Posted on: Thu 20-04-2023

Project HOPE Nigeria (otherwise referred to People-to-People Health Foundation Nigeria) is a registered non-profit, non-governmental organization working in Nigeria in areas of HIV & AIDS, Tuberculosis, OVC, RMNCAH & Malaria intervention services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Program Manager

Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• The Program Manager is responsible for the design, implementation, and monitoring and providing support the Nigeria Hypertension Control Initiative deployment to address the critical gaps in hypertension control in Nigeria.
• The goal of this deployment is to ensure that the right information systems for patient monitoring and program quality improvement are available to reduce loss to follow up and strengthen capacities of LGA, facility and community to manage hypertension control.
• The Program Manager will report to the Country Representative and will lead Project HOPE’s technical team for efficient planning, financing, delivering, and monitoring high quality services on the RESOLVE project. S/he will be responsible for designing and implementing operational plans and leading program activities.
• S/he will provide technical leadership on all aspects of hypertension control services and providing support to the government’s strategic goal of strengthening hypertension management and increasing coverage in the targeted LGAs in Kano and Ogun States.
• S/he will develop strategies for resource mobilization and lead the technical team to produce quarterly, semi-annual and annual quantitative and narrative reports, including relevant information on lessons learnt, challenges encountered, and opportunities identified for improvement.
• S/He is responsible for coordinating amongst the different health actors to guarantee the feasibility of the project and country program.

Specific Responsibilities

Strategic Planning:

• Oversees the program budget and development of annual work plans, semi-annual reports, and other reports as needed to ensure all project deliverables are of high quality and produced on time and within budget.
• Provides leadership in developing, implementing, and assessing an integrated package of interventions to increase strengthening of hypertension control at community, and health facility levels in collaboration with key national and state stakeholders
• Operationalize and implement of the Nigeria Hypertension Control program components
• Support the development, strengthening and implementation of state and LGA strategic and annual plans
• Facilitate linkages and foster collaboration and coordination with key stakeholders including relevant national, state, and local government authorities, partners and civil society organizations involved in hypertension control, and communities
• Provide input and participate in the project strategy design and implementation plan for the health facility and community services components.

Requirements

Educational Requirements:

Master’s Degree in Public Health, Statistics, Social Sciences, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Informatics, or a health-related field is required

Professional Experience / Requirements:

• Senior leader with 10+ years of relevant experience, with capacity development of government offices preferred.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the social welfare context and health system in Nigeria, and preferably in Niger state
• Successful experience in implementing hypertension control projects and familiarity with USAID/RESOLVE programs preferred.

Competency:

• Strong writing and presentation skills
• Proven capabilities in leadership
• Strong negotiation, interpersonal and organization skills
• Ability to read, writes, analyze, and interpret, technical and non-technical in the English language
• Ability to effectively present information and respond appropriately to questions from senior managers in the field and HQ, counterparts, senior government leaders and other related regional players.

Application Closing Date

Not Specified.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should:

Click here to apply online

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