The Advocacy Project in Child and Family Health Current Opportunities [4 Positions]

The Advocacy Project in Child and Family Health, a new health project supporting civil society organizations to advocate for fulfilment of promises in the domains of policy, finance and regulatory standards for Routine Immunization; Primary Health Care Under one Roof; and Ending Childhood Killer Disease, is recruiting to fill the positions below:

Job Title: Strategic Communications Officer
Location: Abuja
Main Responsibilities

• Design evidence based advocacy materials website, social media, newsletter, brochures, communication materials
• Create and manage content (images, video and written) for the projects website
• Organize social media events around child and family health issues and financing
• Support online advocacy
• Develop and expand community and outreach efforts
• Work with the media and design a project media strategy
• Design templates for consultants’ reports and presentations
• Design, create and manage advocacy campaigns
• Monitor online traffic to the project’s website
• Monitor trends In Social Media conversations and trends on Issues in child and family health
• Analyze, review, and report on effectiveness of campaigns

Minimum Required Skills and Experience

• Command of the English language, excellent writing skills and ability to draft and edit complex substantive material rapidly and accurately
• Working knowledge of at least 2 Nigerian languages
• Ability to evaluate research findings and complex evidence, and develop communications messages and audience
• Bachelors Degree in Communications, Marketing, New Media or Public Relations
• Ability to manage complex series of competing priorities; ability to prioritize.
• Knowledge of the public health issues in the field of child and family health
• Proven working experience in social media or related field
• Excellent writing, editing (photo/video/text), presentation and communication skills
• Demonstrable social networking experience and social analytics tools knowledge
• Knowledge of web design, web development
• Strong graphic design skills
• Positive attitude, good team player detail and customer oriented with good multitasking and organizational ability
• Highly flexible and ability to set priorities
• Knowledge of Search Engine Optimisation systems

 

Job Title: Accountant
Location: Bide, Niger
Reports to: Programme Director
Hours of Work: 9am – 5pm
Tasks

• Making budgets, keeping accounts, bank reconciliation.

Minimum Required Skills and Experience

• Degree/HND in Business Management, Accounting or Finance
• 1-2 years’ experience as an accountant
• Knowledge of non-profit accounting
• Professional qualifications with ICAN, ACCA or any other equivalent professional qualification will be added advantage

 

Job Title: Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Location: Abuja
Main Responsibilities

• Monitor grant and sub-grant activities and ensure that the organization’s project complies with funder’s performance reporting requirements
• Develop training programs for sub-grantee NGOS
• Develop Terms of Reference for consultants
• Develop and manage the project’s management information system
• Conduct background research on child and family health policies and finance
• Produce research reports, issue briefs and policy papers
• Promote the use of harmonized and scientific data collection techniques involving sub-grantees and project partners
• Update and Manage the centralized information database
• Develop dashboard and score cards

Minimum Required Skills and Experience

• First degree in the Social Sciences (Political Sciences or Sociology), Statistics, or in Medicine with a Masters in Public Health or Development Studies
• Three to five years of experience working on M&E in social accountability or public health programming
• The ability to translate public health policy data into technical outputs
• Knowledge and experience in qualitative and quantitative data management techniques including proficient use of SPSS, STATA, Epi-info
• Experience in project monitoring and evaluation with special emphasis on activity monitoring, data management including data collection, analysis and storage.
• Excellent written and spoken English, including the ability to write dear, brief and scientific reports
• Respect for diversity
• Ability to work independently and under pressure

 

Job Title: Senior Program Officer
Location: Abuja
Main Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain relationships with government officials in the health sector
• provide on-going supervision, leadership and technical support and guidance to all program staff
• Develop and implement capacity building programs for sub-grantee CSOs
• Maintain open and professional relations with sub-grantee heads
• Ensure timely completion and submission of reports
• Supervise the implementation of grantee and sub-grantee work-plans
• Provide direction and monitor grantee and sub- grantee staff in their implementation of the work plans –
• Develop and monitor implementation of the advocacy strategic plan
• Support the collection, analysis and dissemination of project data and information for program review and information dissemination
• Supervise the develop quarterly workplans and financial pipelines in line with program implementation plans
• Model, promote and uphold core values of the project
• Ensure compliance in operations functions and funders requirements
• Ensure communication flow and functional coordination amongst sub-grantees and project activity areas

Minimum Required Skills and Experience

• Master’s Degree in Public Health; Political Sciences; Health Economics or Development Studies; PhD holders are strong advised to apply
• Strong background in public health advocacy or public policy analysis
• 8 years and above cognate experience in government public health system
• Knowledge of the child and family health policy making and programming
• Experience conducting advocacy or receiving health advocacy teams
• Fluency in English (written and spoken)
• Experience in project management, including donor relations and staff supervision
• Strong computer skills (Excel, Microsoft, PowerPoint and Oudook)
• Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective working relations with sub-grantee staff, funders and other stakeholders
• Government officials in finance, national planning or public health wishing to take up this position during a one year leave of absence are encouraged to apply

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send a CV as an email attachment and submit a 3 paragraph letter of application in the email content page (not as an attachment), the 3 paragraph application must provide key information on your suitability for the position to: [email protected] using the position applied for as the subject of the email.

Note

• Qualified candidates are advised to submit an early application as the position is to be filled immediately.
• Do not attach copies of certificate. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interview.
• The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified individuals

Application Deadline  5th February, 2018.