Operations Officer - Technical, ACCESS-SMC at Malaria Consortium

The project seeks to employ an Operations Officer, who will be responsible for providing Technical support to the operations in the state offices for efficient Programme implementation. The officer will among others things ensure technical quality around MDA commodities including supply chain management.

Additional responsibilities will include;

• Support the state coordinator by providing input into state work plans, micro plans, budgeting, scheduling and coordination of state level activities;
• Monitor and report on project performance framework and indicators including SMC commodity distribution, training, and data management;
• Provide support to Pharmacovigilance activities, working with state PV coordinator in keeping track of all adverse reaction and reporting.;
• Manage and record distribution of SMC drugs and other commodities to LGAs and wards;
• Develop a commodities distribution plan, which will include supervision, quality control, evaluation and reporting;
• Support state level Monitoring and Evaluation activities, including surveys;

Qualification

• Candidates must have a degree in medicine, pharmacy, public health or a related field with a minimum of 5 years' experience in public health programs.
• A masters degree in public health will be an advantage.
• S/he must have demonstrable experience working with Mass Drug Administration and campaigns as well as experience in logistics management.
• S/he must also have experience in the design and implementation of health related project assessment, monitoring and evaluation.
• Knowledge of health system structure within the Nigerian context would be an advantage.