Job Openings at Society for Family Health (SFH)

Requisition ID: sfh-48976
Department: Programs
Duration of Contract: 36 months

Job Profile

• This position will be responsible for co-ordinating and ensuring that field financial operations for the project support project functional areas to achieve overall project objectives.
• The successful candidate will partner seamlessly with SFH's corporate finance team to deliver wider organisational goals by fostering financial and administrative compliance and timely reporting.

Job Role
The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Finance operations – ensure completeness of financial transactions and documentation to support accuracy of reported information.
• Budget performance and reporting – facilitate budget spend realisation and provide guidance on budget performance.
• Cash management – guarantee adequate cash management and planning for servicing of project activities on the field.
• Procurement – drive compliance with procurement policy.
• Field Office administration.

Qualifications / Experience

• Must possess a First Degree in Accounting, Finance, and Economics, Business Administration, or any related field with strong numerical/analytical background.
• ICAN, ACCA, CFA, MSc, MBA certifications will be of added advantage or an observable commitment to professional improvement, that is, registration/part qualification.
• A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in equivalent finance role with progressively increasing responsibility in a fast-paced working environment.
• Demonstrated ability through previous role to provide financial information support for decision making through financial management, budgeting and cost analysis.
• Demonstrated ability through previous experience to establish and maintain productive working relationships with a wide network of stakeholders.

Skills and Competencies Required:

• Budgeting and Budget Analysis
• Tax computing and Remittance (WHT, PAYE etc.)
• Financial Reporting and Analysis
• Treasury and Cash Management Meticulous
• Proficiency working with SAP – “FI Module”
• Adept at Microsoft excel and other Microsoft application packages (Word and PowerPoint).
• Excellent analytical and numeracy skills.
• Demonstrable integrity, objectivity & confidentiality, with excellent communication and relationship management skills.
• Customer focused, exhibits thoroughness and attention to detail.
• Integrity and time management.
• Collaboration and teamwork, with persuasive negotiation skills.
• Self-driven and result oriented with a drive for continuous professional development.
• Excited about new knowledge/ learning with good interpersonal skills, proactive and flexible
• Cross functional awareness and willingness to understand overall project objectives.
• Resourcefulness and creativity in managing high level information, minimizing financial risks and problem solving.

Compensation & Benefits
The compensation package for this position is based on industry standards, and designed to attract, motivate, and incentivize talented individuals.

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Requisition ID: sfh-93884
Department: Programs
Duration of Contract: 36 months

Job Profile

• The Programme Assistant will be responsible for coordinating demand generation activities for the project in the State, both physical and virtual.
• S/He will be the direct line report of the demand generation lead and work with QFPs to ensure that facilities are selected and set up to serve clients, maintain quality standards, lead government and community sensitisation meetings, coordinate adaptation activities, identify and document best practices in adolescent youth sexual and reproductive health (AYSRH), support the accountability process in compliance with financial rules and regulations, and proactively seek out and report on relevant opportunities for programme scale up, success stories, linkages, and challenges.

Job Role
The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Project coordination and implementation.
• Advocacy and technical support.
• Data management, analysis and reporting.
• Budgeting/Workplan and reports.

Qualifications / Experience

• Must possess a First Degree in Health/Biological Sciences, Social Sciences, Medical or Pharmaceutical Sciences or Communication Arts
• A Master's Degree will be an added advantage
• Must possess a minimum of three years’ post NYSC experience in a relevant field.
• Must possess sound technical knowledge of reproductive health and modern contraceptive methods with some basic knowledge of MCH/RH services.

Skills and Competencies Required:

• Passionate about ASRH programming, with excellent interpersonal, communication (oral and written), presentation skills.
• Attuned to and comfortable with the language, and culture of the state.
• Ability to communicate proficiently in the dominant language of the region.
• Proficient using intermediate-level office software applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, spread sheets and database
• Advocacy skills and mentoring skills and must be innovative, logical, and decisive, with problem solving skills
• Nimble, flexible and open to adaptive implementation
• Proactive, open personality and work hands-on with demonstrable leadership skills and an ability to coordinate teams and manage relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
• Supervisory and mentorship skills.

Compensation & Benefits
The compensation package for this position is based on industry standards, and designed to attract, motivate, and incentivize talented individuals.

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Department: Programs
Duration of Contract: 36 months

Job Profile

• This position will be responsible for supporting the identification, assessment and selection of facilities and providers for the provision of services to adolescent girls (15 – 19 years).
• The role will also provide support and capacity building to providers, and ensure quality standards are maintained in all the Project facilities providing sexual and reproductive health services for adolescent girls, using innovative approaches for designing programmes for improving the sexual and reproductive health of adolescent girls.

Job Role
The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Project coordination & implementation through established facilities offering quality ASRH services by trained providers
• Conduct supportive supervisory visits and capacity building for providers proficient in providing quality ASRH services
• Data management, analysis and reporting of service statistics and facility Quality of Care level.
• Budgeting and work plan of monthly activities and funds to accomplish tasks.
• Support Government led sites to maintain access to high quality, user–centred and integrated services for Adolescents.

Qualifications / Experience

• Must be a Certified Nurse / Midwife or possess a Nursing Degree (B.Sc in Nursing), with current registration with appropriate national regulatory bodies. 
• Must possess a minimum of five (5) years post-NYSC working experience in family planning programmes
• FP training certification will be of added advantage.

Skills and Competencies Required:

• Excellent interpersonal, communication (oral and written), presentation skills
• Must have a continuous drive for learning and knowledge sharing, self-motivated and skilled at training various cadres of health workers.
• Must be excellent at report writing and possess strong M&E skills.
• Candidates should be experienced in donor-funded projects and advocacy skills.
• Skills at multitasking, mentoring and the ability to work with minimal supervision
• Flexibility, achievement focused, with emotional intelligence
• Problem solving and analytical ability
• Industry Knowledge, Relationship and resource management skills
• Managing/Empowering others
• Conflict Resolution.
• Must be a demonstrable continuous and innovative learner.

Compensation & Benefits
The compensation package for this position is based on industry standards, and designed to attract, motivate, and incentivize talented individuals.

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Requisition ID: sfh-54208
Department: Programs
Duration of Contract: 36 months

Job Profile

• The project aims to develop innovative approaches for designing programmes for improving the sexual and reproductive health of adolescent girls (15 – 19 years), primarily through increasing use of voluntary uptake of modern contraception.
• The purpose of the role of the State Programme Manager is to support the state to integrate the models for ASRH into state systems while informing the coordination and implementation of the project core objectives in improving uptake of modern contraception among adolescents within the state.

Job Role
The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Coordinate the implementation of the project in the State through the use of replicable user centered design approaches.
• Strategic technical assistance to State agencies in ASRH health system strengthening.
• Responsible for coordinating monitoring & evaluation activities at the field level for the project and provide assistance to the M&E specialist at the HQ.
• Preparation of analytical reports, human interest stories and case studies for the project.
• Using the National tools and an electronic MIS system, the State Programme Manager will support evidence informed programming, and will oversee and coordinate data collection for the project in the Region.
• Pool, analyze and disseminate field level programmatic data to end users.

Qualifications / Experience

• Must possess a First Degree in Sciences, Arts, or related field of study.
• A Master's Degree in Public Health, Policy or related fields will be essential to this position  
• Must possess a minimum of five (5) years post-NYSC working experience in health and family planning programmes.

Skills and Competencies Required:

• Technical knowledge and understanding of Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health policies and programming in Nigeria and be comfortable with working with a range of stakeholders.
• Data management and reporting skills.
• Creative writing skills to write and develop success stories and human- interest stories.
• Social dialogue and advocacy skills for fostering enabling environment for programme implementation
• Familiar with the language and culture of the state
• Excellent interpersonal, communication (oral and written), and presentation skills
• Must have a continuous drive for learning and knowledge sharing.
• Must be excellent at report writing and possess strong M&E skills.
• Demonstrable problem solving and analytical ability.
• Leadership and positive influence, and flexible thinking.

Compensation & Benefits
The compensation package for this position is based on industry standards, and designed to attract, motivate, and incentivize talented individuals.

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Job Code: sfh-48617
Category: Programs
Duration of Contract: 36 months
Slot: 2 Opening per state

Job Profile

• The Youth Innovation Officers will support the design and state specific innovations and programme adaptations at the field.
• They will also support the Behavioural Change Communication Specialist to collate human interest stories, success stories and best practices of the Project’s interventions from the states.
• They will also act as advocates for AYSRH in their states and influence policy on ASRH programming in these states.

Job Role
The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Programme design and adaptations – as a core component of the multidisciplinary team for all design processes through Youth–Adult partnerships.
• Programme implementation and communication – support the collation of success stories and human-interest stories, commemoration of special events/days, and other project communication activities.
• Advocacy and policy change by acting as advocates for AYSRH in the states and influence policy on ASRH programming.
• Programme monitoring and surveys - lead mystery client and client satisfaction surveys; monitor and evaluate the conformation of implementation with programme integrity.

Qualifications / Experience

• Must possess OND, HND, or BSc in Science, Arts, Social Science, or related fields.
• Minimum of one-year post- graduation working experience in related field.
• Experience with implementing Human Centred Design approaches is an added advantage.

Skills and Competencies required:

• Proficient in the use of Microsoft packages especially Excel, and DHIS 2.
• Proficient in reading and generating reports from data. Creativity and Report writing skills, use of infographics will be of advantage to this position
• Ability to speak the main local languages in the state of implementation (Kano or Jigawa State).
• Sound interpersonal communication, persuasive communication and presentation skills.
• Sound advocacy skills, problem solving and analytical ability.
• Passionate about ASRH issues.
• Ability to manage relationships, demonstrable success in advocacy for ASRH programming at community or state level.
• Creativity, innovation, resourcefulness, flexibility and open to change.
• Team leadership skills and ability to mobilise teams

Compensation & Benefits

• The compensation package for these positions is based on industry standards, and designed to attract, motivate, and incentivize talented individuals.