Senior Associate, Deworm the World, Oyo at Evidence Action

Job Purpose

• This position plays a key role in delivering technical assistance and overseeing the coordination of the multiple projects in Oyo state within the South-West region, Nigeria. Working with the Senior Manager, S/He will ensure effective program planning, coordination, monitoring, and support the scale-up of the diverse projects, including pipeline opportunities in the state.
• Reporting to the Senior Manager, South-West zone, the candidate will be a highly proactive and adaptable individual who applies initiative and is a detail-oriented problem solver. S/He requires exceptional interpersonal capabilities for stakeholder engagement and the ability to communicate and cooperate effectively with internal teams and external program partners across the organization and the zone

Duties And Responsibilities

Strategic Stakeholder Management

• Cultivate and sustain robust partnerships with key stakeholders across relevant state ministries, private sector, and implementing partners to ensure a seamless implementation of all programs in the state
• Represent Evidence Action in state-level and national coordination meetings, and multi-stakeholder forums, serving as a primary liaison for strategic collaboration in the state
• Collaborate with the Senior Manager, South West zone and the MMS Program Associate to deliver and implement a successful MMS scale-up program by leveraging domestic funding and other resource mobilization opportunities

Quality Program Implementation and Coordination

• Collaborate closely with the Senior Manager to ensure the implementation of a high-quality school-based deworming program, executing all activities on schedule, scope and budget
• Ensure the timely development of essential program planning and policy documentation including work plans, treatment strategy documents, drug forecasting, and operational guidelines
• Maintain close attention to detail to ensure that timelines are adhered to and all milestones such as training, meetings, and distribution of materials are completed on time
• Oversee the timely collation, validation and submission of treatment data in each successful round of the deworming exercise as well as for other public health interventions
• Deliver result-oriented capacity-building and technical support to state government partners, focusing on implementation strategies, drug forecasting, and supportive supervision
• Oversee the efficient collation, validation, and submission of treatment data following each deworming round and other program deliverables

Monitoring and Evaluation Support

• Strong technical support and collaboration with the MLE team for program process monitoring and coverage validation activities
• Contribute to process monitoring and coverage validation survey reporting including supportive supervision support to all programs in the state
• Contribute to the design of monitoring and evaluation tools and materials for training, surveys, reviews etc

Budget Management Support

• Oversight function on the state program budget, leveraging resource mobilization opportunities in the state for improved program sustainability
• Contribute to state program budget development and implementation
• Ensure timely retirement for program activities after each deworming round in Oyo state
• Strong collaboration with finance on state budget implementation, tracking, and retirements

Reporting

• Contribute to knowledge management materials - program fact sheets, case studies, and success stories, and document lessons learned following each state deworming round;
• Prepare and share technical reports, and program updates on a weekly, monthly, quarterly basis; and other ad hoc reports, as required
• Perform any other program duties and tasks as may be required and assigned by the Senior Manager, South-West zone

Key performance Indicators

Effective stakeholder management, result-oriented resource mobilization, effective team management and all other program milestones as outlined in the program management documents.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or Masters in Public Health, or a related field e.g., Nutrition, Community Development, International Development with 5+ years' work experience in the management of program work with community or social enterprises/NGOs
• Experience coordinating mass campaigns and multiple projects is a great asset
• Strong stakeholder management skills with high dedication to excellence and can complete tasks with minimal supervision
• A detail-oriented problem solver who applies initiative, communicates effectively and maintains a "BIG PICTURE" mindset
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to identify and act on opportunities for improvement
• Ability to multi-task and collaborate with different teams effectively
• Demonstrated strong writing skills and project management skills
• Team player who is eager to join a fast-paced, growing and diverse team with a start-up atmosphere
• Experience working with a diverse team across multiple projects
• Alignment with Evidence Action core values