Programme Manager, OVC Care & Support at Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH)

The Program Manager will assume line management of Sub Recipients (SRs)and report directly to the HIV Project Coordinator ARFH.

Specific Responsibilities:

• Implement project plan and system that communicates tasks, deadlines, status and track project milestones and deliverables.
• Coordinate partners' and stakeholders' activities, including creating enabling environment for effective projectimplementation.
• Work with project M&E team to strengthen impact evaluation framework
• Collate, review and monitor project reports and ensure that they correctly reflect the performance on the field.
• Ensure that implementation is consistent with the overall project design across all project sites, particularly in thestrengthening of community systems Ior delivery of quality OVC services in line with National guidelines.
• Ensure project transactions are kept within the limits of the budget and grant funds are expended in an efficient manner.
• Review training plans and align same to meet capacity needs at States, LGA and Community levels.
• Conduct advocacy to the Public and Private sectors to generate support for Vulnerable Children.
• Provide technical assistance and support to States and Local governments in the implementation of the project, to promote ownership and sustainability.

Qualifications
1 . A degree in social sciences, Health, Development Studies or related disciplines. Possession of higher degrees MPH, PhD will be added advantage. Preference will be given to candidates with proven experiences in OVC and HIV/AIDS programming.
2.    A minimum of 5 years cognate work experience with 3 years at Project Officer level in the implementation of projects for vulnerable children in Nigeria.
3.    Computer skills in MS Office Suite applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and NOMIS software used to generate OVC reports
4. Good Communication skills.