Technical Advisor - Reproductive Health Family Planning Job at JHpiego Nigeria

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Job Title: Technical Advisor, Reproductive Health Family Planning

Location: Bauchi, Nigeria

Report To: Deputy Chief of Party

Employer: JHpiego

Responsibilities:

•   Provide overall technical vision and guidance in the area of RH/FP

•   As a member of the project's Core Team, provide leadership in RH/FP for the design annual work plans, monitoring of program activities and ongoing assessment of technical assistance needs

•   Manage/support subcontractors, institutions, networks, relevant NGOs, collaborating organizations, and federal and state governments in Nigeria

•   Advise on national and global FP/RH "best practice" examples and their potential replicability, as well as opportunities for knowledge exchange among state-based institutions and/or individuals.

•   Assess technical capacity of state institutions as appropriate.

•   Collaborate with other IPs implementing similar programming to ensure joint planning and coordination where appropriate

•   Develop and maintain excellent relationships with colleagues, counterparts, and keep her/his supervisors and project staff informed of successes, challenges, best practices and lessons learned in implementing programs ill areas of technical expertise

•   Develop and maintain excellent relationships with colleagues, counterparts, and donors

•   Keep her/his supervisors and project staff informed of successes, challenges, best practices and lessons learned in implementing programs in areas of technical expertise

•   Develop and/or review technical documents and learning materials in areas of technical expertise

•   Write, co-author and otherwise support the documentation of project results in conferences and publications

•   Perform technical reviews of grant applications and subcontractor scopes of work.

Deadline: 13 June, 2013

Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and will need to resume as early as possible.

JHU is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer

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