State Program Officer (SPO) at Sustainable Healthcare International (SHI) - Sokoto

Sustainable Healthcare International (SHI) Foundation has been a partner with the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) for over five years sharing in its vision for a malaria-free Nigeria and its goals to reduce the malaria burden to pre-elimination levels and bringing malaria-related mortality to zero. SHI is currently a Sub-Recipient to the Global Fund Malaria New Funding Model for core Programme implementation and Social Mobilization activities in the High Burden (HB) Northern States of Nigeria.

SHI is looking for qualified individual who will be part of our great team to fill the position below:

Job Title: State Program Officer (SPO)

Location: Sokoto

Overview

• The SPO is responsible for direct implementation of day-to- day Malaria activities at the State, LGA, health facilities and community level.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate the implementation of State-based activities on malaria prevention including LLIN routine distribution through various state identified channels.
• Provide support for malaria case management (diagnosis and treatment) within the State; Provide technical support at the State levels to improve intermittent preventive therapy for pregnant women;
• Support the M&E activities in respective State
• Provide technical expertise at the State level to the SMEP as it relates to all issues on capacity building for the management of malaria control;
• Participate in state level meetings with SMoH and technical meetings with other malaria partners e.g. Technical Working Groups etc;
• Ensure that program activities are implemented according to the work plans, approved deadlines, and within the budget limitations in the assigned state.
• Ensures the proper execution of the state work plan and the submission of the various trip reports.
• Participate actively in the program wide monthly, bi-monthly and quarterly program review, coordinate the analysis of the quarterly M&E state reports and follow up with appropriate actions.
• Review actual financial performance against the budget, and explain variances on a regular basis.
• Provide support to partners as requested, including project development and facilitation of workshops and supporting partners to build linkages with other implementing partners and state governments.
• Build relationships with other stakeholders in the state which will include other implementing partners, state governments and state agencies for Malaria control
• Facilitate the development of Annual Operational Plan (AOP) for the assigned state.
• Assist and Monitor the performance of Third Party Logistics (3PL) operating in the state under the grant for effective delivery of anti malaria commodities

General Requirements

• Candidates must have a Medical Degree or Bachelor's Degree in Health Sciences or other related discipline and a post graduate qualification in Public health or other related discipline.
• S/he must have a minimum of three years' work experience in Public Health; particularly in Malaria programs or any other programs in the other disease areas.
• Five (5) years minimum experience is required for candidates without a post graduate degree

Additional Skills Required

• Good communication, both written and oral
• Open to, and tolerant of, other cultures and religion
• Ability to work well within a group and, also, unsupervised as required
• Local knowledge, language and residency in the state is mandatory
• Demonstrated success in capacity-building anLl training of diverse groups.
• Proven ability to maintain schedules for deliverables and track budgets.
• Ability to coordinate with partners from all levels of government and the private sector.
• Ability to guide and motivate staff in the field.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across technical disciplines and to function efficiently and effectively in team and cross-cultural environments.
• Skilled at handling multiple, complex tasks with the ability to prioritize.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a team.
• Proven presentation skills and ability to write detailed and coherent reports.
• Ability to utilize office application programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, program software e.g DHIS and statistical packages like SPSS, epilnfo, etc
• Excellent written and oral communications in English.

Application Closing Date
7th July, 2015.

Time
17:00hrs (5:00pm local tim)

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should attached a one (1) page suitability statement before their CV's and send to: [email protected] All documents should not exceed 4 pages and CV should be in MSword format.

Note

• All applications received after the closing time and date will not be accepted.
• All applicants should adhere strictly to the email and mailing format
• All applications that do not follow the laid down procedures highlighted above will be termed in-complete and will not be accepted.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• SHI is an equal opportunity employer
• Preference will be given to qualified applicants that are available to start immediately.