Business Development Manager 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: Business Development Manager

Job Identification: sfh-96426
Location: Abuja
Duration of Contract: Full Term

Job Profile

• The Program Manager will lead, coordinate, and ensure all SWIFT project activities as detailed in the proposal document are successfully implemented.
• The Staff will coordinate all activities relating to and essential for successful implementation of the SWIFT project.
• Specifically, the Program manager will lead efforts to expand access to Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC) and the unmet need for family planning in Kano, Kaduna, and Lagos by optimizing health-trained PPMVs to increase the uptake of LARC and promote female ownership of pharmaceutical businesses.

Job Role
The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Interface with the donor, government, and high-level stakeholders to discuss and share results from the project.
• Build women's agency in entrepreneurship and improve access to financial services to grow and manage small-scale businesses.
• Build the capacity of PPMVs to utilize microcredit to improve their delivery of products and services.
• Catalyse financial sustainability by supporting aggregation (the establishment of female PPMV cooperatives) to access micro-credits from financial institutions for sustainable financing.
• Support the digitalization of PPMV’s inventory to reduce stock out and link to the Telemedicine facility to improve quality of care. Improve PPMV access to quality health commodity by facilitating engagement of PPMV networks with interested, reputable manufacturers and drug suppliers.
• Build capacity of PPMVs to better manage commodity inventories.
• Increase women’s ownership of Patent medicine shops (PMS) by facilitating the registration and accreditation of at least 400 new female health trained PPMVs by PCN, prioritizing the underserved communities.
• Increase access and uptake of LARC and primary healthcare services among underserved populations in Kano, Kaduna, and Lagos.
• Increase the number of providers trained and providing LARC services within six months after training across the three states.

Qualifications / Experience

• He/she must possess a Degree / equivalent in any of the Biological / Socials Sciences.
• A Postgraduate degree in Public Health or social works will be an advantage
• Candidates must have a minimum of 8 – 10 years post qualification experience in program management, training and business development and integration especially among the private health sector / provider.

Technical:

• Expertise in business and entrepreneurship development
• Report writing and Data interpretation skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Behavioural:

• Supervisory and mentoring skills
• High level of integrity
• Relationship management/Advocacy skills
• Ability to work under pressure

Application Closing Date
13th December, 2024.