Program Officer at Socio-Economic Research and Development Centre (SERDEC)

Socio-Economic Research and Development Centre (SERDEC) is a non-governmental, non- profit research and development organization that operates to promote social accountability and strengthen democratic governance through stakeholder engagements. We are implementing a PacFAH@ Scale Project to catalyze action toward adequate provision for family planning, Routine immunization, Child Killer Diseases and Primary Health Care under One Roof (PHCOUR) and looking for talented people with a track record of high performance and passion for impacting lives to join our vibrant team under our PACFaH@Scale Project in Niger State.

Applications are hereby invited for the position below:

Job Title: Program Officer

Location: Minna, Niger

Description

• The Program Officer will provide technical assistance and support to programs.
• He/She will Prepare, coordinate reviews, edit, and disseminate project-related reports and documents, including program strategies, progress updates, and other documents and reports.

Responsibilities

• The Program Officer will: Collect, complies, and analyzes information relevant to programs while ensuring compliance with internal and external regulations.
• Prepare weekly and monthly narrative reports of field activities and capture success stories and case studies.
• Monitors budget for programs with adherence and develop a monitoring system for reviewing project status.
• Develops/Reviews work plans, prepares presentations, and supports other related program objectives and deliverables
• Assist in developing and monitoring annual work plans and budgets, as well as associated deliverables and results/outputs.
• Developing and maintaining the data bank and photo gallery of the project activities and carry out administrative duties as assigned by the Project Director.

Qualifications

• BA/BSc in Public Health, Social Science or any other related field.
• At least five (4) years of progressively responsible experience in designing, managing and implementing health-related projects.
• Experience in doing literature searches/desk review of documents to tease out relevant information for evidence-based decision making.
• Proficiency in writing reports in English and communicating results clearly using graphs, charts, and other visuals.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including patience, diplomacy, willingness to listen and respect for diversity.
• Capability to create strong partnerships among all program stakeholders.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, stressful environment.
• Proficiency with MS office software required (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.)

Application Closing Date
5.00PM; 5th April, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and Cover Letter to: [email protected] and copy: [email protected] and [email protected]

Note: Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.