Vacancies: State Project Officer, Program/Monitoring and Evaluation Officer
Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) is one of the leading Nigerian Non-Governmental Organizations implementing programs for improving Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria prevention, care and treatment, and social marketing, etc. ARFH offers professional opportunities for career advancement, good working environment and competitive remuneration. We seek applications from qualified candidates for immediate employment for positions on various projects as follows:
Position: State Project Officer,
Location: Kebbi (Expanded Social Marketing Project in Nigeria (ESMPIN) )
Specific Responsibilities:
- Responsible for project implementation under the supervision of the project manager.
- Coordinate project activities at State level.
- Conduct advocacy activities to ensure project acceptance in the State and project LGAs
- Provide technical assistance to CBOs and CBD agents
- Conduct training and participate in monthly outreach and project review meetings
- Monitoring of project activities in LGAs, including collection and collation of relevant data from the communities
- Coordinate distribution of commodities to CBOs for use at the grass root.
Qualifications:
- A degree in social sciences, medicine or nursing profession
- With at least 3 years post National Youth Service experience, which must include at least 2 years in reproductive health (RH) programming, social marketing, sub granting at NGO/CBO levels as well as collaborative relationship skills with community leaders.
- An MPH is an added advantage.
- Familiarity with local tradition and language is highly desirable.
Position: Program/Monitoring and Evaluation Officer,
Location: Abuja (Youth Sexual & Reproductive Health Project)
Specific/Job Responsibilities:
- Support the Program Manager to coordinate efforts of a consortium and create environment for the project team members to function effectively
- Develop and implement project plan that communicates tasks, deadlines, status and track project milestones and deliverables
- Ensure availability and allocation of all resources required to meet project requirements and expectations and ensure that grant funds are expended in effective and efficient manner
- Collate and review reports from project team and ensure that reports correctly reflect the performance on the field
- Participate effectively in the design and implementation of strategic plan and policies at National and State levels
- Mentor, motivate and supervise project team members to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
Qualifications:
- A degree in social sciences, medicine or nursing profession.
- A Master’s degree in Public Health or related field will be an advantage.
- Also required is a minimum of 5 years experience working on adolescent sexual and reproductive health; (particularly youth programming in the Northern part of Nigeria)
- Strong leadership, institutional capacity strengthening, analytical, conceptualization and interpersonal communication skills.
- High level of proficiency in the use of computer applications and statistical software such as MS Word, Excel PowerPoint and SPSS are desirable.
How to Apply:
General Information:
The salary attached to these positions is competitive. Applicants should send their comprehensive Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter, both, only one MS Word attachment explaining suitability for the job. These should be sent on or before 14th August 2012 to programs2011@arfh-ng.ng.org
Please indicate the position applied for as the subject matter of the e-mail. Application that fails to comply with the above instructions will be disqualified while only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
