Program Assistant at Family Health International (FHI 360)

Family Health International (FHI 360) is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender, youth, research and technology - creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Program Assistant

Job Requisition ID: 2023201474
Location: Abuja
Job type: Full time
Supervisor: Associate Director, Liquid Oxygen
Project: Meeting Targets and Achieving Epidemic Control (EpiC) Liquid Medical Oxygen (LOX) infrastructure Project.

Basic Function

• The Program Assistant will provide programmatic and operational support to the team for the implementation of Meeting Targets and Achieving Epidemic Control (EpiC) Liquid Medical Oxygen (LOX) infrastructure program activities.  
• S/he forms part of the team that coordinates overall implementation of the LOX project.
• S/he will also be specifically responsible for maintaining electronic files for easy access and retrieval and support knowledge management and program communities of practice.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide program and administrative support to the team in the implementation of the LOX infrastructure project.
• Support with preparation of various program documents such as workplans, budgets, reports, and proposals on program implementation arrangements.
• Prepare presentation materials / slides in Power-point for presentations for meetings/workshops.
• Maintain and organize up-to-date hard and electronic files for easy access and retrieval, ensuring safe keeping of confidential materials.
• Support development and regular update of the project’s over-arching brief, including areas of focus, success stories, implementation learning and research.
• Support knowledge building and knowledge sharing in the Country office focusing on contributions of the project to knowledge networks, including communities of practice for medical oxygen.
• Support the team in planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of activities focused on achievement of the goals of the project.
• Review, collate and submit routine (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and quarterly) progress reports from sub teams.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements

• B.Sc./BA Degree in Public Health, Business Administration, Medical Sciences, Behavioral Sciences or its recognized equivalent with 1-3 years relevant experience with international development programs including COVID-19 program planning and implementation at the community or state level working with public and NGO sectors.
• Master’s Degree in Public Health is an added advantage
• Demonstrated success in multicultural environments is an advantage.

Knowledge, Skills & Attributes:

• Knowledge of health and development programming in a developing country
• Working knowledge of major donor policies (USAID, Global Fund) as well as international not-for-profit organizations
• Knowledge of COVID -19, medical oxygen, health systems, and related issues
• Ability to manage tight deadlines and deliver high volumes of work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to organize systems to monitor administrative and implementation results 
• Demonstrated expertise in building effective relationship with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to work as a team member.
• High degree of proficiency in written and spoken English communication
• Well-developed computer skills
• Ability to travel within Nigeria 25% time.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.