Job Opportunities at Malaria Consortium

Job purpose

The Project Director will provide overall programme oversight to the project. He/she will be the focal point for engagement with the donor and representation at National level. He/she will lead the Senior Management Team (SMT). The post holder will be responsible for the development and monitoring of a sustainability plan working closely with other members of the SMT.

Scope of work

The Programme Director will lead a project team that includes experienced technical and programme management specialists and oversee the provision of short-term technical assistance to NMEP and SMEPs and other key stakeholders. He/She will work to keep the project on course to achieve its targets and fully compliance with donor and MC policies, guideline and code of conduct.

Key working relationships

• Serve as contact for all SARMAAN II project activities managed by MC.
• Line management by the West & Central Africa Programmes Director.
• Works with the Senior Country Technical Coordinator for Technical Assistance Quality Assurance of the project.

Key accountabilities

Strategic planning, management and governance (20%)

• Ensure regular communications are maintained between the different teams particularly between zonal/state teams and with the Abuja office.
• Be responsible for the project risk register. Work with the team members of the SMT in the identification, tracking, prevention and management of key programme risks especially those related to performance and fiduciary management.
• Be liaison between the project, NMEP, the donor - BMGF and other partners and stakeholders

Programme (Routine, LLIN Campaign and SMC distribution) management (50%)

• Develop and implement work plans, ensuring that campaign and routine programming work plans are integrated into an overall consolidated programme work plan.
• Work closely with the Country Technical Coordinator to see that work plans are aligned with best technical approaches.
• Perform oversight with the project team to ensure successful implementation the 2024, 2025, 2026 and 2027 mass drug administration (MDA) of Azithromycin (MDA-AZM) in Kaduna, Jigawa and Kebbi states;
• Ensure monitoring systems are in place and that project reviews/audits are carried out periodically in conjunction with the project team and key stakeholders
• Travel to the field as necessary to provide support and oversight to the zonal and state teams.
• Ensure all relevant authorities and stakeholders are included in the planning and implementation of the project as appropriate.
• Work with the Senior Country Technical Coordinator to;
  • Adapt MC technical quality standard for the project and ensure its compliance
  • See that project lessons and experiences are documented.
• Work with the SMT to see that programme improvement is data-driven.

Logistics, finance and administration (10%)

• Ensure the project is efficiently and accurately managed within allowable line item flexibility and there is full accountability of resources.
• Ensure familiarity and compliance of staff and stakeholders with/to Malaria Consortium and  donor compliance issues.
• Work with team members to prepare projected project expenditures.
• Work with the finance team (both at the country office and donor project based) to monitor expenditure and budget compliance on a regular basis, report any concerns to the WCAPD and develop plans to mitigate any under or over expenditure.
• Closely monitor project budget spending and burn rates.
• Work closely with the finance team to ensure timely financial reporting and assistance at audits for the project.

Human Resource Management (10%)

• Work with the HR manager to ensure the project is roles are filled with quality staff and their performance continuously improve throughout the project implementation period.
• Line manage members of the staff using performance-based management approaches.

Representation (10%)

• Represent MC in all SARMAAN project activities.
• Other representations as might be delegated by MC management team.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Experience:

Essential

• Master’s Degree in Public Health, International Development or related discipline.
• Senior management level experience on large sized health projects in Africa.
• At least 15 years working experience in international projects.
• At least 5 years of those spent in projects in developing countries lasting more than 2 years and managing teams of 10 or more including local and international staff.
• Experience managing at least one project for an external government client for at least 2 years.
• Experience working with performance-based contracts.
• Experience in project and financial management with a proven track record of timely submission of high quality project deliverables.

Desirable

• Experience managing donor projects or contracts such as BMGF, DFID, GFATM or USAID/PMI.
• Experience working on malaria, maternal and child health programmes, including community health delivery.
• Familiar with the Nigeria health system.

Work-based skills:

Essential

• Strategic thinking.
• Ability to manage and inspire high performing teams.
• Excellent programme 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.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• A team player, with a friendly attitude.
• Proactive and takes initiative as required.
• Results-oriented work ethic.

Desirable

• Good capacity building skills especially mentoring and coaching.
• Conversant with the basic epidemiology of malaria in Nigeria.
• Data-driven decision making mentality.
• Excellent advocacy skills, and comfortable being a strong advocate for malaria control.

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Job purpose

The job purpose is to work with State Programme Manager (SPM) to effectively manage project activities and resources. top 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 project officer will support the SPM in the implementation of the MDA-AZM project across the state. S/he will work with LGA Field Assistants and will be responsible for liaising with the focal persons at the Local Government Level. 

Key working relationships

The PO would be line managed by the SPM and would work with 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:

• Liaise and work with the  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 MDA-AZM in assigned LGAs;
• Planning (microplanning, selection of implementers at the local levels, training, database finalization, last mile distribution, MDA-AZM and reverse logistics);
• Engagement of stakeholders including government, communities and beneficiaries;
• Implementation (MDA-AZM) 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 MDA-AZM 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;
• Harmonization with other partners; and
• Representation especially at the LGA levels.

Person specification

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 integrated interventions or social mobilization and SMC would be an added advantage).

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 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

The purpose of this position is to provide administrative support to the Malaria Consortium office in the state. The officer will lead the everyday administration of the office with support from the project staff

Scope of work

The Administrative Officer will provide general administrative and logistics support to the State office and ensure efficient use, functioning and management of the office. This will include to have an updated data bank of consultants, vendors and stakeholders. The officer will ensure an effective maintenance system of all office equipment, including generator, photocopiers, computers and its networks, printers and other office assets.

Key working relationships

The AO will support the state office and will report to the State Project Manager and dotted line reporting to the Country Office Manager. S/He will work together with the state team and country office staff in planning, budget, scheduling and coordination of project activities. He will also liaise with relevant country office staff to ensure resources for scheduled activities are available on time and to required standard, this will include quantification of printed materials ensure logistics are put in place.

Key accountabilities

Office Administration - 70%

• Coordinate the day-to-day administration of the office with support from staff
• Oversee the management and maintenance of the office assets, utilities, office equipment, consumables and supplies;
• Responsible for recording and updating of office assets in the asset register;
• Providing monthly reports on state activities as it relates to the admin, procurement and logistics to the office manager at the country office;
• Lead in setting up a filling system for the office, ensuring ease of storage and retrieval of documents;
• Develop and maintain effective maintenance procedure for all IT equipment and computer in the office
• Responsible for overseeing all logistic arrangements including maintaining an updated record of events, travel itineraries of staff and short term consultants (as applicable) to ensure proper delivery and satisfaction of service to the projects;
• Responsible for procurements of assets to the state offices in line with MC procurement policies as well as vendor management and other service providers contracting (including security and IT);
• Will ensure updated records and valid documentation all of vendors. And other service providers and consultants are registered on NAV;
• Responsible for negotiations with hotels, travel and transport services and oversee general logistics for field/state activities;
• Liaises with Country Office on administrative and logistics difficulties and other office maintenance issues;
• Line manages the officer driver, by providing supervision, coaching and mentoring support in developing vehicle movement plan, implementation and review;
• The officer will check the vehicle log sheet and driver’s time sheet and sign off on them monthly;

Programme Activities – 30%

• Coordinate internal and external stakeholder or technical meetings, workshops, seminars, including all travel and accommodations arrangements;
• Lead the compilation of participants list (i.e. CHWs, health facility staff, team supervisors, ward supervisors, state, and LGA supervisors), during MDA and other project events
• Responsible for contracting short term consultants in state office in close communication with the HR manager at the country office and in line with the procurement policy;
• Responsible for coordinating the administration and logistics support for the programme office on all field related activities in the state;
• In line with the programme budget and working closely with the finance officer, ensure value for money of all procurements for programme activities carried out in the state;

Person specification

Qualifications and experience:        

Essential

• Bachelor Degree in Administration, Social Sciences, Project Management or similar
• A minimum of 3-years’ experience in a related role
• Previous experience within the INGO sector and in a related role

Desirable

• Person resident in and working experience in the State of Assignment
• An in-depth experience in similar positions/assignment
• Ability to work independently in an organized manner but within an integrated team
• Work-based skills and competencies:

Essential

• Highly numerate and analytical
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Ability to work with little or no supervision
• Ability to multi-task
•  Strong Microsoft office suite skill
• Superior attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Budget development, work-plan Implementation and Expense reporting
• Proven writing skills in English
• Excellent computer skills in MS Word and Excel

Desirable

• Demonstrable passion for Malaria Consortium’s mission; a strategic manager with integrity and a desire to work in a dynamic environment
• Strong analytical skills and experience interpreting a strategic vision into an operational model
• Ability to work effectively in a culturally sensitive setting
• A collaborative and flexible style, with a strong service mentality
• Knowledge of use of database tools will be an added advantage
• Skill in MS Access will be an added advantage
• Proven team-building and representational skills

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Job purpose

The Senior M&E Officer will serve as the main focal person for all Research, MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) activity which include data validation, DQA, coordination meetings, capacity building in data quality and supportive supervisory visit to strengthen health management information system in SARMAAN II project in the state. S/he will assist and report to the M&E manager regarding the monitoring and evaluation of project activities.

Scope of work

The incumbent will work as part of the project team under the direct supervision and guidance of the M&E Manager and indirectly through the SARMAAN II project Director for the attainment of the project goal.

Key working relationships

The officer working under the line-management of the M & E Manager and in close collaboration with the state, LGA, community actors, stakeholders and partners would deliver aspects of the project as per the specified job tasks and expected deliverables.

Key accountabilities

Technical contributions 50%

• Plan and implement M&E activities related to SARMAAN II in the approved work plan under the guidance of the Project Director and SCTC
• Ensure high quality data are available on a regular and timely basis for programmatic decision making
• Manage the information-gathering process for results and performance reports, in addition to other briefings, summaries, papers, presentations, etc. for various audiences as needed. (I suggest ‘manage the data collection and management processes before, during and after each round of mass SARMAAN II drug administration, including sentinel site monitoring)
• Coordinate the documentation of SARMAAN II activities in form of reports and ensure proper archiving of such for easy access and reference
• Assist State project managers to develop robust monitoring plans for quantitative and qualitative reporting on project performance indicators.
• Adapt and maintain a high quality database for the project in line with the regional standards.
• Contribute to work plans, sub agreements, budgets, pipelines, technical reports, and deliverables.
• Routinely monitor project performance against targets and prepare periodic reports on M&E activities for SARMAAN II Project.
• Participate in project assessments, evaluations and design including development of survey protocols

Program Management (10%)

• Support State senior M & E officers with coordinating program management activities, by ensuring that the staff provide the needed technical support and ensure coordination meetings hold at the LGA and state levels.
• Work with state Senior M & E officers staff to ensure that reports are obtained from all health facilities within the state through appropriate state-specific mechanisms.
• Ensure and support State M & E officers undertake monitoring and supervisory visits to health facilities and ensure that action plans are developed for identified gaps.
• Support state Senior M & E officers with ensuring that all items in the action plans from health facilities are addressed and all outstanding gaps are closed.

Accountability (10%)

• Support programming staff to engage key populations in monitoring and evaluating program’s performance and to incorporate participatory methods into M&E systems in Nigeria.
• Orient program staff and partners on the basic principles and practices of beneficiary accountability in Nigeria.
• Support the development and implementation of feedback and response channels to reflect the preferences of community members and beneficiaries.
• Ensure that beneficiary feedback is adequately documented, addressed, analysed, and utilized by program teams.

Knowledge Management and Learning (20%)

• Ensure that state M&E and program teams regularly review and accordingly adjust M&E plans and tools in the light of changes and needs in the field context based on monitoring data and reflection sessions.
• Support learning-to-action events and reflection sessions to systematically analyse data for programmatic use for the state, and to document and incorporate lessons learned into program design and implementation.
• Conduct regular data review and analysis for feedback to states for program improvement, and for updates to national level (MC and government).
• Support program staff in key activities including development of a learning agenda, organizing regular learning events, supporting operations research, and reflecting, documentation, and communication of learning initiatives.
• Support knowledge management systems and practices to gather, document and share best practices with project team, MC country office, government and technical partners. Collaborate with M&E and program staff to develop learning briefs, project bulletins and other materials for dissemination.
• Promote adoption of the best practices in knowledge management by other project staff and government partners.

Representation (10%):

• Liaise with technical counterparts in the State Ministry of Health, and other local stakeholders engaged in malaria activities in Nigeria.
• Participate in events/ meetings related to Monitoring, Evaluation and research, including quarterly Principal Recipient and Sub-recipients quarterly review meetings.
• Actively participate in the M&E Community of Practice and government M&E staff.

Qualifications and experience:        

Essential:      

• Degree in statistics, demography, mathematics or any other relevant quantitative relevant discipline
• Minimum of 5-years’ experience
• Demonstrable contextual knowledge of local issues, community priorities, social and cultural constraints and realities related to community assessment, project design, evaluation and implementation
• Cognate experience in monitoring and evaluation of community-based interventions is highly desirable
• Experience in managing HMIS and CLMS as well as familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems will be added advantages.
• Experience in survey design and implementation, development of data bases and analysis and write up of survey results
• Demonstrated skills in data management and quantitative data analysis

Desirable: 

• Fluency in written and spoken English

Work-based skills and competencies:           

Essential:      

• A solid understanding of health systems strengthening
• Proficiency in database management especially DHIS; Excel, Word, PowerPoint and demonstrable experience with statistical software packages (Stata, SPSS, Epi Info)
• Strong analytical skills and experience interpreting a strategic vision into an operational model
• Proven writing, communication and presentation skills in English
• A collaborative and flexible style, with a strong service mentality
• Facilitation and coordination skills
• The ideal candidate must be attentive to detail, highly organised, flexible and self-motivated with excellent communication skills in written and oral communication
• He/she must clearly display the ability to effectively prioritise and perform tasks to meet tight deadlines

Desirable: 

• Skills in qualitative research

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Job purpose

The job purpose is to work with State Programme Manager (SPM) to effectively manage project activities and resources. top 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 project officer will support the SPM in the implementation of the MDA-AZM project across the state. S/he will work with LGA Field Assistants and will be responsible for liaising with the focal persons at the Local Government Level. 

Key working relationships

The PO would be line managed by the SPM and would work with 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:

• Liaise and work with the  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 MDA-AZM in assigned LGAs;
• Planning (microplanning, selection of implementers at the local levels, training, database finalization, last mile distribution, MDA-AZM and reverse logistics);
• Engagement of stakeholders including government, communities and beneficiaries;
• Implementation (MDA-AZM) 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 MDA-AZM 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;
• Harmonization with other partners; and
• Representation especially at the LGA levels.

Person specification

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 integrated interventions or social mobilization and SMC would be an added advantage).

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 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.

This role is conditional of Malaria Consortium securing funding for this role. 

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Job purpose

The purpose of this position is to provide administrative support to the Malaria Consortium office in the state. The officer will lead the everyday administration of the office with support from the project staff

Scope of work

The Administrative Officer will provide general administrative and logistics support to the State office and ensure efficient use, functioning and management of the office. This will include to have an updated data bank of consultants, vendors and stakeholders. The officer will ensure an effective maintenance system of all office equipment, including generator, photocopiers, computers and its networks, printers and other office assets.

Key working relationships

The AO will support the state office and will report to the State Project Manager and dotted line reporting to the Country Office Manager. S/He will work together with the state team and country office staff in planning, budget, scheduling and coordination of project activities. He will also liaise with relevant country office staff to ensure resources for scheduled activities are available on time and to required standard, this will include quantification of printed materials ensure logistics are put in place.

Key accountabilities

Office Administration - 70%

• Coordinate the day-to-day administration of the office with support from staff
• Oversee the management and maintenance of the office assets, utilities, office equipment, consumables and supplies;
• Responsible for recording and updating of office assets in the asset register;
• Providing monthly reports on state activities as it relates to the admin, procurement and logistics to the office manager at the country office;
• Lead in setting up a filling system for the office, ensuring ease of storage and retrieval of documents;
• Develop and maintain effective maintenance procedure for all IT equipment and computer in the office
• Responsible for overseeing all logistic arrangements including maintaining an updated record of events, travel itineraries of staff and short term consultants (as applicable) to ensure proper delivery and satisfaction of service to the projects;
• Responsible for procurements of assets to the state offices in line with MC procurement policies as well as vendor management and other service providers contracting (including security and IT);
• Will ensure updated records and valid documentation all of vendors. And other service providers and consultants are registered on NAV;
• Responsible for negotiations with hotels, travel and transport services and oversee general logistics for field/state activities;
• Liaises with Country Office on administrative and logistics difficulties and other office maintenance issues;
• Line manages the officer driver, by providing supervision, coaching and mentoring support in developing vehicle movement plan, implementation and review;
• The officer will check the vehicle log sheet and driver’s time sheet and sign off on them monthly;

Programme Activities – 30%

• Coordinate internal and external stakeholder or technical meetings, workshops, seminars, including all travel and accommodations arrangements;
• Lead the compilation of participants list (i.e. CHWs, health facility staff, team supervisors, ward supervisors, state, and LGA supervisors), during MDA and other project events
• Responsible for contracting short term consultants in state office in close communication with the HR manager at the country office and in line with the procurement policy;
• Responsible for coordinating the administration and logistics support for the programme office on all field related activities in the state;
• In line with the programme budget and working closely with the finance officer, ensure value for money of all procurements for programme activities carried out in the state;

Person specification

Qualifications and experience:        

Essential

• Bachelor Degree in Administration, Social Sciences, Project Management or similar
• A minimum of 3-years’ experience in a related role
• Previous experience within the INGO sector and in a related role

Desirable

• Person resident in and working experience in the State of Assignment
• An in-depth experience in similar positions/assignment
• Ability to work independently in an organized manner but within an integrated team
• Work-based skills and competencies:

Essential

• Highly numerate and analytical
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Ability to work with little or no supervision
• Ability to multi-task
•  Strong Microsoft office suite skill
• Superior attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Budget development, work-plan Implementation and Expense reporting
• Proven writing skills in English
• Excellent computer skills in MS Word and Excel

Desirable

• Demonstrable passion for Malaria Consortium’s mission; a strategic manager with integrity and a desire to work in a dynamic environment
• Strong analytical skills and experience interpreting a strategic vision into an operational model
• Ability to work effectively in a culturally sensitive setting
• A collaborative and flexible style, with a strong service mentality
• Knowledge of use of database tools will be an added advantage
• Skill in MS Access will be an added advantage
• Proven team-building and representational skills

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Job purpose

The purpose of this position is to provide administrative support to the Malaria Consortium office in the state. The officer will lead the everyday administration of the office with support from the project staff

Scope of work

The Administrative Officer will provide general administrative and logistics support to the State office and ensure efficient use, functioning and management of the office. This will include to have an updated data bank of consultants, vendors and stakeholders. The officer will ensure an effective maintenance system of all office equipment, including generator, photocopiers, computers and its networks, printers and other office assets.

Key working relationships

The AO will support the state office and will report to the State Project Manager and dotted line reporting to the Country Office Manager. S/He will work together with the state team and country office staff in planning, budget, scheduling and coordination of project activities. He will also liaise with relevant country office staff to ensure resources for scheduled activities are available on time and to required standard, this will include quantification of printed materials ensure logistics are put in place.

Key accountabilities

Office Administration - 70%

• Coordinate the day-to-day administration of the office with support from staff
• Oversee the management and maintenance of the office assets, utilities, office equipment, consumables and supplies;
• Responsible for recording and updating of office assets in the asset register;
• Providing monthly reports on state activities as it relates to the admin, procurement and logistics to the office manager at the country office;
• Lead in setting up a filling system for the office, ensuring ease of storage and retrieval of documents;
• Develop and maintain effective maintenance procedure for all IT equipment and computer in the office
• Responsible for overseeing all logistic arrangements including maintaining an updated record of events, travel itineraries of staff and short term consultants (as applicable) to ensure proper delivery and satisfaction of service to the projects;
• Responsible for procurements of assets to the state offices in line with MC procurement policies as well as vendor management and other service providers contracting (including security and IT);
• Will ensure updated records and valid documentation all of vendors. And other service providers and consultants are registered on NAV;
• Responsible for negotiations with hotels, travel and transport services and oversee general logistics for field/state activities;
• Liaises with Country Office on administrative and logistics difficulties and other office maintenance issues;
• Line manages the officer driver, by providing supervision, coaching and mentoring support in developing vehicle movement plan, implementation and review;
• The officer will check the vehicle log sheet and driver’s time sheet and sign off on them monthly;

Programme Activities – 30%

• Coordinate internal and external stakeholder or technical meetings, workshops, seminars, including all travel and accommodations arrangements;
• Lead the compilation of participants list (i.e. CHWs, health facility staff, team supervisors, ward supervisors, state, and LGA supervisors), during MDA and other project events
• Responsible for contracting short term consultants in state office in close communication with the HR manager at the country office and in line with the procurement policy;
• Responsible for coordinating the administration and logistics support for the programme office on all field related activities in the state;
• In line with the programme budget and working closely with the finance officer, ensure value for money of all procurements for programme activities carried out in the state;

Person specification

Qualifications and experience:        

Essential

• Bachelor Degree in Administration, Social Sciences, Project Management or similar
• A minimum of 3-years’ experience in a related role
• Previous experience within the INGO sector and in a related role

Desirable

• Person resident in and working experience in the State of Assignment
• An in-depth experience in similar positions/assignment
• Ability to work independently in an organized manner but within an integrated team
• Work-based skills and competencies:

Essential

• Highly numerate and analytical
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Ability to work with little or no supervision
• Ability to multi-task
•  Strong Microsoft office suite skill
• Superior attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Budget development, work-plan Implementation and Expense reporting
• Proven writing skills in English
• Excellent computer skills in MS Word and Excel

Desirable

• Demonstrable passion for Malaria Consortium’s mission; a strategic manager with integrity and a desire to work in a dynamic environment
• Strong analytical skills and experience interpreting a strategic vision into an operational model
• Ability to work effectively in a culturally sensitive setting
• A collaborative and flexible style, with a strong service mentality
• Knowledge of use of database tools will be an added advantage
• Skill in MS Access will be an added advantage
• Proven team-building and representational skills

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Job purpose

The Senior M&E Officer will serve as the main focal person for all Research, MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) activity which include data validation, DQA, coordination meetings, capacity building in data quality and supportive supervisory visit to strengthen health management information system in SARMAAN II project in the state. S/he will assist and report to the M&E manager regarding the monitoring and evaluation of project activities.

Scope of work

The incumbent will work as part of the project team under the direct supervision and guidance of the M&E Manager and indirectly through the SARMAAN II project Director for the attainment of the project goal.

Key working relationships

The officer working under the line-management of the M & E Manager and in close collaboration with the state, LGA, community actors, stakeholders and partners would deliver aspects of the project as per the specified job tasks and expected deliverables.

Key accountabilities

Technical contributions 50%

• Plan and implement M&E activities related to SARMAAN II in the approved work plan under the guidance of the Project Director and SCTC
• Ensure high quality data are available on a regular and timely basis for programmatic decision making
• Manage the information-gathering process for results and performance reports, in addition to other briefings, summaries, papers, presentations, etc. for various audiences as needed. (I suggest ‘manage the data collection and management processes before, during and after each round of mass SARMAAN II drug administration, including sentinel site monitoring)
• Coordinate the documentation of SARMAAN II activities in form of reports and ensure proper archiving of such for easy access and reference
• Assist State project managers to develop robust monitoring plans for quantitative and qualitative reporting on project performance indicators.
• Adapt and maintain a high quality database for the project in line with the regional standards.
• Contribute to work plans, sub agreements, budgets, pipelines, technical reports, and deliverables.
• Routinely monitor project performance against targets and prepare periodic reports on M&E activities for SARMAAN II Project.
• Participate in project assessments, evaluations and design including development of survey protocols

Program Management (10%)

• Support State senior M & E officers with coordinating program management activities, by ensuring that the staff provide the needed technical support and ensure coordination meetings hold at the LGA and state levels.
• Work with state Senior M & E officers staff to ensure that reports are obtained from all health facilities within the state through appropriate state-specific mechanisms.
• Ensure and support State M & E officers undertake monitoring and supervisory visits to health facilities and ensure that action plans are developed for identified gaps.
• Support state Senior M & E officers with ensuring that all items in the action plans from health facilities are addressed and all outstanding gaps are closed.

Accountability (10%)

• Support programming staff to engage key populations in monitoring and evaluating program’s performance and to incorporate participatory methods into M&E systems in Nigeria.
• Orient program staff and partners on the basic principles and practices of beneficiary accountability in Nigeria.
• Support the development and implementation of feedback and response channels to reflect the preferences of community members and beneficiaries.
• Ensure that beneficiary feedback is adequately documented, addressed, analysed, and utilized by program teams.

Knowledge Management and Learning (20%)

• Ensure that state M&E and program teams regularly review and accordingly adjust M&E plans and tools in the light of changes and needs in the field context based on monitoring data and reflection sessions.
• Support learning-to-action events and reflection sessions to systematically analyse data for programmatic use for the state, and to document and incorporate lessons learned into program design and implementation.
• Conduct regular data review and analysis for feedback to states for program improvement, and for updates to national level (MC and government).
• Support program staff in key activities including development of a learning agenda, organizing regular learning events, supporting operations research, and reflecting, documentation, and communication of learning initiatives.
• Support knowledge management systems and practices to gather, document and share best practices with project team, MC country office, government and technical partners. Collaborate with M&E and program staff to develop learning briefs, project bulletins and other materials for dissemination.
• Promote adoption of the best practices in knowledge management by other project staff and government partners.

Representation (10%):

• Liaise with technical counterparts in the State Ministry of Health, and other local stakeholders engaged in malaria activities in Nigeria.
• Participate in events/ meetings related to Monitoring, Evaluation and research, including quarterly Principal Recipient and Sub-recipients quarterly review meetings.
• Actively participate in the M&E Community of Practice and government M&E staff.

Qualifications and experience:        

Essential:      

• Degree in statistics, demography, mathematics or any other relevant quantitative relevant discipline
• Minimum of 5-years’ experience
• Demonstrable contextual knowledge of local issues, community priorities, social and cultural constraints and realities related to community assessment, project design, evaluation and implementation
• Cognate experience in monitoring and evaluation of community-based interventions is highly desirable
• Experience in managing HMIS and CLMS as well as familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems will be added advantages.
• Experience in survey design and implementation, development of data bases and analysis and write up of survey results
• Demonstrated skills in data management and quantitative data analysis

Desirable: 

• Fluency in written and spoken English

Work-based skills and competencies:           

Essential:      

• A solid understanding of health systems strengthening
• Proficiency in database management especially DHIS; Excel, Word, PowerPoint and demonstrable experience with statistical software packages (Stata, SPSS, Epi Info)
• Strong analytical skills and experience interpreting a strategic vision into an operational model
• Proven writing, communication and presentation skills in English
• A collaborative and flexible style, with a strong service mentality
• Facilitation and coordination skills
• The ideal candidate must be attentive to detail, highly organised, flexible and self-motivated with excellent communication skills in written and oral communication
• He/she must clearly display the ability to effectively prioritise and perform tasks to meet tight deadlines

Desirable: 

• Skills in qualitative research

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Job purpose

The Senior M&E Officer will serve as the main focal person for all Research, MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) activity which include data validation, DQA, coordination meetings, capacity building in data quality and supportive supervisory visit to strengthen health management information system in SARMAAN II project in the state. S/he will assist and report to the M&E manager regarding the monitoring and evaluation of project activities.

Scope of work

The incumbent will work as part of the project team under the direct supervision and guidance of the M&E Manager and indirectly through the SARMAAN II project Director for the attainment of the project goal.

Key working relationships

The officer working under the line-management of the M & E Manager and in close collaboration with the state, LGA, community actors, stakeholders and partners would deliver aspects of the project as per the specified job tasks and expected deliverables.

Key accountabilities

Technical contributions 50%

• Plan and implement M&E activities related to SARMAAN II in the approved work plan under the guidance of the Project Director and SCTC
• Ensure high quality data are available on a regular and timely basis for programmatic decision making
• Manage the information-gathering process for results and performance reports, in addition to other briefings, summaries, papers, presentations, etc. for various audiences as needed. (I suggest ‘manage the data collection and management processes before, during and after each round of mass SARMAAN II drug administration, including sentinel site monitoring)
• Coordinate the documentation of SARMAAN II activities in form of reports and ensure proper archiving of such for easy access and reference
• Assist State project managers to develop robust monitoring plans for quantitative and qualitative reporting on project performance indicators.
• Adapt and maintain a high quality database for the project in line with the regional standards.
• Contribute to work plans, sub agreements, budgets, pipelines, technical reports, and deliverables.
• Routinely monitor project performance against targets and prepare periodic reports on M&E activities for SARMAAN II Project.
• Participate in project assessments, evaluations and design including development of survey protocols

Program Management (10%)

• Support State senior M & E officers with coordinating program management activities, by ensuring that the staff provide the needed technical support and ensure coordination meetings hold at the LGA and state levels.
• Work with state Senior M & E officers staff to ensure that reports are obtained from all health facilities within the state through appropriate state-specific mechanisms.
• Ensure and support State M & E officers undertake monitoring and supervisory visits to health facilities and ensure that action plans are developed for identified gaps.
• Support state Senior M & E officers with ensuring that all items in the action plans from health facilities are addressed and all outstanding gaps are closed.

Accountability (10%)

• Support programming staff to engage key populations in monitoring and evaluating program’s performance and to incorporate participatory methods into M&E systems in Nigeria.
• Orient program staff and partners on the basic principles and practices of beneficiary accountability in Nigeria.
• Support the development and implementation of feedback and response channels to reflect the preferences of community members and beneficiaries.
• Ensure that beneficiary feedback is adequately documented, addressed, analysed, and utilized by program teams.

Knowledge Management and Learning (20%)

• Ensure that state M&E and program teams regularly review and accordingly adjust M&E plans and tools in the light of changes and needs in the field context based on monitoring data and reflection sessions.
• Support learning-to-action events and reflection sessions to systematically analyse data for programmatic use for the state, and to document and incorporate lessons learned into program design and implementation.
• Conduct regular data review and analysis for feedback to states for program improvement, and for updates to national level (MC and government).
• Support program staff in key activities including development of a learning agenda, organizing regular learning events, supporting operations research, and reflecting, documentation, and communication of learning initiatives.
• Support knowledge management systems and practices to gather, document and share best practices with project team, MC country office, government and technical partners. Collaborate with M&E and program staff to develop learning briefs, project bulletins and other materials for dissemination.
• Promote adoption of the best practices in knowledge management by other project staff and government partners.

Representation (10%):

• Liaise with technical counterparts in the State Ministry of Health, and other local stakeholders engaged in malaria activities in Nigeria.
• Participate in events/ meetings related to Monitoring, Evaluation and research, including quarterly Principal Recipient and Sub-recipients quarterly review meetings.
• Actively participate in the M&E Community of Practice and government M&E staff.

Qualifications and experience:        

Essential:      

• Degree in statistics, demography, mathematics or any other relevant quantitative relevant discipline
• Minimum of 5-years’ experience
• Demonstrable contextual knowledge of local issues, community priorities, social and cultural constraints and realities related to community assessment, project design, evaluation and implementation
• Cognate experience in monitoring and evaluation of community-based interventions is highly desirable
• Experience in managing HMIS and CLMS as well as familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems will be added advantages.
• Experience in survey design and implementation, development of data bases and analysis and write up of survey results
• Demonstrated skills in data management and quantitative data analysis

Desirable: 

• Fluency in written and spoken English

Work-based skills and competencies:           

Essential:      

• A solid understanding of health systems strengthening
• Proficiency in database management especially DHIS; Excel, Word, PowerPoint and demonstrable experience with statistical software packages (Stata, SPSS, Epi Info)
• Strong analytical skills and experience interpreting a strategic vision into an operational model
• Proven writing, communication and presentation skills in English
• A collaborative and flexible style, with a strong service mentality
• Facilitation and coordination skills
• The ideal candidate must be attentive to detail, highly organised, flexible and self-motivated with excellent communication skills in written and oral communication
• He/she must clearly display the ability to effectively prioritise and perform tasks to meet tight deadlines

Desirable: 

• Skills in qualitative research

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Job purpose

To work with the country office team and  Project Director to effectively manage project activities and resources, provide leadership and stewardship to the state project team and maintain collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at national and state level.

Key working relationships

The State Project manager will work with the state team and stakeholders in the state, especially the State Ministry of Health, State Primary Health Care Development Agency, NAFDAC state representatives and LGA Departments of Health/PHC, to manage the rollout and implementation of the SARMAAN II Project. S/he will monitor project partners’ activities at the state level and ensure approved terms of reference for partners’ work in the project state are adhered to. The State Project Manager will work with the country office project technical and management staff (Project Technical Specialist, Data Analyst,, M&E Manager, Senior M & E officer and Project Director) to translate plans and decisions to action at the state level, while ensuring coherence, alignment and proper coordination with appropriate stakeholders. S/he would report to the  Project Director.

Scope of work

The State Project Manager will support the programme activities at the state level overseeing implementation to ensure timely delivery of workplans and achievement of set targets and objectives. S/he will liaise with the PD to provide technical and managerial oversight for the state project team and ensure activities are carried out according to approved budget and value for money principles.

Key accountabilities

 Project management (60%)

• Work with the project team and other relevant personnel in the country office to lead activities for smooth project start up and activity planning in line with donor- approved project workplan.
• Work with the relevant personnel to prepare all necessary project start up and planning tools on time
• Provide performance management oversight for the SARMAAN II project team in the   state.
• Work directly with the PD and be responsible for coordinating overall project  implementation in the state and see that activities are carried out on time and  within budget
• Liaise regularly with the PD to provide timely and comprehensive updates and  reports as required
• Liaise with other Roll Back Malaria partners and child health programme implementers relevant for successful project implementation in the state
• Work with the project team to develop and implement annual work plans
• Work closely with the PD to prepare the programme monitoring and evaluation plan in conjunction with the Project M&E Manager. Work with the project team to  implement it
• Work with the country finance team and project accountant to prepare and  track progress of project and activity budgets
• Be responsible for State project budget management and reporting
• Work with the project accountant and PD to prepare quarterly financial  reports
• Work with the relevant country personnel and the PD to prepare an exit strategy   and to implement it, to see to smooth project close-out.
• Coordinate with other donors and implementers to ensure complementarity of implementation of the SARMAAN II project in the state by leveraging resources and harmonizing efforts where possible
• Work with the Senior Country Technical Coordinator, PD, Project Technical Specialist and external relations team for MC to see that a communication strategy is developed and implemented  for the project.
• Coordinate the documentation of project activities in form of activity-specific reports and ensure proper archiving of such for easy access and reference
• Contribute to preparations for periodic coordination meetings in form of progress updates and power point presentations
• Be responsible for quarterly lessons identification and learning documentation and dissemination in liaison with the M&E manager and Project Technical  Specialists.
• Be responsible for building functional partner relationships among the project’s stakeholders and local partners
• Oversee project partners inputs and subcontractors’ activities to deliver harmonized, aligned and effective outputs
• Manage risks to Malaria Consortium including financial, reputation and security in a challenging environment
• Work with the project M&E Manager and Country Public Health Specialist to ensure  that high quality project data is collected, analyzed and disseminated to relevant stakeholders at all levels and reported to the donor.

 Technical performance management and quality assurance (30%)

• Work with the project teams, PD and the Senior Country Technical Coordinator to   determine technical support needs to implement the project effectively and with high quality. Liaise with the Senior Country Technical Coordinator to obtain regional or global technical support
• Contribute to the development and production of dissemination documents to allow wider sharing of Malaria Consortium’s experiences, lessons and successes
• Oversee monitoring and evaluation of project performance against workplan
• Keep abreast with evidence and best practices that are related to the project

Representation (10%)

• Represent Malaria Consortium at state level meetings related to the project and keep key stakeholders abreast of project implementation.
• Participate in national level meetings and workshops as appropriate with the PD’s support.
• Liaise regularly with the PD, keeping the relevant Country Team in loop of  communication

Person specification

Qualifications and experience:

Essential

• Postgraduate or Master’s degree in Public Health, Health Policy, Epidemiology or another relevant specialty is a minimum requirement
• Extensive experience of working at national or state level in developing countries on a donor-funded project
• Excellent project planning, management and monitoring & evaluation skills
• Experience managing project budgets
• Proven leadership skills and team leading
• Experience in advocacy and policy influencing
• Excellent written and spoken English

Desirable

• Experience in malaria programme implementation
• Experience in leading a project at state level
• Advance knowledge of Microsoft office

Work-based skills and competencies:

Essential

• Proof of strong interpersonal and negotiating skills
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills are also needed
• Understanding of public health issues in West and Central Africa

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Job purpose

To work with the country office team and  Project Director to effectively manage project activities and resources, provide leadership and stewardship to the state project team and maintain collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at national and state level.

Key working relationships

The State Project manager will work with the state team and stakeholders in the state, especially the State Ministry of Health, State Primary Health Care Development Agency, NAFDAC state representatives and LGA Departments of Health/PHC, to manage the rollout and implementation of the SARMAAN II Project. S/he will monitor project partners’ activities at the state level and ensure approved terms of reference for partners’ work in the project state are adhered to. The State Project Manager will work with the country office project technical and management staff (Project Technical Specialist, Data Analyst,, M&E Manager, Senior M & E officer and Project Director) to translate plans and decisions to action at the state level, while ensuring coherence, alignment and proper coordination with appropriate stakeholders. S/he would report to the  Project Director.

Scope of work

The State Project Manager will support the programme activities at the state level overseeing implementation to ensure timely delivery of workplans and achievement of set targets and objectives. S/he will liaise with the PD to provide technical and managerial oversight for the state project team and ensure activities are carried out according to approved budget and value for money principles.

Key accountabilities

 Project management (60%)

• Work with the project team and other relevant personnel in the country office to lead activities for smooth project start up and activity planning in line with donor- approved project workplan.
• Work with the relevant personnel to prepare all necessary project start up and planning tools on time
• Provide performance management oversight for the SARMAAN II project team in the   state.
• Work directly with the PD and be responsible for coordinating overall project  implementation in the state and see that activities are carried out on time and  within budget
• Liaise regularly with the PD to provide timely and comprehensive updates and  reports as required
• Liaise with other Roll Back Malaria partners and child health programme implementers relevant for successful project implementation in the state
• Work with the project team to develop and implement annual work plans
• Work closely with the PD to prepare the programme monitoring and evaluation plan in conjunction with the Project M&E Manager. Work with the project team to  implement it
• Work with the country finance team and project accountant to prepare and  track progress of project and activity budgets
• Be responsible for State project budget management and reporting
• Work with the project accountant and PD to prepare quarterly financial  reports
• Work with the relevant country personnel and the PD to prepare an exit strategy   and to implement it, to see to smooth project close-out.
• Coordinate with other donors and implementers to ensure complementarity of implementation of the SARMAAN II project in the state by leveraging resources and harmonizing efforts where possible
• Work with the Senior Country Technical Coordinator, PD, Project Technical Specialist and external relations team for MC to see that a communication strategy is developed and implemented  for the project.
• Coordinate the documentation of project activities in form of activity-specific reports and ensure proper archiving of such for easy access and reference
• Contribute to preparations for periodic coordination meetings in form of progress updates and power point presentations
• Be responsible for quarterly lessons identification and learning documentation and dissemination in liaison with the M&E manager and Project Technical  Specialists.
• Be responsible for building functional partner relationships among the project’s stakeholders and local partners
• Oversee project partners inputs and subcontractors’ activities to deliver harmonized, aligned and effective outputs
• Manage risks to Malaria Consortium including financial, reputation and security in a challenging environment
• Work with the project M&E Manager and Country Public Health Specialist to ensure  that high quality project data is collected, analyzed and disseminated to relevant stakeholders at all levels and reported to the donor.

 Technical performance management and quality assurance (30%)

• Work with the project teams, PD and the Senior Country Technical Coordinator to   determine technical support needs to implement the project effectively and with high quality. Liaise with the Senior Country Technical Coordinator to obtain regional or global technical support
• Contribute to the development and production of dissemination documents to allow wider sharing of Malaria Consortium’s experiences, lessons and successes
• Oversee monitoring and evaluation of project performance against workplan
• Keep abreast with evidence and best practices that are related to the project

Representation (10%)

• Represent Malaria Consortium at state level meetings related to the project and keep key stakeholders abreast of project implementation.
• Participate in national level meetings and workshops as appropriate with the PD’s support.
• Liaise regularly with the PD, keeping the relevant Country Team in loop of  communication

Person specification

Qualifications and experience:

Essential

• Postgraduate or Master’s degree in Public Health, Health Policy, Epidemiology or another relevant specialty is a minimum requirement
• Extensive experience of working at national or state level in developing countries on a donor-funded project
• Excellent project planning, management and monitoring & evaluation skills
• Experience managing project budgets
• Proven leadership skills and team leading
• Experience in advocacy and policy influencing
• Excellent written and spoken English

Desirable

• Experience in malaria programme implementation
• Experience in leading a project at state level
• Advance knowledge of Microsoft office

Work-based skills and competencies:

Essential

• Proof of strong interpersonal and negotiating skills
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills are also needed
• Understanding of public health issues in West and Central Africa

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Job purpose

The Senior M&E Officer will serve as the main focal person for all Research, MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) activity which include data validation, DQA, coordination meetings, capacity building in data quality and supportive supervisory visit to strengthen health management information system in SARMAAN II project in the state. S/he will assist and report to the M&E manager regarding the monitoring and evaluation of project activities.

Scope of work

The incumbent will work as part of the project team under the direct supervision and guidance of the M&E Manager and indirectly through the SARMAAN II project Director for the attainment of the project goal.

Key working relationships

The officer working under the line-management of the M & E Manager and in close collaboration with the state, LGA, community actors, stakeholders and partners would deliver aspects of the project as per the specified job tasks and expected deliverables.

Key accountabilities

Technical contributions 50%

• Plan and implement M&E activities related to SARMAAN II in the approved work plan under the guidance of the Project Director and SCTC
• Ensure high quality data are available on a regular and timely basis for programmatic decision making
• Manage the information-gathering process for results and performance reports, in addition to other briefings, summaries, papers, presentations, etc. for various audiences as needed. (I suggest ‘manage the data collection and management processes before, during and after each round of mass SARMAAN II drug administration, including sentinel site monitoring)
• Coordinate the documentation of SARMAAN II activities in form of reports and ensure proper archiving of such for easy access and reference
• Assist State project managers to develop robust monitoring plans for quantitative and qualitative reporting on project performance indicators.
• Adapt and maintain a high quality database for the project in line with the regional standards.
• Contribute to work plans, sub agreements, budgets, pipelines, technical reports, and deliverables.
• Routinely monitor project performance against targets and prepare periodic reports on M&E activities for SARMAAN II Project.
• Participate in project assessments, evaluations and design including development of survey protocols

Program Management (10%)

• Support State senior M & E officers with coordinating program management activities, by ensuring that the staff provide the needed technical support and ensure coordination meetings hold at the LGA and state levels.
• Work with state Senior M & E officers staff to ensure that reports are obtained from all health facilities within the state through appropriate state-specific mechanisms.
• Ensure and support State M & E officers undertake monitoring and supervisory visits to health facilities and ensure that action plans are developed for identified gaps.
• Support state Senior M & E officers with ensuring that all items in the action plans from health facilities are addressed and all outstanding gaps are closed.

Accountability (10%)

• Support programming staff to engage key populations in monitoring and evaluating program’s performance and to incorporate participatory methods into M&E systems in Nigeria.
• Orient program staff and partners on the basic principles and practices of beneficiary accountability in Nigeria.
• Support the development and implementation of feedback and response channels to reflect the preferences of community members and beneficiaries.
• Ensure that beneficiary feedback is adequately documented, addressed, analysed, and utilized by program teams.

Knowledge Management and Learning (20%)

• Ensure that state M&E and program teams regularly review and accordingly adjust M&E plans and tools in the light of changes and needs in the field context based on monitoring data and reflection sessions.
• Support learning-to-action events and reflection sessions to systematically analyse data for programmatic use for the state, and to document and incorporate lessons learned into program design and implementation.
• Conduct regular data review and analysis for feedback to states for program improvement, and for updates to national level (MC and government).
• Support program staff in key activities including development of a learning agenda, organizing regular learning events, supporting operations research, and reflecting, documentation, and communication of learning initiatives.
• Support knowledge management systems and practices to gather, document and share best practices with project team, MC country office, government and technical partners. Collaborate with M&E and program staff to develop learning briefs, project bulletins and other materials for dissemination.
• Promote adoption of the best practices in knowledge management by other project staff and government partners.

Representation (10%):

• Liaise with technical counterparts in the State Ministry of Health, and other local stakeholders engaged in malaria activities in Nigeria.
• Participate in events/ meetings related to Monitoring, Evaluation and research, including quarterly Principal Recipient and Sub-recipients quarterly review meetings.
• Actively participate in the M&E Community of Practice and government M&E staff.

Qualifications and experience:        

Essential:      

• Degree in statistics, demography, mathematics or any other relevant quantitative relevant discipline
• Minimum of 5-years’ experience
• Demonstrable contextual knowledge of local issues, community priorities, social and cultural constraints and realities related to community assessment, project design, evaluation and implementation
• Cognate experience in monitoring and evaluation of community-based interventions is highly desirable
• Experience in managing HMIS and CLMS as well as familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems will be added advantages.
• Experience in survey design and implementation, development of data bases and analysis and write up of survey results
• Demonstrated skills in data management and quantitative data analysis

Desirable: 

• Fluency in written and spoken English

Work-based skills and competencies:           

Essential:      

• A solid understanding of health systems strengthening
• Proficiency in database management especially DHIS; Excel, Word, PowerPoint and demonstrable experience with statistical software packages (Stata, SPSS, Epi Info)
• Strong analytical skills and experience interpreting a strategic vision into an operational model
• Proven writing, communication and presentation skills in English
• A collaborative and flexible style, with a strong service mentality
• Facilitation and coordination skills
• The ideal candidate must be attentive to detail, highly organised, flexible and self-motivated with excellent communication skills in written and oral communication
• He/she must clearly display the ability to effectively prioritise and perform tasks to meet tight deadlines

Desirable: 

• Skills in qualitative research

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Job purpose

The job purpose is to work with State Programme Manager (SPM) to effectively manage project activities and resources. top 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 project officer will support the SPM in the implementation of the MDA-AZM project across the state. S/he will work with LGA Field Assistants and will be responsible for liaising with the focal persons at the Local Government Level. 

Key working relationships

The PO would be line managed by the SPM and would work with 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:

• Liaise and work with the  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 MDA-AZM in assigned LGAs;
• Planning (microplanning, selection of implementers at the local levels, training, database finalization, last mile distribution, MDA-AZM and reverse logistics);
• Engagement of stakeholders including government, communities and beneficiaries;
• Implementation (MDA-AZM) 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 MDA-AZM 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;
• Harmonization with other partners; and
• Representation especially at the LGA levels.

Person specification

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 integrated interventions or social mobilization and SMC would be an added advantage).

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 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.

This role is conditional of Malaria Consortium securing funding for this role. 

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Job purpose

To work with the country office team and  Project Director to effectively manage project activities and resources, provide leadership and stewardship to the state project team and maintain collaborative links with the project’s key stakeholders at national and state level.

Key working relationships

The State Project manager will work with the state team and stakeholders in the state, especially the State Ministry of Health, State Primary Health Care Development Agency, NAFDAC state representatives and LGA Departments of Health/PHC, to manage the rollout and implementation of the SARMAAN II Project. S/he will monitor project partners’ activities at the state level and ensure approved terms of reference for partners’ work in the project state are adhered to. The State Project Manager will work with the country office project technical and management staff (Project Technical Specialist, Data Analyst,, M&E Manager, Senior M & E officer and Project Director) to translate plans and decisions to action at the state level, while ensuring coherence, alignment and proper coordination with appropriate stakeholders. S/he would report to the  Project Director.

Scope of work

The State Project Manager will support the programme activities at the state level overseeing implementation to ensure timely delivery of workplans and achievement of set targets and objectives. S/he will liaise with the PD to provide technical and managerial oversight for the state project team and ensure activities are carried out according to approved budget and value for money principles.

Key accountabilities

 Project management (60%)

• Work with the project team and other relevant personnel in the country office to lead activities for smooth project start up and activity planning in line with donor- approved project workplan.
• Work with the relevant personnel to prepare all necessary project start up and planning tools on time
• Provide performance management oversight for the SARMAAN II project team in the   state.
• Work directly with the PD and be responsible for coordinating overall project  implementation in the state and see that activities are carried out on time and  within budget
• Liaise regularly with the PD to provide timely and comprehensive updates and  reports as required
• Liaise with other Roll Back Malaria partners and child health programme implementers relevant for successful project implementation in the state
• Work with the project team to develop and implement annual work plans
• Work closely with the PD to prepare the programme monitoring and evaluation plan in conjunction with the Project M&E Manager. Work with the project team to  implement it
• Work with the country finance team and project accountant to prepare and  track progress of project and activity budgets
• Be responsible for State project budget management and reporting
• Work with the project accountant and PD to prepare quarterly financial  reports
• Work with the relevant country personnel and the PD to prepare an exit strategy   and to implement it, to see to smooth project close-out.
• Coordinate with other donors and implementers to ensure complementarity of implementation of the SARMAAN II project in the state by leveraging resources and harmonizing efforts where possible
• Work with the Senior Country Technical Coordinator, PD, Project Technical Specialist and external relations team for MC to see that a communication strategy is developed and implemented  for the project.
• Coordinate the documentation of project activities in form of activity-specific reports and ensure proper archiving of such for easy access and reference
• Contribute to preparations for periodic coordination meetings in form of progress updates and power point presentations
• Be responsible for quarterly lessons identification and learning documentation and dissemination in liaison with the M&E manager and Project Technical  Specialists.
• Be responsible for building functional partner relationships among the project’s stakeholders and local partners
• Oversee project partners inputs and subcontractors’ activities to deliver harmonized, aligned and effective outputs
• Manage risks to Malaria Consortium including financial, reputation and security in a challenging environment
• Work with the project M&E Manager and Country Public Health Specialist to ensure  that high quality project data is collected, analyzed and disseminated to relevant stakeholders at all levels and reported to the donor.

 Technical performance management and quality assurance (30%)

• Work with the project teams, PD and the Senior Country Technical Coordinator to   determine technical support needs to implement the project effectively and with high quality. Liaise with the Senior Country Technical Coordinator to obtain regional or global technical support
• Contribute to the development and production of dissemination documents to allow wider sharing of Malaria Consortium’s experiences, lessons and successes
• Oversee monitoring and evaluation of project performance against workplan
• Keep abreast with evidence and best practices that are related to the project

Representation (10%)

• Represent Malaria Consortium at state level meetings related to the project and keep key stakeholders abreast of project implementation.
• Participate in national level meetings and workshops as appropriate with the PD’s support.
• Liaise regularly with the PD, keeping the relevant Country Team in loop of  communication

Person specification

Qualifications and experience:

Essential

• Postgraduate or Master’s degree in Public Health, Health Policy, Epidemiology or another relevant specialty is a minimum requirement
• Extensive experience of working at national or state level in developing countries on a donor-funded project
• Excellent project planning, management and monitoring & evaluation skills
• Experience managing project budgets
• Proven leadership skills and team leading
• Experience in advocacy and policy influencing
• Excellent written and spoken English

Desirable

• Experience in malaria programme implementation
• Experience in leading a project at state level
• Advance knowledge of Microsoft office

Work-based skills and competencies:

Essential

• Proof of strong interpersonal and negotiating skills
• Excellent report writing and presentation skills are also needed
• Understanding of public health issues in West and Central Africa

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Job purpose

To provide oversight and support to all monitoring and evaluation (M&E) activities of the SARMAAN II) Project in Nigeria. The M&E Manager will serve as the main focal person for all MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning) activities which include impact evaluation, data validation, coordination meetings, lot quality assessment sampling (LQAS), end of cycle (EoC) reviews, capacity building in data quality and supportive supervisory visit to strengthen health management information system (HMIS). S/he will also work closely with externally engaged survey companies and technical assistants (TAs) for end of round (EoR) coverage surveys, other surveys, studies, evaluations and assessments, including for value for money (VFM); and would report to the Technical Specialist.

Scope of work

The M&E Manager shall be responsible for technical oversight in planning, coordination and supervision of M&E activities before, during and after SMC delivery for the SARMAAN II Project in three states (Kaduna, Kebbi and Jigawa). S/he will provide expert technical inputs to state MC/Senior M&E Officers, their state and LGA counterparts in campaign personnel database development/finalization, data management, data quality assurance, LQAS, analysis, interpretation of findings, EoC reviews and writing of progress and scientific reports. Furthermore, this Manager would be an integral part of digitization efforts/direction of the SARMAAN II Project by being an integral and active part of the country and international digitization subgroup.

The M&E Manager while reporting to the Project Director, would work with the Senior Country Technical Coordinator, Country Office M&E Manager, Senior/Zonal and State Programme Managers, Data Analyst, Senior Country and State M & E officers, towards the delivery of all MEAL activities at the national, state and LGA levels, plus in the sentinel sites.

Key working relationships

The M&E Manager will work closely with the Programme Director to operationalize all MEAL components of the programme. S/he would be line managed by the Project Director and will have dotted line management with the Senior Country Technical Coordinator. The post holder will provide technical oversight to the Senior M&E Officers working in the programme states and country office. S/he would work very closely with the Operational Research (OR) Specialist in the analysis of research findings and mainstreaming same into better programme outcomes. Technical quality assurance for the job will be provided by the Senior Country Technical Coordinator (SCTC); while the holder would be part of the MC/international M&E community of practice (CoP).

Key accountabilities

Management and planning (35%)

• Support the finalization/review of SARMAAN II Project M&E plans and frameworks as listed below:
  • log frames with appropriate programme indicators, targets and data collection methods.
  • tools and methods for M&E components of the annual SMC implementation.
  • routine monitoring systems, including databases, systems for data collection, maintenance and storage; and
  • templates and schedules for routine reports including quantitative and narrative reports (where necessary).
• Take the lead in planning M&E activities in the approved work plan and coordination of implementation ensuring high level of technical quality and work closely with the Technical Specialist to ensure that the M&E plan is aligned with the overall programme work plan and is within the budget allocated for M&E.
• Support State Senior M&E Officers in the implementation of M&E activities in approved programme work-plan.
• Ensure high quality data are available in useable format on a regular and timely basis for programmatic decision making by facilitating data collection and collation.

Data management, reporting, surveys, and dissemination (35%)

• Provide technical support for routine data collection and management including IT applications for data transfer where needed.
• Support the states in the development/finalization of the personnel database and composite national database for the SARMAAN II Project.
• Support the conduct of successful monthly EoC reviews, LQAS and annual EoR survey.
• Plan and coordinate quarterly routine monitoring visits to project supported sites and conduct field visits to validate data and monitor the quality and completeness of collected data.
• Assist in analysis and presentations of project data at national level.
• Participate in project assessments, evaluations and design including development of survey protocols with support from country office and advisors.
• Participates in regular documentation of lessons learnt on various interventions by the project.
• Work with relevant UK/HQ and Country Office colleagues, NMEP and state stakeholders towards appropriate impact evaluation of the SARMAAN II Project.

Knowledge Management, Capacity Building and Learning (10%)

• Work with the Technical Specialist to develop training or capacity building plans related to M&E and implement them as necessary.
• Support M&E training planning and rollout at the state levels.
• Ensure that state M&E and programme teams regularly review and accordingly adjust M&E plans and tools in the light of changes and needs in the field context based on monitoring data and reflection sessions.
• Support learning-to-action events and reflection sessions to systematically analyze data for programmatic use for the state and for the national level, and to document and incorporate lessons learned into programme design and implementation.
• Conduct regular data review and analysis for feedback to states for program improvement, and for updates to national level (MC and government).
• Work closely with the PD, TS and SCTC to support programme staff in key activities including development of a learning agenda, organizing regular learning events, supporting operations research, and reflecting, documentation, and communication of learning initiatives.
• Actively participate in the M&E community of practice (CoP).
• Support knowledge management systems (MC/External Relations/Communications) and practices to gather, document and share best practices with project team, MC country office, government and technical partners.

Accountability (10%)

• Support state programme staff to engage key populations in M&E programme performance and to incorporate participatory methods into M&E systems in the states.
• Support the state M&E Officers in the orientation of programme staff and partners on the basic principles and practices of beneficiary accountability in the states.
• Support the development and implementation of feedback and response channels to reflect the preferences of community members and beneficiaries.
• Support the states to ensure that beneficiary feedbacks are adequately documented, addressed, analyzed, and utilized by programme teams.

Networks and representations (10%)

• Develop and maintain relationships with NMEP and relevant Ministry of Health officials, so as to stay abreast of and involved in related SMC, HMIS and M&E developments.
• Represent MC at national level as designated  by the Project Director of Senior Country Technical Coordinator or MC senior management; and make presentations at technical meetings and events related to M&E.

Person specification

Qualifications and experience:

Essential

• A postgraduate degree in Public Health (with focus on epidemiology/bio-statistics) or a relevant social science discipline such as Demography or Statistics;
• A minimum of 5-years’ experience in a related role;
• 3 years’ previous experience in a supervisory role at middle management level;
• Hands-on knowledge and expertise of database management systems (Epi-info, DHIS2, LMIS, HMIS, STATA, SPSS) as well as data and statistical analysis;
• Previous experience in the Public Health sector and at the community level and on a malaria project;
• Experience in use of evidence to inform programming and policy;
• Significant experience in survey design and implementation; and
• Experience in capacity building/ transferring of skills.

Desirable

• Experienced in applying qualitative methods of data collection and analysis; and
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Work-based skills:

Essential

• Proficient in the development of data entry programmes, using statistical analysis software (Epi Info, EpiData, Excel, Access, Stata, SPSS) and management of project M&E systems;
• Excellent communications and presentation skills; and
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Desirable

• Excellent organization skills; and
• Experience/skills in team management.

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Job purpose

The primary roles of the Technical Specialist (TS) would cover strategic technical support, capacity development, evidence and knowledge development and dissemination, and technical representation.

S/he would work with the Programme Director (PD) and team in providing technical guidance in the direct implementation of SMC activities, covering macro and microplanning, training, logistic system, social behavioral change communication, SPAQ distribution, quality assurance (QA) and supportive supervision at the state, LGA, health facility and community levels as per the agreed performance framework targets.

The TS would lead in ensuring Malaria Consortium’s strategic objectives and targets and contributions to Nigeria malaria targets are realized.

He/She would also lead in the review of Malaria Consortium routine ITN, SMC and other chemoprevention strategies implemented in the project and continuously provide technical appraisal and how these can achieve increasing effectiveness/cost effectiveness.

Scope of work

Using an integrated, coordinated, system strengthening and resilience enhancing approach, the TS provides strategic technical and programmatic support to ensure that project interventions is implemented according to the national guideline and global best practices.  

The Technical Specialist (TS) will provide additional technical support working closely with the Country Technical Coordinator (CTC), to the technical team at the country office level with specific attention to follow-up on ToRs, concept notes, engagement of technical assistance (TA), TA and programme reports, tracking/follow up on technical quality of state level activities through interphase with the STOs.. S/he would also be involved in representation of the programme during meeting with PRs and other stakeholders.

*Key working relationships

The Technical Specialist will work under the line-management of the Programme Director with dotted line management of the SCTC and in close collaboration with the colleagues in the country office, dotted line relationship to the State Technical Officers, other GF SRs, partners and stakeholders would deliver aspects of the programme as per the specified job tasks and expected deliverables.

Key accountabilities

Technical contributions (70%)

• Support the development of technical workplans and provide quarterly project performance updates.
• Support states to ensure that rollout of programme service delivery activities meet international standard of quality;
• Initiate/follow-up on approval of ToRs for all activities to be carried out at the national, state, LGA, health facility and community level;
• Work in liaison with country office team to closely monitor delivery of ToRs; obtain reports in a timely manner and ensure the proper sign-off of all submitted reports;
• Provide technical support, including building their capabilities, to the state teams in the planning and implementation of all programme activities including malaria prevention (routine ITNs distribution & IPTp), case management (diagnosis and treatment), quality of care (QoC), integrated community case management (iCCM/CHIPS);
• Ensure the GF project’s adherence to technical quality assurance processes for MC in programme planning and implementation.
• Document innovation and best practices that are related to the programme.
• Represent MC on malaria Technical Working Groups (TWGs) and other relevant health coordinating committees at national level as designated.

Project Management (20%)

• Support collation, review, and submission of routine project service delivery activity reports to Programme Director.
• Support Project Director to follow up Country Office review feedbacks on reports and other project documents.
• Contribute to preparation of the quarterly Progress Update and Disbursement Request (PUDR) to the donor.
• Contribute to quarterly lessons identification and learning, documentation and dissemination
• Contribute to project transition strategy and ensure inclusion of relevant activities to promote sustainability within the workplan and smooth transition of the programme to government;
• Be part of the Malaria Consortium learning & development (L&D) and quality assurance groups.

Representations (10%)

• Represent MC on malaria Case Management Subcommittee, SMC Expert Group and other relevant health coordinating committees at national level as may be delegated;
• Be part of the relevant Malaria Consortium/global technical community of practices (CoPs);
• Represent the GF/SMC programme/MC externally as might be assigned by the PD, SCTC and/or West & Central Africa Programme Director (WACPD).

Qualifications and experience:    

Essential:      

• A Degree in Medicine plus a Master’s in Public Health, Health Policy, Epidemiology or another relevant specialty with at least ten years work experience, is a minimum requirement;
• Previous experience working at national level with oversight for at least 3 states
• Demonstrable experience working with national programmes and engaging with stakeholders at that level.
• Significant experience of working in developing countries and experience with GF or GAVI funded programmes would be an added advantage;

Work-based skills and competencies:  

Essential:      

• Knowledge of global and country specific malaria policy and guidelines.
• Knowledge of medical supplies procurement and supply chain management.
• Technical knowledge and skills in control of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea.
• Demonstrable report writing and presentation skills.
• Excellent project management and M&E skills; and familiarity with accountability and learning
• Excellent written and spoken English.

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This role is conditional of Malaria Consortium securing funding for this role.