners, F/SMOHs and other key stakeholders, in collaboration with the Deputy Project Director - Integrated SBC & FP and Project Director.
- Provide extensive technical and programmatic assistance to each state team for implementation of Integrated RMNCH+N and Malaria program activities.
- Coordinate ongoing activities with Malaria & TB, Provider Behavior, Capacity and Coordination, SBC Innovations and MEL teams, and with state teams as required
- Assist with the development and writing of timely program reports on a quarterly and annual basis and disseminate program success stories, and other reporting duties as assigned.
Education and Experience Requirements
- Excellent communication, and organizational skills; and ability to influence and facilitate advocacy agendas at Federal and State levels
- Must be fluent in English and, given the geographic focus of the project, fluency in Hausa is highly desirable.
- Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities currently. With project expansion this status may change over time.
- Master’s Degree in a relevant field (Public Health, Social Science, Humanities, other) required.
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience managing a Family Planning, Maternal or related Reproductive Health programs in Nigeria. Advocacy, SBC and/or Community Mobilization expertise highly valued.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their cover letters and CV’s only as one PDF document to:
[email protected]
Your cover letter should include the following:
- Address the education/experience requirement specified for the position with specific examples where necessary.
- Language skills.(Please note that language skills will be tested during interviews for shortlisted candidates.)
- Include the specific date when you would be able to begin work.
- CV and cover letter PDF file name must be your first and last name in CAPS (e.g.: USMAN SEGUN).
- The subject line of your email should be the job title . E.g. “Senior Program Officer - RMNCH"
- Do not include any additional certificates or documentation. Any applications that include certificates or other documents will be deleted immediately.
Application Deadline 11th February, 2019.
Note: To apply for this position, please follow the instructions exactly as described above. Any submissions that do not follow the instructions exactly will be discarded without review.