Senior Program Officer II - RMNCH at Breakthrough Action-Nigeria

Breakthrough ACTION/Nigeria is a five-year, USAID-funded project. The goal of Breakthrough ACTION/Nigeria is to increase the practice of 17 priority individual and household level behaviors in the areas of malaria; maternal, new-born, child health and nutrition; family planning and reproductive health (RH); and tuberculosis, while increasing the capacity of national and sub-national entities to coordinate and oversee quality SBC programming. Implementation will vary by health area across eleven states.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Program Officer II - RMNCH

Location: Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
Reports to: Deputy Project Director – Integrated SBC & FP

Summary

• The BA-Nigeria Senior Program Officer II - RMNCH will provide technical and programmatic support for all integrated RMNCH+N and Malaria SBC activities.
• S/he will report directly to the Deputy Project Director - Integrated SBC & FP and work in close consultation the BA-Nigeria state teams, technical leads at HQ and the BA-Nigeria Project Director.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The Senior Program Officer’s specific duties will include:

• Assist Deputy Project Director - Integrated SBC & FP to operationalize and implement BA-Nigeria’s Integrated RMNCH+N and Malaria program components
• Support establishment and maintenance of effective relationships at national and state level with USAID and other implementing partners, F/SMOHs and other key stakeholders, in collaboration with the Deputy Project Director - Integrated SBC & FP and Project Director.
• Provide extensive technical and programmatic assistance to each state team for implementation of Integrated RMNCH+N and Malaria program activities.
• Coordinate ongoing activities with Malaria & TB, Provider Behavior, Capacity and Coordination, SBC Innovations and MEL teams, and with state teams as required
• Assist with the development and writing of timely program reports on a quarterly and annual basis and disseminate program success stories, and other reporting duties as assigned.
• Assist with design and oversee implementation of the project monitoring and evaluation system.
• The position will be based at the BA-Nigeria Office in Abuja but travel to focal states is expected to be approximately 30% or more.
• Perform job duties/responsibilities in support of JHU-CCP’s Mission and Values, as appropriate.
• Other duties as may be assigned by supervisor or BA-Nigeria Project Director.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Master’s Degree in a relevant field (Public Health, Social Science, Humanities, other) required.
• Minimum of 8 years’ experience managing a Family Planning, Maternal or related Reproductive Health programs in Nigeria. Advocacy, SBC and/or Community Mobilization expertise highly valued.
• Excellent communication, and organizational skills; and ability to influence and facilitate advocacy agendas at Federal and State levels
• Must be fluent in English and, given the geographic focus of the project, fluency in Hausa is highly desirable.
• Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities currently. With project expansion this status may change over time.

Application Closing Date
11th February, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their cover letters and CV’s only as one PDF document to: [email protected]

Your cover letter should include the following:

• Address the education/experience requirement specified for the position with specific examples where necessary.
• Language skills.(Please note that language skills will be tested during interviews for shortlisted candidates.)
• Include the specific date when you would be able to begin work.
• CV and cover letter PDF file name must be your first and last name in CAPS (e.g.: USMAN SEGUN).
• The subject line of your email should be the job title . E.g. “Senior Program Officer - RMNCH"
• Do not include any additional certificates or documentation. Any applications that include certificates or other documents will be deleted immediately.

Note: To apply for this position, please follow the instructions exactly as described above. Any submissions that do not follow the instructions exactly will be discarded without review.