Society for Family Health (SFH) Massive Recruitment Part II

Society for Family Health (SFH) is one of the leading public health non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Nigeria, implementing programmes in reproductive health, HIV/AIDS prevention, and maternal and child health. SFH works in partnership with the Federal and State Governments of Nigeria, the British Department for International Development (DFID) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) among other international donors.

We seek to recruit qualified persons as a result of growth in our organisation. We offer professionals opportunities for career advancement, a good working environment and competitive remuneration. We require competent candidates for the following positions:

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17.) State Team Leaders - (9 positions in the indicated states).

Apply to:  (apply to state of interest)

Sokoto: [email protected]
Kano: [email protected]
Lagos: [email protected]
Rivers: [email protected]
Abuja: [email protected]
Kaduna: [email protected]
Oyo: [email protected]
Edo: [email protected]
Imo: [email protected]

Job Profile:
This is a Manager position: the successful candidate will coordinate and manage the regional level activities of the MARPS Project. S/He will provide leadership for building sustained capacity at State and LGA levels in HIV & AIDS multi-sectoral strategic planning and financing including health sector specific systems strengthening and monitoring for results. S/He will be responsible for the regional project budget and will act as supervisor, coach, mentor and provide technical support to the SFH PSW & Clients Focal person as well as consortium members focal persons. The successful candidate must he experienced in project management and proven technical knowledge in working with key target populations and other vulnerable groups. Must have proven ability to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders, including Government. Other Implementing Partners, and internal stakeholders within SFH to achieve proficiect and organisational deliverables. Will develop grantee CSO's organisational systems and capacity to plan, monitor and implement small grants targeted at key target populations. Must provide clear documentation of programmatic achievements on monthly, quarterly and annual basis as well as document and publish best practices within the region.

Qualification / Experience:
The desired candidate:

• Post graduate degree in Public health or related field with extensive field experience in managing programmes.
• Must have prior experience in leading community processes and management of resources.
• At least seven (7) years post NYSC experience. Copied from: hotnigerianjobs.com
• Must have in-depth experience in developing, requesting and using technical assistance and other capacity building tools to catalyse problem solving within institutional settings.
• Substantial experience and demonstrable success in designing, implementing and managing complex HIV prevention projects among key target populations.
• Must possess excellent planning, coordination, managerial and organisational skills
• Must possess appreciable skills in the use of spreadsheets
• Excellent facilitation skills and the ability to support entities to translate research to policy, and policy to strategic plans for implementation is compulsory.
• Ability to independently plan and execute complex tasks while addressing daily management details and remaining focused on long term deadlines and strategies.
• Ability to speak local language in preferred state will be of added advantage
• Good listening, commrmication, budget management and interpersonal skills are very important to this position.
• Candidates are required to apply for only one state. Multiple applications will be disqualified.

18.) Senior Officer, Administration (based in Abuja)

Apply to: [email protected]

Job Profile:
Reporting to the Assistant Director, Administration, the successful candidate will be responsible for updating SFH's master physical asset register on SAP, reconciliation of field offices asset registers, ensure accurate tagging of the assets and proper classification of assets by donor. S/He will also ensure complete documentation for receipt, movement, transfer and assignment of assets. S/He will be responsible for proper inventory management of head office stationeries and promotional materials.

Qualifications/ Experience:
The desired candidate:

• BSc / HND in Business Administration/Accounting or equivalent qualifications.
• A minimum of three (3) years experience in asset management, inventory management and general administration.
• Must he proficient in the use of Microsoft word and Excel packages
• Must show demonstrable willingness and ability to adjust quickly to rapidly changing priorities, multiple demands and complex situations. Copied from: www.hotnigerianjobs.com

19.) Senior Officer, Procurement (based in Abuja)

Apply to: [email protected]

Job Profile:
Reporting to the Manager - Procurement, the successful candidate will be responsible for placing public tenders and procurement opportunities in national and international portals, coordinate tender openings with its reports documented, maintain vendors entry documentation and associated registers. S/He will he responsible for ranking of vendors in addition to evaluating performance of vendors against purchase orders and provide monthly report. Successful candidate will be required to run vendors through existing watch lists to ensure that unapproved vendors are not recruited or maintained. Candidate will be required to ensure adequate filing of hard documents and the maintenance of a mirror electronic version of procurement documents.

Qualifications / Experience:
Candidates applying for this position

• Must have a first degree in any of the sciences.
• Must possess minimum of three (3) years post NYSC working experience, one (1) year of which must he in a similar function/ capacity.
• Must have proven experience and basic skills in procurement management and administration.
• Must have high proficiency in the Microsoft Excel and Word packages.
• Should have had hands-on awareness of the required scope of the needed work environment and the attendant equipment necessary for the job. Knowledge of the SAP Enterprise Resouree Planning (ERP) Package will be of added advantage,
• Will be at an advantage if they posses any Professional qualification in procurement.

20.) Senior Officer - Malaria Field Programmes (based in Taraba)

Apply to: [email protected]

Job Profile:
This is a senior officer position, reporting to the GE Malaria Programme Manager (North). The successful candidate will he responsible for the coordination of all Global Fund Malaria activities in the Zone (3 states). Primary duties will be management of the Sub-Recipients (SRs), through monitoring Sub-Recipients’ and contractor’s/Consultant’s progress towards achievement of programme deliverables, monitoring the quality of outputs, and assuring the fiscal integrity of all transactions and operations and training. S/He will strengthen the RBM partnership in the state and will be the liaison of SPH to the public sector aspect of the malaria control programme. S/He will also be responsible for commodity distribution, site management and data retrieval in the state (Taraba).

Qualifications/Experience:
The desired candidate:

• Must have a first degree in any health, behavioural or social sciences, and must possess a post graduate degree in Public health.
• Must possess minimum of three (3) years post NYSC working experience in NGO field work.
• Must possess sound experience in health commodities marketing, distribution and channel management.
• Proven experience in GF monitoring and evaluation systems and performance frameworks in implementing national M&E systems for data collation and use. Copied from: hotnigerianjobs.com
• Experience in planning mid facilitation of training for different cadres of staff, and in data quality assessments.
• Good oral, presentalion and written comprehension skills, strong capacity building skills and willingness to train, with well developed written and oral communication skills.
• Experience with database management and data entry, cleaning and verification. Ability to work with MS Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint. DHIS 1.4 and 2.0 is essential.
• Must possess experience in donor funded projects.

21.) Senior Officer, Programmes - (13 positions, one in each of the states indicated below)

Apply to (state of interest):

Sokoto: [email protected]
Kano: [email protected]
Oyo: [email protected]
Edo: [email protected]
Rivers: [email protected]
Abia: [email protected]
FCT: [email protected]
Kaduna: [email protected]
Gombe: [email protected]
Lagos: [email protected]
Delta: [email protected]
Imo: [email protected]
Kogi: [email protected]

Note that Abia officer will operate from Imo, Delta from Edo and Kogi from FCT.

Job Profile:
This is a Senior Officer position. Reporting to the project team leader in the region, the successful candidate will support the coordination and management of the regional level activities of the project for Female Sex Workers (FSWs) and Clients. S/He will also coordinate the implementations of Peer Education interventions among key target populations in the field locations. S/He will manage funds and related workshops, meetings and other events and act as a supervisor, coach, mentor and provide technical support to the SFH FSW and Clients community facilitators and local implementing partners. S/He will facilitate community mobilisation, training of facilitators and supervision of community facilitators and will provide support for the coordination and preparation of annual, quarterly and monthly work-plans and budgets for programme implementation. Will also provide support for the monitoring and evaluation of programme implementation at the community level and coordinate the implementation of capacity building activities for CBOs to provide MARPs friendly services in Nigeria.

Qualifications / Experience
The desired candidate:

• Must possess a first degree in the communication, social, or health sciences.
• Must possess a minimum of three (3) years post NYSC experience preferably in the field of community level behaviour change communication.
• Ability to speak the predominant language of the state will be an advantage.
• Must possess excellent planning and organisational skills and good writing and documentation skills. Copied from: www.hotnigerianjobs.com
• Must possess excellent skills it, computer knowledge and application.
• Must possess a high level of integrity.
• Must possess the ability to anticipate and solve problems.
• Must have significant experience in working in programme for FSWs and clients and other community related HIV programme for vulnerable populations.
• Must have past experience as a trained peer educator or IPC conductor is useful as the successful candidate will be required to support outreaches to :FSWs and clients to inform behaviour change.
• Good listening, communication and interpersonal skills are very Important to this position.
• Candidates are required in apply for only one State. Multiple applications will be disqualified.

22.)  Senior Officer, Logistics (based in Lagos)

Apply to: [email protected]

Job Profile:
This is a senior officer position. Reporting to SFH Warehouse Manager in Lagos, the successful candidate who should have past experience in a similar function will need to exhibit innovation in managing logistics in a complex and challenging work environment. Tested experience in personnel and material management is required for this position. S/He will provide support to the warehouse manager on inventory and tracking material movement. The successful candidate will also support medical detailers in product distribution and capacity building activities.

Qualifications / Experience:
The desired candidate:

• Must possess a first degree in any relevant area with a professional certification in the required field.
• Must possess a minimum of three (3) years post NYSC experience preferably in logistics and warehouse management.
• Must possess excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Must possess appreciable skills in computer knowledge and application.
• Must possess a high level of integrity.
• Good listening, communication and interpersonal skills are very important to this position.

23.) Senior Officer, Accounts (Abuja)

Apply to: [email protected]

Job Profile:
This is a second level position reporting to the Senior Manager-MARPS. Project Accounting, the successful candidate will be responsible for reviewing and booking vendor invoices into SAP. S/He will review all approved retirements for completeness and accuracy and post into SAP, provide schedules to auditors, assist to produce project budget monitoring reports, review common cost journals, assist to prepare quarterly accrual reports, assist to prepare monthly liquidation reports to USAID, prepare annual VAT payment reports to USAID and assist with review of Sub-Awardees financials, S/He will also assist to conduct monthly reconciliation of all MARPS bank accounts and financial transactions S/He will review all transactions posted into MARPS project books and make corrections where necessary before they are posted for consolidation.

Qualifications / Experience

• Minimum Academic/Professional Qualifications required for the position:
• Must possess a first degree (BSc/HND) in Accounting or any related field. ACA and/or masters degree is an added advantage.
• Must possess minimum of three (3) years post NYSC working experience
• Must possess a broad knowledge of accounting software packages especially SAP.
• Must possess excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision.
• Must possess a high level of integrity and responsibility.

24.) Medical Detailing Officer - (6 positions, one in each of the states listed)

Apply to (state of interest):
Bauchi: [email protected]
Makurdi: [email protected]
Onitsha: [email protected]
Kano: [email protected]
Port-Harcourt: [email protected]
Enugu: [email protected]

Job Profile:
This is a senior officer/assistant manager position reporting to the Assistant Director, Sales and Distribution or his designate. Successful candidates will he responsible for creating demand for SFH products and achieving sales targets for reproductive health, child survival and family planning products. They will support the programme divisions in improving the quality of service delivery and quantity of sales through training of providers. They will be responsible for achieving quality of coverage by ensuring that service delivery points are well branded.

Qualifications/Experience:
The desired candidate:

• Must possess a first degree in Pharmacy and be registered with PCN
• Must possess a minimum of three (3) years post NYSC experience, preferably working in a hospital environment or any related area.
• Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Word and Excel. Copied from: hotnigerianjobs.com--
• Excellent listening, and communication skills; training and report writing skills are very important to this position
• Must show demonstrable willingness and ability to adjust quickly to rapidly changing priorities, multiple demands and complex situations.
• Candidates are required to apply for only one state. Multiple applications will be disqualified.

25.) Senior Officer, HIV Project (based in Enugu)

Apply to: [email protected]

Job Profile:
This position reports to the Territorial Manager, Enugu. The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for providing technical, logistic, administrative support and assist in coordinating the implementation of GF HIV counselling and testing (HCT) activities in the territory. The successful candidate will work with the Manager HCT to implement GF-HIV programme strategies on counselling and testing services in all selected health facilities within the territory. Furthermore, s/he will work with the state governments and other partners to ensure compliance to National Guidelines and International (WHO) standards in the provision of quality HCT services. S/He will also participate in the implementation of Health System Strengthening (HSS) activities including manpower development and training of health personnel for HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment care and support programme, The candidate will provide support to ensure the availability of National HCT tools for data collection and retrieval at the various Health Facilities. S/He will be responsible for the management of health commodities supplied to the states through the Global Fund HIV project. In addition, s/he will provide support in ensuring timely submission of quality reports on HIV counselling and testing services to Global Fund on monthly and quarterly bases respectively. The successful candidate will also be required to work with the HCT Manager to provide support in the development of budgets and work plans for all GE-HIV activities.

Qualifications / Experience:
The desired candidate:

• Must possess a first degree in Sciences/Medical/Biological Sciences/Public Health or its equivalent in a relevant field is required. A Masters degree in a relevant field will be an added advantage.
• Must possess a minimum of three (3) years experience in implementing HIV testing and counselling in a health facility or NGO.
• Must possess excellent planning and organisational skills,
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision.
• Must have cognate skills in computer appreciation.
• Must possess a high level of integrity.
• Must have good communication and excellent interpersonal skills.

26.) Deputy Manager, Procurement (Abuja)

Apply to: [email protected]

Job Profile:
Reporting to the Manager-Procurement, the successful candidate will be responsible for Generating procurement solicitation documents, evaluation of Lenders and bids received for competitive processes especially for Health commodities locally and internationally. S/He will be required to also generate Purchase orders following the tendering process
S/He will be responsible for contracting with vendors for services
Successful Candidate will be responsible for ensuring adequate documentation of procurement processes and easy retrieval, by all relevant personnel. S/He will provide tracking for all procurensent processes handled by them. Management of vendors to ensure quality and efficiency in delivery of goods and services.

Qualifications / Experience:
Candidates applying for this position:

• Must have a first degree in any of the sciences/social sciences. A masters degree will be an advantage
• Must possess minimum six (6) years post NYSC working experience, three (3) year of which must be in a senior capacity in procurement.
• Must have proven experience and strong skills in procurement management and administration.
• Must have high proficiency in the Microsoft Excel and Word packages.
• Should have hands-on awareness of the required scope of the needed work environment and the attendant equipment necessaty for the job.
• Knowledge of the SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Package will be of added advantage. Copied from: www.hotnigerian jobs.com--
• Will be at an advantage if they posses any Professional quakification in procurement.

27.) Sales Representative - (2 positions, one in each of the states listed)

Apply to (state of interest):
Owerri: [email protected]
Abuja: [email protected]

Job Profile:
This is a senior officer position reporting to the Assistant Director, Sales and Distribution or his designate. Successful candidates will be responsible for creating demand for SFH products and achieving sales targets for SFH over the counter products. Primarily responsibilities will include merchandizing channel management, and branding of outlets.

Qualifications /Experience
The desired candidate:

• Must possess a first degree in any discipline.
• Must possess a minimum of three (3) years post NYSC experience, preferably in sales in an FMCG environment
• Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft word and Excel packages
• Excellent listening, and communication skills, training and report writing skills are very important to this position.
• Must show demonstrable willingness and ability to adjust quickly to rapidly changing priorities, multiple demands and complex situations.
• Candidates are required to apply for only one state. Multiple applications will be disqualilied

28.) Senior Officer, Emergency Transport Scheme (based in Gombe)

Apply to: [email protected]

Job Profile:
This is a senior officer position, reporting to the state project manager. The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for the coordination of the state Emergency Transport Scheme (ETS) volunteer drivers in wards and communities as well as the conduct of advocacy visits to Local Government Areas (LGAs) and to community/religious leaders in all intervention commuunities to ensure smooth implementation of the scheme based on project deliverables. He must carry out identification, selection and training of volunteer drivers, mapping and delineation of communities for coverage and ensure the continuous update of the volunteers list. He will participate in the review of the ETS MIS logbook. The successful candidate will lead in the organisation and conduct of training of all volunteers in LGAs and also ensure that all volunteers have required tools for collection of MIS information. S/He will ensure referral of women to health facilities according to set standards.

Quaiifications/Experience:
The desired candidate:

• Must possess a first degree in any of the social/health sciences.
• Must possess a minimum of three (3) years working experience preferably in an NGO. Knowledge of community mobilisation techniques is essential to this position.
• Must possess excellent planning and organisational skills; experience in managing an ETS will be of added advantage.
• Must possess appreciable skills in computer knowledge and application.
• Must possess a high level of integrity.
• Ability to speak and write fluently in Hausa and English is a very important aspect of this position.
• Good listening and communication skills, training and report writing skills are very important to this position.

29.) Systems Strengthening Specialist (based in Abuja)

Apply to: [email protected]

Job Profile:
This is a senior manager position, reporting to the Deputy Chief of Party. The objective of the Systems Strengthening Specialist position is to provide leadership for building sufficient and sustained capacity at State and LGA levels in HIV/AIDS multi-social strategic planning and financing including related health sector-specific systems strengthening and monitoring for results. The successful candidate will coordinate and provide supportive supervision, on the job skills reinforcement. continuing education, and periodic assessment of skills to partners at the state and local government level. Will proffer approaches to assess the quality of programming amongst government, networks and coalitions involved in the project. Will lead in the identification of capacity gaps within partner institutions (including government) using standard organisational/institutional assessment tools and methods with the support of state team leaders. S/He will lead in the determination of the capacity building needs of implementing partner organisations at central and field levels, and understanding the local context will apply a combination of approaches that respond to the situation. Will support the State Team Leaders to build capacity of state and LGA management teams to undertake strategic and annual planning, resourcing and monitoring HIV/AIDS programmes for key target populations and to build and support vibrant public-private partnerships for health and HIV&AIDS that promote participatory decision-making in key processes of state programmes. Will take the lead in the planning and designing of sustainability and transition strategies.

Qualification / Experience

• Post graduate degree in Public health or related field with extensive field experience in managing programmes is compulsory.
• At least eight (8) years post NYSC, four (4) years of this being in a managerial position and at least 5 years experience working at a senior level on health systems strengthening, particularly health planning and health financing in decentralized health systems.
• Must provide clear documentation of programmatic achievements on monthly, quarterly and annual basis as well as document and publish best practices. Copied from: www.hotnigerianjobs.com
• Excellent facilitation skills in supporting institutions to translate policies into strategic plans for implementation.
• Ability to independently plan and execute complex tasks while addressing daily management details and remaining focused on long term deadlines and strategies.
• Must possess a high level of integrity, policy influencing and advocacy skills
• Excellent knowledge of a range of current methodologies in system strengthening will be essential to this position.

30.) Systems Strengthening Programme Officers (based in Abnja) - 2 positions

Apply to: [email protected]

Job Profile:
This is a Senior Officer position. Reporting to the Systems Strengthening Specialist, the successful candidates will support the coordination of supportive supervision, on the job skills reinforcement. continuing education, and periodic assessment of skills of stakeholders at the state level. Will also assist the Systems Strengthening Specialist to assess the quality of programming amongst government, networks and coalitions involved in the project. Will support the identification of capacity gaps within partner institutions (including government) using standard organisational / institutional assessment tools and methods. Will support the State Team Leaders to build capacity of state and LGA management teams to undertake strategic and annual planning, resourcing and monitoring of HIV/AIDS programmes. Will assist state and local governments to build and support vibrant public-private partnerships for health and HIV/AIDS that promote participatory decision-making in state programmes. Will be part of planning and designing of sustainability and transition strategies.

Qualifications/Experience
The desired candidate:

• Must possess a relevant first degree with at least three (3) years requisite experience in a similar capacity. A post graduate degree and relevant short certificate courses will be of an added advantage.
• Must possess demonstrable policy influencing and advocacy skills.
• Must be computer literate and familiar with the NGO working environment.
• Must have good knowledge of current methodologies in system strengthening.
• Good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, training and report writing skills are very important to this position.

31.) Call Centre Agents (based in Gombe) - 8 positions

Apply to: [email protected]

Job Profile:
The position reports to the call centre supervisor. The successful candidate will provide assistance for Maternal and Neonatal Health Care Call Centre in Gombe state. S/He will also implement recommended processes, tools and systems for the call centre. S/He will also ensure that quality services are provided to clients. Will maintain a cordial and respectful relationship by timely attendance to clients, and will follow-up on assignments with sufficient lead times as per the work-plans. Excellent communication skills, and willingness and ability to adjust quickly to multiple demands, shifts and complex situations are key attributes of this position.

Qualifications / Experience:
The desired candidate:

• Must be a nurse/midwife or have a degree in the health sciences/health education.
• Must possess a minimum of two (2) years experience.
• Experience working in health education will he of significant advantage.
• Must he computer literate and familiar with the NGO working environment,
• Must possess the ability to speak English and Hausa/Fulfude fluently. Ability to speak any other language in North East Nigeria will be of added advantage.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and report writing skills are very important to this position.

32.) Deputy Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation ESNIPIN (based in Abuja)

Apply to: [email protected]

Job Profile:
This position reports operationally to the Head of Measurement and Results (SFH) at the HQ. S/He will ensure that routine tracking, data collection and documentation are utilised to showcase progress on success of the project indicators and interventions. S/he will ensure that data collected from state level implementation are collated and transmitted expeditiously to the database administrator who enters all information in the web-based ESMPIN project management information system/DHIS. S/he will furthermore oversee the tracking, analyzing and reporting of data on the various components of the ESMPIN project. The desired candidate will be required to support the Head of Measurement and Results to implement the projects performance management plan, which includes planning, participating and implementing studies, surveys and all related data and information collecting activities for the project. S/he, in collaboration with the Head of Measurement and Results implement other measurement, monitoring and evaluation training and capacity development activities. These may include participatoty learning and action techniques, data demand and information utilization, project results verification, partners’ capacity development, etc. The job holder will also conduct data quality checks on all project data collated from the SFH-wide MIS and those entered into the DHIS from relevant states, track project performance indicator data related to relevant states and disseminate M&E data and information regularly to stakeholders. Building the capacity of SFH project partner organisations, CSOs/CBOs and other stakeholders to implement M&E is also a requirement for this position.

Qualifications / Experience
The desired candidate:

• Must possess a minimum of first degree in the Physical/ Medical/ Behavioral or Social Sciences. A Master degree will he an added advantage. Copied from: hotnigerianjobs.com--
• Must possess a minimum of six (6) years post NYSC working experience in implementing measurement, monitoring and evaluation of health programmes.
• Must have considerable expertise in mixed-methods (qualitative and quantitative) M&E and research.
• Must be very proficient with using SPSS or STATA or Epi-info/CSpro while the knowledge of DHIS, MS-Access or other compatible database software will he of added advantage.
• Must have experience in conducting monitoring visits, utilisitig checklist and other tools including the ability to develop tools required for this position.
• Must have excellent interpersonal, communication (oral and written) and presentation skills.
• Must have excellent report writing skills and be able to work with minimal supervision.

Compensation & Benefits:
The compensation package for these positions is very attractive and designed to attract, motivate and retain talented candidates.

Application Closing Date
19th July, 2012

Method of Application:
A one page application letter, addressed to the Assistant Director-HR, clearly providing evidence of competences reqtmired for the job, current remuneration, as well as a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae indicating clearly your valid telephone numbers, e-mail address and current contact address should be sent on or before 19th July, 2012 to the email address beside the job you arc applying for. Do note that any candidate with multiple submissions will be disqualified.
Candidates without the minimum requirements need not apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be cotnacted.
SFH is an equal opportunity employer. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Society for Family Health Massive Recruitment Part 1