Senior Program Officer at John Snow Inc - JSI

Position Type: Short-term

Duration: Three Months (September to November 2024)

Project Background

The Self-Care Accelerator Project (S-CAP) is a Bill Gate Foundation supported project directed at accelerating a country-led progress towards achieving universal health coverage by promoting the use and scale-up of self-care interventions in Nigeria. S-CAP is a one-year project which started in 2022 and is currently on No Cost Extension (NCE) till end of November 2024.  The goal of S-CAP is to build on current momentum around DMPA-SC Self-Injection to accelerate the National Self-Care agenda in Nigeria. The S-CAP is therefore working with country stakeholders and facilitating the coordination, dissemination, domestication and implementation of SC scale-up in Nigeria.

Context

Nigeria was one of the first countries to respond to the World health Organization (WHO) Guidelines on Self-Care Interventions for Health. In pursuant of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) the FMOH constituted a multi-stakeholder group on self-care which included key representation from partners and FMOH. The development of the SC guidelines was a product of deliberations of a multi-stakeholder group constituted by the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and in-country consultations that recommended the development of a country specific advocacy strategy and self-care guidelines. The development (2020) of the National Guideline on Self-Care for Sexual, Reproductive and Maternal Health was prioritized as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

John Snow, Inc. (JSI) is seeking a highly motivated Senior Program Officer to support the S-CAP in Nigeria. He/she will work in close collaboration with and provide administrative support to the In-country lead of S-CAP in Nigeria.

Key Activities

Skills and Experience

• Working knowledge of the country-level Sexual Reproductive and Maternal Health environment, partners, and programs, relevant to the Ministry of Health and other government agencies and officials responsible for Reproductive Health activities and strategies.
• Good knowledge of regulatory bodies and agencies for health care products in Nigeria
• Basic understanding of the range of public and private delivery channels for Self-Care products and services, including public sector facilities, community-based delivery mechanisms/programs, non-governmental (NGOs) structures, and private delivery mechanisms (social marketing, pharmacies, drug shops).
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Proven stakeholders’ engagement and workshop management skills
• Proven ability to prioritize and anticipate and meet deadlines
• Proficiency in the MS Office package, especially Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Proficiency in English
• Excellent report writing skills
• Proven ability to work independently as well as in a team-based environment

Qualifications

• Degree in Social Science, public health or related field; advanced degree is preferred;
• Experience in leading the development and tracking implementation of activities workplan and knowledge of how to measure project performance
• A track record of achieving or contributing to project activities dissemination and domestication of guidelines.
• Proven advocacy and stakeholders’ engagement experience and experience in building and maintaining a network with implementing partners

Note

JSI has a zero-tolerance policy for any form of abuse, exploitation or violence. We take every measure to prevent such incidents and to ensure compliance to our donors. We will expect all our employees/Consultants/Interns/Volunteers to commit to protecting children, young people and vulnerable adults from harm and abide by our safeguarding policy.

JSI is an equal opportunity employer and encourages individuals from diverse backgrounds to apply.