Technical Officer Job Vacancies at MSH Nigeria

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health, especially among the world's poorest and most vulnerable people, by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. We live our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

• Participating with clients in identifying needs, defining end results and developing workplans to achieve the results
• Implementing technical assistance in a manner that leads to adoption and sustainable use of MSH tools and approaches by building client awareness of current gaps, achieving buy-in on the viability and need for an MSH tool or approach, and training client staff on the use of MSH and other appropriate or approaches.
• Building and managing professional relationships with key stakeholders,
• Providing reliable, high-quality follow through on all obligations to clients and other parties. Copied from: www.hotnigerianjobs.com
• Bringing pending needs for contracted work or short term technical assistance to the attention of the team leader. 

• Provide support to Technical Advisors and other staff on integrating clients’ needs for institutional capacity building into project work plans and budget projections.
• Drafting internal reports and/or communications as needed.
• Submit requests for contracts or STTA, and all administrative items (e.g., expense reports, timesheets, travel requests), in a timely manner.
• Make the PLAN Health management team of opportunities to expand PLAN Health’s impact through new client engagement.

• Graduate degree – preferably in international public health, international development, public policy, public administration, management, social sciences or a related discipline.
• Nigeria-specific experience required.
• Ability to work as a member of a team, and to contribute to developing a new project in a dynamic environment.
• Proven programmatic, technical, and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with professional colleagues in a broad range of indigenous governmental organizations and NGOs.
• Strong facilitation skills
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communications, teamwork and partnering abilities.
• Demonstrated computer skills in MS Office Suite applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Fluency in oral and written English required.
• Willingness to travel within Nigeria regularly and potentially outside Nigeria, as required.