Jobs at Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)

Basic Function

• Will be responsible for technical leadership of the program, ensuring the implementation of high-quality, evidence-based interventions, and management a team of staff and sub-partners to ensure quality, timeliness, and efficiency of all activities and products generated under the project. 
• The Project Lead will also lead and oversee program monitoring, evaluation, and learning, and project implementation.
• The Project Director will also provide technical expertise on Group Antenatal Care.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate and oversee the quality of all technical activities, providing direction, feedback and support to ensure success and achieve project goals.
• Ensure program adherence to internationally accepted technical norms and standards of practice.
• Provide input into and assure that all donor reporting requirements on program impact are met, including assisting implementing partners in setting up reporting and tracking systems to provide such information in an efficient and timely manner.
• Facilitate continuous quality assessment and improvement and ensure that program best practices are documented and disseminated throughout the program cycle.
• Ensure effective coordination, communication and standards of practice among the project’s partners.
• Ensure high quality program delivery and the cost-effective use of AHNi and Donor resources.
• Ensure staff and partners receive required management support and technical assistance on program design, budget/work plan development, and M&E planning.
• Provide regular written/oral program progress updates, as requested.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• A Master's Degree or Higher in Public Health, Epidemiology or a related field is required.
• At least eight years’ experience working as a senior level manager in a public health program in a developing country.
• In-depth technical knowledge and experience in all components of the Maternal Neonatal Programming as well as cross-cutting areas like HSS etc.
• Progressive experience with HIV prevention, treatment and/or care and support programming including design, implementation, monitoring and reporting of activities of similar size and complexity in Nigeria or a similar setting.
• Demonstrated supervisory skills and ability to work well in a team.
• Demonstrated experience implementing and managing program in resource constrained countries.
• Demonstrated experience producing quality English-language communications products, such as progress reports, case studies, and research protocols.
• Experience interacting with developing country government, international organization, other bilateral donor and civil society representatives, and senior level government officials.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and sustain professional relationships with civil society organizations and host country government counterparts.
• Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems, international donor organizations, NGOs and CBOs is required.
• Demonstrated success in multicultural environments is required.

Knowledge, Skills & Attributes:
Leadership:

• Ability to sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with internal colleagues and contacts in donor and peer organizations.
• Deep understanding of AHNi’s strategy and how efforts contribute to the greater good.
• Consistently works within internal process and procedures.
• Strong interpersonal and team building skills.
• Proactive engagement in corporate initiatives.

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Job Functions

• Will provide support to and coordinate the project’s activities within donor guidelines and regulations.
• S/He will support in the preparation of program strategies, documents, implementation plans and activity budgets to improve program implementation.
• S/He will also support the provision of programmatic assistance to local partners in the state, support the desk review of key program documents, track the projects budget to ensure adherence and keep the project expenditure within approved budget.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Economics, or Behavioral Sciences
• 4 years of progressive experience in the development or humanitarian programs at community level
• Knowledge and skills of major donor policies as well as international non-for-profit organizations.
• Demonstrated program management skills.
• Ability to organize systems to monitor administrative and implementation results.
• Good report writing skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.
• Facilitation, mentoring and coaching skills.

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Job Description

• The ATO-AMERL will work with others in the State Office and Local Implementing Partners to ensure that monitoring and evaluation activities are appropriate and meet the Donor and Project’s M&E needs.
• S/he will re-validate high Frequency reporting, support onsite mentoring activities under the guidance of the Technical Officer-AMERL and take regular M&E tools inventory, reporting same to the Technical Officer-AMERL.
• S/He will monitor periodic M&E tools distribution to supported sites, provide administrative support to the department, provide M&E support to the states, and ensure that locally employed Monitoring and Evaluation Staff, Consultants and Partners understand and can support the M&E requirements and coordinate the logistics for all State M&E department trainings, workshops and meetings.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• MB.BS / MD / PHD or similar Degree with 2 to 3 years relevant experience in monitoring and evaluation with a sound understanding of HIV/AIDS with provision of PMTCT and anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in resource constrained settings.
• Or MPH or MS/MA in relevant Degree with 3 to 5 years relevant experience in monitoring and evaluation with a sound understanding of HIV/AIDS with provision of PMTCT and anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in resource constrained settings.
• Or BS / BA in Statistics, Pharmacy, Microbiology, Monitoring and Evaluation or in relevant Degree with 3 to 5 years relevant experience in monitoring and evaluation with a sound understanding of HIV/AIDS with provision of PMTCT and anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in resource constrained settings.
• Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.

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Job Function

• The Program Intern will provide support to the Program Management Team ensuring that administrative processes are covered, and that Volunteers’ timesheet are reviewed and processed timely.
• S/He will raise and process administrative requests, memos and Purchase requests.
• S/He will also ensure proper documentation of all required documents in hard and electronic copy.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Sciences or Behavioral Sciences, with 1-2 years working experience in development programs at the community level with at least 1 years’ experience with HIV/AIDS program planning and implementation working with public and NGO sectors required.
• Fluency in written and spoken English communication. Fluency in local dialect and language of host community would be an added advantage.
• Ability to work well with others and to develop and maintain compatibility among project staff, subcontractors, consultants and recipients of assistance.
• Ability to manage tight deadlines and deliver high volumes of work with minimal supervision.
• Computer skills in Microsoft Word, excel, power point and Outlook at minimum.

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Job Description

• Will ensure high technical standards and quality of MNH services especially G-ANC in selected facilities, develop/adopt technical policies/guidelines/protocols on G-ANC, Malaria in Pregnancy.
• Develop/adapt capacity building plan and materials on MNH (specifically G-ANC) based on needs and support the SPHCDA, SMOH, LGPHC department and health facilities to implement the plan.
• S/He will support the SPHCDA/SMoH to organize Joint Integrated Supportive Supervision to selected health facilities, support the government of Yobe State to develop G-ANC policy and related policies, ensure roll-out of G-ANC in all selected Health Facilities, ensure roll-out of Active Case Detection of Malaria in Pregnancy and supervise and guide Technical Officers to provide quality support to government.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• MB.BS / MD / MPH or similar Degrees in Nursing / Midwifery or Community Health Care.             
• At least 6 years of working experience in MNH-FP field.
• Demonstrable experience in working closely and coordinating with the SMOH, SPHCDA and other relevant agencies.
• Should have sound technical knowledge on MNH services especially G-ANC, Nigeria health service delivery system.
• Excellent skills in program planning, coordination, facilitation and representation
• Good facilitation, mentoring and coaching skills.
• Excellent report-writing skills
• Appropriate computer proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Commitment to spending at least 50% of time in the field are essential requirements.

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Job Description

• Will engage with LG PHC departments and MNH/RH Focal Persons, provide direct mentoring and coaching on G-ANC and other MNH services to Health Care Providers (HCP) in selected facilities.
• S/He will support and ensure the documentation and reporting of services provided using HMIS tools, ensure good documentation of facility-based activities e.g., capacity development, CQI etc., support community structures to mobilize resources to support the provision of MNH services in health facilities, support community structures to mobilize and remove demand-side barriers to effective utilization of ANC and other MNH services.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• MB.BS, B.Sc or similar Degrees in Nursing / Midwifery or Community Health or, Nursing / Midwifery, Community Health with at least 10 years’ experience in MNH
• At least 3 years of working experience in MNH-FP field
• Demonstrable skills in provision of quality ANC and other MNH services
• Good counseling, facilitation, coaching and mentoring skills
• Demonstrable skills in documentation using HMIS data capturing and reporting tools
• Good inter-personal relationship and the ability to work with community structures e.g., WDC, CHIPS
• Commitment to continuous learning are essential requirements.

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Job Description

• Will support the design and implementation of the project’s MERL system in line with national policies and guidelines.
• Provide support to the project on data collection, collation, storage, analysis, and reporting, ensuring that data is of high quality and data quality audit worthy. Support the strengthening of malaria surveillance.
• Will conduct and support the State to perform DQA. S/he will support health facilities, SMoH/SPHCDA to analyze data and use appropriate visualizations to develop reports, bulletins etc.
• Develop data collection tools that will capture project specific data elements. Build the capacity of health care providers, State MNH TWG, State M&E team on MERL, Research, etc.
• Lead the development of monthly, quarterly and annual reports. Manage baseline assessments and support the implementation of operational research.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• MSc. / Master's Degree in any of the following or related fields: Social Science, International Development, Public Health, Engineering, Statistics, or Economics.
• At least four (4) years progressive experience in the implementation of result-based MERL.
• Demonstrated relevant technical skills in analyzing quantitative and qualitative data.
• Demonstrated commitment to data use and learning to improve program performance.
• Extensive knowledge and experience in reporting procedures, best practices, guidelines, and tools for monitoring, evaluation and learning, including impact evaluation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, i.e., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc., and the ability to use various commercially available statistical and data visualization software programs.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of HMIS and DHIS2.
• Ability to design and conduct assessment, evaluations, and operational research.

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Job Description

• Will be responsible for accounting and finance and overall administration for the project, ensuring compliance with the contractual requirements of the project with the objective of providing professional accountancy services consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Ensure that financial management and office administration policies and procedures in finance are consistent with those of AHNi and donors.
• Implement accounting and fiscal control procedures to comply with AHNi and donor policies and procedures. Develop and review operational budgets.
• Provide oversight of pipeline expenditure projections, manage and review financial functions (check requests, wire transfers, and journal entries), provide direction, oversight, and interpretation of accounting policies and procedures that guide the day- to-day operations of the project.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• BS / BA Degree in Accounting, Finance and Business Administration or its recognized equivalent with 7 - 9 years relevant experience.
• Or MS/MA degree in Accounting, Finance and Business Administration or its recognized equivalent, and 5 - 7 years relevant experience.
• Minimum of 3 years supervisory experience in office management and administration.
• CPA, ACA, ICAN, CIMA, CFE or any other relevant professional qualification is required.
• Experience in managing financial records of donor-funded organizations and familiarity with donor and local contractual procedures is an advantage.

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Job Description

• The Finance and Administrative Assistant will be responsible for the provision of accounting, administrative, and logistical support services to the state Office.
• S/He will ensure the accurate keeping of all books of account for the project, including checking account, equipment and supply registers and all accounting records, lead the preparation of monthly and annual financial reports with accompanying bank documentation and receipts, assist in monitoring subproject budgets in accordance with approved work plan activities.
• S/He will also assist with the maintenance of an efficient records/storage of all office supplies while functioning as Lead for processing cash advances, retirements, petty cash management and refunds made in favor of AHNI state office.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• University Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration.
• Three (3) years working experience in related fields.
• Sound accounting administrative and secretarial skills.
• Experience with large complex organization is required, familiarity with international NGOs preferred.

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Job Description

• Under the guidance of the Senior Human Resources Officer, the Human Resources Assistant will provide administrative and technical support to the Human Resources (HR) Team in functional areas which include HRIS-Employee Data Capturing and maintenance, proactive document filings (Hard & Soft copies), supporting checklist auditing on documentations, supporting on-boarding, employee relations and any other related assigned responsibilities.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• BS/BA in Business Administration, Human Resources Management, or related field with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience in a similar role or HR administration or management.
• Other relevant professional/management certifications would be an advantage.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications such as MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint is desirable.