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- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
- Experience: 4 – 6 years
- Location: Sokoto
- Job Field: Medical / Healthcare
Role Purpose
- The purpose of this role is to provide strategic and operational advice and support to the Project team and partners in the technical delivery of the health (SRH and mental health) component of the project. The role will be a member of the Project Management Team.
Dimensions of the Role
- Support the development, implementation and periodic review of the health (SRH including MHPSS) components of the project, including engagement with broad range of project stakeholders.
Accountabilities
- Lead on the assessment of health facilities in line with minimum standards and working with stakeholders and partners to ensure the health facilities meet the standards.
- Lead on the development and implementation of all health and SRH and MHPSS training activities on the project, ensuring the highest quality of standard.
- Support the implementation of a gender responsive community and health facility referral process.
- Work closely with the Senior Health coordinator and health advisor for technical guidance and support
- Lead on the support to health facilities to be more adolescent friendly and gender responsive.
- Contribute to project research and support Monitoring and Evaluation processes.
- Work with the Program manager to regularly develop and disseminate knowledge management materials.
- Support the Program manager to identify and celebrate campaign and event days related to the project.
- Participate in the joint monitoring of the health sector with Government and other partners.
- Work with the program officer to ensure community structures have the requisite technical health and SRH and MHPSS knowledge, including comprehensive sexuality education.
- Provide technical insights in the development of curricula, advocacy and community mobilization strategies, including IEC materials and radio messages to ensure service delivery issues are captured.
- Regularly utilize project level data, to track progress against planned service delivery outputs and outcomes, and manage performance using RBM methodologies.
- Support Country Office Health, Gender and Social Inclusion Manager in identifying, disseminate and address gender barriers to programming outcomes.
- Provide regular updates to supervisor and other project team members to inform project programming decision making and advocacy efforts.
- Provide technical support to partner activities to ensure consistency with project objectives.
- Identify success stories in collaboration with partners and share with Program Management
- Lead on the technical report writing under the supervision of the program manager. Work with community-based structures for successful implementation of community outreach services.
- Support regular advocacies to local stakeholders to improve and sustain project buy-in and operations.
- Support the establishment and maintenance of good working relationship with the relevant State actors, local government authorities and other stakeholders.
- Assume any other responsibility as assigned by the Program Manager.
Technical expertise, skills and knowledge
Qualifications and Experience
- At least 4 – 6 years of experience providing technical support to health and SRH projects in Nigeria, preferably in Northern Nigeria.
- Medical or public health professional with strong technical expertise in the delivery of healthcare services in volatile low-resource settings.
- University education in medicine or health related course. An advanced degree such as MPH, MSc in relevant health field will be an added advantage.
- Experience in utilizing adolescent peer education methodologies and comprehensive sexuality Education in communities will be a plus.
- General knowledge of all and advanced knowledge of Sexual and reproductive Health and any of the following sub-sectors: primary health, reproductive health, mental health, community promotion
- A history of productive involvement with local partners, including from government, traditional leadership, and civil society
- Demonstrated knowledge and background in community mobilization and engagement on health and SRH and MHPSS projects.
- Demonstrated problem solving skills, collaboration experience, creativity and willingness to innovate
- Significant experience in the management of a multi-donor grant portfolio required. Skilled in program design and proposal development, creation and timely execution of workplans, and high-quality donor reporting.
- Excellent writing skills and able to draft and edit complex technical documents for donor submission with minimal oversight.
- Experience drafting project reporting and monitoring project progress
- Knowledge and Experience of the local context (including cultural and traditional norms) required.
- Knowledge of Hausa language preferred but not required
Skills & Knowledge
- Basic financial and administrative skills
- Communicates clearly and effectively appropriate to the audience
- Possession of good report writing skills
- Passion for learning and development.
- Good computer literacy skills.
- Team player
Behaviours:
- Provides good and adequate administrative support to enable the project meet its agreed program outcomes.
- Actively seeks for support in addressing difficulties in execution of duties.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to Plan International on jobs.plan-international.org to apply
