Chief of Party (COP) at Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) - 3 Openings

Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) is one of the leading Nigerian Non-Governmental Organizations implementing programs of improving Sexual and Reproductive Health, Care and Treatment of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, etc. We offer professional opportunities for career advancement, good working environment and competitive remuneration.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Chief of Party (COP)

Locations: Bayelsa, Edo and Rivers
Employment Type: Full time

Job Description

• Responsible for the overall management and implementation of the project and report directly to the designated USAID Agreement Officer’s Representative (AOR).
• Supervise project implementation and ensure the project meets stated goals and reporting requirements.
• Must possess excellent leadership and interpersonal qualities and should have extensive experience in public/international health.
• Should have experience managing similar projects with significant management responsibility with proven ability to work with partners including host country government officials as well as other donors and stakeholders.
• Must have a solid track record in managing the implementation of large-scale programs with similar complexity.
• Must have solid technical knowledge in HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases (malaria and TB), maternal and child health, HSS, QA/QI etc.
• Requires political savvy person, as s/he will interact with numerous GON institutions and senior-level national and sub-national level government officials.

Qualifications
At a minimum:

• Must have an M.B.B.S Qualification (Medicine, Surgery).
• Master's Degree (or higher) in Public Health or Medicine and at least 10 years’ experience or more working as a senior level manager in a public health program in fragile, conflict and/or violent settings in Nigeria or any developing country.
• Must have strong management skills, strategic vision, leadership qualities, professional reputation, ability to create synergies where applicable, interpersonal skills, and written and oral presentation skills to fulfill the diverse technical and managerial requirements of the project description.
• Must have progressive senior level management experience in managing complex public health programs, or programs of similar size and complexity, including demonstrable experience in design, implementation, monitoring and reporting of activities of similar size and complexity in Nigeria or a similar setting.
• The candidate must possess excellent leadership and interpersonal qualities and should have extensive experience in public/international health, additionally, S/he should have experience managing similar projects with significant management responsibility with proven ability to work with partners including host country government officials as well as other donors and stakeholders.
• Must have a solid track record in managing the implementation of large-scale programs with similar complexity.
• Must have equally had a solid technical knowledge in HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases (malaria and TB), maternal and child health, HSS, QA/QI etc.

Application Closing Date
22nd September, 2021.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send a copy of their recent CV and Cover Letter in one MS Word Document to: [email protected] using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the email.
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