Job Opportunities at Society for Family Health (SFH)

Requisition ID: sfh-54848
Locations: Edo, Enugu, Ekiti, Borno and Gombe
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Programs
Duration of Contract: 60 months

Job Profile

• This position will be responsible for the management of malaria prevention, treatment and care through the provision of clinical services in the intervention states.

Job Role
The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Coordinate the clinical service program activities.
• Identify and implement appropriate facility and community-based strategies to address service delivery gaps.
• Support Community Service Organisations (CSOs) to establish and strengthen referral mechanisms and linkages between the communities and health facilities.
• Implement strategies that address the needs of children, especially those under five years of age, and pregnant women, with respect to malaria prevention, treatment and care.
• Provide support to eligible beneficiaries to access appropriate differentiated models of care.
• Collaborate with all local stakeholders and implementing partners; especially the State Ministry of Health, to ensure that all activities conform with the requirements and regulations.
• Document successes, lessons learned and challenges in implementation as well as reports of project activities and results to the project donor, including routine quarterly and annual reports and other reporting requirements as requested.
• Work with health care providers, local authorities, community members and project team members to identify community-based service delivery issues that impede access to care and uptake of services

Qualifications/Experience

• Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine.
• Must possess a Master’s Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline (Public Health / Epidemiology / Medicine / Nursing / Parasitology / Tropical medicine).
• Possess a minimum of 7 years of experience in a similar role.
• Demonstrated experience in planning and management of malaria programming in developing countries including Nigeria. Experience from African countries will be an asset.
• Strong knowledge and experience of delivering or providing technical assistance for the diagnosis and management of uncomplicated and complicated/severe malaria and prevention including Intermittent Preventive Treatment to pregnant women (IPTp) in accordance with the most current national protocols and treatment regimens.

Skills and Competencies Required:

• Familiarity with analytical tools and ability to translate theoretical concepts into practical approaches for operational work.
• Strong communication skills (oral and written) in English. Knowledge of other Nigerian languages in the intervention State will be an asset.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft packages especially Excel and DHIS 2.
• Proficient in reading and generating reports from data. Creativity and Report writing skills, use of infographics will be of advantage to this position
• Sound interpersonal communication, persuasive communication and presentation skills.
• Sound advocacy skills, problem-solving and analytical ability.
• Creativity, innovation, resourcefulness, flexibility and openness to change.
• Team leadership skills and ability to mobilise teams

Compensation & Benefits

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

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Requisition ID: sfh-13694
Locations: Edo, Enugu, Ekiti, Borno and Gombe
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Programs
Duration of Contract: 60 months

Job Profile

• This position will be responsible for coordinating and ensuring that field financial operations for the project support project functional areas to achieve overall project objectives.
• This position will be responsible for managing the financial and operational aspects of the grants in the implementation States.
• This includes fiscal management, reporting, operation, and general office management.

Job Role
The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Finance operations – ensure completeness of financial transactions and documentation to support the accuracy of reported information.
• Budget performance and reporting – facilitate budget spend realisation and provide guidance on-budget performance.
• Cash management – guarantee adequate cash management and planning for servicing of project activities on the field.
• Procurement – drive compliance with procurement policy
• Field Office administration – ensure the smooth running of all the activities/administrative components of the Field Office operations.
• Provide appropriate support to the Project Director and State Lead on Administrative matters.

Qualifications/Experience

• Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree in any Accounting, Finance, Economics or its equivalent in a related field.
• Must be a qualified Chartered Accountant with either the ACA or ACCA certification.
• Possess a minimum of 10 years of progressive professional experience, including at least 7 years of experience in a bi-lateral or multi-lateral agency financed project in Nigeria (or an African country).

Skills and Competencies Required:

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

Compensation & Benefits

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

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Requisition ID: sfh-89461
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Programs
Duration of Contract: 60 months

Job Profile

• This position supports project development and implementation by tracking deliverables using appropriate Monitoring & Evaluation tools and processes.
• S/he will assist the Project Director in ensuring sound project planning, monitoring and evaluation of progress and technical reporting and provide leadership for project evaluations, action planning and performance reporting to donor and other stakeholders.

Job Role
The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Provide clear guidance for M&E data management processes that will enable the systematic collection, collation, processing, analysis, interpretation and use of data.
• Help define a list of core indicators that enables tracking of progress among different interventions and sub-population groups and collect data on project activities and results and assess the quantity and quality of achievements of targets.
• Lead on data visualisation and generation of high-level analytics to shape project implementation and delivery of impact.
• Establish clear information flow channels between the different implementation levels, donors, and stakeholders.
• Develop a plan for strengthening the capacity of staff and other implementing partners on monitoring and evaluation of the project.
• Make a quarterly report to the Project Manager which summarises progress against key output indicators at the project level, with a discussion of any specific progress issues as need be.
• Facilitate the regular conduct of data quality audits to verify and authenticate data emanating from the project field activities.
• Support the project team to document best practices and lessons learned from the implementation of the project.

Qualifications/Experience

• Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Statistics or Economics or Demography or Anthropology or Development Planning or Social Work or Epidemiology or related discipline.
• Must possess a Master’s degree in Statistics or Economics or Demography or Anthropology or Development Planning or Social Work or Epidemiology or related subjects of similar scope.
• At least 5 years of progressive experience in monitoring and evaluation in public health or any large social sector programs.
• Experience in mixed-methods research (qualitative and quantitative) across various study designs and ability to use standard M&E and analytical tools and software such as Stata, SPSS, MS Excel etc.

Skills and Competencies Required:

• In-depth knowledge of M & E techniques and methodologies including knowledge of conducting operations research, household surveys and qualitative assessments; data analysis, interpretation and reporting.
• Experience in mixed-methods research (qualitative and quantitative) across various study designs and proficiency with the use of standard M&E and analytical tools and software such as Stata, SPSS, MS Excel etc.
• Knowledge in using various databases including EMRs and DHIS2.
• Data Analysis and creating of visualizations, and ability to use data to determine key MER indicators.
• Developing and implementing a DQA system.
• Knowledge of MER and DCTs.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office: Excel, PowerPoint, and MS-Word.
• Leadership skills
• Team player works under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Critical thinker and problem solver with attention to details
• Strong communication skills (oral and written) in English. Knowledge of other Nigerian languages in the intervention State will be an asset.

Compensation & Benefits

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

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Requisition ID: sfh-49994
Department: Programs
Duration of Contract: 60 months

Job Profile

• The Project Director & State Lead shall provide oversight of programmatic and financial activities in the state.
• The anticipated impact of the position will be a commitment to populations at risk of malaria with the aim of providing interventions to accelerate coverage for prevention, treatment and care.
• The role will use evidence-based practices and data to drive results in line with principles of accountability, transparency, and impact in all actions.

Job Role
The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Coordinate the implementation of the project in the State through the use of replicable user-centred design approaches.
• Strategic technical assistance to State agencies in health system strengthening.
• Responsible for coordinating monitoring & evaluation activities at the field level for the project and providing assistance to the M&E specialist at the HQ.
• Preparation of analytical reports, human interest stories and case studies for the project.
• Using the National tools and an electronic MIS system, the State Programme Manager will support evidence-informed programming and will oversee and coordinate data collection for the project in the Region.
• Pool, analyze and disseminate field level programmatic data to end-users.
• Development of work plans: develop clear action plans that address the details needed to achieve project targets; define and allocate resources and actions to achieve objectives within constraints and establish priorities.
• Develop state-nested contingency plans for handling anticipated obstacles or problems to ensure continuity of service provision to clients against all odds.
• Financial management: Develop project work plans and budgets. Monitor work plan implementation to ensure compliance with the approved plan and grant agreement. Ensure efficient use of grant funds for optimum benefits to the target beneficiaries.

Qualifications/Experience

• Must possess a Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent in Social / Behavioural / Medical Sciences / Sciences or related field of study.
• Must possess a Master’s Degree in a relevant field (e.g., Epidemiology, Public Health, Tropical Medicine, Parasitology or Equivalent).
• At least 10 years of experience managing development projects, preferably in African countries with a strong focus on field implementation.
• Experience managing projects with a mix of facility and community-based interventions is required.
• Experience managing projects with a focus on behaviour change would be an asset.
• Demonstrated track record with project management, monitoring and evaluation.

Skills and Competencies Required:

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

Compensation & Benefits

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

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Requisition ID: sfh-04421
Department: Programs
Duration of Contract: 60 months

Job Profile

• The Procurement and Logistics Manager works closely with the project leadership team to facilitate program deliverables by overseeing procurement and logistics services to ensure required supplies of commodities, facilities and service needs for project activities are mobilised efficiently and in a timely manner. The position ensures effective execution of the sourcing strategy and value chain optimisation.

Job Role
The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Manage the commodities planning, procurement and supply chain activities, inventory control, logistics and distribution, customs clearance, ensuring effectively functioning processes to avoid costly delays and lost opportunities.
• Ensure effective lines of communication to ensure the timely delivery of commodities using the most appropriate procurement procedures.
• Be responsible for introducing process improvements in the supply chain and identifying new vendors/suppliers without jeopardising quality and service delivery.
• Ensure full compliance with donor procurement rules and regulations and appropriate procurement policies and procedures.
• Establish and implement a monitoring system that ensures that the prices paid for commodities are in line with local market prices.
• Develop and manage the rosters of suppliers, elaborate supplier selection, and evaluation, quality, and performance measurement mechanisms.
• Prepare service delivery contracts, leases, and purchase orders for all acquisition needs.
• Manage vendor contracts and maintain relationships with suppliers to ensure completeness of deliverables outlined in the contract.

Qualifications/Experience

• Must possess a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Engineering, Sciences, Social Sciences or a related field.
• Must possess a Master’s degree or equivalent in engineering, sciences, social sciences with training in procurement, logistics and supply chain management.
• Professional certification and membership of a reputable procurement and supplies body are highly desirable.
• At least 7 years experience in procurement planning and management in private sector/international organizations.
• Demonstrated experience of efficiently and efficaciously completing procurement of health-sector goods and commodities.

Skills and Competencies Required:

• Knowledge and ability to work on ICT tools for inventory management, logistics and supply chain management.
• Knowledge of completing procurement in Nigeria or FCV countries.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written) in English.
• Strong credibility and integrity in this domain.
• Strong leadership, analytical and organisational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and within a team, assess priorities, and manage multiple activities with attention to detail, meeting tight deadlines under pressure.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (Excel spreadsheets, word processing, PowerPoint, and electronic mail).

Compensation & Benefits

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