Senior Officer, Malaria Field Programmes - Yobe Job at Society for Family Health Nigeria

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Job Title: Senior Officer, Malaria Field Programmes

Location: Yobe, Nigeria

Employer: Society for Family Health (SFH)

Society for Family Health (SFH) is one of the leading public health non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Nigeria, implementing programmes in reproductive health, HIV/AIDS prevention, and maternal and child health. SFH works in partnership with the Federal and State Government of Nigeria, the British Department for International Development (DFID) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) among other international donors. We seek to recruit qualified persons as a result of growth in our organisation. We offer professionals opportunities for career advancement, a good working environment and competitive remuneration. We require competent candidates.

Job Profile:

•   Reporting to the Malaria Programme Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for the coordination of all Malaria social mobilisation in the states.

•   Primary duties will be management and monitoring of the CSOs' and Subrecipients'/Consultants' progress towards achieving programme deliverables.

•   S/He will be responsible for monitoring the quality of outputs, and ensuring the fiscal integrity of all transactions and operations, behaviour change communication and mass mobilisation activities.

•   S/He will also be responsible for quality assuring all training, and monitoring and evaluation of malaria intervention programmes within the state.

•   S/He will also be required to strengthen the RBM partnership in the state and will be the liaison of SFH to the public sector aspect of the malaria control programme.

Qualifications/Experience:

Minimum Academic/Professional Qualifications required for the position:

• Must possess a first degree in any Health/Behavioural/Social sciences or related field.

• Must possess a minimum three (3) years post NYSC working experience in an NGO at the field level.

• Must possess sound experience in community mobilisation techniques.

• Must have in depth experience with database management and data entry, cleaning and verification.

• Ability to work with MS Word, Excel, Power Point, DHIS 1.4 and 2.0 is essential.

• Must be excellent at report writing, and possess good M&E skills.

• Must possess experience in donor funded projects.

Good knowledge of BCC theories and practices is required for persons managing social mobilisation activities

Compensation & Benefits: The compensation package for these positions is very attractive and designed to attract, motivate and retain talented candidates.

Method of Application:

Apply online with one page application letter (using the position reference as subject), addressed to the Deputy Director-HR, clearly providing evidence of competences required for the job, current remuneration, as well as a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae indicating clearly your valid telephone numbers, e-mail address and current contact address.

We kindly request that only candidates with the minimum requirements need apply.

While we respect your application, due to the large number of applications received by SFH Nigeria, please note that we are only able to contact short-listed candidates.

*SFH IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

SFH DOES NOT USE THIRD PARTY RECRUITERS OR CHARGE A FEE FOR EMPLOYMENT.

Deadline: 06.09.2013

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