Policy and Planning Technical Officer - PPTO Job at Options Consultancy Services Ltd

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Job Title: Policy and Planning Technical Officer

Location: Abuja, Nigeria, with frequent travel to States

Job type: Fixed term – two years

Salary: commensurate with experience

Project: Partnerships for Transforming Health Systems (PATHS2) Programme

Organisation: Options Consultancy Services Ltd

Sector: NGO

Options is recruiting a Policy and Planning Technical Officer to provide technical support and coordination to the Voice and Accountability (V&A) component of the PATHS2 programme.

As a member of PATHS2's V&A Team, the Policy and Planning Technical Officer (PPTO) will provide key support to the V&A Technical Manager in the implementation of PATHS2's V&A strategies that focus on Family Health Committee (FHC) participation in health sector policy and planning processes.  S/he will contribute to ensuring increased participation of FHCs in these processes at LGA and State level.

Key responsibilities include: providing technical assistance to PATHS2 state offices, state based partners and implementing partners in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of V&A activities; draft and quality assure terms of reference and documents produced that relate to V&A work in the area of policy, planning and advocacy; ensure on-going monitoring and evaluation of V&A activities in the relevant areas; contribute to the V&A output workplanning processes, including the ongoing evolution of V&A's technical direction in the area of policy and planning at State and LGA level.

Person specification

•   Key competencies include: at least five years' work experience in a development organisation in a relevant field; experience and thorough understanding of policy and planning processes, particularly at State and LGA level; an understanding of issues relating to citizen voice, government accountability and responsiveness in service delivery; ideally, experience of working in the health sector, or on other types of service delivery.

•   The post is open to Nigerian nationals only and the post-holder must be willing to undertake frequent travel within Nigeria.

Application process:

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Apply with your CV and a covering letter outlining how you meet the person specification.

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview.

Deadline: 01 June 2012.

Policy and Planning Technical Officer - PPTO Job