Vacancies: Senior Manager- GF Malaria, Senior Officer- Malaria Field Programmes
Society for Family Health (SFH) is one of the leading public health NGOs in Nigeria, implementing programmes in reproductive health, HIV and AIDS prevention, and material and child health SFH works in partnership with the Federal and State Government of Nigeria, the British Department for International opportunities for career advancement, a good working environment and competitive remuneration. We require competent candidates for the following positions:
Position: Senior Manager, GF Malaria-(Abuja)
Ref email to: smgfmalabj@sfhnigeria.org
Job Profile
This is a Senior Manager position and will report to the Director – Global Fund (GF) Malaria. The successful candidate must be versed in malaria programming in Nigeria with sound experience in health commodities marketing, distribution and channel management. S/He must be able to develop and write proposals and reports. The candidate should have experience in managing partnership with stakeholders and development partners. The successful candidate will provide technical support to the National Malaria Programme in policy formulation, communication development, advocacy and routine collation of malaria data. S/He will analyze field reports to determine weaknesses in programme delivery and suggest recommendations for improvement; will work with external partners such as the Global Fund, USAID. Population Services International (PSI), and the World Health Organization (WHO) in the implementation of malaria interventions in Nigeria; will collate project results from states and ensure project targets are met and take the lead in the production and submission of regular reports to the Global Fund and other Development Partners. S/He must be very analytical and be able to ensure that programme outcomes link up with future plans. S/He must meet deadlines and provide leadership to surbodinates.
Qualifications/Experience:
Minimum Academic/Professional Qualifications required for the position:
- Must possess a first degree in Sciences/Medical/Behavioural/Social Sciences/Public Health or its equivalent in a relevant field is required.
- Must possess a post graduate degree in relevant field or Masters in Public Health.
- Must possess a minimum of eight (8) years post NYSC experience in areas of malaria programming and project implementation.
- S/He must possess ability to analyse and interpret both quantitative and qualitative programme data.
- Must possess excellent planning and organisational skills.
- Must be able to work with minimal supervision.
- Must have cognate skills in computer appreciation.
- Must possess a high level of integrity and with good interpersonal skills.
Position: Senior Officer, Malaria Field Programmes (Yobe)
Ref email to: soffmalyobe@sfhnigeria.org
Job Profile:
Reporting to the Malaria Programme Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for the coordination of all Malaria social mobilisation in the states. Primary duties will be management and monitoring of the CSOs’ and Sub-recipients’/Consultants’ progress towards achieving programme deliverables.
- S/He will be responsible for monitoring the quality of outputs, and ensuring the fiscal integrity of all transactions and operations, behaviour change communication and mass mobilization activities.
- S/He will also be responsible for quality assuring all training, and monitoring and evaluation of malaria intervention programmes within the state.
- S/He will also be required to strengthen the RBM partnership in the state and will be the liaison of SFH to the public sector aspect of the malaria control programme.
Qualifications/Experience:
Minimum Academic/Professional Qualifications required for the position:
- Must possess a first degree in any Health /Behavioural /Social Science or related field.
- Must possess a minimum of three (3) years post NYSC working experience in an NGO at the field level.
- Must possess sound experience in community mobilization techniques.
- Must have in depth experience with database management and data entry, cleaning and verification. Ability to work with MS Word, Excel, Power Point, DHIS 1.4 and 2.0 is essential.
- Must be excellent at report writing, and possess good M&E skills.
- Must possess experience in donor funded projects
- Good knowledge of BCC theories and practices is required for persons managing social mobilization activities.
Method of Application:
A one page application (using the position reference as subject), addressed to the Deputy Director-HR, clearly providing evidence of competences required for the job, current remuneration, as well as a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae indicating
clearly your valid telephone numbers, e-mail address and current contract address should be sent no later than 12th September 2013 to the email address beside the job you are applying for. We kindly request that only candidates with the minimum requirement need apply. While we respect your application, due to the large number of applications received by SFH Nigeria, please note that we are only able to contact shortlisted candidates.
For details of these and other positions, please refer to our website: www.sfhnigeria.org/careers
SFH is an equal opportunity employer, Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
SFH does not use third party recruiters or charge a fee for employment.
