HeRON Coordination Manager at International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Sector: Health

Employment Category: Fixed Term

Employment Type: Full-Time

Open to Expatriates: No

Location: Yobe, Nigeria

Job Description

 Background/IRC Summary:

The conflict in North East Nigeria has displaced over 1.9 million people and shattered livelihoods of many more. Since 2012 IRC has been delivering support to communities affected; across Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, with field offices in Maiduguri, Monguno, Gwoza, Damaturu, Yola and Mubi and a country office in Abuja. With over 700 staff, we deliver humanitarian support and longer term recovery programming in health, nutrition, WASH, education, protection, economic recovery and livelihoods. We work in coordination with State government Ministries, WHO, UNICEF, UNHCR, UN OCHA and other development organizations. IRC is an active participant in coordination mechanisms to contribute to improved impact. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) supports communities in transition to help people whose lives and livelihoods are destroyed by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. We work across five outcome areas; economic wellbeing, education, health, power and safety, with outcomes maintaining strong gender, governance and conflict sensitive components. We currently deliver high-impact and cost-effective solutions in nearly 40 countries.

PROJECT OVERVIEW:

The Laifya Health Resilience in North East (HeRoN) project is a GBP 23 million project and will be implemented in Borno and Yobe states. HeRoN and will support delivery of quality integrated primary healthcare, reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services and improve evidence based decision making, accountability at all levels of service delivery. It’s a consortium partnership project involving the International Rescue Committee, Action Against Hunger, and Society of Family Health. The Project team will work with and alongside state and local government authorities building national capacity to effectively deliver quality integrated primary healthcare, reproductive, maternal, and newborn and child health and nutrition services.

Job Overview/Summary:

The Coordination Manager will report to the Deputy Team Leader, however will be periodically supervised by the Team Leader. She/he will be responsible for will have overall responsibility for coordinating, planning, monitoring implementation and reporting of the HeRoN project Yobe State. The focus will be geared towards the partnership management at the state level. The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring overall coherence coordination of activities among all consortium members. He/she will have a strong working relationship with the Consortium Team members for additional technical support. The role requires extensive coordination experience and good understanding of organizational approaches, and understanding of working in a consortium led project. The post holder will be expected to provide technical as well as coordination support to all partners in planning, implementation, monitoring, quality assurance and innovating with best practices related HeRoN. She /he will work collaboratively with Consortium Team, Partners Project Implementation Teams, Finance and M&E and support partner officers at the field level. She/he will be expected to communicate courteously on consortium performance and maintain positive relationships with program and support teams.

Major Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain strong working relationship with the stakeholders at the state level, especially with the Yobe State Primary Health Care Development Agency and LGAs supported by HeRoN
• Represent HeRoN in all relevant health, nutrition and technical forums in Yobe State
• Work closely with the HeRoN partners to support them in coordination of the implementation of their plans
• Monitor the implementation of the HeRoN activities
• Ensure that detailed and feasible consortium implementation plans are developed that:

• provide clearly defined target,
• are in line with the needs on the ground,
• reflect in the state level strategic and annual operation plans, vi) and are in line with the budget;

• Work with partners to document lessons learned that have implications for refinement of best programmatic practice.
• In consultation with the Deputy Team Leader and Sr. M&E Manager, organize lesson sharing events to fertilize learning across different partners.
• Support Sr. M&E Manager in project evaluations and surveys for the consortium.
• In coordination with the consortium partners, enhance primary stakeholder ownership of program via community participation and consultation and use of participatory approaches.
• Working closely with the Consortium Team Lead and Deputy Team Leader, contribute to quarterly report writing, forecasts and annual reports.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Deputy Team Leader

Position directly supervises: Nil

Indirect Reporting: Team Leader

Internal: IRC’s team of technical advisors, Senior Grants and Partnership manager and Sector leads

External: Consortium Partners, State SPHCDA, LGA Health Authorities 

Qualifications

Education: Advanced degree in Medicine and Public Health or other directly related health sciences identified in the title of the post. The degree must be directly related to the substantive area identified in the job description of the post.

Work Experience: 5 years of increasingly responsible professional experience in the substantive area, of which at least two years in conflict affected areas. Working experience in Yobe will be an added value.

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Experience in Health systems and Coordination
• Experience in Family Planning, Nutrition, and Emergency Obstetrics Care is essential.
• Knowledge and understanding on quality of care, specifically client rights issues and BCC.
• Understanding of Human Rights dimensions of RH/FP and gender.
• Demonstrated expertise in the substantive area of work and strong programme experience.
• Demonstrated ability to network within the development partners community.
• Familiarity with management and monitoring tools is desirable.
• Familiarity and knowledge of health/reproductive health programming with humanitarian and resilience angle – Experience in the humanitarian setting is an asset.
• Ability to take initiative and independently respond to situations.
• Ability to communicate effectively with managers, colleagues, partners, and clients.
• Strong commitment to IRC’s mission, purpose, and values.

Language Skills: Strong verbal and written communications skills in English. Knowledge of local language including Hausa is an added advantage

Working Environment:

This is a position for Nigerian Nationals. IRC will provide suitable workspace space in the Damaturu office, The salary is in line with national level package.

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

IRC et les employés de IRC doivent adhérer aux valeurs et principes contenus dans le IRC WAY (normes de conduite professionnelle). Ce sont l’Intégrité, le Service, et la Responsabilité. En conformité avec ces valeurs, IRC opère et fait respecter les politiques sur la protection des bénéficiaires contre l’exploitation et les abus, la protection de l’enfant, le harcèlement sur les lieux de travail, l’intégrité financière, et les représailles.