Deputy Programme Director at Society for Family Health (SFH)

Project: Subject to securing donor funding
Duration of Contract: Full time, fixed-term contract (six years)

Job Profile

• We are seeking a senior malaria specialist to provide strategic technical leadership to a large programme that aims to effectively strengthen the management and technical capacity of the government and other key actors to drive the implementation of Nigeria’s National Malaria Strategic Plan and achieve its ambitious targets.

Job Role

• The Deputy Programme Director will oversee the strategic and evidence informed development and implementation of malaria interventions, with a focus on sustainability and better resourcing.

Key area of responsibility are:

• Work with the Programme Director and Programme technical experts to develop technical strategies for delivery of the programme, delivering long-term institutional and transformational change to Nigeria’s Malaria response.
• Provide oversight for and drive the implementation of the strategies developed at national level and in the selected states for a flexible and adaptive programme that responds to the rapidly changing malaria landscape in Nigeria.
• Lead on the technical design, implementation and monitoring of targeted institutional, community and policy related malaria interventions.
• Manage, supervise and mentor a team of technical experts, while promoting an atmosphere in which programme staff can give their best and collaborate to achieve the vision, mission and strategies of the programme.
• Maintain close collaboration and partnership with the donor, implementing partners and government for the successful delivery of the programme.
• Monitor, review, update and report against the logical framework and oversee the development of a programme M&E system and manage the same with the programme team. Lead preparations for Annual Programme Reviews.
• Provide technical oversight of annual planning and budgeting, ensuring alignment of consortium and implementing partners’ work streams with government strategic goals and that ensuring that the programme delivers value for money.
• Lead the development of the quarterly programme reports and preparation for annual reviews.

Qualifications/Experience

• Must possess a minimum of a Master's Degree in a Health related discipline
• A thought leader when it comes to ongoing and emerging issues in relations to malaria policy, strategy, institutional and financing arrangements in addition to technical malaria prevention and care demonstrated through publications.
• Must possess management , strategic planning and leadership experience, with ability to multi-task, work under pressure, inspire high quality work, demonstrate firm but sensitive leadership, provide support and supervision and empower teams members across a broad range of health related specialist areas
• Must possess excellent communication, advocacy, organizational, networking and interpersonal skills
• Must have knowledge of government health systems and proven experience building national and sub-national capacity of government, service providers and civil society organisations.
• Must possess extensive hand on experience of working in the malaria sector for at least 10 years in the Nigerian context.
• Significant understanding of the political, social, and cultural context of Nigeria
• Experience in programme planning and implementation, through several roles on malaria programmes
• Experience with implementing DFID programmes preferred.
• Nigerian nationals are encouraged to apply

Compensation & Benefits
The compensation package for this position is very attractive and designed to attract, motivate and retain talented candidates.