Program Assistant at Jhpiego - John Hopkins University

Responsibilities

• The Program Assistant will manage day-to-day office operations for an upcoming UNITAID project to expand access to preventive chemotherapy for pregnant women in Nigeria.
• This project aims to scale up an innovative, community-based approach to expand coverage of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (lPTp), with quality assured sulphadoxine pyrimethamine (SP), for pregnant women.
• The successful candidate will organize schedules and provide key logistical support for project team members’ travel to project sites. S/he will facilitate distribution of project materials to project sites.

Additional Information
All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:

• Model the mission and values stated above
• Participate in the business development processes
• Contribute to the knowledge sharing and transfer process
• Make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability
• Participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for action items assigned nd provide feedback as needed
• Multitask, be able to manage competing priorities and be able to prioritize in order to meet program and/or organizational objectives

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors’ Degree in International Public Health, Business Administration or related field or equivalent experience.
• Experience in coordinating international donor financed projects.
• Familiarity with international donor policies and administrative procedures.
• 2-3 years’ of relevant experience in administrative support of international health projects.
• Ability to track expenses keep accurate financial records and work within donor budgets.
• Proficiency in writing and editing letters, reports, and documents.
• Strong decision making and results oriented approach.
• Ability to interact skilfully and diplomatically with numerous counterparts such as networks of senior level international health professionals, donors, universities and other partners.
• Familiarity with Nigeria government regulations including immigration, importation, and customs.
• Experience and understanding of malaria prevention, care and treatment.
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple projects/tasks, short deadlines,
• Excellent facilitation, oral and written communications skills in English.
• Ability to travel nationally.

Remuneration
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.