Consultant- Senior Demographer at Futures Group

Futures Group, the global consulting firm, helps to protect and promote people’s well-being around the world. For 40 years, Futures Group has created lasting solutions to some of the most pressing public health challenges facing nations. We predict future health and development trends, uncover barriers to well-being, and forge on-the-ground partnerships to ensure lasting change.

Futures Group is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Consultant- Senior Demographer

Location: Abuja
Job Code: 915

Position Summary
Futures Group is recruiting for an experienced Consultant-Senior Demographer to work on a new program to support the Nigerian Ministry of Health (MOH) for the successful launch and implementation of the costed implementation plan for family planning. The Consultant-Senior Demographer will work with the Futures Group analytics team to develop and finalize the state-level analytics and benchmarks to implement the National Family Planning Blueprint. This position is based in Abuja, Nigeria and may require travel to Lagos.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and finalize state-level analytics with support of Futures Group analytics team
• Revise and suggest revisions to state-level analytics
• Organize and lead a meeting of 4 national demographers to discuss and agree on state-level analytics
• Finalize state-level analytics and prepare relevant materials for a larger meeting for expert demographers and academics to agree on analytics to be proposed to FMoH
• Organize and lead a final meeting of expert demographers and academics with the FMoH to agree on national government-owned analytics
• Provide general technical and strategic guidance
• Other related technical tasks as required

Qualifications and Skills Required

• Advanced degree (PhD preferred in Demography, Population, Sociology, Public Health, etc.)
• Deep working knowledge of the FMoH and demographic data and its use in Nigeria
• 10+ years of experience in public health programs, policy, advocacy or governance
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office
• Demonstrated problem solving, analytic, financial, and evaluative skills
• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to respond and adapt quickly to changing requirements and competing demands
• Ability to take initiative, to anticipate potential problems and/or respond independently to situations
• Ability to travel on a national basis (within Nigeria)
• Fluent written and spoken English is required

Deliverables

• Review report including suggested revisions to state-level analytics (first draft will be sent on October 15)- October 22
• Internal meeting with national demographers- October 29
• Finalization of state-level analytics- November 5
• PowerPoint and related materials for dissemination at meeting- November 10
• Larger meeting of FMoH, Population Council, and expert demographers and academics to agree on state-level analytics to be government-owned- November 12

Timeline

• Start date: 1 October 2014
• End date: 31 December 2014

Total Number of Work Days

• 15 days total maximum (to be charged per actual days worked)

Application Closing Date
31st October, 2014.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online