Business Development Adviser 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 Adviser

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job type: Full time

Responsibilities
The successful candidate will be required to perform the following functions:

• Facilitate training of PPMVs on business development and entrepreneurship to utilize micro-credit to improve their delivery of products and services.
• Facilitate PPMV aggregation in the form of cooperatives to ensure easy access to low interest loans.
• Facilitate efforts to improve PPMV access to quality health commodity by facilitating engagement of PPMV networks with interested, reputable manufacturers and drug suppliers.
• Plan and conduct training programs to build capacity of PPMVs to manage commodity inventories better.
• Work with IntegratE team to ensure PPMVs are trained on LARC methods at the Schools of Health Technology in line with the approved guidelines for the three-Tiered Accreditation System.

Requirements
The successful candidate will be required to possess the following qualification:

• S/he must possess a Degree / equivalent in any of the management, social and biological sciences.
• A postgraduate Degree in Public Health or social works will be an advantage
• Candidates must have a minimum of 7 years post qualification experience in program management, training and business development and integration, especially among the private health sector / provider.

Technical Requirement:

• Business and entrepreneurship
• Development skills
• Good Negotiation
• Communication and presentation skills
• Ability to discover, create, and communicate the value of interventions.
• Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft word, power point and excel packages.
• Use factual data to produce and deliver credible and understandable reports.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online