OVC Advisor at Management Sciences For Health - MSH

The objective of the OVC Advisor position is to provide technical leadership on the delivery of comprehensive and quality VC services under the ProACT project in a manner that strengthens community leadership and development systems and creates linkages and synergy between community and facility-based services.

The OVC Advisor is expected to spearhead the building of innovative models and community interventions that will improve the well-being of OVCs and care givers as well as lead efforts geared towards strengthening the capacity of community based organization in partnership with the state and local government, private organizations, OVC-focused implementing partners and the community itself.

• Provide technical input in the development of an integrated ProACT project work plan in collaboration with the Directors, Advisors and State Teams.
• Take lead in the strategic design of an integrated OVC program that ensures linkages between facility and community level interventions.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive capacity building strategy for care givers, state government and CSO partners to ensure the initiation of quality  OVC services in target communities
• Provide technical support and mentoring of OVC desk officers at partner State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development (SMWASD) units to enhance sustainability and ownership of the OVC program.
• Take responsibility for technical monitoring, evaluation and reporting of  OVC services within the project PMP framework
• Actively engage the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, NACA, CSOs and other IPs to identify gaps in policy and practice and package evidence to inform changes in OVC policy and practice.
• Generate quarterly and annual technical reports that detail programmatic achievements, innovations and lesson learned.
• Work with ProACT management to document and publish best practices.
• Provide technical oversight for management of the project’s OVC focused small grants programs with assistance from the senior technical advisor  and working closely with the field based specialist.
• Design strategy and roll out plan for building and coordinating networks of VC  focused community-based service organizations/providers and using these networks to leverage additional resources for championing VC initiatives in focus states.
• Represent MSH at national and technical working groups meetings hosted by the USG, NACA, and FMoH on matters of OVC.

Management responsibility

• Spearheading the strategic design and implementation of VC services including community services provided under the ProACT project in Nigeria
• Member of the Project Management Team that is responsible for overall project performance

ACCOUNTABILITY:

Supervision:  Works independently and reports to the Senior Technical Advisor Care and Support.

Decision Making: Working within project strategy and policy guidelines, makes decisions with regards to work responsibilities and is accountable for them.

Responsibility over data or information: Has access to information within project, and is responsible for program data generation and management.

Responsibility over assets: Responsibility for assigned assets in the program.

Responsibility over Staff:  Overall responsibility for staff reporting to this position.

The objective of the OVC Advisor position is to provide technical leadership on the delivery of comprehensive and quality VC services under the ProACT project in a manner that strengthens community leadership and development systems and creates linkages and synergy between community and facility-based services.

The OVC Advisor is expected to spearhead the building of innovative models and community interventions that will improve the well-being of OVCs and care givers as well as lead efforts geared towards strengthening the capacity of community based organization in partnership with the state and local government, private organizations, OVC-focused implementing partners and the community itself.

• Provide technical input in the development of an integrated ProACT project work plan in collaboration with the Directors, Advisors and State Teams.
• Take lead in the strategic design of an integrated OVC program that ensures linkages between facility and community level interventions.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive capacity building strategy for care givers, state government and CSO partners to ensure the initiation of quality  OVC services in target communities
• Provide technical support and mentoring of OVC desk officers at partner State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development (SMWASD) units to enhance sustainability and ownership of the OVC program.
• Take responsibility for technical monitoring, evaluation and reporting of  OVC services within the project PMP framework
• Actively engage the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, NACA, CSOs and other IPs to identify gaps in policy and practice and package evidence to inform changes in OVC policy and practice.
• Generate quarterly and annual technical reports that detail programmatic achievements, innovations and lesson learned.
• Work with ProACT management to document and publish best practices.
• Provide technical oversight for management of the project’s OVC focused small grants programs with assistance from the senior technical advisor  and working closely with the field based specialist.
• Design strategy and roll out plan for building and coordinating networks of VC  focused community-based service organizations/providers and using these networks to leverage additional resources for championing VC initiatives in focus states.
• Represent MSH at national and technical working groups meetings hosted by the USG, NACA, and FMoH on matters of OVC.

Management responsibility

• Spearheading the strategic design and implementation of VC services including community services provided under the ProACT project in Nigeria
• Member of the Project Management Team that is responsible for overall project performance

ACCOUNTABILITY:

Supervision:  Works independently and reports to the Senior Technical Advisor Care and Support.

Decision Making: Working within project strategy and policy guidelines, makes decisions with regards to work responsibilities and is accountable for them.

Responsibility over data or information: Has access to information within project, and is responsible for program data generation and management.

Responsibility over assets: Responsibility for assigned assets in the program.

Responsibility over Staff:  Overall responsibility for staff reporting to this position.