Technical Officer - Liaison at Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)

Job Description

• Will be responsible for providing oversight, coordination, monitoring and reporting of the response project activities. S/he will coordinate implementation of planned activities with AHNi WASH and Nutrition Sector Leads.
• S/he will manage field site staff, support in project start-up and ongoing project management and administration of activities including beneficiary/community identification, refugees screening, site mapping, planning, and implementing of all sector activities, working with partners and facilitating monitoring.
• Also, s/he will coordinate implementation of planned activities with AHNi WASH and Nutrition Sector Leads, work with Nutrition and WASH sectors both in the field and Maiduguri, support tender procedures for procurement of WASH infrastructure and support the community mobilization of nutrition activities, establish and strengthen the referral pathways between the community and the facility and ensure efficient stock management of nutrition commodities and make timely requisitions of essential nutrition commodities such as therapeutic milk, and RUTF to avoid stock out.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• BS / BA in Social Science, Public Health or related field, with a minimum of 7-9 years’ relevant experience with international development programs which includes 5 years’ experience with Health program planning and implementation at the community or state level working with public and NGO sectors.
• Or MS/MA in Social Science, Public Health or related field, MPH preferred, and a minimum of 5-7 years’ relevant experience with international development programs which includes 3 years’ experience with similar program planning and implementation at the community or state level working with public and NGO sectors.
• Experience working with a humanitarian organization is essential.