Programmes Manager Job at Center for the Right to Health

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Job Title: Programmes Manager      

Job Location: Port Harcourt, Rivers State

Organisation: Center for the Right to Health (CRH)

Sequel to increased activities, Center For The Right To Health (CRH), a Non-Profit organization, dedicated to research, training, service delivery and advocacy for the full realization of the right to health in Nigeria, especially for vulnerable groups seek qualified and committed persons to fill up the underlisted positions in her new USAID supported project "strengthening HIV Prevention for Most At Risk Persons in Nigeria".

Duties and Responsibility:

•   This is a senior officer position reporting to the project team leader in the region, The successful candidate will support the coordination and management of the regional level activities of the project for most at risk populations (MARPS);

•   S/He will also coordinate the implementation of Peer Education interventions among key target populations in the field locations;

•   S/He will manage funds and related workshops, meetings and other events and act as a supervisor, coach, mentor and provide technical support to the key target populations (KTP) and community facilitators;

•   S/He will facilitate community mobilisation, training of facilitators and supervision of community facilitators and will provide support for the coordination and preparation of annual, quarterly and monthly work-plans and budgets for programme implementation;

•   Will also provide support for the monitoring and evaluation of programme implementation at the community level and coordinate the implementation of capacity building activities for CBOs to provide MARPs friendly services in the States.

The desired candidate:

•   Must possess a first degree in the Health sciences;

•   Must possess a minimum of four (4) years post NYSC experience preferably in the field of community level behaviour change communication;

•   Ability to speak the predominant language of the state will be an advantage;

•   Must possess excellent planning and organisational skills and good writing and documentation skills;

•   Must possess excellent skills in computer knowledge and application;

•   Must possess a high level of integrity;

•   Must possess the ability to anticipate and solve problems.

•   Must have significant experience in working in programme for most at risk population and other community related HIV programme for vulnerable populations;

•   Must have past experience as a trained peer educator or IPC conductor is useful as the successful candidate will be required to support outreaches to KTPs to inform behaviour change;

Mode of Application:

Interested persons must send comprehensive resume with a brief suitability letter as ONE (1) MS WORD DOCUMENT. This document must not exceed 4 pages please.

Please specify the position in the subject line on the top right corner of the first page of document.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and shortlisted persons will receive notice to attend interview within five (5) days. Therefore shortlisted persons must be ready to attend interviews at very short notice.

Deadline: 7th September, 2012.

Programmes Manager Job