Local Government Area (LGA) Facilitator - Kano at Palladium Group

The UK Support to Health transformation in Nigeria through the Lafiya Programme is a flexible, demand-led strategic partnership with the Nigerian Federal and targeted State governments designed to address equity, improve and sustain health outcomes for the most vulnerable States with the worst health statistics. The desired objectives of the programme included fostering an enabling environment for UHC policy reform and implementation, institutional management capacity building and health system strengthening. This required the full engagement and participation communities with a view to contributing to ending preventable maternal and new-born deaths. The programme operated at the Federal level; and geographically in five states of - Borno, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano and Yobe. Following the ODA cuts, from 0.7% to 0.5% and the spend review handrails, the FCDO reprioritisation and business planning exercise beginning in the last quarter of 2020 and first quarter of 2021 the programme had to scale down some key interventions and consider reviewing the geographic scope going into the next financial years. The programme now focuses on contributing to two outcomes (1) Morbidity amongst women, newborns, children, and adolescents significantly reduced in targeted states; and (2) Covid-19 transmission and vaccine hesitancy reduced including improved plans and capacity for emergency preparedness and response in the targeted States:

• Output 1: Advocacy & Accountability - Leadership and Governance of primary health care services structures or planning and delivery teams are functional in targeted states (through partnership)
• Output 2: Adequate health workforce for primary health care including RMNCAH service delivery and BHCPF available and sustained in targeted states
• Output 3: Health information management systems capacity to support decision-making for primary health care including RMNCAH and BHCPF service delivery in targeted states increased
• Output 4: Health financing and public financial management to strengthen and sustain access to high quality and affordable primary health care in targeted states increased
• Output 5: Health security and epidemic preparedness and response (EPR) plans developed and operationalized within the targeted states (by addressing social norms/behaviour change).

Reports to: State Team Lead
Location: Kano

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

• The LGA Facilitators will; Coordinate all LGA level program implementation including advocacy to stakeholders, training, monitoring, and supervision of all Lafiya supported activities.
• Support HRH registry updates, ensure review meetings are held, and escalate issues that cannot be resolved at the LGA to the State Team Lead for intervention and quick resolution.
• Facilitate implementing of LGA EPR plans.
• Support CHIPs activities in accordance with the National guidelines.
• Collaborate with partners in the scale up of CHIPS programme to cover additional LGAs.
• Work with state HRH team to facilitate equitable deployment of midwives in accordance with BHCPF guidelines.
• Work closely with State Team Lead and team members to provide support to SPHCDA in strengthening the capacity of LGA teams and Health Facility Managers to prepare quality improvement & business plans, accurate & complete retirement of BHCPF DFF, and improve data quality and reporting.
• Support the LGA in training CHIPS agents on demand creation, service provision and monitoring of ASRH services.
• Facilitate CHIPS and LGA teams to conduct monthly defaulter tracking for zero dose, SBA and PNC in assigned LGAs.
• Support the State Team Lead and team members to provide technical support for capacity strengthening of LGA LMCU teams and HCWs on integrated Supply Chain Management and Health Logistics Management Information System to enhance quality LMIS data reporting.
• Support quarterly meetings of LGAs health team to track implementation progress using the RMNCAEH+N score card.
• Support the roll out and implementation of the ethical health financing model at community level.
• Support LGA level HMIS activities including eDQA, Monthly data validation meetings amongst others.
• Collate and verify attendance sheets that entail line by line verification, collate supporting documents and send payment schedule to finance for processing of payment.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Required Qualifications:

•  First degree (or HND) in a relevant field
• Relevant post-graduation experience
• Work-related experience in a health/public health organization.
• Previous working experience with the FCDO funded programme is an added advantage.
• Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office.
• Previous training on the use of mobile technology for health development
• Previous experience working with State Ministry of Health, LGA and Lafiya program.
• A proven ability to work as part of a team and independently.
• Ability to work under stressful conditions, flexible and calm under pressure.
• Training and supervision skills are required.
• Fluency in local language is required.
• Previous experience in the use of electronic data monitoring systems is an advantage.