Deputy Project Director (based in Abuja) at Society for Family Health (SFH)

This is a Senior Manager position. Reporting to the Project Director, Maternal and Neonatal Health (MNH) Care Project. The successful candidate will provide support to the project director on strategic and operational leadership to MNHC strategies at the national level and in two (2) project states. S/He will provide technical leadership to a team of state project managers and project staff working in the two states on theories, strategies and approaches to achieving scaled up, evidence informed MNHC actions as outlined in national protocols and guidelines. The post holder will be part of MNHC leadership team in SFH and is expected toprovide significant support to the project director.  The successful candidate must be comfortable working at the highest level with state, local government and other implementing partners. Will support joint reviews of select indicators to measure progress and providing technical support to the development of a range of intervention communication channels. In addition, s/he will build the capacity of project staff and health facility staff using evidence informed MNH interventions.

Qualifications/Experience: The desired candidate: 

• Must possess a first degree in the Social/ Biological/Health or Medical Sciences as well as a relevant second degree.  
• Must have at least eight (8) years progressive experience in the public health or social development sector preferable in the areas of skills and knowledge transfer both at individual and organisational levels.
• Must have at least eight (8) years demonstrable experience in designing, testing, refining and implementing community interventions in maternal and neonatal health care. 
• Must have proven experience working in similar organisation with in-depth understanding of project management tools such as logical framework, performance management system and indicators.
• Must have in-depth experience in developing, requesting and using technical assistance and other capacity building tools to catalyse problem solving within an institutional setting.
• Good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, training and report writing skills are very important to this position.

 Application E-mail: dpdgmnh@sfhnigeria.org