Vacancies: Technical Advisor-Reproductive Health/Family Planning, Quality Management Advisor
Jhpiego. An affiliate of Johns Hopkins University and a global leader in improving healthcare for women and families, seeks suitable candidates for the blowing positions:
Position: Technical Advisor: Reproductive Health/Family Planning
Report to: Deputy Chief of Party
Location: Bauchi, Nigeria
Summary Scope of Work:
The RH/FP Technical Advisor will be responsible for providing leadership in capacity building and in the technical areas of reproductive health/family planning (RH/FP) for the USAID bilateral award in Nigeria. This five-year award, supports the United States Agency for International Development (USAiD) Nigeria’s Strategic Objective 13, which calls for improved quality of social sector services; a strengthened enabling environment; and expanded demand for and increased access to services, commodities, and materials. Strategic Objective 13 has two targeted states, Bauchi and Sokoto.
Responsibilities:
- Provide overall technical vision and guidance in the area of RH/FP
- As a member of the project’s Core Team, provide leadership in RH/FP for the design of annual work plans, monitoring of program activities and ongoing assessment of technical assistance needs
- Manage/support subcontractors, institutions, networks, relevant NGOs, collaborating organizations, and federal and state governments in Nigeria
- Advise on national and global FP/RH “best practice” examples and their potential replicability, as well as opportunities for knowledge exchange among state-based institutions and/or individuals.
- Assess technical capacity of state institutions as appropriate.
- Collaborate with other IPs implementing similar programming to ensure joint planning and coordination where appropriate
- Develop and maintain excellent relationships with colleagues, counterparts, and donors
- Keep her/his supervisors and project staff informed of successes, challenges, best practices and lessons learned in implementing programs in areas of technical expertise
- Develop and/or review technical documents and learning materials in areas of technical expertise
- Write, co-author and otherwise support the documentation of project results in conferences and publications
- Perform technical reviews of gram applications and subcontractor scopes of work.
Position: Quality Management Advisor
Report to: Deputy Chief of Party
Location: Bauchi, Nigeria
Summary Scope of Work: The Quality management Advisor (QMA) serves as a technical resource for the TSHIP Project in the area of quality and performance improvement in health care and prevention. Specifically the QMA provides guidance and support to the state level project units and counterparts (SMOH) for the design and implementation of initiatives in these areas, using the Standards-Based Management and Recognition (SBM-R) as a core approach. S/he also contributes to the development of innovative approaches in the areas of quality and performance improvement.
Responsibilities:
The QMA provides technical assistance and support for the:
- Orientation of the project and counterpart staff in concepts arid methods for quality and performance improvement, using SBM-R as a core approach
- Identification of opportunities for improving the quality and performance of health workers and facilities
- Design of SBM-R initiatives
- Development of SBM-R tools
- Implementation and monitoring of SBM-R initiatives
- Data collection, results reporting, evaluation, and documentation of the SBM-R initiatives
- Disseminations of the SBM-R and other project initiatives
- Develop and maintain excellent relationships with colleagues, counterparts, and donors
- Keep her/his supervisors and project staff informed of successes, challenges, best practices and lessons learned in implementing programs in areas of technical expertise.
- Develop and/or review technical documents and learning materials in areas of technical expertise
- Write, co-author and otherwise support the documentation of project results in conferences and publications
How to Apply:
Please send a cover letter and resumes to jhunigeriaproject@yahoo.com on or before 13th June 2013.
For further information about jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org .
Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and will need to resume as early as possible.
JHU is an Affirmative. Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
