Senior Program Officer - Family Planning at Breakthrough ACTION

Summary:

The BA-Nigeria Senior Program Officer II - Family Planning will provide technical and programmatic support for all integrated FP and MNCH SBC activities. S/he will report directly to the Deputy Project Director - Integrated SBC & FP and work in close consultation the BA-Nigeria state teams, technical leads at HQ and the BA-Nigeria Project Director.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist Deputy Project Director - Integrated SBC & FP to operationalize and implement BA-Nigeria’s Integrated FP and MNCH program components
• Support establishment and maintenance of effective relationships at national and state level with USAID and other implementing partners, F/SMOHs and other key stakeholders, in collaboration with the Deputy Project Director - Integrated SBC & FP and Project Director.
• Provide extensive technical and programmatic assistance to each state team for implementation of integrated FP and MNCH program activities.
• Coordinate ongoing activities with Malaria & TB, Provider Behavior, Capacity and Coordination, SBC Innovations and MEL teams, and with state teams as required
• Assist with the development and writing of timely program reports on a quarterly and annual basis and disseminate program success stories, and other reporting duties as assigned.
• Assist with design and oversee implementation of the project monitoring and evaluation system.
• The position will be based at the BA-Nigeria Office in Abuja but travel to focal states is expected to be approximately 30% or more.
• Perform job duties/responsibilities in support of JHU-CCP’s Mission and Values, as appropriate.
• Other duties as may be assigned by supervisor or BA-Nigeria Project Director.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Master’s Degree in a relevant field (Public Health, Social Science, Humanities, other) required.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience managing a Family Planning, Maternal or related Reproductive Health programs in Nigeria. Advocacy, SBC and/or Community Mobilization expertise highly valued.
• Excellent communication, and organizational skills; and ability to influence and facilitate advocacy agendas at Federal and State levels
• Must be fluent in English and, given the geographic focus of the project, fluency in Hausa is highly desirable.
• Ability and willingness to travel extensively to project states across Nigeria.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities currently. With project expansion this status may change over time.