Job Opportunities at Malaria Consortium

Job purpose

The job purpose is to work with State Project Manager (SPM) to effectively manage project activities and resources., provide leadership and stewardship to the project team and maintain collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at the LGA level.

Scope of work

The Program Officer (PO) while reporting to the State Project Manager (SPM) and based at the state office, will line mange the LGA Field Assistants within his area of coverage.

Key working relationships

The PO would be line managed by the SPM and would line manage the LGA Field Assistants in-charge of the assigned LGAs (presumably within a specific senatorial zone of a state). S/he would also maintain relationships with the country office departments, including Finance and Logistics. Key external relationships would be with staff at the LGA and State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP), LGA health staff and leading community members and gatekeepers. S/he would lead micro-planning, training and coordination, through drug administration and supportive supervision, to reporting of activities at the LGA level. S/he would maintain close communication with stakeholders and influential persons in the assigned LGAs through the agreed frameworks.

Key accountabilities

Programme Management (70%)

Support the SPM and the state management team to lead activities for smooth programme management in the assigned LGAs in the following areas:

• Line management – build and performance manage an effective and technically fit SMC project team in the assigned LGAs.
• Be conversant with and guided by Malaria Consortium, policies, guidelines and the SMC Handbook towards the delivery of SMC in assigned LGAs.
• Planning (microplanning, selection of implementers at the local levels, training, database finalization, last mile distribution, SPAQ admin and reverse logistics);
• Engagement of stakeholders including government, communities and beneficiaries.
• Implementation (SPAQ admin) including QA and innovations, including the use of technology.
• General management including security, HR including line management, risk management, work planning and budgeting, VFM, optimization of grant, etc.;
• Risk Free operations including ensuring that all staff comply with MC values and start-to-finish (SFG) policies; and
• Coordination with other levels of government and internally, all MC functions.

Technical (20%)

• Support M&E activities, including reporting of SPAQ admin and lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS); and
• Support programme review including end of cycle (EoC) reviews, end of round (EoR) reviews and EoR coverage survey.

Representations & Knowledge Management (10%)

• Lesson identification and use including adaptive management;
• Harmonisation with other partners; and
• Representation especially at the LGA levels.

Qualifications and experience:

Essential          

• Training in Nursing or Public Health;
• Five years’ experience of working in the Public Health sector;
• Experience in programme management at the LGA/state level;
• Excellent project planning, management and monitoring & evaluation skills.
• Experience managing project budgets;
• Experience in using digital data collection tools in SMC campaigns and other health programmes; 
• Some practical experience in Health Information and Disease Surveillance Systems, interoperability, and international standards; open Global Health Information System software and open data sources, such as, but not limited to, DHIS2, ODK, KoboCollect;
• Experience working at the LGA and community levels;
• Experience working on campaign style interventions (delivery of interventions or social mobilization and SMC would be an added advantage).

Work-based skills and competencies:

• Good understanding of the Nigeria health system;
• Understanding of communication for behaviour change and social mobilisation;
• Team player and demonstrated ability to work within a team as well as individually;
• Ability to travel to LGAs outside of state capital at least 80% of the time;
• Ability to perform under pressure;
• Excellent communication skills in English and the dominant local language in assigned state.
• Evidence of being resident in state of assignment.

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Job purpose

To manage suppport to ITN Campaign programme activities, resources as well as provide leadership, stewardship and maintain collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at national and FCT  levels.

Scope of work

The Programme Director will provide overall leadership to the ITN Campaign team and be responsible for managing the project activities. The position will be based in the country office, with regular travel within implementing locations at FCT. It will support the ITN Campaign project team through providing managerial, technical support and direct implementation of ITN campaign and distribution, the community engagement and waste management.   S/he will work clsely with the country-level   Senior Management Team (SMT).

Key working relationships

The post holder will report to the West and Central Africa Programmes Director and work closely with the wider Technical and management team  at country and state level, especially the Country Programmes Manager, Country Operations Manager, as well as other senior technical, research, M&E, operational and external relations colleagues at project level. The role will also work with major stakeholders and partners at the national level, including the National Malaria Elimination Project (NMEP) Prevention , integrated vector control, ACSM , supply chain managers , as relevant to the project. S/he will line manage key project staff in the country.

Key accountabilities (percent of time spent on each area)

Strategic Planning and Project Management (60%)

• Build and manage a high-performing country-level and state-level ITN Campaign  project team;
• Line manage the Technical leads and Finance and Administration and Campaign managers
• Be responsible for the coordination and implementation of ITN project activities for all ITN projects within Malaria Consortium on a time and within budget, ensuring targets and milestone are met including performance based targets.
• Liaise regularly with the West and Central Programme Director, Senior Country Technical Coordinator and other Country Office SMT to provide timely and comprehensive updates and reports as required.
• Work with the country-level and state-level project team to develop and implement annual work plans.
• Work closely with the Country Office M&E Manager and ITN project M&E team to prepare the project monitoring and evaluation framework and research strategy, taking project-level frameworks and strategies into account.
• Work with the country finance team to track progress of project and activity budgets
• Work with relevant country office staff to ensure they are aware of the project needs and support is provided adequately to the project team.
• Be responsible for project budget management including the preparation of annual budget and forecasts, implementation as planned, tracking and reforecasting, as well as liaise with project-level colleagues to ensure accurate tracking and reporting of Nigeria finance information at project level
• Lead in the preparation of semi-annual report and other supporting documents required for meeting performance milestones and liaising with the donor to ensure the payments are made timely.
• Be responsible for preparing country-level project progress and quarterly narrative reports on time.
• Liaise with project-level colleagues to ensure accurate tracking and reporting of Nigeria project and operations information at project level
• Work with the country finance mamager and project finance and admin manager to prepare quarterly financial reports.
• Work with the relevant country personnel to prepare and implement an exit strategy as well as see to the smooth end of the project.
• Work with External Relations colleagues at project level, the Country Communications Manager, Demand Creation Officer and project partners to develop and implement a project communications and advocacy strategy is developed, taking project-level communications and advocacy goals and objectives into account.
• Contribute to the development and be responsible for the implementation of a communications and advocacy plan in line with the communications and advocacy strategy of the project and NG office, which will include, for example, the production of case studies, reviews of lessons learnt and general documentation for internal and external dissemination.
• Be responsible for lessons identification and learning documentation and dissemination.
• Be responsible for building functional partner relationships among the project’s stakeholders.
• Oversee project partners’ inputs and subcontractors’ activities to deliver harmonized, aligned and effective outputs
• Manage the risks of the project including Safeguarding, financial, reputation and security in a challenging environment.
• Lead on the performance management of country-level project staff
• Ensure regular communications are maintained between the different teams.
• Be responsible for the project risk register. Work with the team members of the SMT in the identification, tracking, prevention and management of key project risks especially those related to performance and fiduciary management.
• Liaise between the project, NMEP, SMEP and other stakeholders.

Technical contributions (10%)

• Work with senior technical colleagues at country and project to determine technical support needs to implement the project effectively and with high quality.
• Liaise with the Senior Country Technical Coordinator to obtain the required technical support.
• Support the generation of evidence to improve project performance and illustrate effectiveness through monitoring and evaluation, research and learning.
• Contribute to the development and production of dissemination documents to allow wider sharing of Malaria Consortium’s experiences, lessons and successes.

Technical performance management and Quality Assurance (20%)

• Take the lead in monitoring and evaluating project performance.
• Keep abreast with evidence and best practices that are related to the project.

Representation (10%)

• Work with the Country Director to participate in national level meetings and workshops to represent Malaria Consortium at programmatic and coordination events.
• Liaise regularly with NMEP coordination platforms and focal persons keeping the relevant Country Team in loop of communication.
• Work with the Country Director to keep other key national and state stakeholders abreast with the project.
• To exert influence and to advocate for Malaria Consortium’s key technical positions and promote best practice in ITN distribution interventions, in line with MC global and national communications and advocacy plans and strategies.

Person specification

Qualifications and experience: 

Essential:      

• Master’s Degree in a relevant field (e.g., Epidemiology, Public Health, Tropical Medicine, Parasitology or Equivalent);
•  At least 10 years of experience managing development projects, preferably in African countries with a strong focus on field implementation;
• Experience managing projects with a mix of facility and community-based interventions is required.
•  Experience managing projects with a focus on behavior change would be an asset;
• Demonstrated track-record with project management, monitoring and evaluation,
• Strong communication skills (oral and written) in English
• Experience managing project / project budgets

Desirable: 

• Proven leadership skills and team leading
• Experience in advocacy and policy influencing
• Experience managing donor grants or contracts such as World Bank, Islamic Bank .
• Experience working on malaria, maternal and child health projects, including community health delivery.
• Familiar with the Nigeria health system

Work-based skills and competencies:           

Essential:      

• Demonstrable passion for Malaria Consortium’s mission; a strategic manager with integrity and a desire to work in a dynamic environment
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills are also needed.
• Clear communication skills for managing partnerships and relationships with senior stakeholders at all levels
• Strategic thinking.
• Ability to manage and inspire high performing teams.
• Excellent project management skills, with proven ability to implement high quality projects on time and within budget.
• Strong negotiation skills, particularly in engaging government health officials at all levels.
• Good influencing and persuasion skills and ability to remain compliant with organisational and donor policies.
• Ability to manage and prioritize high workload and multiple tasks in a fast paced environment with tight deadlines.
• Excellent problem solving skills.
• Excellent English language skills, both spoken and written.
• Capable of establishing strong working relationships with colleagues from different functions and cultures.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Word and Excel.
• Proactive and takes initiative as required.

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The Finance Manager will be responsible for all financial aspects of country office as delegated by the Country Finance Manager and all financial aspects project sub-award contracts, partner and project financial reporting, financial accounting and budget management ensuring good value for money is achieved on the project. They will ensure compliance within the project of both the donor regulations and Malaria Consortium’s policies and processes.

Scope of Work

They will provide a proactive, efficient, timely and relevant finance service to the project team including budget preparation with the appropriate mapping of financial transactions to be able to measure value for money and achievement of deliverables. They will drive project financial reporting at a level of detail necessary to manage budgets effectively, checking financial transactions are recorded accurately.

Key working relationships

The role will report to the Country Finance Manager and will work closely with the Country Finance staff and Project Managers to provide support to the project teams and local partners and with the Finance Support Manager (West and Central Africa) for the global partners on financial management, budgeting and forecasting activities.

Key accountabilities

Management Accounting (40%)

• Understand and implement grant management policies, procedures, and practices, and provide policy, guidance, and interpretation to project staff and partners
• Manage sub-granting mechanism to partner organisations
• Ensure smooth operation of technical efforts and field activities by providing accounting, management and logistical support to facilitate the implementation of project activities.
• Oversee the budgeting, reporting and accounting for the project for the Abuja office and the six states of operation to ensure timely and accurate reporting
• Issue Budget versus actuals and transaction listings on a monthly basis, and review them with the Project Manager to ensure prompt correction of errors and resolution of problems
• Prepare for review by the Country Finance Manager, Project Manager and the Finance Support Manager, the Donor Budget versus Actual report, which must be submitted within two weeks of each quarter end.
• Develop the annual financial plan and quarterly forecasts for the project based on the work plans to be submitted within two weeks of the quarter end to the donor after review

Financial Accounting (40%)

• Oversee all administrative, operational and financial management systems according to Malaria Consortium’s standard operating procedures
• Prepare Balance Sheet checklist each month for review by the Country Finance Manager
• Evaluate the financial impact of management decisions, ensuring that the donor receives value for money and that all financial transactions undertaken are in line with Malaria Consortium’s and the donor’s policies
• Compile and prepare routine financial reports for the management team
• Prepare project financial invoices for review by the Finance Support Manager: West & Central Africa in good time to meet the monthly and quarterly deadlines
• Identify financial risks of the projects and prepare and keep updated with the Project Manager the projects’ risk register
• Support the state offices on month end processing.
• Make regular visits to the states of operation to ensure compliance with Malaria Consortium’s and the donor’s policies
• Actively support the Country Finance Manager with the required country and project audits
• Follow-up on issues with the state offices raised by the Country Finance Manager on the month-end checklists for resolution and those raised as a result of audits
• Any other tasks as required by the Country Finance Manager

Value for Money (15%)

• Assist the Project Manager in preparing a Value for Money (VFM) Action Plan, acceptable to the donor, with time bound deliverable examples of economy, efficiency, and effectiveness. The Action Plan should be agreed with the donor within six months of the start of the project.
• Create a mapping of project costs (including unit costs) that will enable the programme to control cost, convert inputs efficiently into outputs, and obtain the maximum possible outcomes.

Human Resources (5%)

• Provide finance induction to new State Finance Officers and non-finance staff in the project providing on-going support to the same people
• Feed into the performance reviews of finance staff in the project
• Highlight any financial capacity issues to the Country Finance Manager and Project Manager, making recommendations of any action required
• Provide a gap fill service for the financial management in the project as required due to staff absence from leave or resignation

Person specification  

Essential

• Qualified accountant in recognised global body, ACA or CIMA
• Significant experience with 3-years in a financial management managerial position
• Highly familiar with cost accounting standards and management of sub-contracts and sub-grants with partners
• Past exposure and experience working on large scale projects and managing teams across multiple locations
• Previous experience of providing data to evidence value for money on a project.

Desirable

• Working knowledge of rules and regulations of donors and their application
• Experience of working with DFID, GF, USAID, BMGF and other donor grants
• Experience of working on a payment by results contract

Work-based skills:

Essential

• Fluency in English with proven ability to communicate effectively within a multi-cultural environment
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver to deadlines
• Excellent analytical skills with good attention to detail
• Demonstrated supervisory skills, and ability to work effectively within teams
• Ability to develop and interpret standard financial reports (balance sheet, income statements, cash flow)
• Excellent computer skills with high proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Desirable

• Experience of working with PS Financials

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Job purpose

Oversees strategic procurement of goods and services, supplier sourcing and supply chain management, in Malaria Consortium Nigeria offices and for all MC programmes / projects implementation. This will include providing oversight, monitoring, and managing all of Malaria Consortium’s procurement processes at state and country level with strict compliance to the procurement policy, value for money and management processes. This will also involve contract management, supplier performance evaluation and procurement risk management. The role will be line managed by the Country Operations Manager to ensure procurement service, and other operations functions are efficiently delivered to all Malaria Consortium projects / programmes.

Scope of work

The Admin & Procurement Manager provides procurement services support to MC Nigeria Country Office Programmes / Projects in line with the Organisation’s policies, processes, and guidelines as well as local Nigerian policies and guidelines. This includes procurement planning, strategic supplier sourcing, supplier management, procurement of goods and services, effective supply chain management, and market analysis to ensure cost savings and value for money. The role will collaborate with the program teams to understand the various project needs, the timeline to meet the needs and provide relevant procurement support.

The role includes running tenders, negotiating, and managing contracts, maintaining a database of all contracts in all ITN MC offices in Nigeria, which will be done directly by the jobholder or through the core procurement team (senior procurement officers) depending on the agreed threshold.  

The role will also line manage the senior procurement officer on the ITN Projects. Lead and mentor them to develop an effective procurement team for MC ITN NG offices including periodic review of quality of procurement services delivered to the projects and programmes and discuss improvements with Country Operations Manager.

Key working relationships

Reporting to the Country Operations Manager (COM), the Admin & Procurement Manager will be a member of the Operations team, providing procurement support to MC programme / project implementation, which include support to development of procurement plans for all MC NG office, its implementation and periodic review. Based on the procurement plan, the PM will finalise procurement strategy in consultation with the Country Operations Manager, which will be reviewed along with the procurement plan. The Admin & Procurement Manager will also work with the procurement team to ensure effective and efficient service delivery. The Procurement Manager will provide line management to Senior Procurement officers in Abuja and day-to-day supervision, including training as needed.

The Admin & Procurement manager also works closely with Programme / Project team, Zonal Admin Manager, State Admin officers and MC supply chain team to ensure timely delivery of required goods or services.

Key accountabilities

Procurement Strategy and planning (45 %)

• Ensure effective and efficient workflow of procurement processes in MC NG offices
• Line-manage assigned operations staff and provides oversight, capacity building and management support whilst ensuring staff objectives are set and monitored in line with HR guidelines
• Conduct annual demand planning and market assessment exercises to generate the Country Procurement Strategy with support from the COM and Programme and Project teams
• Ensure the Malaria Consortium Procurement Policy is followed for all procurements in the country
• Support the Programme teams with the design of project / programme procurement plans for all projects to allow all procurements to be delivered on time at value for money following compliant process.
• Provide Quarterly report on status of procurement in MC documenting challenges and recommendations
• Coordinate accordingly with other operations and programme / project teams on delivery planning and coordination in designated storage areas
• Coordinate Country tender processes as appropriate in line with the Malaria Consortium Procurement Policy, ensuring compliance.
• In line with project budgets, ensure all procurements are strategically carried out with cost saving intentions and VFM.
• Maintain a record of the status of all procurements which will be shared monthly with all relevant staff to aid planning and programme implementation
• Maintain the Country Contract Tracking sheet and share with the Country Finance Manager and the Country Operations Manager on a bi-monthly basis
• Ensure the maintenance of a consolidated database for all registered suppliers, pre-qualified suppliers, and Contract agreements in a secure manner.
• Coordinating the upload Framework Agreements (FWAs), procurement trackers and supporting documents onto the operations intranet page and tracking compliance related to data protection policies.
• Work with the compliance team to organise partners supply chain compliance reviews
• Maintain a database of all procurements against all supplier agreements and provide quarterly reports to the Country Operations Manager on total expenditure to date per agreement, supplier performance and issues and recommendation
• Carry out routine risk assessments for supplier engagement and contracting validation of all registered vendors
• Organise quarterly vendor management forums in each MC state office

Administration (40%)

• Oversee all project and staff travel activities including national and international transportation, visas and hotels
• Ensure that all Malaria Consortium offices are well run and professional in appearance
• Provide an effective and efficient IT service to the organisation ensuring that staff computers, intranet and IT functions of the organization are functioning well and that problems are resolved efficiently and effectively
• Control administrative and IT risks to the organisation including viruses and critical system failure
• Ensure that Malaria Consortium has an effective and professional front desk
• Ensure that finance transactions are processed in an accurate and timely manner
• Ensure effective and efficient fleet management including cost control, good driving, functioning of vehicle booking and scheduling system
• Review fuel analysis and vehicle repair costs to ensure good financial control
• Asset Management for the ITN Campaign Project.
• Support the Abuja and other ITN Campaign Admin Officers in managing all location-based assets to ensure that they are registered, tracked, maintained and disposed of according to the Malaria Consortium Asset Management Policy
• Maintaining the Property Inventory Register for all office equipment (as per the Malaria Consortium Fixed Asset Policy) in Abuja and other ITN Campaign Offices.
• Support the Abuja and other ITN Campaign Admin Officers in managing any stock procured by, as defined by, and in accordance with the Malaria Consortium Inventory Management Policy
• Carry out delegated administration tasks as required by the Country Operations Manager.

Training (15%)

• Ensure appropriate capacity is provided for all procurement officers to improve service delivery for programme implementation

• Be the expert in Malaria Consortium on donor procurement policies, and ensure that implementation adheres to the donor and organizational policies and practices
• Conduct regular staff capacity building forums for specific challenge areas related to procurement actions
• Design, set – up and track VFM parameters for all procurements in MC NG office and periodically identify and recommend areas of efficiency gains
• Be the focal person for audit with focus on procurement
• Oversee the smooth running of MC procurement software, to trouble shoot and resolve any challenges experienced by the operations and programme teams with the software

Person specification

Qualifications and experience:

Essential

• Proven previous experience in Admin and Procurement Management for International INGOs
• Bachelor's degree in Procurement and Operations or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Professional membership of a Procurement/Supply chain body
• 5-6 years of experience working in an operations role specifically procurement
• Experience leading and managing international procurements for INGOs
• Ability to work effectively and sensitively with staff in other locations
• Facilitation and coordination skills
• Sector awareness related to procurement

Desirable

• Attentive to detail
• Highly organised
• Flexible and self-motivated
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Must display the ability to effectively prioritize and perform with tight deadlines

Work-based skills and competencies:      

Essential

• Excellent computer skills in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• A collaborative and flexible style, with a strong service mentality.
• Excellent negotiation, facilitation and coordination skills.
• Good knowledge and experience with using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software such as NAV and ReQlogic
• Committed to the organisations mission and its values
• Evidence of good organisational, analytical, oral and written communications skills in English; and ability to work well in teams.
• Strong critical thinking and decision-making skills

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience working with and administering Microsoft/Office 365, particularly SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Teams.

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Job purpose

The Campaigns, External Communications and SBCC Specialist) is responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of all communications-related programmes and activities for Malaria Consortium’s Nigeria (MCN) Country Office. In collaboration with relevant team members, the incumbent will develop and apply evidence based strategies to achieve the purpose of programme communication, knowledge management, advocacy, and external relations.  A key aspect of this purpose is to ensure an appropriate level of visibility for Malaria Consortium among stakeholders and partners

Scope of work

The SCM is responsible for communication efforts of the organisation including public health communications (PHC), external communications(ER) and knowledge management (KM). The SCM support is embedded at the country and project levels, and it is evident in the outcome of strategic behaviour change communication, how knowledge generated by the organisation is documented and shared, and how the organisation is seen externally, by donors, partners and stakeholders.

Key working relationships

The SCM works internally in Nigeria with the Country Director, the Country Programme Manager, the Country Technical Coordinator, Project Managers, and senior technical and programme staff of projects. The SCM is particularly key to ensuring smooth productive relationship and technical support to the country technical team and communication lead person on MCN supported projects and programmes.  At the regional and global level, the SCM works with the PHC cluster, and the ER teams of MCN respectively. Key external relationships include selected donors, partners, and networks as relevant, international and local NGOs.

Key accountabilities

Team oversight and Influence (20%)

• Oversee all PHC, advocacy and external communication efforts relevant to the Nigeria programme, including timely and responsive technical advice both remotely and by on-site visits to country and project teams, as required
• Participate as member of the MC/PHC cluster at the global level to ensure documentation and exchange of learning, results and experiences within the PHC community of practice
• In collaboration with MC/UK ER team, ensure effective positioning of the organisation, as a leader of thought in relation to MCN’s vision and mission, including sharing organisational knowledge and learning
• Act as an organizational resource point for programme communications and external relations for MCN

Strategic Design and Management (65%)

• Develop, review, and coordinate implementation an organizational communications strategies for Malaria Consortium’s Nigeria Country Office
• Contribute to the development of proposals through provision of technical leadership in the design of the communications components of new projects
• Participate as an active member of MCN’s country office team in meetings, internal seminars and other technical and administrative discussions
• Provide hands-on support the development and review of project specific communication strategies, ensuring that they incorporate best practices, and innovative approaches, based on evidence or priority gaps in evidence.  Support project managers in implementing their communication strategies in a timely and efficient manner.
• Oversee the development, testing, and production of evidence based and audience-centred PHC products, tools and messages (in print and audio-visual formats)
• Contribute and/or support the development of information, materials and field stories to the country level, to share with MC/UK external communications teams for dissemination to internal and external audiences, at local, and international levels
• Support country and project teams to review and produce programme reports, capacity building / training materials, films and other documents, as required
• Provide quality assurance for in-country communication activities, production of tools and materials by external contractors/agencies/vendors. Provide technical oversight to communication leads in MCN project teams, including selection of communication specialist and officers
• Lead in ensuring compliance with branding and marketing demands of donors for materials production, and delivery of communications activities, cognizant and mindful of MC’s brand requirements
• Ensure project communication experiences are appropriately documented and disseminated.  Support project managers to develop and implement project specific documentation and dissemination plans internally across MC and externally
• Maintain an up-to-date archive of all communications outputs generated by the team (including news releases, printed materials and photos), to make accessible and available as appropriate
• Ensure quality assurance and value for money for in-country communications activities; work with project managers to capitalize on synergies related to communication activities within and outside MC, including promotion of cross-project learning
• In collaboration with relevant country team members, ensure effective monitoring and evaluation processes are in place, in support of country office and projects communication efforts. Ensure all communication strategies and activities are effectively monitored and evaluated; and activities are adjusted or adapted according to findings

External engagement and partnerships (15%)

• Provide communication and related technical support to the FMOH / NMEP, other authorities, and partners in policy and strategy development, planning for implementation, reviews/ evaluations
• Act as the key media liaison and public relations person for MC, coordinating with the Country Director, Nigeria technical team or UK-based external communications and advocacy team of MC, as necessary and appropriate
• Contribute to identifying funding opportunities and providing technical inputs in the design process of new projects and writing proposals and reports to donor

Person specification

Qualifications and experience:

Essential

• Master degree and/or significant work experience with emphasis on public health strategic communication, public relations or media, in context of Nigeria/Africa, and with some marketing communication experience
• Substantial experience (minimum 7 years) in a managerial role in public health communications, external relations, marketing principles, or relevant discipline, in the development sector in Nigeria/Africa
• Experience communicating about malaria, or other communicable/tropical  diseases
• Able to articulate advocacy, social mobilization and behaviour change interventions in strategic communication planning
• Strong skills in strategic planning and project management, adequate  understanding of development issues, with experience in the health sector
• Adequate team management/leadership skills, with experience of building teams
• Excellent both verbal and written communication skills, with ability to adapt to meet the needs of different audiences
• Adequate experience of media engagement and management
• Sound knowledge of coordination of process for design, development and production of print and electronic materials and tools for PHC, ER and KM
• Strong skills and experience in applying appropriate research and evaluation methods for communication programmes

Desirable

• Familiarity with public health programmes, including disease control or malaria control programmes in Africa and Nigeria
• Familiarity with the process of production/editing of multi-media outputs, including  films 
• Experience of using effective marketing approaches for organisational positioning
• Good experience in developing and delivering training and capacity building, particularly in multi-cultural contexts
• Knowledge of donors, networks and other agencies involved in the NGO, preferably national/regional health, sector
• Familiarity of new media and  new technologies for communications outreach
• Familiarity with working in the public and private sector for developing demand creation and marketing strategies, products, and tools
• Familiar with information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their application in behaviour change and communication

Work-based skills and competencies:

Essential

• Strong ability to work independently and take initiative, as well as to work effectively as part of a decentralized team
• Strong capacity to analyse and use empirical evidence and qualitative data
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English AND French, especially report writing and presentation skills
• Ability to represent MC externally, to high professional standards
• Strong writing /editing skills and general attention to detail
• Good experience in developing M&E systems for communications
• Ability to handle multi-tasking under high pressure situations with speed and accuracy
• Computer literate in using Microsoft Office programmes (Word, PowerPoint and Excel)
• Willing to undertake reasonable additional duties and responsibilities as requested

Desirable

• Network driving and coordination skills
• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research and evaluation methods
• Familiarity with working in the public and private sector for developing demand creation and marketing strategies, products, and tools
• Familiar with information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their application in behaviour change and communication

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Job purpose

Support the strategic procurement of goods and services, supplier sourcing and logistics/supply chain requirements for programme implementation in Nigeria. This will include providing monitoring and managing Malaria Consortium’s procurement processes at country level with strict compliance to the procurement policy, value for money and management processes. Job will also involve contract management, supplier performance evaluation and procurement risk management.

Scope of work

The Senior Procurement Officer will support the programme procurement plan development and implementation. The Job holder will coordinate all threshold assigned procurement in accordance with the Malaria Consortium Procurement Policy. This will include providing the analysis for all MC agreements and will monitor their implementation.

Key working relationships

The Senior Procurement Officer will report to the Procurement Manager and will work closely with the Country Operations Manager, Zonal admin Manager, Program leads, Logistics officer and all staff to provide them procurement support function. The Senior Procurement officer will provide technical oversight on State Admin Officers procurement functions.

Key accountabilities

 Procurement (60%)

• Support the procurement manager in coordinating procurement in accordance with the Malaria Consortium Procurement Policy, ensuring that all documentation is completed, correctly approved, and filed appropriately for future reference.
• Maintain a record of the status of all procurements, which will be shared weekly with all relevant staff so that they can plan for their arrival.
• Process all related payments for procurements made within the specified timeline per MC agreements while ensuring documentation is complete and uploaded on SharePoint as at when due.
• Upload and track all documentation related to MC Procurement processes on SharePoint and secure in line with Data protection policy requirements.
• Support the Country Procurement Review Committee (PRC) meeting per Malaria consortium Procurement Policy guidelines.
• Serve as procurement covers to state admin officers/state procurement focal person on all procurement actions within the field threshold for the ITN Campaign Field Offices.
• Submit monthly reports on procurement management and procurement trackers detailing all procurement actions and timelines carried out every month.
• Execute the procurement process for all ITN Campaign request at the country office.

 Operations planning (15%)

• Collaborate with the Procurement Manager to ensure effective and efficient workflow of procurement processes in country related to contract monitoring, supply chain planning, proper asset registrations and logistics planning.
• Support the procurement manager to develop, implement their programme / project procurement plans on a regular basis (at least quarterly) to ensure that all procurement is being planned to allow for on-time delivery at value for money following compliant processes.
• Any additional tasks delegated and assigned by operations lead related to job role.

 Strategic supplier agreements (25%)

• Maintain a database of all registered suppliers, pre-qualified suppliers, and Contract agreements in a secure manner.
• Carry out routine risk assessments for supplier engagement and contracting.
• Support the procurement manager to set  active Framework Agreements and creation of Preferred Suppliers based on the Country Procurement Plan, following the processes defined in the Malaria Consortium Procurement Policy, including for fuel, security, IT support, generator maintenance, vehicle maintenance, stationery, hotels, taxi firms, rental vehicles, event locations for conferences/workshops/seminars, printing material, etc.
• Track all procurements against all strategic supplier agreements and provide monthly reports to the Procurement Manager on total expenditure to date per agreement, supplier performance and issues and recommendations for the coming year.

Person specification

Qualifications and experience:

Essential

• Degree or similar qualification in procurement or related field
• At least 5 years’ experience working in an operations related role specifically in procurement.
• Has previous experience as a Procurement Officer in an international NGO within the last 3-5 years
• Proven writing skills in English
• Ability to work effectively and sensitively with staff in other locations.
• A collaborative and flexible style, with a strong service mentality
• Facilitation and coordination skills
• Sector awareness related to procurement.

Desirable

• Attentive to detail
• Highly organised
• Flexible and self- motivated
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• He/she must clearly display the ability to effectively prioritise and perform to tight deadlines.

Work-based skills and competencies:

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Analytical skills
• Is committed to the mission of Malaria Consortium and its values.

Desirable

• Good coordination skills
• Ability to work effectively and sensitively at the sub national levels
• Demonstrated understanding of Pharmacutical Importation and Customs processes
• Ability to communicate and negotiate with people from different back grounds and professions 
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to make complex information understandable to diverse different audiences
• Flexible and able to adapt to a quickly changing environment by applying knowledge and experience to solve unforeseen and unexpected problems
• Strong representational skills and strong writing skills
• Excellent computer skills in Excel and knowledge/use of database tools

Due to the nature of this role we will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis and the role might be filled and closed before the closing date. Early applications are encouraged.

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Job purpose

The Campaign Research Coordinator (ITN Campaign) will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing ITN distribution activities and financial management in the implementation state.

Scope of work

The role involves ensuring the proper planning and coordination of all activities related to the delivery of ITNs to households in the implementation state, including macro and microplanning, advocacy, procurement, supply chain management, household mobilization, demand creation, as well as monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of the process. This role will back-stop the State Support Team of NMEP in the technical, demand creation, logistics and security work streams to ensure the delivery of a high-quality campaign. 

Key working relationships

This role will involve working under the supervision of the Campaign Senior Technical Specialist and collaborate closely with: Campaign digital health officers, M&E officers in all implementation states, National Malaria Elimination Program, State Ministries of Health and State Support teams, Malaria Consortium country and head office technical teams.

The post holder will engage with NMEP, SMEPs academic partners and other stakeholders to ensure relevance, coordination and uptake of research findings from the ITN campaign.

Key accountabilities

Research design and implementation (70%)

• Coordinate day-to-day technical preparation and implementation of research activities related to ITN mass distribution campaigns
• Lead or support the development of research protocols, tools and methodologies for operational and implementation research.
• Lead submission of research protocols for ethical approval and ensure compliance with regulatory and ethical requirements.
• Support recruitment, training, deployment and supervision of research field teams, including enumerators and supervisors.
• Oversee field data collection to ensure strict adherence to study protocols, timelines and quality standards.
• Support quantitative and qualitative data analysis, interpretation and synthesis of research findings.
• Support quantitative and qualitative data analysis, interpretation and synthesis of research findings.
• Provide technical quality assurance for research data collection, management and analysis processes
• Provide technical quality assurance for research data collection, management and analysis processes
• Develop and implement a research uptake strategy to ensure evidence informs campaign implementation, policy, and practice.
• Support preparation of technical reports, learning briefs and donor updates related to research outputs.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (25%)

• Contribute to the development and implementation of MEAL approaches and tools relevant to ITN campaign research
• Support development and implementation of campaign-level monitoring and learning plans
• Lead or support documentation of research findings and lessons learnt, including learning briefs, manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals, infographics, and narrative reports.
• Support dissemination of findings to national and global audiences through technical meetings, conferences, and publications.
• Conduct periodic assessments of research progress and contribute to project performance reporting
• Participate in Malaria Consortium technical cross-learning forums.

External representation (5%)

• Participate in national technical working groups, research forums and NMEPs sub-committee meetings as relevant.
• Contribute to technical discussions and strategic planning meetings related to ITN campaigns and malaria research.
• Represent Malaria Consortium in external meetings as agreed with the Senior technical specialist and Program Director.

Person specification

Qualifications and experience:

Essential

• Master’s degree in public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Statistics or a related research discipline.
• Strong experience in a research-focused role with an excellent understanding of quantitative research methods.
• Demonstrated experience in research management and coordination
• Experience in operational and/or implementation research in public health programmes.
• Proven experience in survey design, field implementation, data analysis and report writing.
• Knowledge of malaria prevention and control, particularly ITN campaigns

Desirable

• Experience working effectively with government and non-government partners
• Demonstrated experience publishing scientific work in peer-reviewed journals
• Experience conducting research related to malaria commodities or mass public health campaigns.

Work-based skills and competencies:

Essential

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, including Ministries of Health and national malaria programmes.
• Excellent understanding of good research practice and research ethics.
• Strong analytical, writing and communication skills
• Result-oriented approach with strong attention to detail.
• Willingness and ability to travel to field locations for research supervision.
• Proficiency in MS Office and statistical software packages.

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Job purpose

To provide technical support on the supply chain management of campaign ITNs across the mass campaign implementing States.

Scope of work

The Supply chain officer will be actively responsible for maintaining an effective and efficient logistic management, inventory control and accountability of ITNs across implementing states and provide technical assistance to State Malaria Elimination Program (SMEP) and Logistics Management Coordinating Unit (LMCU) to implement the mass campaign and related data management. S/he will work directly with the campaign implantation team and State Logistic Management Coordinating Unit in each state to ensure proper ITN inventory management and accountability.

Key working relationships

The Health System Supply Chain Officer will be a member of the National Campaign implementation team and report to the Health Systems Country Supply Chain Manager with dotted line reporting to the Campaign Senior Technical Specialist in delivering the mass campaign work plan.

Key accountabilities

Supply Chain Management (70%)

• Ensuring that the supply chain activities meet the needs of the programmes in a timely manner and does so in accordance with donor requirements, MC policies and procedures.
• Support ITN microplanning during which targets which form the basis for ITN mass campaign are determined
• Provide technical support to strengthen the   procurement, delivery and supply chain management of ITN and non-ITN commodities in all state implementing ITN Mass campaign.
• Contribute to state level quantification of commodities as well as development of distribution plans using credible and verifiable data sources
• Support the state and the state campaign team to submit timely and accurate Logistic Report and Reconciliation Tool (LRRT) at the end of every ITN mass campaign.
• Work with the Digital Team to review, reconcile and finalize ITN campaign data by triangulating and harmonizing the LRRT record and Digital Platform data.
• Coordinate Reverse logistics for unused ITNs from distribution hubs to the state central storage location and at the end of mass campaign
• Support and coordinate the delivery of ITNs to the campaign implementation states and escalate any discrepancies in the quantity delivered and any quality issues. This will be done at all the levels of ITN handling and distribution during the mass campaign
• Working with the state Logistic Management Coordination Unit on the management of ITNs and also serves as a primary link between Malaria Consortium and the state Logistic Management Coordinating Unit
• Work with the Monitoring and Evaluation team to triangulate and reconcile logistics data with service data   
• Performs other duties as assigned the SPM and/or the Supply Chain Specialist.

Coordination/Feedback (30%)

• Ensure smooth relationship with Country Office Technical and Supply Chain Team
• Coordinate micro-planning for the supply chain component of ITN implementation in all campaign state
• Provide regular feedback and updates to the Health System Country Supply Chain Manager in a timely manner
• Provides support to the LMCU, N/SMEP Supply chain management unit.

Person specification

Qualifications and experience:

Essential

• 5 - 7years’ post – qualification in pharmacy or any other public health-related field.
• Minimum of 3years cognate and continuous previous experience in ITN Mass Campaign Supply Chain and Logistics Management
• Experience working with and engaging stakeholders at both National and state level
• Ability to engage with stakeholders on the supply chain management of public health commodities
• Good inter-personal, communication and planning skills

Desirable

• Experience with good understanding of logistic management of public health commodities in Nigeria

Work-based skills and competencies:      

Essential

• Ability to work effectively and sensitively at the sub national levels
• Demonstrated understanding of Pharmacutical Importation and Customs processes
• Ability to communicate and negotiate with people from different back grounds and professions 
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to make complex information understandable to diverse different audiences
• Flexible and able to adapt to a quickly changing environment by applying knowledge and experience to solve unforeseen and unexpected problems
• Strong representational skills and strong writing skills
• Excellent computer skills in Excel and knowledge/use of database tools

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Job purpose

The Digital Health Senior Technical Officer will support the design, conceptualization and implementation of innovative digital solutions targeted at addressing challenges with malaria surveillance, inefficiencies in programme implementation and evidence gathering for decision making.

Scope of work

The position will be responsible for the specification, compatibility assessment and maintenance of both hard and software for MC health digitization interventions. S/he will provide capacity building to national and sub-national government stakeholders on the management of community-based digital health platforms, as well as providing leadership and technical operational guidance in relation to its development and integration with other national systems.

Key working relationships

The Digital Health Senior Technical Officer will be based  in the Nigeria office and will report to the  Digital Health Manager. The Digital Senior Technical Officer will work directly with other project staff, in particular the CO MEL manager, Public Health Specialist, Digital Health Specialist, Knowledge and Communications Specialists, and Data Managers in  Nigeria.

Externally, this position will closely collaborate with various Ministry of Health departments, in particular the community health programme and department of health information, partner organisations, key technology partners, technical content experts, and other stakeholders. They will also maintain strong working relationships in the sub-national areas of operations.

Key accountabilities

Digital Health (70%)

• Design and carry out digital health needs assessment
• Appraise the health system readiness for digital solutions
• Identify appropriate digital solutions for the specific context
• Ensure appropriate technical operational capacity is sourced within a Ministry of Health to provide IT support to the management of digital health platforms at national and sub-national levels.
• Develop guidance documents to support the national and sub-national government stakeholders with the management of digital health platforms and associated devices.
• Develop training materials and content that can be shared with national and sub-national health stakeholders to support capacity building, particularly around DHIS2.
• Capacity building of sub-national and national government stakeholders on the management of digital health platforms and associated devices, through in-person and remote support.
• Provide technical assistance to sub-national and national government stakeholders on digital health platforms and device implementation and troubleshooting in Nigeria.
• Lead refinements to digital health platform new and existing, including the identification of platform development areas, the coordination of partners to agree on proposed solutions, and the execution of agreed changes either directly or through a contractor as required.
• Lead the integration of digital platforms and innovations with other national systems, including coordinating with partners and managing contractors as required.
• Collaborate with national and sub-national government stakeholders to establish local server hosting and capacity building of our digital health platforms at the inception phase of programming to ensure sustainability and scalability.
• Lead monitoring and evaluation activities on our digital platforms management, device maintenance, troubleshooting, and platform refinements with oversight from the M&E Specialist and document lessons learnt.
• Work with the Community Health and M&E specialists to incorporate additional community-level indicators into digital health platforms as needed, manage required platform changes, and the development of associated dashboard analytics.

Management (20%)

• Responsible for proactively sourcing and coordinating between key technical experts at Ministry of Health, Donors, Malaria Consortium, and other stakeholders as required, to provide input into platform refinements and system integrations.
• Oversee and manage any contractors, including the data officer required for platform refinements, or system integrations.
• Support effective project planning, budgeting and implementation of digital health strategies.
• Lead bid analysis in the country to ensure coordination, punctuality and identification of optimum procurement and products.

Strategic (10%)

• Contribute to the strategic development of Malaria Consortium’s work to strengthen government ownership of digital platforms and programming and its expansion within the country, including conducting needs assessments and exploration visits, and the provision of technical leadership in system administration, platform development and appropriate budgeting.
• Actively participate in relevant digital health coordination meetings and working groups, ensuring excellent digital health representation of Malaria Consortium in Nigeria.
• Support advocacy efforts and work alongside national level ER Malaria Consortium colleagues to ensure a strong advocacy plan is developed and monitored.

Person specification

Qualifications and experience:

Essential

• Master’s degree in relevant field (information systems, computer science or similar field).
• Experience, in implementing digital solutions, preferably in the health system.
• Previous experience in capacity building and providing technical assistance regarding the implementation of digital solutions to stakeholders at various levels including but not limited to government actors, international organizations, NGOs/CBO’s, healthcare providers and community level structures.
• Experience in developing Android applications and complex data collection forms.
• Experience in system administration and hardware management.
• Experience in integrating information management systems.
• Experience in developing dashboards for data visualisation and analysis.
• Strong knowledge and experience working with DHIS2
• Essential to have experience in coding with XML, SQL, HTML, PHP
• Experience of working in Nigeria
• Experience and understanding of the Nigerian health systems context both at national and sub-national levels, particularly community health systems.

Desirable

• Familiar with monitoring and evaluation of digital health interventions.
• Strong knowledge and experience working with CommCare.
• Experience in establishing community health information systems.
• Experience in the server setup.
• Experience in using geo-spatial intelligence tools.

Work-based skills:

Essential

• Strong critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.
• Proactive and able to work independently with limited support.
• Strong communication, and relationship management skills.
• Good capacity development skills
• Ability to work effectively with local stakeholders.
• Excellent personal and time management skills.
• Ability to work under pressure in a challenging environment.
• Positive work attitude.
• Attention to detail.
• Experience using MS Windows and MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

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Job purpose

The job purpose is to support the Programme Director (PD) to effectively manage all ITN Campaign project activities and resources, and provide leadership and stewardship to the project team in maintaining collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at both national and state levels.

Scope of work

The position holder would provide activity management, operational and administrative support towards the successful preparation and delivery of the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the ITNs project. These may involve field travel and direct/hands-on support as may be required in selected states and Local Government Areas.

Key working relationships

The PO would be line managed by the PD and would work with the campaign personnel at both the National and state levels. S/he would also maintain relationships with the country office departments, including Finance and Logistics. Key external relationships would be with staff at the LGA and State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP), LGA health staff and leading community members and gatekeepers. S/he would support micro-planning, training and coordination, through ITN distribution and supportive supervision, to reporting of activities at the national level.

Key accountabilities

Programme Management (70%)

• Support the PD and the project team to lead activities for smooth programme management in the country office and the 4 implementation states, in the following areas:
• Line management – build and performance manage an effective and technically fit ITN Campaign project team and consultants.
• Be conversant with and guided by Malaria Consortium, policies, guidelines and the ITN Campaign guideline. .
• Engagement of stakeholders including government and public sector players.
• General management including security, HR including line management, risk management, work planning and budgeting, etc.
• Risk Free operations, including ensuring that all staff and consultants comply with MC policies and values.
• Coordination with other levels of government and internally, all MC functions.

1. Technical (20%)

• Support planning (training and deployment of data collectors for field survey).
• Support all implementation activities (data collection, quality assurance and innovations, including the use of technology).

Representations & Knowledge Management (10%)

• Lesson identification and use including adaptive management.
• Harmonization with other partners.
• Representation, especially in partner engagements, where necessary.

Person specification

Qualifications and experience:

• Candidates must have a Masters’ Degree in Statistics or Public Health related field, with at least 3 years’ relevant experience.

Essential          

• Experience of middle-level participation in similar public health research involving several states
• Competency in public health community engagement
• Working knowledge of Microsoft office package with good report writing skills.
• Candidate must not be a current employee of any government ministry or agency as at the time of recruitment.
• Residency within Abuja and availability for the duration of the project.
• Excellent project planning, management and monitoring & evaluation skills.
• Experience managing project budgets;

Work-based skills and competencies:

Essential

• Good understanding of the Nigeria health system;
• Understanding of communication for behaviour change and social mobilisation;
• Team player and demonstrated ability to work within a team as well as individually;
• Ability to perform under pressure;
• Evidence of being resident in state of assignment.

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Scope of Work

The Security Officer role (SO) will cover different zones, one in the North-East (Borno), one in the North-Central (Kogi) and one in the South (Abia) as well as FCT where Malaria Consortium’s ITN activities in Nigeria are implemented, managing the day-to-day safety and security operations to ensure the achievement of project goal and objectives. The position holder will report to the Security Manager (SM) serving as his or her designate in their location of operation. The SO will analyze complex securityadvice and contexts, create and continually update a country security communication tree and their location specific Safety and Security Plans (SSPs) and associated Standard Operational Procedures (SOPs), give sound practical safety and security advice, and make decisions to support safe operations within the zones.

Key working relationships

The Security Officer will, under the supervision and guidance of the Security Manager, work closely with Malaria Consortium staff (especially the state team leads), peer NGO security focal points, security agencies, within the International NGO sector at the State and LGA levels in the states within their zones. S/he will closely interact with the State Safety and Security Focal Persons (SSFPs) across states within their zone and projects ensuring safety and security of MC staff and properties. The SSFPs will be the first recipient of security information from the SO, with copy to other senior colleagues at the national (Country Director, Country Operations Manager, Security Manager and Programme Directors).

Key accountabilities

General Security Management of MC Zonal security hubs operations – 40%

• Create the zonal security communications tree for their zones and ensure that it is always updated.
• Ensure that all states’ offices within their zones have a designated fire warden, and that fire equipment checks, and fire drills are done at least once every 6 months.
• Establish and maintain an active information network within their zones, which includes state security actors, peer NGO security focal points and relevant security alert sources to obtain daily reliable and credible and relevant safety information.
• Ensure that all state SSFPs are conducting Security Briefings for all new state staff and visitors to the states within their zones (national and international).
• Embed all safety and security SOPs within the office environment and ensure all staff comply.
• Work with the SM and operations staff to ensure that all Malaria Consortium vehicles, offices and rented vehicles (within their zones) have the right equipment and tools to support good safety and security, and that all such equipment is regularly checked and tested.
• Conduct quarterly physical security assessments of states with their respective zones.
• Conduct fire safety checks in all projects’ offices within their zones during quarterly visits and make budgeted recommendations for improvements.
• Ensure that all staff working in MC offices in their zones complete the required online security trainings.
• Provide weekly security reports to the SM and SSFPs, copying senior colleagues at the national level, including with a risk map by LGA and LGAs with planned activities for the following week, highlighting relevant risks and mitigation plans.
• Intervention/Project-specific security management – 60%
• Conduct security risk assessment prior to the commencement of all community-level project intervention, especially ITN Campaigns. When necessary, SMC campaign within their zones, and ensure recommendations from the assessment feed into the planning and design of implementation strategies.
• Review the security profile of each state within each zone at the end of each ITN Campaign/distribution and SMC cycle and submit updated risk profile at least two weeks to commencement of the next cycle.
• Conduct post-implementation security status review of each state within their zones after each ITN distribution and after each cycle (in case of SMC) and completion of phased out implementation, for level of compliance with security protocol in previous cycle and make recommendations accordingly, for the next cycle / next phase of project activities.
• Input daily and weekly into all project activity plans in the states within their zones, the LGAs, Wards and community ensuring that all activities are planned based on the principle of ‘staff safety first’.
• Along with the SSFPs, Operations and Project staff, make daily decisions on project activities in states within their zones, from a security perspective, approving, restricting, or delaying activities and/or movements where needed, monitoring the security alerts and tracking all staff movement during the project activities implementation
• Maintain a movement tracker for the movement of all staff and temporary employees in states within their zones, related to activity planning, implementation, and evaluation, ensuring that it is updated daily and accurate at all times, and includes start and end locations, estimated start and end times, driver and passenger names and contact details, as well as vehicle details.
• Provide security clearance for all project and operations related trips for staff and locations within their zone.
• Support the SM and SSFPs within their zones, to draft, implement and continually update (at least every 6 months) the location specific SSPs, with associated SOPs, using the standard template which includes communications and movement protocols, security communication tree, information flows, training of staff etc.

Qualifications and experience:        

Essential

• Minimum of five years’ experience in security management of operations in diverse situations, including stable and conflict-riddled and security-challenged environment, with extensive experience of security management in Nigeria
• Demonstrated courses in security management
• Has previous experience as a Security Officer in an international NGO within the last 3-5 years
• Experience in risk analysis and management
• Ability to demonstrate their links with relevant security networks in Nigeria
• Conversant with the geography of the zone of interest and speaks the local language(s) of the zone

Work-based skills and competence:

Essential

• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Ability to multi-task
• Knowledge of, and ability to use Microsoft office suite skill
• Able to pay attention to detail
• An effective communicator, with strong interpersonal skills
• Proven writing skills in English
• Ability to work effectively in a culturally sensitive setting
• Ability to explain complex security issues to a non-technical audience
• Ability to be able to work in an organized manner but within an integrated team
• Committed to the mission and values of Malaria Consortium

Desirable

Demonstrable passion for Malaria Consortium’s mission; a strategic officer with integrity and a desire to work in a dynamic environment

• Strong analytical skills and experience interpreting a strategic vision into an operational model
• A collaborative and flexible style, with a strong service mentality