Deputy Health Manager at Grassroots Life Saving Outreach (LESGO)

Grassroots Lifesaving Outreach (LESGO) is an impartial, neutral and independent Non-Governmental Organization whose mission exclusively established to promote life in underserved communities through empowering communities to know and protect lives including their environment towards ensuring safe habitation through participatory methodology. Established in Grassroots Lifesaving Outreach was established in 2010 but was incorporated in the year 2011 with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). LESGO exists to partner with government and relevant agencies to promote and strengthen humanitarian law and a universal principle that seeks to honor the dignity of mankind with support and believe that Life is worth living and living well.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Deputy Health Manager

Location: Adamawa
Employment Type: Full Time
Job Field: Programs
Reports Directly To: Program Manager.

Job Overview / Summary

• Supervise the overall implementation of the project technical aspect, ensuring adequate communication between LESGO and field staff, stakeholders and Agencies.
• S/he will provide technical leadership and support to strengthen monitoring and evaluation (M&E), and performance reporting within the targeted geographic area, which may include strengthening capacity of health workers and other stakeholders to monitor, document and analyze the performance of health services and activities and ensure data quality. S/he reports directly to Project Manager.

Job Responsibilities

• Coordinates projects implementation, ensuring high quality and timely delivery of all project objectives
• Perform consultation on need basis, especially when on the field.
• Ensure that the program is implemented in ways responsive to communities, partners, and communities and in line with humanitarian principles, values and strategic plan and procedures
• Prepare project and donor reports in a timely manner and in compliance with internal and external requirements.
• Work in collaboration with Program Manager to oversee project implementation ensuring that services are delivered on time, on budget and in compliance with donor regulations.
• Ensure that program interventions continue to be informed by and integrated with other core sectors (Protection & WASH)
• In coordination with MEAL unit develop tools for the effective reportage and data gathering
• Oversees all technical activities of field staff, working closely with Clinical Supervisors
• Coordinates with Clinical Supervisors in gathering field reports.
• Examine and approve all field reports with signature
• Approves clearance of field staff for monthly stipends
• In collaboration with the MEAL officer, monitor program objectives, outputs, indicators, and activities – ensuring team remains on track as per donor commitment
• Work with MEAL officer to ensure appropriate, timely and accurate data collection against agreed indicators to enable both internal and external reporting
• Identify, reach out and create collaboration with partners such CBO and CSO or any other relevant actor or stakeholder which is in line with the organization vision
• In coordination with the management and project staffs, produce quality reports to ensure accurate, coherent, and timely reporting.
• Represent and participate in relevant Health working groups, cluster meetings and any other relevant forums
• Any other tasks as assigned by the Program Manager

Job Specifications
Education:

• Minimum of Degree in Nursing, Community or Public Health, or a related field from an accredited academic institution.

Work Experience:

• 3-4 years of experience in Clinical Management and staff supervision, Health Experience in running Primary Care Program especially with NGO/INGO.
• Relevant professional work experience in public health or life-saving health, SRH and protection/GBV activities including familiarity with the Emergency/ humanitarian context will be an added advantage.

Essential Knowledge and Skills:

• Excellent organizational, communication and time management skills.
• Ability to organize tasks simultaneously, prioritize work and ensure tasks are completed by deadline.
• Honest, reliable and trustworthy.
• Willing to adhere to and implement the LESGO’s core values.
• Good inter-personal skills and able to work under pressure and manage personal stress
• Excellent knowledge of the MS Office software including Word, Excel, Outlook.

Success Factors:

• The successful candidate will be capable of multi-tasking, rapid decision-making, have initiative, drive, and a lot of energy, as well as high emotional intelligence, constructive mentoring skills and proven experience with capacity building.
• S/he will be committed to long-term program sustainability and the delivery of high-impact activities at the community level.

Travel:

• The successful candidate will be willing to travel to field locations based on program needs.

Application Closing Date
19th December, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume and Cover Letter to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note

• Be prepared for interview immediately as this is Just in time Recruitment.
• Only qualified candidates will be contacted.
• Our employees enjoy a work culture that promotes diversity and inclusion
• LESGO provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.
• This is an emergency recruitment, and we are looking to fill this role as soon as possible. Candidates available to start immediately are highly preferred.
• Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.