🇳🇬 Job Vacancies @ Malaria Consortium – 9 Positions

Malaria Consortium is one of the world’s leading non-profit organisations specialising in the comprehensive prevention, control and treatment of malaria and other communicable diseases among vulnerable and under privileged populations. We increasingly find our work on malaria can be effectively integrated with other similar public health interventions for greater impact and therefore expanded our remit to include child health and neglected tropical disease interventions.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Programme Officer - Oyo
2.) Programme Officer - Abuja
3.) Programme Officer - Kebbi
4.) Programme Officer - Bauchi
5.) Programme Officer - Kogi
6.) Programme Officer - Sokoto
7.) Programme Officer - Plateau
8.) Programme Officer - Nasarawa
9.) State Technical Malaria Lead

Job Title: Programme Officer

Location: Oyo
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• The job purpose is to work with State Project Manager (SPM) to effectively manage project activities and resources., provide leadership and stewardship to the project team and maintain collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at the LGA level.

Scope of Work

• The Program Officer (PO) while reporting to the State Project Manager (SPM) and based at the state office, will line mange the LGA Field Assistants within his area of coverage.

Key Working Relationships

• The PO would be line managed by the SPM and would line manage the LGA Field Assistants in-charge of the assigned LGAs (presumably within a specific senatorial zone of a state).
• S/he would also maintain relationships with the country office departments, including Finance and Logistics. Key external relationships would be with staff at the LGA and State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP), LGA health staff and leading community members and gatekeepers. S/he would lead micro-planning, training and coordination, through drug administration and supportive supervision, to reporting of activities at the LGA level. S/he would maintain close communication with stakeholders and influential persons in the assigned LGAs through the agreed frameworks.

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Key Accountabilities
Programme Management (70%):
Support the SPM and the state management team to lead activities for smooth programme management in the assigned LGAs in the following areas:

• Line management - build and performance manage an effective and technically fit SMC project team in the assigned LGAs.
• Be conversant with and guided by Malaria Consortium, policies, guidelines and the SMC Handbook towards the delivery of SMC in assigned LGAs.
• Planning (microplanning, selection of implementers at the local levels, training, database finalization, last mile distribution, SPAQ admin and reverse logistics);
• Engagement of stakeholders including government, communities and beneficiaries.
• Implementation (SPAQ admin) including QA and innovations, including the use of technology.
• General management including security, HR including line management, risk management, work planning and budgeting, VFM, optimization of grant, etc.;
• Risk Free operations including ensuring that all staff comply with MC values and start-to-finish (SFG) policies; and
• Coordination with other levels of government and internally, all MC functions.

Technical (20%):

• Support M&E activities, including reporting of SPAQ admin and lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS); and
• Support programme review including end of cycle (EoC) reviews, end of round (EoR) reviews and EoR coverage survey.

Representations & Knowledge Management (10%):

• Lesson identification and use including adaptive management;
• Harmonization with other partners; and
• Representation especially at the LGA levels.

Qualifications and Experience

• Training in Nursing or Public Health;
• Five years’ experience of working in the Public Health sector;
• Experience in program management at the LGA/state level;
• Excellent project planning, management and monitoring & evaluation skills.
• Experience managing project budgets;
• Experience in using digital data collection tools in SMC campaigns and other health programmes;
• Some practical experience in Health Information and Disease Surveillance Systems, interoperability, and international standards; open Global Health Information System software and open data sources, such as, but not limited to, DHIS2, ODK, and KoboCollect;
• Experience working at the LGA and community levels;
• Experience working on campaign style interventions (delivery of interventions or social mobilization and SMC would be an added advantage).

Work-based skills and Competencies:

• Good understanding of the Nigeria health system;
• Understanding of communication for behaviour change and social mobilisation;
• Team player and demonstrated ability to work within a team as well as individually;
• Ability to travel to LGAs outside of state capital at least 80% of the time;
• Ability to perform under pressure;
• Excellent communication skills in English and the dominant local language in assigned state.
• Evidence of being resident in state of assignment.

Salary
Competitive.

Application Closing Date
12th December, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Programme Officer

Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• The job purpose is to work with State Project Manager (SPM) to effectively manage project activities and resources., provide leadership and stewardship to the project team and maintain collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at the LGA level.

Scope of Work

• The Program Officer (PO) while reporting to the State Project Manager (SPM) and based at the state office, will line mange the LGA Field Assistants within his area of coverage.

Key Working Relationships

• The PO would be line managed by the SPM and would line manage the LGA Field Assistants in-charge of the assigned LGAs (presumably within a specific senatorial zone of a state).
• S/he would also maintain relationships with the country office departments, including Finance and Logistics. Key external relationships would be with staff at the LGA and State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP), LGA health staff and leading community members and gatekeepers.
• S/he would lead micro-planning, training and coordination, through drug administration and supportive supervision, to reporting of activities at the LGA level.
• S/he would maintain close communication with stakeholders and influential persons in the assigned LGAs through the agreed frameworks.

Key Accountabilities
Programme Management (70%):
Support the SPM and the state management team to lead activities for smooth programme management in the assigned LGAs in the following areas:

• Line management – build and performance manage an effective and technically fit SMC project team in the assigned LGAs.
• Be conversant with and guided by Malaria Consortium, policies, guidelines and the SMC Handbook towards the delivery of SMC in assigned LGAs.
• Planning (microplanning, selection of implementers at the local levels, training, database finalization, last mile distribution, SPAQ admin and reverse logistics);
• Engagement of stakeholders including government, communities and beneficiaries.
• Implementation (SPAQ admin) including QA and innovations, including the use of technology.
• General management including security, HR including line management, risk management, work planning and budgeting, VFM, optimization of grant, etc.;
• Risk Free operations including ensuring that all staff comply with MC values and start-to-finish (SFG) policies; and
• Coordination with other levels of government and internally, all MC functions.

Technical (20%):

• Support M&E activities, including reporting of SPAQ admin and lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS); and
• Support programme review including end of cycle (EoC) reviews, end-of-round (EoR) reviews and EoR coverage survey.

Representations & Knowledge Management (10%):

• Lesson identification and use including adaptive management;
• Harmonization with other partners; and
• Representation especially at the LGA levels.

Qualifications and Experience
Essential:

• Training in Nursing or Public Health;
• Five years’ experience of working in the Public Health sector;
• Experience in program management at the LGA/state level;
• Excellent project planning, management and monitoring & evaluation skills.
• Experience managing project budgets;
• Experience in using digital data collection tools in SMC campaigns and other health programs;
• Some practical experience in Health Information and Disease Surveillance Systems, interoperability, and international standards; open Global Health Information System software and open data sources, such as, but not limited to, DHIS2, ODK, and KoboCollect;
• Experience working at the LGA and community levels;
• Experience working on campaign-style interventions (delivery of interventions or social mobilization and SMC would be an added advantage).

Work-based Skills and Competencies:

• Good understanding of the Nigeria health system;
• Understanding of communication for behaviour change and social mobilisation;
• Team player and demonstrated ability to work within a team as well as individually;
• Ability to travel to LGAs outside of state capital at least 80% of the time;
• Ability to perform under pressure;
• Excellent communication skills in English and the dominant local language in assigned state.
• Evidence of being resident in state of assignment.

Salary
Competitive.

Application Closing Date
12th December, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Programme Officer

Location: Kebbi
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• The job purpose is to work with State Project Manager (SPM) to effectively manage project activities and resources., provide leadership and stewardship to the project team and maintain collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at the LGA level.

Scope of Work

• The Program Officer (PO) while reporting to the State Project Manager (SPM) and based at the state office, will line mange the LGA Field Assistants within his area of coverage.

Key Working Relationships

• The PO would be line managed by the SPM and would line manage the LGA Field Assistants in-charge of the assigned LGAs (presumably within a specific senatorial zone of a state).
• S/he would also maintain relationships with the country office departments, including Finance and Logistics. Key external relationships would be with staff at the LGA and State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP), LGA health staff and leading community members and gatekeepers.
• S/he would lead micro-planning, training and coordination, through drug administration and supportive supervision, to reporting of activities at the LGA level.
• S/he would maintain close communication with stakeholders and influential persons in the assigned LGAs through the agreed frameworks.

Key Accountabilities
Programme Management (70%):
Support the SPM and the state management team to lead activities for smooth programme management in the assigned LGAs in the following areas:

• Line management – build and performance manage an effective and technically fit SMC project team in the assigned LGAs.
• Be conversant with and guided by Malaria Consortium, policies, guidelines and the SMC Handbook towards the delivery of SMC in assigned LGAs.
• Planning (microplanning, selection of implementers at the local levels, training, database finalization, last mile distribution, SPAQ admin and reverse logistics);
• Engagement of stakeholders including government, communities and beneficiaries.
• Implementation (SPAQ admin) including QA and innovations, including the use of technology.
• General management including security, HR including line management, risk management, work planning and budgeting, VFM, optimization of grant, etc.;
• Risk Free operations including ensuring that all staff comply with MC values and start-to-finish (SFG) policies; and
• Coordination with other levels of government and internally, all MC functions.

Technical (20%):

• Support M&E activities, including reporting of SPAQ admin and lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS); and
• Support programme review including end of cycle (EoC) reviews, end-of-round (EoR) reviews and EoR coverage survey.

Representations & Knowledge Management (10%):

• Lesson identification and use including adaptive management;
• Harmonization with other partners; and
• Representation especially at the LGA levels.

Qualifications and Experience
Essential:

• Training in Nursing or Public Health;
• Five years’ experience of working in the Public Health sector;
• Experience in program management at the LGA/state level;
• Excellent project planning, management and monitoring & evaluation skills.
• Experience managing project budgets;
• Experience in using digital data collection tools in SMC campaigns and other health programs;
• Some practical experience in Health Information and Disease Surveillance Systems, interoperability, and international standards; open Global Health Information System software and open data sources, such as, but not limited to, DHIS2, ODK, and KoboCollect;
• Experience working at the LGA and community levels;
• Experience working on campaign-style interventions (delivery of interventions or social mobilization and SMC would be an added advantage).

Work-based Skills and Competencies:

• Good understanding of the Nigeria health system;
• Understanding of communication for behaviour change and social mobilisation;
• Team player and demonstrated ability to work within a team as well as individually;
• Ability to travel to LGAs outside of state capital at least 80% of the time;
• Ability to perform under pressure;
• Excellent communication skills in English and the dominant local language in assigned state.
• Evidence of being resident in state of assignment.

Salary
Competitive.

Application Closing Date
12th December, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Programme Officer

Location: Bauchi
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• The job purpose is to work with State Project Manager (SPM) to effectively manage project activities and resources., provide leadership and stewardship to the project team and maintain collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at the LGA level.

Scope of Work

• The Program Officer (PO) while reporting to the State Project Manager (SPM) and based at the state office, will line mange the LGA Field Assistants within his area of coverage.

Key Working Relationships

• The PO would be line managed by the SPM and would line manage the LGA Field Assistants in-charge of the assigned LGAs (presumably within a specific senatorial zone of a state).
• S/he would also maintain relationships with the country office departments, including Finance and Logistics. Key external relationships would be with staff at the LGA and State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP), LGA health staff and leading community members and gatekeepers.
• S/he would lead micro-planning, training and coordination, through drug administration and supportive supervision, to reporting of activities at the LGA level.
• S/he would maintain close communication with stakeholders and influential persons in the assigned LGAs through the agreed frameworks.

Key Accountabilities
Programme Management (70%):
Support the SPM and the state management team to lead activities for smooth programme management in the assigned LGAs in the following areas:

• Line management – build and performance manage an effective and technically fit SMC project team in the assigned LGAs.
• Be conversant with and guided by Malaria Consortium, policies, guidelines and the SMC Handbook towards the delivery of SMC in assigned LGAs.
• Planning (microplanning, selection of implementers at the local levels, training, database finalization, last mile distribution, SPAQ admin and reverse logistics);
• Engagement of stakeholders including government, communities and beneficiaries.
• Implementation (SPAQ admin) including QA and innovations, including the use of technology.
• General management including security, HR including line management, risk management, work planning and budgeting, VFM, optimization of grant, etc.;
• Risk Free operations including ensuring that all staff comply with MC values and start-to-finish (SFG) policies; and
• Coordination with other levels of government and internally, all MC functions.

Technical (20%):

• Support M&E activities, including reporting of SPAQ admin and lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS); and
• Support programme review including end of cycle (EoC) reviews, end-of-round (EoR) reviews and EoR coverage survey.

Representations & Knowledge Management (10%):

• Lesson identification and use including adaptive management;
• Harmonization with other partners; and
• Representation especially at the LGA levels.

Qualifications and Experience
Essential:

• Training in Nursing or Public Health;
• Five years’ experience of working in the Public Health sector;
• Experience in program management at the LGA/state level;
• Excellent project planning, management and monitoring & evaluation skills.
• Experience managing project budgets;
• Experience in using digital data collection tools in SMC campaigns and other health programs;
• Some practical experience in Health Information and Disease Surveillance Systems, interoperability, and international standards; open Global Health Information System software and open data sources, such as, but not limited to, DHIS2, ODK, and KoboCollect;
• Experience working at the LGA and community levels;
• Experience working on campaign-style interventions (delivery of interventions or social mobilization and SMC would be an added advantage).

Work-based Skills and Competencies:

• Good understanding of the Nigeria health system;
• Understanding of communication for behaviour change and social mobilisation;
• Team player and demonstrated ability to work within a team as well as individually;
• Ability to travel to LGAs outside of state capital at least 80% of the time;
• Ability to perform under pressure;
• Excellent communication skills in English and the dominant local language in assigned state.
• Evidence of being resident in state of assignment.

Salary
Competitive.

Application Closing Date
12th December, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Programme Officer

Location: Kogi
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• The job purpose is to work with State Project Manager (SPM) to effectively manage project activities and resources., provide leadership and stewardship to the project team and maintain collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at the LGA level.

Scope of Work

• The Program Officer (PO) while reporting to the State Project Manager (SPM) and based at the state office, will line mange the LGA Field Assistants within his area of coverage.

Key Working Relationships

• The PO would be line managed by the SPM and would line manage the LGA Field Assistants in-charge of the assigned LGAs (presumably within a specific senatorial zone of a state).
• S/he would also maintain relationships with the country office departments, including Finance and Logistics. Key external relationships would be with staff at the LGA and State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP), LGA health staff and leading community members and gatekeepers.
• S/he would lead micro-planning, training and coordination, through drug administration and supportive supervision, to reporting of activities at the LGA level.
• S/he would maintain close communication with stakeholders and influential persons in the assigned LGAs through the agreed frameworks.

Key Accountabilities
Programme Management (70%):
Support the SPM and the state management team to lead activities for smooth programme management in the assigned LGAs in the following areas:

• Line management – build and performance manage an effective and technically fit SMC project team in the assigned LGAs.
• Be conversant with and guided by Malaria Consortium, policies, guidelines and the SMC Handbook towards the delivery of SMC in assigned LGAs.
• Planning (microplanning, selection of implementers at the local levels, training, database finalization, last mile distribution, SPAQ admin and reverse logistics);
• Engagement of stakeholders including government, communities and beneficiaries.
• Implementation (SPAQ admin) including QA and innovations, including the use of technology.
• General management including security, HR including line management, risk management, work planning and budgeting, VFM, optimization of grant, etc.;
• Risk Free operations including ensuring that all staff comply with MC values and start-to-finish (SFG) policies; and
• Coordination with other levels of government and internally, all MC functions.

Technical (20%):

• Support M&E activities, including reporting of SPAQ admin and lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS); and
• Support programme review including end of cycle (EoC) reviews, end-of-round (EoR) reviews and EoR coverage survey.

Representations & Knowledge Management (10%):

• Lesson identification and use including adaptive management;
• Harmonization with other partners; and
• Representation especially at the LGA levels.

Qualifications and Experience
Essential:

• Training in Nursing or Public Health;
• Five years’ experience of working in the Public Health sector;
• Experience in program management at the LGA/state level;
• Excellent project planning, management and monitoring & evaluation skills.
• Experience managing project budgets;
• Experience in using digital data collection tools in SMC campaigns and other health programs;
• Some practical experience in Health Information and Disease Surveillance Systems, interoperability, and international standards; open Global Health Information System software and open data sources, such as, but not limited to, DHIS2, ODK, and KoboCollect;
• Experience working at the LGA and community levels;
• Experience working on campaign-style interventions (delivery of interventions or social mobilization and SMC would be an added advantage).

Work-based Skills and Competencies:

• Good understanding of the Nigeria health system;
• Understanding of communication for behaviour change and social mobilisation;
• Team player and demonstrated ability to work within a team as well as individually;
• Ability to travel to LGAs outside of state capital at least 80% of the time;
• Ability to perform under pressure;
• Excellent communication skills in English and the dominant local language in assigned state.
• Evidence of being resident in state of assignment.

Salary
Competitive.

Application Closing Date
12th December, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Programme Officer

Location: Sokoto
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• The job purpose is to work with State Project Manager (SPM) to effectively manage project activities and resources., provide leadership and stewardship to the project team and maintain collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at the LGA level.

Scope of Work

• The Program Officer (PO) while reporting to the State Project Manager (SPM) and based at the state office, will line mange the LGA Field Assistants within his area of coverage.

Key working Relationships

• Assistants in-charge of the assigned LGAs (presumably within a specific senatorial zone of a state).
• S/he would also maintain relationships with the country office departments, including Finance and Logistics. Key external relationships would be with staff at the LGA and State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP), LGA health staff and leading community members and gatekeepers.
• S/he would lead micro-planning, training and coordination, through drug administration and supportive supervision, to reporting of activities at the LGA level.
• S/he would maintain close communication with stakeholders and influential persons in the assigned LGAs through the agreed frameworks.

Key Accountabilities
Programme Management (70%):
Support the SPM and the state management team to lead activities for smooth programme management in the assigned LGAs in the following areas:

• Line management – build and performance manage an effective and technically fit SMC project team in the assigned LGAs.
• Be conversant with and guided by Malaria Consortium, policies, guidelines and the SMC Handbook towards the delivery of SMC in assigned LGAs.
• Planning (microplanning, selection of implementers at the local levels, training, database finalization, last mile distribution, SPAQ admin and reverse logistics);
• Engagement of stakeholders including government, communities and beneficiaries.
• Implementation (SPAQ admin) including QA and innovations, including the use of technology.
• General management including security, HR including line management, risk management, work planning and budgeting, VFM, optimization of grant, etc.;
• Risk Free operations including ensuring that all staff comply with MC values and start-to-finish (SFG) policies; and
• Coordination with other levels of government and internally, all MC functions.

Technical (20%):

• Support M&E activities, including reporting of SPAQ admin and lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS); and
• Support programme review including end of cycle (EoC) reviews, end-of-round (EoR) reviews and EoR coverage survey.

Representations & Knowledge Management (10%):

• Lesson identification and use including adaptive management;
• Harmonization with other partners; and
• Representation especially at the LGA levels.

Qualifications and Experience
Essential:

• Training in Nursing or Public Health;
• Five years’ experience of working in the Public Health sector;
• Experience in program management at the LGA/state level;
• Excellent project planning, management and monitoring & evaluation skills.
• Experience managing project budgets;
• Experience in using digital data collection tools in SMC campaigns and other health programs;
• Some practical experience in Health Information and Disease Surveillance Systems, interoperability, and international standards; open Global Health Information System software and open data sources, such as, but not limited to, DHIS2, ODK, and KoboCollect;
• Experience working at the LGA and community levels;
• Experience working on campaign-style interventions (delivery of interventions or social mobilization and SMC would be an added advantage).

Work-based skills and Competencies:

• Good understanding of the Nigeria health system;
• Understanding of communication for behavior change and social mobilization;
• Team player and demonstrated ability to work within a team as well as individually;
• Ability to travel to LGAs outside of state capital at least 80% of the time;
• Ability to perform under pressure;
• Excellent communication skills in English and the dominant local language in assigned state.
• Evidence of being resident in state of assignment.

Salary
Competitive.

Application Closing Date
12th December, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Programme Officer

Location: Plateau
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• The job purpose is to work with State Project Manager (SPM) to effectively manage project activities and resources., provide leadership and stewardship to the project team and maintain collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at the LGA level.

Scope of Work

• The Program Officer (PO) while reporting to the State Project Manager (SPM) and based at the state office, will line mange the LGA Field Assistants within his area of coverage.

Key working Relationships

• The PO would be line-managed by the SPM and would line-manage the LGA Field Assistants in-charge of the assigned LGAs (presumably within a specific senatorial zone of a state).
• S/he would also maintain relationships with the country office departments, including Finance and Logistics. Key external relationships would be with staff at the LGA and State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP), LGA health staff and leading community members and gatekeepers.
• S/he would lead micro-planning, training and coordination, through drug administration and supportive supervision, to reporting of activities at the LGA level.
• S/he would maintain close communication with stakeholders and influential persons in the assigned LGAs through the agreed frameworks.

Key Accountabilities
Programme Management (70%):
Support the SPM and the state management team to lead activities for smooth programme management in the assigned LGAs in the following areas:

• Line management – build and performance manage an effective and technically fit SMC project team in the assigned LGAs.
• Be conversant with and guided by Malaria Consortium, policies, guidelines and the SMC Handbook towards the delivery of SMC in assigned LGAs.
• Planning (microplanning, selection of implementers at the local levels, training, database finalization, last mile distribution, SPAQ admin and reverse logistics);
• Engagement of stakeholders including government, communities and beneficiaries.
• Implementation (SPAQ admin) including QA and innovations, including the use of technology.
• General management including security, HR including line management, risk management, work planning and budgeting, VFM, optimization of grant, etc.;
• Risk Free operations including ensuring that all staff comply with MC values and start-to-finish (SFG) policies; and
• Coordination with other levels of government and internally, all MC functions.

Technical (20%):

• Support M&E activities, including reporting of SPAQ admin and lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS); and
• Support programme review including end of cycle (EoC) reviews, end of round (EoR) reviews and EoR coverage survey.

Representations & Knowledge Management (10%):

• Lesson identification and use including adaptive management;
• Harmonisation with other partners; and
• Representation especially at the LGA levels.

Qualifications and Experience

• Training in Nursing or Public Health;
• Five years’ experience of working in the Public Health sector;
• Experience in programme management at the LGA/state level;
• Excellent project planning, management and monitoring & evaluation skills.
• Experience managing project budgets;
• Experience in using digital data collection tools in SMC campaigns and other health programmes;
• Some practical experience in Health Information and Disease Surveillance Systems, interoperability, and international standards; open Global Health Information System software and open data sources, such as, but not limited to, DHIS2, ODK, KoboCollect;
• Experience working at the LGA and community levels;
• Experience working on campaign style interventions (delivery of interventions or social mobilization and SMC would be an added advantage).

Work-based Skills and Competencies:

• Good understanding of the Nigeria health system;
• Understanding of communication for behavior change and social mobilization;
• Team player and demonstrated ability to work within a team as well as individually;
• Ability to travel to LGAs outside of state capital at least 80% of the time;
• Ability to perform under pressure;
• Excellent communication skills in English and the dominant local language in assigned state.
• Evidence of being resident in state of assignment.

Salary
Competitive.

Application Closing Date
12th December, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Programme Officer

Location: Nasarawa
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• The job purpose is to work with State Project Manager (SPM) to effectively manage project activities and resources., provide leadership and stewardship to the project team and maintain collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at the LGA level.

Scope of Work

• The Program Officer (PO) while reporting to the State Project Manager (SPM) and based at the state office, will line mange the LGA Field Assistants within his area of coverage.

Key working relationships

• The PO would be line managed by the SPM and would line manage the LGA Field Assistants in-charge of the assigned LGAs (presumably within a specific senatorial zone of a state). S/he would also maintain relationships with the country office departments, including Finance and Logistics.
• Key external relationships would be with staff at the LGA and State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP), LGA health staff and leading community members and gatekeepers.
• S/he would lead micro-planning, training and coordination, through drug administration and supportive supervision, to reporting of activities at the LGA level. S/he would maintain close communication with stakeholders and influential persons in the assigned LGAs through the agreed frameworks.

Key Accountabilities
Programme Management (70%):
Support the SPM and the state management team to lead activities for smooth programme management in the assigned LGAs in the following areas:

• Line management – build and performance manage an effective and technically fit SMC project team in the assigned LGAs.
• Be conversant with and guided by Malaria Consortium, policies, guidelines and the SMC Handbook towards the delivery of SMC in assigned LGAs.
• Planning (microplanning, selection of implementers at the local levels, training, database finalization, last mile distribution, SPAQ admin and reverse logistics);
• Engagement of stakeholders including government, communities and beneficiaries.
• Implementation (SPAQ admin) including QA and innovations, including the use of technology.
• General management including security, HR including line management, risk management, work planning and budgeting, VFM, optimization of grant, etc.;
• Risk Free operations including ensuring that all staff comply with MC values and start-to-finish (SFG) policies; and
• Coordination with other levels of government and internally, all MC functions.

Technical (20%):

• Support M&E activities, including reporting of SPAQ admin and lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS); and
• Support program review including end of cycle (EoC) reviews, end-of-round (EoR) reviews and EoR coverage survey.

Representations & Knowledge Management (10%):

• Lesson identification and use including adaptive management;
• Harmonization with other partners; and
• Representation especially at the LGA levels.

Qualifications and Experience

• Training in Nursing or Public Health;
• Five years experience of working in the Public Health sector;
• Experience in program management at the LGA/state level;
• Excellent project planning, management and monitoring & evaluation skills.
• Experience managing project budgets;
• Experience in using digital data collection tools in SMC campaigns and other health programs;
• Some practical experience in Health Information and Disease Surveillance Systems, interoperability, and international standards; open Global Health Information System software and open data sources, such as, but not limited to, DHIS2, ODK, and KoboCollect;
• Experience working at the LGA and community levels;
• Experience working on campaign-style interventions (delivery of interventions or social mobilization and SMC would be an added advantage).

Work-based skills and competencies:

• Good understanding of the Nigeria health system;
• Understanding of communication for behavior change and social mobilization;
• Team player and demonstrated ability to work within a team as well as individually;
• Ability to travel to LGAs outside of state capital at least 80% of the time;
• Ability to perform under pressure;
• Excellent communication skills in English and the dominant local language in assigned state.
• Evidence of being resident in state of assignment.

Salary
Competitive.

Application Closing Date
12th December, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Job Title: State Technical Malaria Lead

Requisition ID: R3046
Location: Akwa Ibom
Job type: Full-time

Overview

• The State Technical Malaria Lead will be responsible for supporting the State Coordinator with technical leadership of the program by providing malaria technical expertise in the conceptualization and implementation of state systems and processes to support effective and efficient delivery of malaria services.
• S/he will serve as a resource for up-to-date technical information on malaria control and elimination to USAID PMI and key stakeholders including the State Malaria Elimination Program.
• The position will oversee malaria services quality assurance initiatives at the state level including improvements to diagnosis through RDTs and microscopy, and accurate treatment of both severe and uncomplicated cases of malaria using national treatment guidelines; IPTp, iCCM, and SMC implementation where applicable.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in the development and monitoring of the state malaria annual work plan (AOP) and work closely with the State Coordinator to implement and monitor departmental work plans.
• Engage the State Malaria Elimination Program, SPHCDA, HMB, and relevant SMOH entities and partners to share progress, accomplishments, and challenges and ensure common understanding of current as well as future malaria technical direction.
• Interacts with the key stakeholders in the malaria partnership at state level
• Collaborate with the State Coordinator and the Finance and Operations Manager to optimize and utilize project resources in the most efficient way to achieve project results.
• Lead and supervise the project’s malaria technical team at state level
• Build capacity of SMEP and roll out a mentoring and supportive supervision program at all levels of the state health system
• Provide technical contributions to the state M&E/HSS officer in the development and implementation of a project surveillance monitoring and evaluation (SME) system including tracking the malaria cascade (persons with fever, tested with RDT/microscopy, positives treated with ACT, and outcome of treatment) and the related commodity data.
• Provide TA to the SMEP on effective engagement of private sector health service providers in planning and implementation of state malaria elimination programs.
• Contribute to writing project reports, documentation of good practices, and technical publications.
• Contribute to visibility of PMI for States Project work through innovative presentation of project approaches and results at state, federal and international levels

Qualifications and Experience

• Advanced Degree in Health and postgraduate qualification in public health or related discipline
• Should have good understanding of the Nigerian health system and the inter­relationships within the public and private health sector
• Knowledge and minimum of three years of progressively responsible experience working on malaria control in public and private in Nigeria
• In depth knowledge of malaria and public health principles with proven technical skills in malaria, including malaria case management, and integrated community case management of childhood illnesses
• Experience working with Ministry of Health and other Health Departments/Agencies on policy and strategy formulation at national and/or subnational levels;
• Experience  with broader human resource capacity building
• Nigerian with good understanding of local context.
• Significant experience in project management, program coordination and sound negotiation skills with malaria partners;
• Excellent writing, communication and presentation skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
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