Adhoc Staff at Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) - 4 Openings

Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) is a leading Non-Governmental and Not-for-Profit Organization established in 1989 by two eminent and reputable Nigerians who are the most prominent advocates of Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) and Family Planning (FP) programming in Nigeria. ARFH have implemented projects across the 36+1 states of Nigeria on cross cutting programs including Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health plus Nutrition Investment Case (RMNCAH+N), Family Planning (FP), Global fund grants on HIV, TB and Malaria as Prime & Sub recipient, USAID grants on Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) among others.

ARFH since inception consistently contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of rural poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged populations. ARFH has been at the fore-front of Health & community system strengthening, Human resource for health development in Nigeria, supporting the Government of Nigeria to advocate and domesticate health policies into implementation e.g. its task-shifting and task sharing policy through capacity building for all cadres of health care providers including Physicians, Nurse midwives, and CHEWs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Adhoc Staff

Locations: Enugu, Lagos, Niger and Plateau

Job Summary

• The Adhoc Staff will be responsible for the overall program coordination on the CODAiN (Community Oriented DMPA-SC/Self Injection Acceleration in Nigeria) project in the State.
• He/she will coordinate RH/FP activities including service delivery of DMPA-SC in all the service delivery points in the state as well as managing relationship with relevant stakeholders towards ensuring seamless project implementation.
• He/she will coordinate CORPs/CHIPS activities in collaboration with the State and LGA RH/FP Coordinators.
• The Adhoc Staff will work closely with the state stakeholders on Journey to Self-Reliance (sustainability and state ownership) on the concluded RASuDiN (Resilient and Accelerated Scale up of DMPA-SC/Self Injection in Nigeria) project.
• He/she will have requisite experience in RMNCH landscape.

Specific Responsibilities

• Provide Technical Assistance (TA) to the state in its journey to self-reliance (ownership and sustainability) of high-impact Family planning programming and activities in the state.
• Liaise with SPHCDA, and SMOH to provide TA and Support in the transitioning of CORPs to the CHIPS Program in the state.
• Provide TA and follow up with the state on the integration of the Quarterly LGA RH/FP Supervisors meeting, Sponsorship of Cluster Review
• Continuous stakeholder engagement and follow-up to ensure the Procurement of FP Commodities by the state.
• Support the conduct of FP Outreaches or its integration into other government-led outreaches.
• Provide TA to ensure continuous FP Demand Generation by the Health Educators or SMOs at LGA level.
• Provide TA for other state FP programs with guidance towards ownership and sustainability plans
• Provide monthly report of progress in all the projects elements of JSR.
• Coordinate and facilitate RH/FP service delivery (quality and systems strengthening) and other related activities in project anchor sites and respective satellite sites.
• Developing innovative strategies to strengthen the effectiveness and quality of service provision in their areas of assigned responsibility
• Participating in development, management and review of program activities of Community health workers

Minimum Qualifications

• Applicants must hold a University Degree in a Health related or Social Science field and he/she must also possess hands-on experience in Family Planning Service Delivery.
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills, with proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Power point.
• Applicant is expected to have a minimum of 3 years’ experience on donor funded family planning project in Nigeria with good knowledge of national health programs, health system, NGOs and collaborative relationship and liaison with stakeholders at all levels.

Application Closing Date
20th December, 2022.