🇳🇬 Job Vacancies @ Jhpiego Nigeria – 6 Positions

Jhpiego, an Affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, is a global leader in improving healthcare services for women and their families.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) State Technical Director
2.) Costing Consultant for National Action Plan for Health Sector Response to GBV
3.) Senior Grants & Compliance Manager
4.) Knowledge Management / Communications Director
5.) Data Collector - Consultant
6.) Data Analyst - Consultant

Job Title: State Technical Director

Job ID: 2023-5112
Location: Ebonyi
Category: International Positions
Employment Status: Full-Time

Overview

• In collaboration with some it’s partners; Palladium, Society For Family Health and PharmAccess will be implementing a USAID funded global cooperative agreement called the Integrated Health Project(IHP) aims to contribute to reductions in child and maternal morbidity and mortality in target states, and to increase the capacity of health systems (public and private) to sustainably support quality PHC services. The project will operate over a 5-year period.
• The purpose of this Nigeria Integrated Health Program (IHP) Contract is to implement priority primary health interventions in Sokoto State to strengthen the state-, LGA-, and ward-level health system as well as strengthen engagement with the state government. The objectives of the program are to:
  • Strengthen systems supporting primary health care services;
  • Improve access to primary health care services; and,
  • Increase quality of primary health care services.
• The IHP goal is to contribute to state-level reductions in child and maternal morbidity and mortality and to increase the capacity of health systems (public and private) to sustainably support quality primary health care (PHC) services.
• TORs will be USAID’s principal primary health program service delivery activity in Sokoto and will coordinate closely with other USAID activities and other development partner programs in the state.
• USAID will intentionally overlay this activity with other Mission; programming to increase Government of Nigeria (GON) resources for primary health care (PHC) services, increase demand for PHC services, and improve access to essential commodities.
• The activity is expected to collaborate closely with those other implementing partners and will not undertake any activities already implemented by other USAID programs

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and technical expertise in high impact reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health, nutrition, and malaria (RMNCH+NM) services that is sound, evidence-based, and responsive to the needs of the State and USAID.
• Provide advice on the integration of these services into established service delivery systems at different levels of care in the State.
• Collaborate with other stakeholders, including other IHP states to apply lessons learned, innovations and quality methods to ensure evidence-based practices are translated to improved implementation of interventions.
• Provide technical advice on the integration of RMNCH+NM into established service delivery systems at different levels of care.
• Collaborate with other stakeholders, including other IHP states, to apply lessons learned, innovations, and cutting-edge quality improvement methods to translate best practices into improved implementation of interventions.
• Provide technical leadership to the building of local capacity using proven training approaches and quality improvement methodologies.
• Provide technical support to key stakeholders including review of technical documents and provide input to relevant policies and strategies.
• Provide technical leadership in the development of primary health care strategies for the reduction of maternal, newborn and child morbidity and mortality.
• Identify evidence-based innovative approaches to strengthen health systems strengthening interventions including service delivery.
• Provide technical assistance to key stakeholders including review of technical documents and provide input to relevant policies and strategies.
• Provide technical assistance and advice on the relevant latest health developments, publications, and other information generation activities being undertaken both in Nigeria and globally.
• Supervise Technical Advisors as needed.
• Coordinate closely with other USAID activities and development partner programs in the State.
• Contribute to and coordinate with the program’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) team on activities to ensure that the program meets set targets in accordance with national and USG standards.
• Represent program at state level stakeholder meetings and technical working groups in relation to RMNCH+NM and related technical areas.

Management:

• Contribute to annual work planning, training plans and quarterly reports and other required technical reports.
• Provide leadership on the timely, accurate and appropriate reporting of program activities and results.
• Advocate and ensure quality program implementation consistent with MOH Nigerian Guidelines, global best practices and USAID Nigerian Strategic Directions including advice on relevant latest health developments & publications.
• Coordinate the evaluation of program progress against deliverables on a quarterly basis.
• With the Integrated Primary Health Care Advisors, oversee program design, implementation, quality assurance and monitoring of work plan.
• Coordinate with the other members of the technical team and NGO partners to develop and implement feasible facility and community-based approaches.
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor which contribute to the achievement of program goals.
• All other duties and tasks as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years working experience in the areas of RMNCH+NM.
• A Medical Doctor, Nurse / Midwife, or any other closely related health care professional; specialization in obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics or Public Health and other health related courses (e.g., MPH, MSC in international health, social sciences, or other relevant degree) will be an advantage.
• Previous experience working on a USAID funded project will be an added advantage.
• Familiarity with the FMOH, SMOH, NPHCDA, or SPHCDA structures and functions
• Demonstrated expertise in working directly with host-country senior government officials and policy makers in health.
• Strong skills in leadership, design, implementation, and monitoring of program components, e.g., services, training, quality improvement, advocacy and coordination.
• Demonstrated capacity to develop technical materials and providing training to improve service delivery, advocacy, and resource mobilization for expanding RMNCH+NM.
• Strong verbal, listening, writing, and intrapersonal skills essential for effective coordination among several institutions and staff involved in a broad range of activities.
• Strong ability to multi-task will be highly desirable.
• Fluent in English, (written and oral communication)
• Willingness to travel throughout Nigeria, as necessary

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Costing Consultant for National Action Plan for Health Sector Response to GBV (Abuja)

Job ID: 2023-5113
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Category: International Positions
Employment Status: Consultant

Background

• GBV is acknowledged to be an epidemic in Nigeria, as in other countries. Various forms of GBV are prevalent in the country including sexual violence, intimate partner violence, child marriage, forced marriage, physical abuse, rape, sexual assault, harmful traditional practices such as harmful widowhood practices, female genital mutilation, forced prostitution, trafficking and exploitation, and technology-facilitated GBV such as cyber-harassment (including revenge porn) and cyber-bullying.
• The National Demographic and Health Survey, 2018 (NDHS 2018) indicates that among women aged 15-19, (31 per cent) of them have experienced physical abuse and 9 per cent have experienced sexual violence.
• Another alarming statistic from the NDHS 2018 also indicated that 6% of women have experienced physical violence during pregnancy.1 Intimate partner violence which is a form of GBV was found to be higher in 2018 with 36% of women reporting a form of abuse or violence from their partners.
• When compared to the 31% and 25% recorded in 2008 and 2013, respectively, this represents an increase in numbers.2 Similarly, recent data from the NDHS 2018 shows that the prevalence of physical violence against women is increasing, with the percentage of women who have been subjected to physical abuse since the age of 15 rising from 28% in 2008 and 2013 to 31% in 2018.3

Rationale for the Costing of the National Action Plan for Health Sector Response to Gender Based Violence in Nigeria:

• Although the National gender in health policy – provides evidence for advocating for the integration of gender rights into policies and programmes as the pathway to actualization the health needs of citizens, as well as achieving global target. it lacks a costed Action Plan /Monitoring and Evaluation tool.
• The federal ministry of health with support from the MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership developed the National Action Plan for Health Sector response to GBV.
• Hence the need for costing of the National Action Plan for Health Sector Response to Gender Based Violence and make it operational in Nigeria. We are therefore seeking to engage the services of a qualified consultant to lead the costing of the National Action Plan for health sector response to GBV.

Responsibilities

• The Consultant will lead the process in developing a costing framework for the National Action Plan for Health Sector Response to Gender Based Violence in Nigeria.
• The Consultant will participate in a stakeholder meeting and present the draft framework to key stakeholders for validation.
• The Consultant shall collate inputs from key stakeholders to finalize costing of the priority activities for implementation of the National Action Plan for Health Sector Response to Gender Based Violence in Nigeria.

Specific Tasks

• Develop a costing framework for validation by key stakeholders
• Final framework utilised to cost the National Action Plan for Health Sector Response to Gender Based Violence in Nigeria
• Facilitate a one-day stakeholders meeting to review and finalize costing
• Write report on activity carried out and submit to FMoH

Specific deliverables/End product:

• Costed framework developed
• Costed Priority implementation activities in the National Action Plan for Health Sector Response to Gender Based Violence in Nigeria
• Final report developed

Required Qualifications

• The Consultant should be a costing expert (preferred) or Health Economist (desirable)
• At least 5 years’ experience in the costing of National, State, LGA and Community level Gender based /public health programs.

Duration of the Consultancy and Remuneration

• The Consultant shall be engaged for a period of 15 non-continuous working days at the rate of N100,000 daily.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Senior Grants & Compliance Manager

Job ID: 2023-5096
Location: Nigeria
Employment Status: Full-Time
Category: International Positions

Overview

• The Senior Grants and Compliance Manager will provide leadership to Jhpiego Nigeria country in the implementation of organizational standards, financial systems and related donor compliance guidelines for projects funded by the US government and other donors.
• S/he will ensure proper internal control systems including developing and monitoring country wide risk register.

Responsibilities

• Review, make necessary recommendations and implement policies and procedures for the general operation of the organization and its related activities to prevent illegal, unethical, or improper conduct.
• Review the strategic priorities and activities of the Country Programme to assess and identify potential risks to the organization
• Work with management to prioritise risks, provide advice and guidelines to management and staff on development of risk management frameworks at different levels, including during annual planning process.
• Review the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal controls systems and recommend improvements as necessary.
• Support regular audits to determine the accuracy of financial transactions and Carries out value adding and risk - based compliance reviews in all Projects/Units and partners organizations regularly to verify adherence to Jhpiego, donor policies and procedures, and laws and regulations of Nigeria
• Support the preparation of audit reports with recommendations. Review internal work plan to resolve/clear findings of external audits.
• Ensure all organizational activities are in line with contractual obligations and agreements with respective grant funders
• Work closely with senior management, finance, administration, and human resources staff to ensure compliance with donor regulations
• Provide regular updates to management and staff on audit and compliance issues
• Raises awareness on compliance processes, purpose to staff/other stakeholders and builds capacity of relevant staff on compliance and other necessary regulations
• Ensure that the organization’s assets are properly managed and safeguarded against loss.
• Provide advice and recommendations to the CD, Fin & Admin Director, and other managers and teams on improvements to Jhpiego’s systems and procedures to strengthen internal controls.
• Ensure review of Organization accounts, financial control systems, and program management to ensure effective internal controls, and participate in the development of new internal control initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or any relevant discipline, Master's Degree preferred
• Minimum of 10 years of experience managing grants for donor organizations. Experience with the USAID grants management system is highly preferred.
• Ability to deal appropriately with sensitive issues and maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times.
• Theoretical knowledge of ADS, 22 CFR 226, 22 CFR 228, OMB Circulars; Federal Acquisition Regulations; and other donor regulations.
• An understanding of maintenance of ledger entries, books keeping skills, and bank reconciliation.
• Computer skills including the use of spreadsheets and/or accounting packages
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, GAAP.
• Knowledge of internal controls
• Good attention to detail with the ability to follow, apply, interpret, and explain instructions and/or guidelines.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively interact with all levels of staff and partners.
• Good oral and written communication skills to effectively communicate findings and analyses
• Cooperative, hardworking, flexible & dependable.
• Possess high level of integrity and have a sense of confidentiality
• Excellent negotiation and representation skills and the ability to work comfortably with an ethnically diverse staff in a very sensitive environment.
• Good context analysis skills
• Knowledge of institutional donors (United Nations, USAID/CDC, DFID, etc.) regulations, procedures, and requirements is a plus.

Salary Range
N1,170,000 - N1,300,000 Monthly (Gross).

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: Knowledge Management / Communications Director

Job ID: 2023-5098
Location: Nigeria
Employment Status: Full-Time
Category: International Positions

Overview

• We are seeking to engage a Knowledge Management and Communications Director for Jhpiego Nigeria.
• The Knowledge Management and Communications Director shall serve as the primary focal point for communications and KM related activities for Jhpiego Nigeria
• S/he will provide high-level strategic leadership for Jhpiego’s portfolio of work on communications and knowledge management and other learning functions across all active grants for Jhpiego -Nigeria.
• Responsible for raising the profile and visibility of Jhpiego in Nigeria as well as leading knowledge management efforts to entrench organizational learning at Jhpiego Nigeria.
• The KM & Comms Director will work closely with the KM/Comms focal points from across all active grants at Jhpiego Nigeria, bridge the relevant work done by in-country projects and Jhpiego headquarters, and report to the Jhpiego Nigeria KM and Communications POC.
• Responsibilities
• The KM/Communications Director will be responsible for developing high-level communications products to showcase Jhpiego’s work to key audience in an on-going basis, including but not limited to donors, government of Nigeria, policy makers, partner organizations, the media, and public.
• S/He will ensure well written information and knowledge products and other communication pieces with high quality photos, videos, infographics or stories for Jhpiego Nigeria.
• S/He will work closely with colleagues to identify KM needs as well as harness and package knowledge for dissemination through different means, and varied audience through sound program knowledge and experience.
• Identify creative and effective ways to generate and share knowledge with a view to leverage good practices to improve programs
• Provide editorial services for documents and presentations, including formatting, style and accuracy of a text, grammar and punctuation and copy editing
• Manage a repository of relevant documents and materials on OneJhpiego.
• Identifying cross cutting capacity building needs of technical and programmatic staff, plan and coordinate capacity building activities for staff such as brown bag lunches to enhance their ability to communicate about project achievements/position Jhpiego.
• Adhere to company standards for quality assurance for communication materials.
• Contribute to program design, workplan development and tracking systems. Actively participates in the development of annual work plans and any specialized technical planning or reporting;

Required Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Communications, Knowledge Management, Public Health, International Development or related field
• 10 Years’ experience working in knowledge management and communications for public health, experience with an INGO will be an added advantage
• Demonstrate competencies in communicating to a wide range of stakeholders and audiences as well as excellent report writing, facilitation and inter-personal skills.
• Demonstrate good judgment, possesses sensitivity and understanding of how messaging impacts diverse audiences
• Excellent computer skills in a full range of software, including: MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), Adobe Creative Suite, Infographic Programs and/or other graphics programs.
• Proven ability to organize, summarize, and rewrite technical information for non-expert audiences.
• Experience facilitating workshops and trainings in communication skills.
• Proven organizational and management skills, ability to work independently and in teams in a multi-cultural context.
• Ability to develop compelling infographics to support data and presentations
• The ideal candidate should be an excellent writer with strong command of both spoken and written English
• Attention to detail, consistency and accuracy
• Proven ability to meet tight deadlines and juggle numerous projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment
• Be willing to take on extra responsibilities in order to achieve the goals/objectives set by the organization

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: Data Collector - Consultant

Job ID: 2023-5095
Locations: Ebonyi and Sokoto
Employment Status: Consultant
Category: International Positions

Overview

• The "MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership" (MCGL), is a four-year USAID funded project led by Jhpiego in consortium partnership with Save the Children, PACT and The Manhoff Group (TMG).
• The project focuses on Prevention and Mitigation of the consequences of violence against women and girls and addressing possible drivers of Forced Early and Child Marriage (CEFM) and will be implemented in Sokoto and Ebonyi States, to address four technical areas such as Sexual violence (SV), Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), CEFM and Early adoption of family planning.
• One of the key prevention interventions implemented by the project is SASA Together. "SASA!" means "NOW!" in Kiswahili, emphasizing the urgent need to prevent violence against women. "Together" emphasizes that change is possible with collaboration, support and solidarity. SASA! is a groundbreaking community mobilization approach developed by Raising Voices (Uganda) for preventing violence against women.
• It is a proven strategy that has worked in countries like Tanzania, Sudan and Rwanda. It is a uniquely designed to address a core driver of violence against women and unpacks the imbalance of power between women and men, girls and boys. It is a strategy that inspires and enables communities to rethink and reshape social norms.
• SASA! Together is implemented in phases i.e. START, AWARENESS, SUPPORT and ACTION. Sequel to the implementation of the start phase, the project is in the process of moving to the next phase which is awareness and will be conducting an assessment to ‘unpack’ progress made so far with respect to the start phase and findings will also be used as baseline for the awareness phase.
• Therefore, the project seeks qualified data collectors (community level expereince - surveys and FGDs) to collect data across the implementation LGAs in Sokoto and Ebonyi respectively.

Responsibilities
Overall Responsibilities:

• Collect data (qualitative and quantitatve) in Sokoto and Ebonyi LGAs, specifically Binji (Maikulki and Bunkari), Ilela (Kalmalo & Ilela Gari), Ezza North (Ezzekwetekwe/Ogbuinyagu) and Ebonyi (Nkaleke Echara-Ndiebor & Nkaleke Echara-Unuhu).

Data Collection Preparation:

• Participate in pre-assessment training.
• Ensure required tools, consent forms are completely signed.
• Management of Tablets that will be utilized to record interviews and assessments.

Data Collection:

• Visit assigned communities.
• Pay advocacy visits to Community gate keepers to solicit their support and necessary information.
• Collect data using REDCAP and ensure to send to Jhpiego server on a daily basis.
• Facilitate focus group discussions (FGDs).
• Store all audio recordings securely on project tablets/phones.
• Deliver audio recordings to MCGL Study Team in a secure manner.

Quality Assurance of Data Cleaning:

• Coordinate with implementation team to ensure consistency and quality of interview transcripts in English.
• Respond to any follow-up requests from MCGL study Team related to data collection or data cleaning.

Deliverables

• Completed FGDs.
• Completed surveys, in line with target given.
• Completed Quantitative interviews received on Jhpiego server
• Completed Transcripts of all interviews.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of B.Sc in Social Sciences / Development Studies / Gender Studies or its equivalent.
• Minimum of 2 years experience in qualitative/quantitative data collection, specifically conducting in-depth interviews and experience in probing for clearer answers.
• Experience using electronic data collection softwares.
• Strong interpersonal skills and communication skills, initiative, patience and problem-solving abilities, diplomacy and good judgment.
• Good time management skills and ability to work under pressure with little or no supervision.
• Excellent report writing skills in English.
• Familiarity with gender and gender-based violence programming is desirable and will be an added advantage.
• Must be resident and have good working knowledge of the State and LGAs of interest.
• Understanding of local language will be an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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

Job Title: Data Analyst - Consultant

Job ID: 2023-5094
Location: Abuja
Employment Status: Consultant
Category: International Positions

Job Description

• The "MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership" (MCGL), is a four-year USAID funded project led by Jhpiego in consortium partnership with Save the Children, PACT and The Manhoff Group (TMG).
• The project focuses on Prevention and Mitigation of the consequences of violence against women and girls and addressing possible drivers of Forced Early and Child Marriage (CEFM) and will be implemented in Sokoto and Ebonyi States, to address four technical areas such as Sexual violence (SV), Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), CEFM and Early adoption of family planning.
• MCGL is currently implementing several community response activities including Survivor Advocacy, SASA Together, amongst others.

Responsibilities

• Lead the analysis of data and information (qualitative and quantitatve) from the community work and prepare the data assessment report.

Specific Responsibilities:
Working closely with the MEL Advisor and other MCGL technical staff assigned, the Data Analyst will:

• Participate in data collection training for data collectors and field testing of the tools.
• Remotely supervise the field work in the two states of implementation(Sokoto and Ebonyi)
• Prepare and share code book and dummy tables.
• Participate in data review, analysis and report writing workshop in Abuja (where applicable)
• Lead the study data analysis and report writing for the data assessment.

Deliverables
Acitivity report detailing work done and recommendations including:

• Statistical analysis of available data.
• Code books and dummy tables.
• Intepretation of analysed data (quantitative and qualitative).
• Draft Report of assessments.

Required Qualifications

• A Master's Degree in Sociology, Medical or Health Sciences Research or Biostatistics is required.
• Prior experience leading or supporting similar research projects is an advantage.
• Experinece in qualitative and quantitative research methods, community surveys and good publication track records are desirable.
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills are essential.
• Good spoken and written English.
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines at short notice.
• Excellent report writing skills.
• Familiarity with international donors and social development report writing requirements will be an added advantage.
• Good computer skills and competence with data analysis softwares including SPSS, STATA, Atlas.ti, R is desirable.
• Knolwedge of ArcGIS is an added advantage.

Consultancy Fee
N50,000 Per Day.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

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