Association for Reproductive & Family Health (ARFH) Vacancies for State Program Associate


Posted on: Thu 18-06-2015

Association for Reproductive & Family Health (ARFH) is a non-profit Non-Governmental Organization in Nigeria committed to improving the quality of life of underserved and vulnerable communities by promoting access to quality healthcare and harnessing community capacities for sustainable development. ARFH is a sub recipient to the National Malaria Elimination Program on the Global Malaria NFM Grant.

We seek applications from qualified applicanls for the position below:

State Program Associate

Specific Responsibilities:

  • Ensure quality of data captured from service delivery points thrpugh desk review. Onsite data verification and encourage data use at LGA and state levels.
  • Support timely and accurate entry and reporting of malaria data on the national DHIS2 database.
  • Advocate for support for Malaria activities with state and LGA policy makers and community leaders.
  • Provide technical support at regular meetings between State Malaria Elimination Program and LGA focal Person to discuss and build consensus on strategies on Malaria activities in the State
  • Support documentation of Malaria activities in the state.
  • Support State Program Officer to manage ARFH fund disbursed for Malaria activities in the state.
  • Provide periodic reports and feedback to the central office as agreed and document all Malaria activities at the state level using communicated channels.
  • Maintain appropriate filling systems for M&E data. PSM records, retirements and bank statements/transactions.
  • Perform other roles as may be assigned by Program Manager and other senior technical officers.

Qualification

  • A Bachelor degree in medical or social sciences with key competence on the use of Microsoft office particularly excel.
  • Demonstrable experience on monitoring and evaluation of health programs.
  • Analytical. conceptualization and interpersonal skills.
  • Advocacy, Communication and report writing skills are required.
  • Organizational and documentation experience is required.
  • Average level of proficiency in computer packages and statistical & data softwares such as MS word,
  • Excel. PowerPoint, DHIS2. Epi-info and SPSS.
  • Also preferred are knowledge of health programs within the Nigeria public sector. health system, NGOs and
  • CBOs and collaborative relationship and liaison with community leaders and donors.MPH and experience in
  • Malaria Programs is an added advantage. Familiarity with local tradition and language is highly desirable.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified candidates should download the send with a detailed resume and a page cover letter as one MS Word document explaining suitability to [email protected]

Application must explicitly state the position and location applied for in the subject of the email e.g State Program Officer Niger State. Candidates are advised to provide three professional referees with functional emaii addresses and telephone numbers of the referees. 

Note: Only applications sent in the required format will be considered and only short listed candidates will be contacted. Eligible female applicants are encouraged to apply. ARFH has a Child Safeguard policy in place and is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).