Quality Focal Person at Society for Family Health (SFH) - 2 Openings

Society for Family Health (SFH) is a leading non-governmental public health organisation in Nigeria, implementing programmes in Reproductive Health/Family Planning, HIV & AIDS treatment, malaria prevention, and treatment, primary health care system strengthening, non-communicable diseases and maternal, newborn, and child health care. We work in partnership with the Federal and State Governments of Nigeria, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MSD for Mothers, the Global Fund and Children Investment Fund Foundation among other international donors. SFH offers professional opportunities for achieving your personal goals in driving change in health interventions, an excellent working environment, and competitive remuneration.

We are recruiting passionate, self-motivated and highly qualified individuals to fill the underlisted vacant position, in response to organisational expansion into new geographies:

Job Title: Quality Focal Person

Locations: Kano and Jigawa
Job Type: Full-time
Department: Programs
Duration of Contract: 36 months

Job Profile

• This position will be responsible for supporting the identification, assessment and selection of facilities and providers for the provision of services to adolescent girls (15 – 19 years).
• The role will also provide support and capacity building to providers, and ensure quality standards are maintained in all the Project facilities providing sexual and reproductive health services for adolescent girls, using innovative approaches for designing programmes for improving the sexual and reproductive health of adolescent girls.

Job Role
The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Project coordination & implementation through established facilities offering quality ASRH services by trained providers
• Conduct supportive supervisory visits and capacity building for providers proficient in providing quality ASRH services
• Data management, analysis and reporting of service statistics and facility Quality of Care level.
• Budgeting and work plan of monthly activities and funds to accomplish tasks.
• Support Government led sites to maintain access to high quality, user–centred and integrated services for Adolescents.

Qualifications / Experience

• Must be a Certified Nurse / Midwife or possess a Nursing Degree (B.Sc in Nursing), with current registration with appropriate national regulatory bodies. 
• Must possess a minimum of five (5) years post-NYSC working experience in family planning programmes
• FP training certification will be of added advantage.

Skills and Competencies Required:

• Excellent interpersonal, communication (oral and written), presentation skills
• Must have a continuous drive for learning and knowledge sharing, self-motivated and skilled at training various cadres of health workers.
• Must be excellent at report writing and possess strong M&E skills.
• Candidates should be experienced in donor-funded projects and advocacy skills.
• Skills at multitasking, mentoring and the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Flexibility, achievement focused, with emotional intelligence
• Problem solving and analytical ability
• Industry Knowledge, Relationship and resource management skills
• Managing/Empowering others
• Conflict Resolution.
• Must be a demonstrable continuous and innovative learner.

Compensation & Benefits
The compensation package for this position is based on industry standards, and designed to attract, motivate, and incentivize talented individuals.

Application Closing Date
3rd November, 2021.