Vacancies At Society For Family Health


Posted on: Thu 29-08-2013

Society for Family Health (SFH) is one of the leading public health NGOs in Nigeria, implementing programmes inreproductive health, HIV and AIDS prevention, and maternal and child health. SFH works in partnership with the Federaland State Government of Nigeria, the British Department for International Development (DFID) and the United StatesAgency for International Development (USAID) among other international donors. We seek to recruit qualified persons as aresult of growth in our organisation. We offer professionals opportunities for career advancement, a good working environment and competitive remuneration. We require competent candidates for the following positions:
 
Deputy manager, Affordable Medicines for malaria (AMFm)-Abuja Ref email to [email protected]
 
Job Profile:
Reporting to the Director dF Malaria, the successful candidate will coordinate all programmatic activities and provide guidance to implementing parties on issues such as validation of the first line buyers, monitoring all AMFm programme implementation processes, proposing regulatory changes where required for AMFm. and will be responsible for general communication on the AMFm (e.g. launch timing, sources of ACTs, pricing, any relevant policy! regulatory changes). S/He will participate in the advocacy of AMFm at both national and intematioual levels. Successful candidate will represent SFH and provide appropriate feedback as a member of the AMfm secretariat and the task force. Finally, the successful candidate will provide appropriate support tailoring it to SFH perspective to the key , stakeholders through the process or AMFm roll-out in Nigeria. 
 
Qualifications/Experience
Minimum Academic/Professional Qualifications required for tbe position: 
 
. Must possess a first degree in any Health/Behaviourel/Sccial sciences or related field. 
. Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 
. Must possess a minimum of six (6) years pOST NYSC experience in related field. 
. Must be computer literate und have above average skills in Excel bel sed budget tracking. 
. Desirable experience in malaria project management. 
. Must have excellent interpersonal skills. 
 
Senior Manager, GF Malaria-(Abuja) Ref email to:[email protected]
 
Job Profile: 
This is a Senior Manager position and will report to the Director - Global Fund (OF) Malaria. The successful candidate must be versed in  malaria programming in Nigeria with sound experience in health commodities marketing, distriburion and channel management. S/He must be able to develop and write proposals und reports. The candidate should have experience in managing partnership with stakeholders and development partners, The successful candidate will provide technical support to the National Malaria Programme in policy formulation, communication development, advocacy and routine collation of malaria data. S/He will analyze field reports to determine weaknesses in programme delivery and suggest recommendations for improvement: will work with external partners such us the Global Fund, USAID, Population Services International (PSI), and the World Health Organization (WHO) in the implementation of malaria  interventions in Nigeria; will collate projecs-resuhs from states and ensure project targets are met and take the lead in the production and submission of regular reports to the Global Fund and other Development Partners. S/He must be very analytical and be able to ensure that programme outcomes link up with future plans. S/He must meet deadlines and provide leadership to surbodinates. 
 
Qualifications/Experience:
Minimum Academic/Professlonal QUAlifications required for the position: 
. Must possess a first degree in Sciences/Medical/BehaviouraVSocial Sciences/Public Health or its equivalent in a relevant field is required. 
. Must possess a post graduate degree in relevant field or Masters in Public Health. 
. Must possess u minimum of eight (8) years post NYSe experience in areus of malaria programming and project. implementation. 
. S/He must possess ability to analyse and interpret both quantitative and qualitative programme data. 
. Must possess excellent planning and organisational skills. 
. Must be able to work with minimal supervision. 
. Must have cognate skills in computer appreciation. 
. Must possess a high level of integrity and with good interpersonal skills. 
 
Senior Officer, Malaria Field Programmes (Yobe) Ref e mail to: [email protected]
 
Job Profil: 
Reporting to the Malaria Programme Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for the coordination of all Malaria social mobilisation in the states. Primary duties will be management and monitoring of the esos' and Sub-recipients'(Consultants' progress towards achieving programme deliverablcs. S/He will be responsible lor monitoring the quality of outputs, and ensuring the fiscal integrity of all transactions and operations. behaviour change communication and mass mobilisation activities. SlHe will also be responsible tor quality assuring all training. and monitoring and evaluation of malaria intervention programmes within the state. SfH.e will also be required to strengthen the RBM partnership in the state and will be the liaison of SFH to the publie sector aspeet of the malaria control programme. 
 
Qualifications/Exnerience;
Minimum AcademiclProfessional Qualifications required for the position: 
. Must possess a first degree in any Health/Behavioura/Social sciences or related field. 
. Must possess a minimum of three (3) years post NYSe working experience in anNGO at the field level. 
. Must possess sound experience in community mobilisation techniques. 
. Must have in depth experience with database management and data entry. cleaning and verification. Ability to work with MS Word, Excel, Power Point, DHIS 1.4 and 2.0 is essential. 
. Must be excellent at report writing. and possess good M&E skills. 
. Must possess experience in donor funded projects. 
Good knowledge ofBCC theories and practices is required for persons managing social mobilisation activities. 
 
 
Field Ofice Programme Coordinators (FOPCs) (Fixed Term Contract) 
Locations: Benin, Catabae, Enugu. FC.T, lbadan, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos. Makurdi, Owerri and Yola) 
 
Ref emeil to: 
 
Benin: [email protected]
FCT:  [email protected]
Kano: [email protected]
Owerri: [email protected]
 
Calabar: [email protected] 
lbadan:  [email protected]
Lagos:  [email protected]
Yola:  [email protected]
 
Enugu: [email protected]
Kaduna: [email protected]
Makundi:  [email protected]
 
 
Senior Officer, Monitoring and Evaluation (ESMPIN project)
 
Locations: Ahuja, Benin, Calabar, Enugu and Kano 
Ref email to: Abuja: [email protected]  Benin: [email protected] 
Calabar: [email protected] Enugu: sotlmeenugu@Sfhnigeriaorg  Kano: [email protected]
 
Job Profile: 
Reporting to the Territorial Manager at the State level and Deputy Manager M&E a. the HQ, he desired candidates will ensure that routine trucking, data collection and documentation are utilized to showcase progress on success of ESMPIN project indicators and interventions. S/He will ensure that datu collected from state level implementation are collated and entered expeditiously in the web- based DHIS; and summaries included in all field activity quarterly report submissions. S/He will also, oversee the tracking, unalysing 
and reponing of datu on the various components of the ESMPIN project. 'The successful candidate will equally track project performance indicator data related to relevant states, and disseminate M&E date and information regularly to stakeholders. S/He will be required to build the capacity of SFH project partner organiseiions, CSOs/CBOs and other stakeholders to implement M&E. SlHe will take the lead in implementing SFH and National surveys in the Stales. S!Ue must be able to analyse datasets to provide data to inform programme  decisions.
 
Qualifications/Experience:
minimum Academic/Professional Qualifications required for the position: 
. Must possess a first degree in Sciences/Medical/Behavioural/Social Sciences or its equivalent in a relevant field. 
. Must possess a minimum of three (3) years post NYSC experience in implementing monitoring and evaluation of health and related programmes. 
. Must have considerable expertise in mixed-methods (qualitative and quantitative) M&E and research. S/He must possess ability to analyse and interpret both quantitative and qualitative data (to inform programming. 
. Must have intermediate knowledge of SPSS or STA TA or Epi InfoiCS Pro. 
. Knowledge of DHIS, MS-Access or other compatible database software will be of added advantage. 
. Experience with conducting monitoring visits utilising checklist and other IOOls, including ability to develop M&E tools as needed. 
 
Assistant Manager, African Health Markets for Equity (AHME) Qllality Assuraeee-: Lagos 
Ref email to: [email protected]
 
Job Profile 
This is an Assistant Manager position. Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager, the successful candidate will work with franchisees (Private providers, pharmacist and PPMVs) to provide health information and education 011 product, and services in the AHME key service areas and ensure quality of service delivery. HlShe, with the support of the Quality Assurance Manager, will plan. organize and implement various levels of updates and capacity building exercises around Family planning, Maternal and child health, Malaria, HIV & AlDS, Diarrhea disease, Acute respiratory Infections, TB and Nutrition. The quality assurance officers will follow up on all quality control issues associated with the project ensuring that franchisees meet the SFH minimum quality assurance standards for service delivery. He/she will also work to link franchise partners to the Safe Care and Medical Credit fund and carry our quality assurance audits. 
 
Qualifications/Experience:
Minimum Academic/Professional Qualifications required for the position; 
. Must possess a fITSt degree in Pharmacy, medicine or Nursing/midwifery and MUST be registered with the appropriate regulatory bodies.  
. Masters degree in Public Health or any related discipline will be added advantage. 
. Must possess a minimum of four (4) years post NYSC experience in a hospital environment or working with 'to NGO in health related fields. 
. Must have experience in planning and facilitarion of training and coaching sessions for different service providers (PPMVs, Nurses, Midwives, Pharmacist and Doctors), 
. Must have good oral, analytical, interpretive and written comprehension skills. and willingness to train. 
. Must possess vary good negotiation und communication skills. 
 
Senior OffICer, Health Communication Coordinators Locations: Calabar, Owerri and Yola 
 
Ref email to 
Calabar: [email protected]: Owerri: [email protected]: Yola: [email protected]:
 
Copensation & Benefits: The compensation package for these positions is very attractive and designed to attract, motivate and retain talanted candidates.
 
Method of Application: A one page application letter (using the position reference as subject), to the Deputy Director-HR, clearly providing evidence of competences required for the job, current remuneration, as well as a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae Indicating clearly your valid telephone numbers, e-mail address and contact address should be sent no later then two (2) weeks from the date of this publication to the email address beside the job you are appliy for.We kindly request that only candidates with the minimum requirements need apply. While we respect your application, due to the large number of applications received by SFH Nigeria, please note that we are only ably to contact shortlisted candidates
For details of these and other positions, please refer to our website: www.sfhnigeria.org/careers 
 
*SFH IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER,FEMALE CANDIDATED ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
SFH DOES NOT USE THIRD PARTY RECRUITERSOR CHARGE A FEE EMPLOYMENT.