Job Title: Social Welfare Workforce Program National Coordinator
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Job Level: Manager
Recruiter: CapacityPlus
Overview:
• Led by IntraHealth International, CapacityPlus is the USAID-funded global project uniquely focused on the health and social service workforce needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Placing the workforce at the center of every effort, Capacity Plus helps partner countries achieve significant progress in addressing workforce issues while also having global impact through alliances with multilateral organizations. In Nigeria, CapacityPlus is supporting the government to undertake a comprehensive assessment of the child and family welfare system and social; welfare human resource gap analysis in six states.
• The Stale Child Protection system mapping and assessment (inclusive of workforce analysis and public expenditure review) will be critical to guide the State Ministry of Women Affairs & Social Development and other relevant actors to develop a state strategy and action plan for child protection system strengthening/reform The assessment will also feed Into the planned State Plan of Action for Vulnerable Children Development and the response plan of the upcoming national Violence against Children Survey.
Primary Responsibilities:
• The CapacityPlus project is looking for a Social Welfare Workforce Program Coordinator to support a team of three international consultants with expertise in social welfare systems strengthening and public expenditure, as well as teams in each of the six states in the implementation of the systems mapping and workforce gap analysis. This will be done in close coordination with a Project Coordinator based in UNICEFs Abuja office.
• Each State team will be responsible for adapting the systems mapping toolkit to the local context and will conduct field data collection.
• The Program Coordinator will help coordinate between the state teams, international consultants, and Project staff outside of Nigeria. This includes supporting the state assessments planning and coordinating workshops in each state, monitoring implementation plans and working with the Finance and Administration team on budgeting and travel preparation.
• Working under the direct supervision of tile US based Social Service Workforce Program Manager, the Program Coordinator will also assist with donor reporting, liaising with in-country stakeholders and developing/monitoring the country workplan as needed.
Essential Functions:
• Support state teams to undertake, coordinate and monitor activities as well as the activities of stakeholders
• Schedule and coordinate program events, including workshops, data collection, travel and dissemination meetings
• Liaise and coordinate with UNICEF Project Coordinator USAID Government stakeholders and project staff in Abuja and oversees.
• Manage workplan timeline of activities
• Participate in Steering Committee meetings as needed
• Produce quarterly progress reports, and other briefs as needed with inputs from the CapacityPlus team
• Take minutes of Internal and external technical meetings and share timely with team
• Develop and maintain ongoing collaborative relationships and partnerships with key federal and state governments counterparts as well as 01her key implementing partners and stakeholders
Education/Experience Required:
• Recognized degree in Sciences, Social Sciences, Health Management Public Administration or related field.
• At least three years work experience with development organizations
• Extensive knowledge and working experience at state and LGA levels, including strategic planning and implementation
• Strong interpersonal facilitation and communication skills and team working
• Ability to think logically and solve problems, ability to pay attention to detail and bring tasks to completion, and ability to work collaboratively.
• Experience working with USAID or USG programs preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Proven ability to anticipate length and difficulty of task assignments, self project objectives, work on multiple tasks at once, anticipate problems and evaluate results.
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Ability to travel to CapacityPlus priority states in Nigeria
Method of Application
Interested candidates should apply online with their CVs and a one page suitability statement for the position.
Deadline: June 20, 2013.
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