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Overview

The Program Assistant reports to the Program Officer and supports all team members in providing all necessary program and technical support to the MCGL-VAWG project towards achieving set goals.

SALARY RANGE (ANNUAL GROSS): NGN349,000 - 4,812,000

Responsibilities

Program Management Support

• Provide program and administrative support to the technical teams in the preparation of various program documents, such as work plans, budgets, reports and proposals.
• Provide logistics support to technical teams when preparing for work related travels, retirements, training support and quality reporting of activities
• Provide guidance and support on local partners sub award management including review of milestones reports and processing of same for payments
• Preparing documentation on the procurement of goods and services, in support of project activities
• Assist in preparing LP FAAs, project activity profiles, procurement contract documents (purchase orders, TAR, TRF and Memoranda of Understanding) as may be requested;
• Work closely with the country MCGL-VAWG project finance team to develop, monitor, track and analyze quarterly and monthly milestone implementation compared to approve FAA. Follow up with the SMCGL-GBV state office Finance/Admin Officers to ensure that LPs share weekly activity plans, and that state activities are aligned for proper monitoring and support.
• Assist the team to ensure various program funding mechanism rules and regulations are followed according to donor and lead partner expectations.
• Assist in developing and monitoring annual work plans and budgets, as well as associated deliverables and results/outputs.
• Participate in project activity meetings, supportive supervisions and providing administrative supports as may be necessary.
• Create and maintain files of correspondence/documents and electronically received information, and ensure up-to- date filing. Maintain both hardcopies and electronic copies of the office records and reference files on various subjects.
• Any other duties as assigned.

Technical Support

• Support designated Thematic Lead with activity preparations, report writing, presentation material/slides in Power-point for presentations for the meetings/workshops and keep all papers ready for meetings.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, social sciences or another related field.
• 2-3 years of experience in programmatic support of international health projects
• At least 2 years’ experience in the implementation and management of health Information systems (MNH and GBV programming preferred) and/or program management
• Word Access, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access), which may need to be acquired through very quick learning.
• Ability to organize and coordinate information and logistics for programs and activities.
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform.
• Excellent presentation skills and verbal and written communications skills.
• Previous experience working INGO.
• Proficiency in word processing, Microsoft Office and data software.
• Ability to travel 25% of time.
• Competent, hardworking, flexible, teachable and dependable in a multi-cultural setting.

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Overview

The MCGL GBV Quality Improvement Specialist will provide technical guidance for state level GBV program quality and integrity including providing guidance for MCGL interventions at health facilities with linkages to community GBV prevention activities using proven quality improvement methodologies. Serves as KM/Comms focal person at the state level. The GBV Quality Improvement Specialist will report to the State Team Leader and supervise GBV officers to ensure improved quality of GBV clinical and referral services at health facilities while creating linkages to GBV prevention activities in the communities.

The GBV Quality Improvement Specialist will work with the Country office Gender Technical Advisor and MEL Advisor to ensure quality GBV, ASRH and FP program implementation in consistent with Nigeria MOH guidelines, global best practices and USAID Strategic Directions.

SALARY RANGE ANNUAL (NGN7,656,000 - NGN 8,652,000)

Responsibilities

• Lead quality improvement initiatives and support collaborative learning activities across facility and community interventions in the State,
• Ensure compliance with data quality standards, issued guidelines and SOPs for MCGL facility and community implementation (technical, data related etc.). Essentially, this role is expected to ensure quality implementation of all guidance/SOPs issued during project implementation (most recent versions)
• Provide GBV, ASRH and FP orientation and trainings (providers and training of trainers) to health care workers as required and post training follow-up, supportive supervision, on the job training and clinical mentorship to develop and maintain trained providers confidence and competencies to continuously improve quality GBV screening, identification and response at health facilities.
• Work closely with health facility quality improvement teams (QIT) to ensure QIT meetings and activities are properly implemented according to standards to improve quality of GBV, ASRH and FP services in all supported facilities
• Continuously check for gaps in community and facility implementation with a view to proffering solutions to identified problems, particularly with respect to quality of implementation at facility and community levels.
• Facilitate high level CLA activities including internal and external state-level pause and reflect sessions with the aim of iteratively testing innovative ideas and ensuring adaptation as applicable.
• Responsible for periodic review of QI approaches at the state level/ and locating sticky problems that continue to arise consistently during implementation (facility/community) and leading efforts to solve them
• Collect data, review and analyze for QI activities and continuously share outputs with the team and continue to monitor and evaluate QI resolutions to determine if okay for adaptation and/or modify again.
• Advocate with State Ministry of Health for adoption of new GBV, ASRH and FP evidence-based quality improvement (QI) best practices at health facilities in project sites.
• Advocate with ministries of health, women affairs, community and religious leaders to support and promote GBV service/quality improvement components.
• Engage closely with key state ministries officials to implement MCGL activities including state Quality of care activities such as integrated supportive supervision visits
• Working closely with other MCGL staff to ensure all LP led activities are implemented according to standard.
• Participate in MCGL project management review meetings and occasionally lead presentations on project progress based on health facility activities
• Contribute to preparation of program reports, communications and presentation and document and share key implementation achievement, lessons learned and success stories
• Other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced degree in public and international health, gender and GBV studies, human rights, communication, international development or a related field with a minimum of 8 years’ experience in development of which 5-6 years working experience in the areas gender, women’s health, gender-based violence (GBV) and human rights defense.
• Understanding of quality improvement and system’s strengthening in Nigeria health sector and particularly, gender-based violence programming
• Strong understanding of empowerment and gender-based violence prevention and response frameworks
• Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with government stakeholder and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs, the private sector and donors.
• Demonstrated outstanding leadership, strategic thinking, organizational, supervisory and team-building skills.
• Ability to multi-task and proven knowledge and skills in use of Microsoft Office Suite (Word processing, Excel and PowerPoint) is mandatory
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, presentation skills and fluency in English language
• Excellent group facilitation and communication skills; experience in multi-stakeholder consultation, and strategic planning
• Strong knowledge of gender and global development issues, preferably with understanding of USAID’s approach to gender equality and gender- based violence.
• Excellent group facilitation, multi-stakeholder consultation, and strategic planning skills
• Strong writing skills, both for technical and program reports.
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to work well in cross-cultural teams and under tight deadlines.
• Good strategic and analytical thinking and ability to interpret public health epidemiological data
• A personal commitment to gender equality and social inclusion.
• Able to undertake frequent travel.

Required Abilities/Skills

• Ability to collaborate, learn and adapt programme interventions in varied contexts
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically up to 40% time
• Ability and willingness to inspire and empower others
• Excellent social and emotional intelligence skills
• Strong persuasive skills capable of driving sustained demand generation across services
• Excellent communication, public speaking, presentation skills in English and Hausa
• Result-oriented and comfortable with a team approach to programming
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and make decisions quickly
• Knowledge of geography
• Respectful, accountable, honest.
• References will be required. 

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Overview

The MCGL Senior Gender and SBC Advisor will provide technical leadership and project oversight in the areas of gender and social behavior change strategies implemented under the MOMENTUM Country and Global Leadership (MCGL) GBV project including providing guidance for GBV interventions at the community with linkages established with health facilities in project sites. H/She will provide technical guidance at state and community levels.

The MCGL Senior Gender and SBC Advisor will work with the Country office Gender Technical Advisor, MEL Advisor, other thematic leads and indigenous implementing partners to ensure quality GBV, ASRH and FP program implementation in consistent with Nigeria MOH guidelines, global best practices and USAID Strategic Directions.

Salary Range (Annual) NGN7,782,811 - NGN 9,454,875.40

Responsibilities

• Provide technical oversight, strategic direction and expertise for the formulation and/or adaptation of innovative and evidenced-based approaches to address gender and social behaviour issues that drive (VAW/G), CEFM and teenage pregnancy.
• Design SBC interventions that address social and gender norms to prevent intimate partner violence, and reduce CEFM
• Lead trainings and workshops for government and civil society partners to build capacity on addressing social and gender barriers to services
• Design SBC communication materials that address VAW/G, CEFM and teenage pregnancy
• Coordinate and monitor SBC communication, advocacy, and policy support, and influence institutional partnerships across project sites as required.
• Work with MCGL MEL team to design and implement a plan to track data/results related to gender and social behavior change activities to inform adjustments in project implementation
• Present and share lessons, best practices and successes related to addressing gender and social behavior change in health services with local partners and state governments in order to institutionalize practices for scale-up
• Other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Qu alifications/Experiences/Competencies

• Advanced degree in public and international health, gender and GBV studies, human rights, communication, international development or a related field with a minimum of 12 years’ experience in development of which 5-6 years working experience in the areas gender, women’s health, gender-based violence (GBV) and human rights defense.
• Strong understanding of SBC, empowerment and gender-based violence prevention frameworks
• At least 10 years of experience implementing gender and SBC interventions for health in Nigeria
• Understanding of the Nigerian (or similar) social and political contexts and developments in the health sector
• Strong understanding of empowerment and gender-based violence prevention and response frameworks
• Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with government stakeholder and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs, the private sector and donors.
• Demonstrated outstanding leadership, strategic thinking, organizational, supervisory and team-building skills.
• Ability to multi-task and proven knowledge and skills in use of Microsoft Office Suite (Word processing, Excel and PowerPoint) is mandatory
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, presentation skills and fluency in English language
• Excellent group facilitation and communication skills; experience in multi-stakeholder consultation, and strategic planning
• Strong knowledge of gender and global development issues, preferably with understanding of USAID’s approach to gender equality and gender- based violence .
• Excellent group facilitation, multi-stakeholder consultation, and strategic planning skills
• Strong writing skills, both for technical and program reports.
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to work well in cross-cultural teams and under tight deadlines.
• Good strategic and analytical thinking and ability to interpret public health epidemiological data
• A personal commitment to gender equality and social inclusion.
• Able to undertake frequent travel.

Required Abilities/Skills

• Ability to collaborate, learn and adapt programme interventions in varied contexts
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
• Ability and willingness to travel domestically up to 40% time
• Ability and willingness to inspire and empower others
• Excellent social and emotional intelligence skills
• Strong persuasive skills capable of driving sustained demand generation across services
• Excellent communication, public speaking, presentation skills in English and Hausa
• Result-oriented and comfortable with a team approach to programming
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and make decisions quickly
• Knowledge of geography
• Respectful, accountable, honest.
• References will be required.

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Overview

The Program Officer is expected to work independently with limited supervision and reports to the Senior Program Manager while providing direct technical support to MCGL KM/C and MEL Advisors and supporting all team members in providing all necessary program and technical support to the MCGL-VAWG project towards achieving set goals. The Program Officer will have supervisory role of up to two Program Assistants.

SALARY RANGE (ANNUAL BASIC) 5,912,046 - 6,913,132.80

Responsibilities

Program Management Support

• Assist in developing and monitoring annual work plans and budgets, as well as associated deliverables and results/outputs.
• Liaise with field office staff, including HR and Operations staff, on various operational, technical and program areas as well as project-related personnel issues.
• Assist in preparing LP FAAs, project activity profiles, procurement contract documents (purchase orders, TAR, TRF and Memoranda of Understanding) as may be requested;
• Facilitate consultant approvals and paperwork, including identifying, interviewing and hiring consultants, managing consultant expense reports and invoices, and ensuring accuracy and adherence to contract
• Participate in project activity meetings, supportive supervisions and providing administrative supports as may be necessary.
• Create and maintain files of correspondence/documents and electronically received information, and ensure up-to- date filing. Maintain both hardcopies and electronic copies of the office records and reference files on various subjects.
• Participate in project activity meetings, supportive supervisions and providing administrative supports as may be necessary.
• Any other duties assigned by the SPM.

Knowledge Management and Communications (KMC) Support

• Provide support in developing high-level knowledge management and communications products to showcase the work of MCGL to key audience in an on-going basis,
• Communicate the mission, projects, events, resources and success stories as well as plan and coordinate promotional events and develop strategic communications, to various targeted audiences.
• Support the development of project success stories and other visibility products
• Provide support in preparing project-related reports, presentations and documents, including subcontract scopes of work, country strategies, progress updates, curricula, and other documents and reports.
• Perform other KM/C tasks assigned by KMC Advisor

Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Support

• Ensure continuous update of the data visualization dashboard in Country Office and proper archiving of all IRB/study related documents
• Conduct monthly desk review of data on REDCAP i.e. track availability of data on the platform by LPs and completeness of same, timely data synchronization, missing entries etc. and communicate same to MEL Advisor
• Support data cleaning efforts during periodic surveys and other data collection
• Support monthly analysis of community and facility routine data e.g. activity observation forms for all community activities, change tracker, facility supportive supervision etc.
• Participate in quarterly data quality assessment (DQA) in Sokoto and Ebonyi States
• Perform other MEL tasks assigned by the MEL Advisor

Required Qualifications

Experience and Requirements

• A broad variety of programmatic, technical and computer skills
• Ability to organize and coordinate information and logistics for programs and activities.
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform.
• Excellent presentation skills and verbal and written communications skills.
• Previous experience working INGO.
• Proficiency in word processing, Microsoft Office and data software.
• Ability to travel 25% of time.

Qualification Specification

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, social sciences or another related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in programmatic support of international health projects
• At least 2 years’ experience in the implementation and management of health Information systems (MNH and GBV programming preferred) and/or program management

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Competent, hardworking, flexible, teachable and dependable in a multi-cultural setting.