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Save the Children is working to strengthen health systems and support maternal and child health in four northern states. Much work needs to be done for Nigeria to deliver its promises on Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 (which aim to reduce child mortality and improve maternal health) before 2015.
Facts About Nigeria
More than 173 Million people live there
The average girl stays in school only until she's 9
123 out of 1000 children die before their 5th birthday
A parent earns an average of just $4 a day
Our Work
Save the Children has been working in Nigeria since 2001. We're helping to improve health systems in northern Nigeria to delivery maternal, newborn, and child health services, including the revival of routine immunization.
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Programmatic Management
In consultation with the SPRING/Nigeria Chief of Party, Head of Nutrition, Senior Nutrition Advisor, and other technical staff, executes strong
To provide support to field implementation of the ECHO-supported CMAM project through mentoring and supervision and also take lead in stock and medical supplies management. Qualifications: A Universit
To support the implementation of WASH component of the project such as construction/rehabilitations, follow up on community hygiene groups, and collaboration with WASH stakeholders at state/LGA levels
Role Purpose To assume a lead technical role in developing, implementing, and maintaining effective and appropriate Monitoring and Evaluation systems for all project activities. This will include a pa
Role Purpose To ensure the maintenance and administration of a robust and an effective grants management system that is compliant to Save the Children grants systems and guidelines and meetdonor requi
Role Purpose The Child Safeguarding (CS) role will take lead in institutionalizing child safeguarding and code of conduct into the Nigeria countrywide programme, ensure that the country programme has
Role/Purpose Strategically lead and manage all technical aspects of the Child Development Grant Programme, accountable for ensuring that the programme is delivered to a high quality, evidence in the p
Role Purpose The National Programme Manager will strategically lead and manage the Child Development Grant Programme in Northern Nigeria and s/he will be accountable for the achievement of programme d
To ensure excellent financial accountability to the programme and to donors and working closely with the country finance and grant management team to support overall effective donor contract
Lead the M&E Team. Support Supervision, Monitoring and Evaluation of all SCI programmmes to ensure that the implementation process, provide guidance, lead all research activities and ensure&n
The post holder will primarily be responsible for ensuring that robust systems and procedures are set up and followed in accordance with SCI guidelines. The post holder will be in charge of FMS&n
The Education Manager is accountable for the strategic direction and technical support of the Education programme in Nigeria. As a member of the Programme Development and Quality team in Nig
Strategically lead and manage the Child Development Grant Programme (CDGP) in Northern Nigeria; accountable for the achievement of programme deliverables and delivery of the joint log-frame
The post holder will lead the design and maintenance of a programme management information system (MIS) that will easily capture. analyse and transfer data on up to 60,000 programme benefici
The Director of Program Development and Quality shares in the overall responsibility for the direction and coordination of the Country Office program. As a member of the Senior Management Te
