Local Government Area (LGA) Coordinator at Society for Family Health (SFH) - 3 Openings

Society for Family Health (SFH) is one of the leading non-governmental public health organizations 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), Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MSD for Mothers, Children Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), Novartis NCD, among other international donors.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Local Government Area (LGA) Coordinator

Job ID: sfh-38959
Locations: Ogun, Kano, and Adamawa
Job type: Full time
Category: Programs

Job Profile

• The LGA Coordinator is to effectively conduct successful ITN and SMC campaigns in the GC7 grant for 2024 in Ogun, Adamawa and Kano states.
• SFH will be requiring competent and experienced Short Term Hire consultant to function as LGA coordinators and support the SFH GFM team deliver on qualitative program implementation of the ITN in Ogun state and SMC in Adamawa and Kano states.

Job Role
The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Ensure all training attendance sheets are properly filled.
• Ensure all accounts numbers of campaign personnel in the LGA are collected and verified.
• Ensure that personnel without account numbers are documented with their phone numbers and their details forwarded to finance.
• Documentation of personnel should be according to their respective tasks (that is town announcers, DP personnel and HHM differentiated)
• Ensure payment details for each concluded activities in the LGA are shared with finance (i.e. trainings and activities should not be lumped together)
• Coordinate procurement and collect payment details of all vendors in LGA and follow up with LGA team to ensure supporting documents are appropriate.
• Conclude the store assessment at the LGA level and ensure that stores are ready before distribution to the LGAs
• Supervise the delivery of the LLINs to the LGA
• Supervise the distribution of LLINs to the DPs
• Support LGA advocacy and Programme implementation
• Supervise the training at the LGA and ward levels
• Visit at least five households per day in a selected settlement to monitor the household mobilization process
• Fill out the daily household mobilization data (during household mobilization) as well as LLIN distribution data (during distribution) for a selected ward as pilot for the use of the CSpro device for data collection.
• Train one ward supervisor to fill out the daily household mobilization data (during household mobilization) as well as LLIN distribution data (during distribution) as pilot for the use of the CSpro device for data collection.
• Ensure the safety of the tablet device given to the ward supervisor for the pilot data collection.
• Provide daily feedback from the LGA supported during the daily review meetings.

Requirements
Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of Ordinary National Diploma (OND)
• Past experience as an LGA Coordinator or Technology Training Assistants.
• Past campaign experience using technology in any of pervious campaign.

Skills and Competencies required:
Technical skills:

• Computer literate good understanding of Microsoft Office applications
• Good use of ICT4D for campaign

Behavioral:

• Good leadership and advocacy skill
• Good team spirit
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work in complex operating environment

What We Offer

• SFH offers professional opportunities for career advancement, a good working environment and competitive remuneration.

Application Closing Date
12th April, 2024