Jhpiego Nigeria Recruiting State Program Officer

Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University and a global leader in improving healthcare for women and families, seeks suitable candidates for the following position: State Program Officer

Title: STATE PROGRAM OFFICER

Position Reports To: Senior Program Manager

Location: Katsina State

Responsibilities
Leadership

• Assist in the assessment of clinical training and service delivery needs for MCHIP and in the design and implementation of appropriate responses to meet them.
  
• Identify and inform supervisor of successes, challenges and lessons learned
  
• Develop and maintain excellent relationships with government officials, colleagues and donors in Katsina state
  
  Management and Administration
  
• Contribute to the development of curricula, translations of technical and/or training materials.
  
• Maintain excellent records of technical files and materials supplied to various partners or training entities
  
• Participate in technical assistance to Government counterparts and NGOs implementing MCHIP program activities
  
• Contribute to technical program reports, work-plans, and draft correspondence as requested
  
• Comply with JHPIEGO and JHU operational policies and regulations
  
• Keep up to date on developments in the literature and new evidence and maternal and newborn health.
  
• Contribute to development of proposals, as needed
  
• Other tasks as identified by the supervisor

Required Qualifications

• Medical, nursing or midwifery degree with specialization in public health
  
• 5 years work experience with progressively increasing responsibilities
  
• Understanding of public health and development approaches
  
• Demonstrated self-management (i.e. motivation, dealing with pressure, adaptability).
  
• Strong decision making skills and results oriented approach
  
• Willingness to travel within and occasionally outside Katsina State
  Knowledge.
  
• Donor funded program experience preferred
  
• Competency-based training experience with medical, nursing and midwifery institutions
  
• Computer skills demonstrating competency in Microsoft Office Suite: Excel, MSWord, Outlook and PowerPoint
  
• Aware of and sensitive to working in multiple socio-economic settings and with multi-cultural groups.

Abilities/Skills

• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
  
• Experience in writing technical and programmatic reports that document program direction or results
  
• Ability to interact skillfully and diplomatically with numerous counterparts.
  
• Experience working in cooperation with colleagues who represent a wide range of interests and needs.
  
• Comfortable with a team approach to programming and the ability to manage several major activities simultaneously
  
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Hausa
  
• Knowledge of USAID Rules and regulations

Application Deadline
27th May, 2010.

Method of Application:

Qualified Candidates should forward their Application and CV to: appaccess@yahoo.com

The successful candidates selected for this position will be subjected to a pre-employment background investigation.

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