Marie Stopes Nigeria NGO Job Vacancy for Social Franchising Manager

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Job Title: Social Franchising Manager
Locations: Abuja or Kano, Nigeria (tbd)
Reporting to: Operations Director,
Duration of contract: 2 year extendable; 6 months probationary period
Organisation: Marie Stopes Nigeria (MSN) - Part of Marie Stopes International's Global Partnership
Sector: non-Governmental organization (NGO)

Descriptions:
•   The Social Franchising Manager is a new post This person will lead the implementation of a Marie Stopes owned reproductive-health franchise.
•   This franchise will draw upon the capacity of the private sector to reach communities throughout Nigeria, and the technical skills and marketing support of Marie Stopes to ensure a high quality, client-focused service,

Responsibilities:
Launch and oversee a dramatic expansion of Marie Stopes Social

1. Franchising
•   Define selection criteria
•   Oversee a baseline analysis and mapping exercise of potential franchise members
•   Manage budgets and optimize efficiencies/cost-savings wherever possible.
•   Upon recruitment of franchisees, implement the 3 interventions to activate the network:
I.   Plan and launch a training programme to ensure high quality services are available. Alongside this training, plan the quality assurance needs to determine franchisee adherence to training.
II. Ensure franchisees are supplied with a package of products which will contraceptives, misoprostol for PPH and PAC, and other maternal and child health products.
III.     Launch an innovative marketing campaign to promote the brand
"BlueStar" and services available.

2. Team work and team management
•   Demonstrate excellent team work through collaboration with other departments
•   Design a work plan with other staff members
•   Problem-solve and provide regular internal communications to ensure that all stakeholders in the Social Franchising project are well informed
•   Performance manage the Social Franchising Team integration of Social Franchising into wider Marie Stopes objectives
•   Support advocacy initiatives at the highest level that promote private sector delivery of maternal and child health services.
•   Campaign for public-private partnership opportunities for Marie Stopes and BlueStar.
•   Pursue opportunities to have Marie Stopes/BlueStar training accredited by the government
•   Document and disseminate learning

Requirements:
•   Exceptional management and organizational ability. A self-starter, able to run the Social Franchising project sometimes with limited supervision.
•   At least 10 years experience, 5 of which will be in a project management role working with an NGO or business.
•   Highly numerate with an ability to anticipate problem costs and opportunities for the organization greater efficiencies.
•   Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills.
•   Highly creative. You will have a passion for finding new ways to effectively deliver Marie Stopes and BlueStar services.
•   Holder of a Degree, or equivalent experience.
•   Computer literate
•   Fluent in spoken and written English

Method of Application:
Interested candidates are to send a written application and CV (as a single attachment) to recruitment@mariestopes.org.ng.

The position applied for must be quoted as the subject of the email. Applications that do follow these standards will not be accepted.

Deadline: November 7, 2011.