Senior Programme Assistant at mothers2mothers

Senior Programme Assistant

• The Senior Programme Assistant will support the day-to-day coordination, implementation, and monitoring of m2m Nigeria’s programmatic activities at supported health facilities and communities.
• The role will focus on ensuring quality service delivery across thematic areas such as PMTCT, RMNCH, and ECD.
• She/he will work closely with Mentor Mothers and other field staff to drive performance, support capacity building, and promote m2m values in all community and facility-based engagement.

Key Performance Areas

Programme Implementation:

• Provide supportive assistance to Facility and Community Mentor Mothers on m2m RMNCH/PMTCT and ECD programme standards, under the guidance of the Programs Officer.
• Provide day-to-day administrative and logistical support for program activities, including scheduling meetings
• Assist in planning and coordinating field-based programme activities (community outreaches, orientation, facility meetings
• Assist in preparing program reports, presentations, and success stories for internal and external stakeholders.
• Maintain effective communication with facility teams and community stakeholders.
• Maintain proper filing and retrieval systems for program documents, reports, and other resources.
• Support monitoring visits and quality improvement activities across program sitesasneeded.
• Collate weekly activity updates across thematic areas

Training and Capacity Building

• Assist with logistics and coordination of pre-service and in-service trainings.
• Co-facilitate pre and in -service trainings where necessary
• Provide onsite and off-site mentorship to field staff

Human Resource Management:

• Support management of site staff
• Collate timesheets and leave request for field staff for compliance tracking.
• Live and promote m2m values including integrity, honesty, dedication, empathy, compassion and teamwork among m2m staff.

Programme Administration:

• Assist with procurement processes, vendor follow-ups, and tracking of program expenditures
• Support the prudent use of m2m’s resources at project sites
• Take notes and file minutes of programme related meetings

Requirements
Qualifications and Experience:

• Degree or its equivalent in Health Sciences (Public Health, Clinical Medicine, Nursing, Environmental Health) or Psychology.
• Minimum of 3-4 years' post NYSC field experience in public health, preferably with a focus on Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT), or HIV/AIDS programming, Reproductive Maternal New-born and Child Health (RMNCH), and Early Childhood Development (ECD).
• Experience working in the NGO arena will be an advantage.
• Experience in facilitation, supervision, and field-level quality improvement.

Competencies:

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to coordinate field staff.
• Excellent organizational and multitasking skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Fluency in English and local Nigerian languages.
• Knowledge of Nigerian healthcare system
• Ability to work under pressure, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines.
• Self-motivated, with good analytical skills and a results-oriented approach.
• Excellent communication skill both verbally and written

Remuneration
Competitive salary packages will be negotiable in accordance with m2m’s remuneration policies.