Vacancies: Health Economist, Program Coordinator (Community Mobilization /Advocacy
The Population Council is an international, non-profit, non-governmental institution that seeks to improve well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations around the world and help achieve a human, equitable and sustainable balance between people and resources. The Council’s major program areas are HIV&AIDS, reproductive health and poverty gender, and youth. The Council conducts biomedical, social science and public health research and helps build research capacities in developing countries. The Population Council works in collaboration with a broad range of Nigerian institutions. Due to expansion of its activities, the Council is seeking qualified individuals to fill the following positions in its Abuja office:
Position: Health Economist
The successful candidate will manage the design of operations research activities in the area of health economics and programme efficacy, through the development of research questions and designs, construction of data collection instruments and databases for data archiving, oversee field work, and conduct data cleaning and analysis. He/she will develop programmatic and advocacy strategies using evidence-base generated by project activities and research; and provide clear summaries of findings for specialist and non-specialist audiences.
Qualifications: The ideal candidate must have:
- Level of Education: Relevant degree(s) in Health Economics, an MPH gives added advantage
- Language Requirements: Written and spoken English – Excellent
- Level of IT Expertise Required excellent quantitative and computational skills Strong scientific and commercial communication skills Willingness to travel within the country and across the region on a regular basis.
- Required previous experience 5 Years working in health related development programs High degree of independence, creativity and commitment.
Position: Program Coordinator (Community Mobilization /Advocacy)
The successful candidate will provide leadership in all RH community outreach and field advocacy efforts in line with Council’s commitments around reducing maternal mortality and morbidity, and improving youth reproductive well-being in Nigeria.
Qualifications: The ideal candidate must have:
- Level of Education: A minimum of university degree in the Social Sciences, MPH or MSc in a field related to community development or behavior change communication.
- General communication & interpersonal skill level Excellent
- Language requirement: Written and spoken English – excellent
- IT expertise required: Good
- Experience working in the north, and ability to speak Hausa is preferred
- Ability to travel within and outside Nigeria
- Prior experience: 5 years experience implementing community mobilization and/or policy advocacy programs in the context of Reproductive Health Promotion, or Poverty Reduction, Gender Equality Advancement and Youth Development.
Mode of application:
Qualified candidates should follow the instructions below:
Send an application letter (stating your current salary and salary expectations) and resume to nigeria@popcouncil.org on or before Tuesday, February 7th, 2012.
Clearly state the position title for which you are applying and your full names starting with the surname first, then other names (e.g. Health Economist BEN, Joshua Ekong) – in the subject area of the email.
All attachments must be in pdf files.
Candidates who do not follow the above instructions will be automatically disqualified.
Population Council reserves the right to cancel the recruitment process at any time. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
The Population Council is an equal opportunity employer
