Sub Category

Trainee / Graduate Jobs

Administrative Jobs in Nigeria

Advertising Jobs Nigeria

Accounting Jobs in Nigeria

Auditing Jobs Nigeria

Arts Jobs in Nigeria

Android / IOS Developer Jobs

Agriculture Jobs in Nigeria

Architecture Jobs in Nigeria

Aviation Jobs in Nigeria

Automobile Jobs in Nigeria

Banking Jobs in Nigeria

Computer & InfoTech Jobs

Computer / IT Support Jobs

Customer Service Jobs

Civil Engineering Jobs

Cook / Chef Jobs

Database Jobs in Nigeria

Driving / Dispatch Rider Jobs

Education Jobs for Nigerians

Real Estate Jobs

Electrical/Electronics Jobs

Engineering Jobs in Nigeria

Facility Mgt Jobs in Nigeria

Finance Jobs in Nigeria

Front Desk Jobs in Nigeria

Geology Jobs

Government Jobs in Nigeria-

Graphics Design Jobs

Hospitality Jobs in Nigeria

Hotel Jobs in Nigeria

HR Jobs in Nigeria

Industrial Attachment (Internship)

Insurance Jobs in Nigeria

Journalism / Content Writing Jobs

Law Enforcement / Security Jobs

Lecturing Jobs in Nigeria

Law / Legal Jobs in Nigeria

Linux & Unix Jobs Nigeria

Marketing & Sales Jobs

Maritime & Shipping Jobs

Medical & Healthcare Jobs

Military Jobs in Nigeria

Computer Networking Jobs

NGO Jobs in Nigeria

Oil & Gas Jobs in Nigeria

Oracle Jobs in Nigeria

Personal Assistant Jobs

PHP & MySQL Jobs in Nigeria

Physician / Medical Officer Jobs

Public Relation Jobs

Programming / Software Jobs

Pri/Sec Sch Teaching Jobs

Real Estate Jobs in Nigeria

Remote / Work-at-home Jobs

Research Jobs in Nigeria

Safety & Health Jobs

Secretarial Jobs in Nigeria

Security Jobs in Nigeria

Sales Jobs

Shipping & Maritime Jobs

Student Jobs in Nigeria

Software Developer Jobs

System Admin Jobs in Nigeria

Teaching Jobs in Nigeria

Telecommunication Jobs

Semi-skilled / Factory Work

Volunteer Jobs Nigeria

Web Developer Jobs Nigeria

Web Designer / Frontend / UI Jobs


Job Filter

Get Latest Nigerian Jobs Alert!
Enter your email below.










  
          Popular Jobs
Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) Job Recruitment (3 Positions)

OnePyramid Consulting Limited Job Recruitment (3 Position)

Ohan Corporate Services Job Recruitment (4 Positions)

New Private Medical Diagnostic Centre Job Recruitment (5 Positions)

Zojatech Limited Graduate & Exp. Job Recruitment (6 Positions)

Beacongate Limited Job Recruitment (5 Positions)

Jibs-Ray Nigeria Limited Job Recruitment (3 Positions)

Khenpro Global Services Job Recruitment (9 Positions)

Amaiden Energy Nigeria Limited Job Recruitment (4 Positions)

Nestoil Limited Job Recruitment (5 Positions)

Yardoak Project Graduate & Exp. Job Recruitment (4 Positions)

HR-Light Consult Job Recruitment (4 Positions)

Fadac Resources and Services Limited Job Recruitment (8 Positions)

Roducate Limited Job Recruitment (3 Positions)

IO Furniture Limited Job Recruitment (5 Positions)

Scrapays Plc Job Recruitment (4 Positions)

Babban Gona Farmer Services Nigeria Limited Job Recruitment (3 Positions)

Schlumberger Limited Job Recruitment

Alfred and Victoria Associates Job Recruitment (7 Positions)

TotalEnergies Nigeria International Masters Degree Scholarship 2024

Advantage Health Africa Job Recruitment (4 Positions)

Odixcity Consulting Job Recruitment (9 Positions)

Agurate Online Limited Job Recruitment (4 Positions)

HR-EX Consulting Job Recruitment (7 Positions)

Kennedia Consulting Limited Job Recruitment (4 Positions)

Goldplates Feast House Job Recruitment (4 Positions)

Prestigious Consulting Group Job Recruitment (4 Positions)

Sun King (Formerly Greenlight Planet) Job Recruitment (4 Positions)

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company Job Recruitment (5 Positions)

Moniepoint Incorporated Job Recruitment (7 Positions)

DMOT Enterprises Job Recruitment (3 Positions)

Excel and Grace Consulting Job Recruitment (13 Positions)

MPI Group Job Recruitment (6 Positions)

Givanas Group Job Recruitment (9 Positions)

Golden Oil Industries Limited Job Recruitment (3 Positions)

Global Profilers Job Recruitment (13 Positions)

Repton Group Job Recruitment (6 Positions)

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Job Recruitment (5 Positions)

FinTrak Software Company Limited Job Recruitment (3 Positions)

Food Concepts Plc Job Recruitment (5 Positions)

Vesti Graduate Trainee Programme 2024

Aureole Consulting Limited Job Recruitment (6 Positions)

U.S. Mission in Nigeria Job Recruitment (9 Positions)

Malaria Consortium Job Recruitment (9 Positions)

Smart Partners Consulting Limited Job Recruitment (7 Positions)

Kaltani Job Recruitment (4 Positions)

Vixa Pharmaceutical Company Limited Job Recruitment (5 Positions)

West Africa Vocational Education (WAVE) Job Recruitment (7 Positions)

Concept Group Job Recruitment (8 Positions)

Reliance Health Job Recruitment (4 Positions)


Project Director, Alive & Thrive at FHI 360

Posted on Fri 23rd Oct, 2015 - hotnigerianjobs.com --- (0 comments)


FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender, youth, research and technology - creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories.

We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of:

Job Title: Project Director, Alive & Thrive Nigeria

Job ID: 16277
Location: Abuja-Nigeria
Job Function: Global Health, Population & Nutrition
A&T/Nigeria Program Duration: October 2015 to November 30, 2019

Description
  • Alive & Thrive is an initiative to save lives, prevent illness, and ensure healthy growth and development. Good nutrition in the first 1,000 days, from conception to two years of age, is critical to enable all children to lead healthier and more productive lives.
  • Alive & Thrive is scaling up improved infant and young child feeding and maternal nutrition through large-scale programs in several countries in Asia and Africa and through strategic technical support and the dissemination of innovations, tools, and lessons worldwide.
  • Alive & Thrive is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the governments of Canada and Ireland.
  • The initiative is managed by FHI 360.
A&T/Nigeria Program Summary
  • The Nigeria A&T IYCF social and behavior change program focuses on improving rates of early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding, timely introduction of complementary feeding, and minimum dietary diversity for infants over 6 months old.
  • A&T will work across the public, commercial/private, and NGO sectors to improve IYCF through A&T’s four components: advocacy, interpersonal communication and community mobilization, mass communication, strategic use of data.
  • At the national level, A&T will predominantly work with its public, private/commercial, and NGO sector partners (Scaling Up Nutrition and other national IYCF initiatives) to improve the implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of key IYCF policies (Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes; maternity leave; work place support; breastfeeding-friendly health care and delivery facilities).
  • A&T will also work in two states-Lagos (metropolitan) and Kaduna (urban and rural)-to apply the four components to reach households, communities, and facilities with targeted, age-appropriate social and behavior change communication (SBCC) messaging on IYCF practices.
  • Specifically in metropolitan Lagos, the Nigeria program (as an example only) might work with the State Primary Health Care Board, proprietary and patent medicine vendors, licensed traditional birth attendants, major public and private maternity centers, social franchise-oriented private organizations, faith- and community-based organizations, and related on-going USAID (SPRING) and UNICEF projects to improve advocacy; interpersonal behavior change communication (counseling), and mobilization efforts to reach pregnant women and new mothers; and use mass communication (through broadcast, Nollywood, mobile phone, and signage) to further extend the reach of IYCF messages, provide follow-up counseling, and improve the social norm around IYCF practices.
  • In rural and urban Kaduna, the Nigeria program (as an example only) might work with the State Ministry of Health, the Federation of Muslim Women Associations of Nigeria, the Market Women Association, and related health initiatives by USAID (SPRING), Clinton Health Access Initiative, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Primary Health Care initiative to improve advocacy, interpersonal behavior change communication and mobilization; and use mass communication (through broadcast, Kallywood, and mobile phones) to improve the social norm for IYCF among stakeholders and health care providers.
  • At both the national level and in the two states, while the emphasis will be to build the capacity of the public sector to improve IYCF practices, the involvement and resources from the private and commercial sectors will be pursued to advance IYCF policies, expand the promotion of positive social norms, and extend timed and age-appropriate behavior change messaging through private and commercial facilities to households and communities.
  • Formative research will be conducted to further understand target populations and audiences (stakeholders, providers, beneficiaries), and monitoring systems will be established to ensure that program inputs, outputs, and outcomes are tracked and fed back into improving the program.
Job Summary / Responsibilities
The Project Director, A&T/Nigeria is based in Abuja, Nigeria. This position has a three-fold purpose:
  • Providing highest level strategic infant and young child feeding (IYCF) technical and program vision and leadership to the Government of Nigeria, specifically the FMOH; international donors, agencies, and projects; private/commercial and NGO representatives and projects; and other partners and stakeholders to help in the design, implementation, monitoring, and improvement of IYCF social and behavior change communication strategies, approaches, and intervention designs towards the improvement of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices.
  • Directing and overseeing A&T Nigeria’s senior technical and program staff and partner and subcontract activities at the federal level in Abuja, and in metropolitan Lagos, and rural and urban Kaduna state. Includes providing technical assistance and training in IYCF-related policy and advocacy; interpersonal social and behavior change communication and community mobilization; mass communication; and strategic collection and use of data; and to provide timely and effective collection, use, and report-out/documentation of qualitative and quantitative monitoring data from project activities.
  • Directing and overseeing the compliance of A&T Nigeria management of administrative, financial, operational, procurement, and logistical support services and reporting.
Technical and program development, implementation, and monitoring:
  • Collaborates closely with and serves as technical specialist to GON, SUN, international NGO and donor initiatives, and various coordinating bodies and technical working groups at the federal and state level to develop and implement IYCF SBCC programs that utilize advocacy, interpersonal communication (social and behavior change communication) and community mobilization, mass communication, and strategic use of data and involve public, private/commercial, and NGO sectors to improve coverage, reach and impact of IYCF practices.
  • Maintains productive partnerships with national and state-level stakeholders in the government, private/commercial and NGO organizations and projects, and international and local donors to ensure A&T’s policy advocacy, interpersonal social and behavior change communication and social mobilization, mass communications, and strategic collection and use of data is advocated for, accepted, and sustained
  • Serves as a technical expert for at least one of the four A&T program components and in the context of SBCC approaches
  • Acts as a spokesperson on behalf of the project at national and international technical meetings
  • Oversees the preparation and ensures quality of all project reports and deliverables
  • Troubleshoots to prevent and resolve potential problems
  • Provides in-country technical input, leadership, and coordination for the design and implementation of all program components at the national level, in metropolitan Lagos, and in rural and urban Kaduna state.
  • Provides leadership to and oversight of the application of A&T’s approaches, messages, materials, and tools to SBCC capacity building under the context of the Nigeria National Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition (2014-2019) and state mandates, and across public, private/commercial and NGO sectors
  • Provides direct-line supervision of key A&T/Nigeria technical and finance/operations staff
  • Work closely with A&T HQ and partners to provide input to related IYCF projects to strengthening public and private/commercial sector capacity for social and behavior change communications to increase and improve coverage, delivery, and monitoring
  • Oversee and lead the development of annual work plans and project reports, and ensure timely reporting and responses for information to HQ
  • Actively conduct or help facilitate major program development and implementation activities (strategic planning, program presentations, advocacy and policy meetings, workshops), as appropriate
  • Work closely with A&T HQ staff to leverage other international donor and private sector resources to complement and extend project reach and resources
  • Oversee and coordinate the development and implementation of A&T supported formative research and operations research on IYCF implementation and program work
  • Oversee and coordinate the development of a monitoring system to track progress and obtain data to refine interventions
  • Provide guidance and coordination to document and present formative, monitoring, and evaluation results to key Nigerian and international stakeholders, and facilitate use of the results to improve programs
  • Other tasks as assigned.
Management and Administration:
  • Oversees office, financial, and operational management of the A&T/Nigeria office, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, budget monitoring, and compliance with A&T procedures in all financial, contractual, and procurement activities.
  • Oversees and works closely with A&T Nigeria and HQ finance, operations, and program staff to develop annual work plans and budgets; annual, quarterly and monthly update reports; and other project deliverables from partners and subcontractors
  • Provides overall management, supervision, guidance, and an enabling team environment for local staff (approximately 10 technical and finance/operations staff) and consultants.
  • Reports regularly to the Project Director and other HQ staff on technical and administrative issues
  • Present program results, based on MLE data, to the GON and other professional colleagues, both in country and internationally.
  • Other tasks as needed.
Additional Information
Supervisory Responsibilities:
  • Total office staff (local technical, financial, and administrative staff) approximately ten. Direct supervision of 3-4 technical and finance/operations staff expected.
Travel Requirements
Extensive travel between Abuja, Kaduna, and Lagos (40-60% travel).


Qualifications:
  • Master's Degree in one of the following or related fields: Public Health, Human Nutrition, International Health, Behavior Change Communications, Behavioral Science, social marketing. PhD strongly preferred.
Experience:
  • At least 12 years of relevant public health technical capacity building (training, TA, facilitation), program, and leadership experience primarily in the context of an SBCC project or program.
  • Demonstrated experience and high acceptability in Nigeria of working with government, private/commercial and NGO sectors, and with international donors.
  • 3-5 years’ experience (in the past 10 years) in a senior technical or program management leadership/chief-of-party equivalency in SBCC specific program providing technical input to a large scale nutrition or public health project involving advocacy, interpersonal communication and mobilization, mass communication, and strategic use of data across public, private/commercial, and NGO sectors
  • Extensive knowledge of infant and young child feeding
  • Extensive field and HQ experience in designing, implementing, monitoring and reporting on capacity building in more than one component (advocacy, training, BCC, public/private sector) of a public health nutrition program
  • Oversight and/or design or program and/or operations research of community activities
  • Familiarity with nutrition indicators especially IYCF data collection, analysis, and reporting.
Skills
  • Proven leadership, mentoring, teamwork, delegation, partnering skills (facilitating dialogue and communications across diverse sectors, institutions, and geographic administrative levels)
  • Fluency in English, including excellent writing, oral and visual presentation skills; training skills desirable. Fluency in Hausa, Yoruba highly desirable.
  • Ability to assess priorities and competently complete a variety of activities with a high level of accuracy and timeliness.
  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to initiate and implement activities with minimal oversight and supervision.
  • Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, etc) and the Internet.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

  

Comments (0)


Post a Comment
Name: *
Email: *
Comment: *