State Team Leads at Jhpiego - John Hopkins University

Locations: Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Niger and Adamawa
Position Reports to: Director of Programs

Program Overview

• The TMEC/RISE program is a newly-awarded 5-year, USAID-funded global HIV program that supports countries to achieve and maintain HIV epidemic control through provision of strategic technical assistance and direct service delivery to improve prevention, HIV case finding and treatment programming.
• In Nigeria, TMEC/RISE comprising of Jhpiego, ICAP at Columbia University, a global health leader situated within the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health in New York City and others will support the Government of Nigeria to address barriers in HIV services among at-risk adult men, women and priority populations and to build capacity of local Implementing partners, continuously leveraging data to successfully course correct and achieve and maintain epidemic control.
• This project aims to achieve and maintain the primary prevention and 95 - 95 - 95 goals that are critical to HIV epidemic control in Nigeria.
• The program will also support PEPFAR’s transition of HIV service delivery to local partners, advancing progress along the journey to self-reliance.

Job Summary

• The State Team Leader will provide programmatic, technical and financial responsibility for state level leadership and management of and reporting on TMEC/RISE-Nigeria program activities, making decisions and solving problems in short time-frames while ensuring operational and program quality and integrity and serving as the program’s first point of interface with USAID on routine and strategic matters. This includes ensuring effective organizational management and communication interacting with other projects, Government of Nigeria stakeholders at the National, State, and LGA levels, community and local stakeholder groups, other international implementing partners, and USG and other agencies.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Public Health, Health Administration, International Health or a related field; MD preferred with 7 year in related field; a minimum of 4-5 years working experience in the areas of HIV/AIDS.
• Understanding of the Nigerian (or similar) social and political contest and developments in the health sector
• Experience hiring and supervising personnel and ensuring they acquire the necessary training and skills to meet evolving program needs
• Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with USAID missions, host-country counterparts and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs, the private sector and other donors.
• In-depth knowledge of USAID and PEPFAR-funded projects, regulations, compliance and reporting
• Demonstrated outstanding leadership, strategic thinklng, organizational and team-building skills.