Program Officer – Household Economic Strengthening & Entrepreneur (HES&E) at Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH)

Program Officer- Household Economic Strengthening will report to the Technical Advisor – OVC Case Management. S/he will coordinate all the HES&E interventions on the project. He/she will identify adolescents and caregivers to be provided with financial literacy training, cash transfer, linkage to VSLA and vocational training centres. He/She will support the needs and market assessment working with CBOs to identify thriving businesses within the SNUs and provide business start-up support. He/she will coordinate the cash transfer intervention of the project across all the supported SNUs. He/she will also assist in ensuring that all project activities in project state meet effective programming standards and best practices established by ARFH, CDC   and the Nigerian Government especially the Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. He/she will assist in strengthening technical capacity of CBOs, LGAs and State in OVC programming, service provision and governance as well as provide guidance on referrals for the uptake of services and participate actively in referral coordination meetings.100% of his/her time per annum is chargeable to the project.

Qualification:

A Degree in Economics, Social Sciences or related disciplines with at least 3 years’ cognate experience, which must include at least 2 years in Household Economic Strengthening of Vulnerable Families and financial literacy activities. Also, preferred are knowledge of health programs within the Nigeria public sector, health system, NGOs/CBOs and collaborative relationship and liaison with community leaders. An MPH is added advantage.  Familiarity with local tradition and language is highly desirable.

Method of Application

Applicants should complete the online form at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNtIKh8AUL0Xrmj0vMt3Y3rNPaJR7WQqm8Opyl4uk7UMcNFw/viewform?usp=pp_url and send their comprehensive Curriculum Vitae and cover letter in ONLY one attachment (MSWord document) explaining suitability for the job; to pohess@arfh-ng.org on/or before 2nd October, 2022.

Please indicate the title of post applied for in the subject line of the email. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Applicants are advised to provide their functional emails/mobile phone numbers on the application letter as well as three professional referees including their functional e-mail addresses and telephone numbers. Eligible female applicants are encouraged to apply. ARFH has a Child Safeguarding policy in place and is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).