Programme Officer at Global Fund

Project: COVID-19 Response Mechanism (C19RM) and Community Systems Strengthening Towards Resilient & Sustainable System for Health (CSS-RSSH) (AIDS, Tuberclosis & Malaria (ATM) Network).

About the Job

• The ATM networks are working together to implement the above project with each one providing coordination and oversight to the specific number of states as stated, and as such require the services of a Programme Officer in each of the States/locations for two years renewable.
• The Programme Officers will principally be responsible for and focus on, providing technical and professional assistance and support to the CBO5/FBO5 working on the C19RM project within their states, provide effective programme management and administration, as well as the monitoring, supervising, and reporting on the activities of CBOs/FBOs and CLMTs in their respective states.

Specific State to be coordinated by each Programme Officer:

• Programme Officer - Ekiti & Anambra States, Coordinated by ACOMIN
• Programme Officer - Gombe State, Coordinated by NEPWHAN.

Eligibility / Selection Criteria

• Applicant must have Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent in a Health-related discipline, or Social Sciences with 2 - 3 years post-qualification experience in an organization working on TB, HI V/AIDS, or Malaria.
• An applicant with working experience in more than one of these disease areas has an added advantage;
• Have good communication and community mobilization skills;
• Be resident in the state he/she is applying to work in
• Be ready to work independently and as part of a team;
• Have the ability to work with minimum supervision and exercise sound judgment and flexibility to achieve agreed outcomes;
• Have well-developed writing and analytical skills as well as the ability to express ideas clearly and concisely;
• Have effective presentation and interpersonal communication skills as well as the ability to develop and maintain effective stakeholders’ relationships;
• Possess the ability to contribute to the effectiveness of a tem, including supporting others and managing priorities and;
• Be able to communicate fluently in English and the local dialect(s) of the states and localities they would be working in.