Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) at Society for Family Health (SFH)

Society for Family Health (SFH) is one of the leading non-governmental public health organisations in Nigeria, implementing programmes in Reproductive Health/Family Planning, HIV & AIDS prevention and treatment, malaria prevention and treatment, primary health care system strengthening and maternal, newborn and child health care. We work in partnership with the Federal and State Governments of Nigeria, the Global Fund, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Department for International Development (DFID), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MSD for Mothers and Children Investment Fund Foundation among other international donors.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP)

Job ID: sfh-23846
Location: Abuja
Job Type: Permanent
Department: Programs

Job Profile

• The Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) will assist the Chief of Party in all aspects of program management and provide technical leadership on program impact areas (including health system strengthening, family planning, maternal and newborn care, and nutrition).
• S/he will provide technical leadership for the program, facilitate the application of lessons learned, innovations, and cutting-edge quality improvement methods, and translate best practices into the improved implementation of interventions.

Roles and Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the COP, oversee the technical implementation of programme activities including capacity building, and engagement with stakeholders. 
• Support the development and revision of programme reports, work plans, monitoring and evaluation plans, and communications materials. 
• Identify and develop priority partnerships with key stakeholders including the Government at the national, state, and local levels. 
• Represent the Chief of Party in her/his absence. 
• Help ensure compliance with Donor regulations and SFH procedures. 
• Help ensure the quality of programme outputs is fully aligned with SFH and Donor requirements through mentoring, training, and monitoring of staff and partners. 
• Lead and manage all assigned personnel. Supervise, motivate, and guide senior managers and technical experts. 

Qualifications / Experience

• Post-graduate Education (Master's or higher) in Medicine, Public Health, Health Sciences, International Development, Health Sciences, or other fields related to the activity’s focus. 
• Minimum of 10 years experience and expertise on large and complex donor-funded programs of similar or related nature, size, and complexity including prior USAID experience. 
• A minimum of ten (10) years of professional work experience in the field of Public Health programming including under a United States Government (USG) funded activity that includes program planning, implementation, data use, monitoring, and reporting. This should be inclusive of a minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in two or more areas of focus - health system strengthening, family planning, maternal and newborn care and child health, and nutrition. 
• Ability to work in a fast-moving, fluid team setting with multiple stakeholders. 
• Proven experience supervising and mentoring staff. 
• The successful candidate must be a person of integrity with excellent oral and written communication skills, highly analytical, with expert interpersonal, organizational, and cross-cultural skills. 

Application Closing Date
13th October, 2023.