State Team Lead (STL) at Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH)

Duration: Eighteen (18) months

Summary

• The State Team Lead (STL) shall, under the direct supervision of the Program Manager, and with support from the ARFH Abuja office, conduct the following activities.

Specific Responsibilities

• Ensure effective technical lead of the community component of the GF TB/HIV programme implementation in each of the Project States.
• Provide direction to other technical staff and will be responsible for interfacing with other partners.
• Work with the team to bring out effective strategies that will engender achievement of grant objectives and targets.
• Give leadership in effective implementation of Community Testing and ensure effective contribution to 90-90-90 UNAID test and treat model
• Provide technical support through oversight visits, coaching, mentoring and integrated supportive supervision to other staff on the project.
• Identifies key project risks, implementation challenges, capacity gaps and provide/recommend appropriate mitigation plan.
• Work with other team members to put system in place to detect unethical practices in project implementation, service delivery and data management
• Represent ARFH in the States at every strategic and coordination meetings and document minutes of such meetings
• Support proper documentation of project records at all levels.
• Facilitate coordination meeting and ensure the minutes of such meetings are properly documented.
• Work with other team members to develop M&E Operational plan and support the correct implementation and use of routine data collection tools.
• Provide regular feedback to field officers on key findings from supervision and data verification exercise
• Ensure adherence to Project Implementation Plan, Standard Operational Procedures and other implementation guidelines
• Lead all advocacy efforts for each state to create cordial relationship with partners and other key state partners
• Carry out any other tasks assigned from the country office

Qualifications

• Applicants must have a minimum qualification of a University degree in sciences or social sciences.
• A Master's degree especially in public health will be an added advantages.
• Minimum of 5 years professional experience in HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis or Malaria interventions and programs management; working experience with donor funded programs especially Global Fund CSS grant.
• Excellent organization and time management skills, pro-activeness in managing risks, self-motivated and resilient in stress management, strong attention to details, excellent writing and communications skills in English language are required.
• Successful candidates must have extensive knowledge of Nigeria public health sectors with strong analytical and problem solving/team work skills.
• Computer literacy with demonstrated use of word processing, database and presentation software (Word, Excel, Power Point).
• Applicant's experience must reflect the knowledge, skills and abilities listed above