State Project Coordinator at the Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) - 2 Openings

Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) is a non-profit organization that promotes socio-economic development by supporting global health and economic initiatives in Nigeria. AHNi currently has its headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria. To strengthen our operations and interventions in the country.

We are seeking qualified candidates for the position below:

Job Title: State Project Coordinator

Locations: Borno & Benue
Contract Type: 4 Month Fixed Terms
Slot: 2 Openings

Project Summary
The UNFPA Integrated Reproductive Health & Mentoring activity is a 6-month intervention implemented by FHI 360 and Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) in Borno and Benue states. The overall goal of the activity is to meet the most urgent reproductive health (RH) and mentoring needs of 285,000 conflict affected underserved adolescents, youth and women through gender sensitive, rights-based approaches within host and reclaimed communities and IDP camps in north-east (Borno) and north central Nigeria (Benue).

Responsibilities

• State Project Coordinator will be responsible for supporting technical and supervision of project activities to increase access to reproductive health services to women, young women and girls and their partners in Borno and Benue states.
• S/he will oversee quality assurance of all program activities; ensure adherence to timelines and submission of deliverables. The incumbent will lead program monitoring, evaluating, and periodic reporting as related to in coordination with team.

Minimum Recruitment Standards

• Master’s degree in Public Health or the Social Sciences or a minimum of seven years working in a technical leadership role, with at least five years in RMNCH/ Programs/Technical interventions related to RH, gender and AGYW mentoring
• Experience and/or knowledge of reproductive maternal newborn and child health programmes in Nigeria;
• Preferred work experience in Nigeria, preferably in conflict affected states in the north-east (Borno) and north-central (Benue);
• Fluency in English, strong writing and presentation skills. Local language skills will be an asset;
• Strong communication skills to collaborate with state governments, local and international NGOs and community leaders and similar stakeholders,
• Demonstrated ability to achieve results in restrictive development operating environments;
• Computer skills in Microsoft Word, excel, power point and Outlook at minimum

Application Closing Date
29th August, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Suitability Statement (Application) and Resume (CV) as a single MS Word Document to: AHNi-ProgMgtJobs@ahnigeria.org

Note: Only applications sent electronically (i.e by email) with the Job Title and Location clearly indicated as the subject of the email will be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.