Program Assistant at Jhpiego - John Hopkins University

Overview
The Program Assistant will report to the Senior Programme Manager and provide day-to-day support for project and office operations to ensure smooth running of all programmatic functions of a USAID and Johnson & Johnson-funded project that aims to improve the health outcomes and quality of life for pregnant women, newborns, and children and their families in Nigeria through a nationally scaled, locally led, and universally accessible demand generation service supported by age and stage-based mobile messaging that validates and complements the efforts of frontline health workers.

Responsibilities

• Work with F&A assistant to arrange logistics for project activities
• Provide administrative support to operation of project activities
• Draft correspondence to partners, NGOs arid other agencies as requested
• Maintain tiles and support the dissemination of project information among the project team
• Schedule and support visitors and meetings
• Assist with drafting, editing and proofreading of technical materials and appropriate reports of program activities and results for technical leads, supervisors as requested
• Work collaboratively with other project team members to ensure necessary project planning, resource availability and management activities function smoothly and efficiently

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Public Health or related field, or equivalent job experience.
• Experience in coordinating USG funded projects.
• Familiarly with international donor policies and administrative procedures.
• 2-3 years’ of experience in programmatic support of international health projects.
• Proven track record of working with a project team composed of technical experts, program, and finance staff.
• Fluency in verbal, written and interpersonal communication in language in Ebonyi or Kogi State
• Proficiency in writing and editing letters, reports, and documents.
• Strong decision making and results oriented approach.
• Ability to interact skillfully and diplomatically deal with numerous counterparts such as networks of senior level international health professionals, donors, universities and other partiers.
• Comfortable with a team approach to programming and the ability to manage several major activities simultaneously.
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform.