Job Vacancies at Palladium Group

Location  Kebbi Application Link

              Sokoto Application Link

Reports to Finance Manager
Duration: 5 years

Project Overview and Role

• Palladium seeks a Finance Assistant for the five-year, USAID-funded Nigeria Integrated Health Program, an integrated health program with an expanded effort with the Government of Nigeria (GON) to identify and support rapid scale-up of proven interventions through improvement of service delivery and strengthening of health systems
• It will focus its support for service delivery in six intervention areas: family planning, malaria, routine immunization, nutrition, maternal/newborn health, and treatment of childhood pneumonia/diarrhea. It has a strong emphasis on monitoring, evaluation and learning.
• This program will work closely with state-level government officials to support established state-level Health and Development Plans, build capacity, and promote ownership of interventions, systems, and results
• Specific interventions will need to be tailored to local contexts and will be fully developed at state and Local Government Area (LGA) levels. Through agreements with individual states, its potential breadth is the entire country with an emphasis on the north.

Description

• The Finance Assistant is a full-time position to support the Finance Manager in the awarded USAID/Nigeria funded project entitled Nigeria Integrated Health Program.

Responsibilities

• Regularly maintain and update financial records including checking, verifying, and recording the project’s financial transactions
• Check, process and record all the payments, administer invoices and expenses claims received, and code items to approved budgets
• Support the Financial Analyst with the cash transfer requests
• Maintain finance tracking systems for advances, Level of Effort (LOE), Work Orders, charge codes etc.,
• Filing, scanning, duplicating, and shipping of field vouchers to the US Office every month
• Support with procurement and purchasing and other contractual requirements
• Collected and record the employees’ time sheet for project office file (bi-weekly)
• Support the State Finance Office to manage the project’s assets and ensure accurate Assets Register maintained
• Other duties as assigned 

Candidate Requirements

• University graduate in Financial Management, Business Administration, Accounting, Economics or other relevant field.
• At 0-3 years of professional work experience
• Able to communicate effectively and excellent interpersonal skills to form effective working relationships at all levels;
• High level of computer literacy;
• Ability to deal appropriately with sensitive issues and maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times;
• Cross-functional team player;
• Results oriented and attention to detail;
• Proven experience in managing expenditures within budget.

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Reports to Director of Finance
Duration: 5 years

Project Overview and Role   
Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our work covers health, education, economic growth, governance, environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and monitoring and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of development programs. Our presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating positive impact over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+ project and home office staff.

Palladium seeks a Finance Assistant for the five-year, USAID-funded Nigeria Integrated Health Program, an integrated health program with an expanded effort with the Government of Nigeria (GON) to identify and support rapid scale-up of proven interventions through improvement of service delivery and strengthening of health systems. It will focus its support for service delivery in six intervention areas: family planning, malaria, routine immunization, nutrition, maternal/newborn health, and treatment of childhood pneumonia/diarrhea. It has a strong emphasis on monitoring, evaluation and learning.

This program will work closely with state-level government officials to support established state-level Health and Development Plans, build capacity, and promote ownership of interventions, systems, and results. Specific interventions will need to be tailored to local contexts and will be fully developed at state and Local Government Area (LGA) levels. Through agreements with individual states, its potential breadth is the entire country with an emphasis on the north.
 
Job Description

• The Financial Manager is a full-time position to support the State Finance & Administrative Director in the awarded USAID/Nigeria funded project entitled Nigeria Integrated Health Program.
• The Financial Manager is responsible for ensuring the smooth processing of financial information.
• The role encompasses oversight of the financial operations and finance employees.

Responsibilities

• Support senior level finance and operations staff to ensure that project deliverables are met;
• Review financial and operational content for appropriate project reports.
• Support the annual workplan process and other strategic planning processes
• Assists in overseeing overall financial system implementation including controls and standards for IHP state offices
• Reviews and maintains strong system of internal controls to ensure accurate financial reporting
• Examines financial documents such as payroll, vouchers, invoices, delivery notes, purchase orders and other documents to ensure the completeness, accuracy, and validity of financial data
• Monitors disbursement of funds from the project bank account(s) to ensure compliance with Palladium’s financial policies and procedures
• Works with finance team and technical leads to manage and forecast cash needs for Nigeria offices
• Regularly reviews cash management practices, develop, and provide feedback on cash risk mitigation strategies

Candidate Requirements

• University graduate and Master's Degree in Finance, Business Administration, or other relevant masters-level degree. CPA, Chartered Accountancy, other relevant professional certification, or additional 8 years of relevant professional experience accepted as alternative to Master's Degree.
• At least 8 years of work experience in broader finance and operations management with an international organization and USG contracts preferred (including office management, HR, finance, IT, and logistics);
• Experience directly managing finance and administration staff persons;
• Proven problem identification and resolution experience with budgeting, forecasting, banking, tax authorities, foreign currency transactions, and other related issues;
• Capacity and/or experience in designing and implementing Value for Money standards and decision-making;
• Able to communicate effectively and excellent interpersonal skills to form effective working relationships at all levels;
• High level of computer literacy;
• Ability to deal appropriately with sensitive issues and maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times;
• Cross-functional team player;
• Results oriented and attention to detail;
• Proven experience in managing expenditures within budget.

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Location: Sokoto, Nigeria   Application Link

              Bauchi, Nigeria   Application Link

              Kebbi Application Link
Reports to: State Finance and Administrative Director
Duration: 5 years

Project Overview and Role

• For the past 50 years, we have been making Positive Impact possible. With a team of more than 2,500 employees operating in 90 plus countries and a global network of more than 35,000 technical experts, Palladium has improved - and is committed to continuing to improve - economies, societies and most importantly, people's lives.
• Palladium is a child-safe organization, and screens applicants for suitability to work with children. We also provide equal employment to all participants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran or marital status.

Description

• IHP is an integrated health program with an expanded effort with the Government of Nigeria (GON) to identify and support rapid scale-up of proven interventions through improvement of service delivery and strengthening of health systems. It will focus its support for service delivery in six intervention areas, family planning, malaria, routine immunization, nutrition, maternal/newborn health, and treatment of childhood pneumonia/diarrhea.
• The Palladium Group has an opening for a Grants/Compliance Officer within the Financial Management department. The Grants/Compliance Officer will manage grants portfolios, in accordance with Palladium's and USAID policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Implements grant activities at the state level under the various Task Orders.
• Identifies funding opportunities, prepares and processes grant applications, and oversees grant management and implementation for all public-sector opportunities
• Ensures all sub-awards comply with the rules and regulations of governments and other multilateral donors
• Strengthens and maintains the necessary administrative structures and interdepartmental processes to ensure grant transparency, smooth implementation, reporting, requisite controls, and monitoring
• Serves as primary point of contact for post-award grants implementation and will ensure that all grant files are complete, accurate, and up-to-date.
• Reviews internal documents and processes for compliance from time to time.

Candidate Requirements

• Master's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or any other relevant field. Bachelor's degree with at least 6 years of experience in grant, business, finance, accounting, or any other relevant field can be substituted for an advanced degree.
• Minimum of five years of experience managing grants for donor organizations. Experience with USAID grants management system highly preferred.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills, including the ability to manage large budgets and client expectations.
• Able to communicate effectively and excellent interpersonal skills to form effective working relationships at all levels;
• High level of computer literacy;
• Ability to deal appropriately with sensitive issues and maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times;

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Location Bauchi  Application Link

            Sokoto Application Link

Reports to Finance Manager
Duration: 5 years

Project Overview and Role
Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our work covers health, education, economic growth, governance, environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and monitoring and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of development programs. Our presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating positive impact over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+ project and home office staff.

Palladium seeks a Driver for the five-year, USAID-funded Nigeria Integrated Health Program, an integrated health program with an expanded effort with the Government of Nigeria (GON) to identify and support rapid scale-up of proven interventions through improvement of service delivery and strengthening of health systems. It will focus its support for service delivery in six intervention areas: family planning, malaria, routine immunization, nutrition, maternal/newborn health, and treatment of childhood pneumonia/diarrhea. It has a strong emphasis on monitoring, evaluation and learning.
This program will work closely with state-level government officials to support established state-level Health and Development Plans, build capacity, and promote ownership of interventions, systems, and results. Specific interventions will need to be tailored to local contexts and will be fully developed at state and Local Government Area (LGA) levels. Through agreements with individual states, its potential breadth is the entire country with an emphasis on the north.
 
Job Description

• The Financial Analyst is a full-time position to support the Finance Manager in the awarded USAID/Nigeria funded project entitled Nigeria Integrated Health Program.
• The Financial Analyst is responsible for ensuring the smooth processing of financial information.

Responsibilities

• Support senior level finance and operations staff to ensure that project deliverables are met;
• Support the annual work plan process and other strategic planning processes
• Provide general program operations assistance to project technical staff and administrators
• Assembles, formats, and maintains budget/financial information for new, existing, and ending contracts.
• Assists in the preparation and review of budget realignments, narrations, and justifications.
• Creates/modifies budget spreadsheet templates in accordance with individualized project requirements.
• Ensures compliance with government contracting regulations.
• Other duties as assigned

Candidate Requirements

• University graduate in Financial Management, Business Administration, Accounting, Economics or other relevant field.
• At 2-3 years of work experience in broader finance and operations management with an international organization and USG contracts preferred (including office management, HR, finance, IT, and logistics);
• Able to communicate effectively and excellent interpersonal skills to form effective working relationships at all levels;
• High level of computer literacy;
• Ability to deal appropriately with sensitive issues and maintain a high level of confidentiality at all times;
• Cross-functional team player;
• Results oriented and attention to detail;
• Proven experience in managing expenditures within budget.

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Location: Sokoto, Nigeria  Application Link

             Kebbi  Application Link

             Bauchi  Application Link
Reports to: Director of Finance and Administration.
Duration: 5 years

Project Overview and Role

• Palladium seeks a Driver for the five-year, USAID-funded Nigeria Integrated Health Program, an integrated health program with an expanded effort with the Government of Nigeria (GON) to identify and support rapid scale-up of proven interventions through improvement of service delivery and strengthening of health systems.
• It will focus its support for service delivery in six intervention areas: family planning, malaria, routine immunization, nutrition, maternal/newborn health, and treatment of childhood pneumonia/diarrhea. It has a strong emphasis on monitoring, evaluation and learning.
• This program will work closely with state-level government officials to support established state-level Health and Development Plans, build capacity, and promote ownership of interventions, systems, and results.
• Specific interventions will need to be tailored to local contexts and will be fully developed at state and Local Government Area (LGA) levels. Through agreements with individual states, its potential breadth is the entire country with an emphasis on the north.

Job Description

• The Operations Manager is responsible under the leadership of the State Director and senior management, in the management and implementation of effective and efficient operational, financial and compliance activities that deliver the project in accordance with contractual obligations, company policies, Group Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Guidelines and client rules and regulations. The Operations Manager will oversee two additional staff members.

Responsibilities

• Assists in overseeing overall operations at State Office and provides operations guidance and oversight for IHP state offices
• Works with finance team and technical leads to manage and forecast cash needs for Nigeria offices
• Regularly reviews operations practices, develops, and optimizes internal operations policies, and provides feedback on risk mitigation strategies
• Performs project procurements as per the procurement policies and donor regulations including maintaining vendor lists, solicitation of quotations/proposals, and documentation of procurement decisions and contracts, and managing vendor relationships
• Ensures timely receipt of quality services/goods and best value for the price; ensures that vendors are timely paid and procurement contracts are closed in order; manages office facilities, equipment, assets, vehicles, IT, etc.; and maintains up-to-date assets registers
• Adheres to and trains relevant staff in all project administrative and operations policies and procedures
• Coordinates with operations team at the Abuja Central Office to initiate vetting processes for vendors, consultants, new hires, etc.
• Ensures the Fixed Asset Register of the project is up to date and comprehensive.
• Supports the Director to ensure that all assets of the project are safe and secure.

Requirements

• A relevant Bachelor's degree and Master's degree are required;
• A minimum of 7 years relevant work experience;
• A minimum of 3 years project management experience with DFID, DFAT, USAID or other donor client(s);
• Experience managing large and complex projects with a high risk profile;
• A minimum of 2 years of people management experience, including setting performance objectives, managing for results, giving and receiving feedback, performance evaluation and mentoring and coaching;
• A minimum of 2 years of work experience in a developing country or similar environment.
• Project Management expertise;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Financial acumen and the ability to interpret and analyze financial reports;
• Sound problem solving and decision making skills;
• Strong management skills with ability to mentor, coach, lead, develop and evaluate staff;
• Ability to work with a low level of supervision and as a part of a team when required;
• Demonstrated critical thinking, attention to detail, and organizational skills;
• Demonstrated leadership skills including a high level of professional maturity is required.

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Location: Bauchi, Nigeria  Application Link

             Kebbi Application Link

              Sokoto Application Link
Reports to: Finance and Operations Manager
Duration: 5 years

Project Overview and Role

• Palladium seeks a Driver for the five-year, USAID-funded Nigeria Integrated Health Program, an integrated health program with an expanded effort with the Government of Nigeria (GON) to identify and support rapid scale-up of proven interventions through improvement of service delivery and strengthening of health systems.
• It will focus its support for service delivery in six intervention areas: family planning, malaria, routine immunization, nutrition, maternal/newborn health, and treatment of childhood pneumonia/diarrhea. It has a strong emphasis on monitoring, evaluation and learning.
• This program will work closely with state-level government officials to support established state-level Health and Development Plans, build capacity, and promote ownership of interventions, systems, and results.
• Specific interventions will need to be tailored to local contexts and will be fully developed at state and Local Government Area (LGA) levels. Through agreements with individual states, its potential breadth is the entire country with an emphasis on the north.

Job Description

• The Operations Officer is responsible, under the leadership of the Operations Manager, for ensuring the smooth operations and logistics of the state program, including local and in-country travel, local vendor relationships, and event and meeting arrangements.

Responsibilities
Procurement and Contracts Management:

• In consultation with the project team, explore market and collect price quotations from suppliers and vendors.
• Collect necessary documents and information to process purchase orders, consultant agreements, letter agreements, subcontract/agreements and/or sub-grants.
• Keep up-to-date electronic database, documentation of necessary information and deliverables in the files of each consultant agreement, sub-agreement, contract, grant, vendor, etc.

Office Administrations and Logistics:

• Maintain appropriate and updated filing system for all project documents including procurement documents (Due Diligence forms, biodatas, hosting checklists; competitive quotations); field vouchers, approved budgets and purchase orders); and workshop/activity payments; checks.
• Assist in management of Field Office assets, premises, supplies, publications, facilities and logistic services as required.
• Administer regular maintenance of all office space and equipment including necessary insurances in place and processing of claims in case of loss.
• Serve as backup for administration of transportation for the office and staff for local and international travel.
• Maintain HR-related files, including monthly updating of leave time accrued/taken, ensuring medical insurance for staff.
• Maintain up-to-date record of all rent, service and utility contracts for the office and, administer prompt payment of rents, insurance, service and utility bills.
• Assist in performing project close out activities.
• Work with project team to calculate and submit cost share information, where applicable.
• As necessary, assist in financial audit. Maintain accurate and up-to-date operational, personnel, and other records as required by corporate management and/or Nigerian law.
• Work closely with Finance Officer for daily tasks and overall project management.

Asset Management:

• Manage expendable property
• Perform receiving function, record and tag all items
• Issue supplies and stationery to staff
• All other duties and tasks as assigned

Candidate Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from a recognized academic institution in business or related field or 3 years working in administration; MBA is an advantage.
• Proven competency in planning, organizing, and implementing operational activities.
• At least 3 years of administration experience with a good understanding of business operations and controls; experience with international organizations and USAID regulations an advantage.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications
• Sound written and verbal communication skills in English
• Strong supervision skills to ensure activities, schedules and progress are reviewed and monitored.
• Experience leading, mentoring, and motivating staff; a good understanding of performance management.
• Demonstrates good judgment and decision making. A minimum of 2 years of people management experience, including setting performance objectives, managing for results, giving and receiving feedback, performance evaluation and mentoring and coaching;
• A minimum of 2 years of work experience in a developing country or similar environment.
• Project Management expertise;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Financial acumen and the ability to interpret and analyze financial reports;
• Sound problem solving and decision making skills;
• Strong management skills with ability to mentor, coach, lead, develop and evaluate staff;
• Ability to work with a low level of supervision and as a part of a team when required;
• Demonstrated critical thinking, attention to detail, and organizational skills;
• Demonstrated leadership skills including a high level of professional maturity is required.

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Location: Kebbi, Nigeria  Application Link

             Bauchi  Application Link

             Sokoto  Application Link
Reports to: Finance and Operations Manager
Duration: 5 years

Project/ Role Overview

• IHP is an integrated health program with an expanded effort with the Government of Nigeria (GON) to identify and support rapid scale-up of proven interventions through improvement of service delivery and strengthening of health systems. It will focus its support for service delivery in six intervention areas, family planning, malaria, routine immunization, nutrition, maternal/newborn health, and treatment of childhood pneumonia/diarrhoea.

Job Description

• The Security Officer is responsible assisting in the preparation of a security operational plan and ensuring that all procedures and practices are well communicated and functional.
• The Security Officer will be responsible for the provision of a comprehensive, efficient, cost effective operational and tactical security service for all project staff, and the provision of strategic advice to the Palladium management at all levels.

Responsibilities
Reporting:

• Compile and complete incident reports for any safety and security related incidents affecting our staff or work throughout the area of operation.
• Provide weekly risk review reports

Security in Field:

• Responsible for overall safety and security of IHP staff and assets in respective fields
• Regularly coordinate and communicate with Country Director to provide feedback; guidance, advice and support; help formulate strategies to improve field office safety and security.
• Manage/update threat analysis, contingency plan, Safety and Security Assessment on regular basis
• Ensure Weekly situation reports are prepared and shared with all the staff
• Ensure that all staff are adhering to security SOPs and update these on quarterly basis
• Identify hibernation points and brief all national and international staff what drills to follow in cases of emergency and practice
• Provide feedback to field staff in response to security-related inquiries
• Provide technical input, material support and training to build capacity of SSFP
• Prepare and share Security Updates (include, situational analysis, action taken and actions recommended) to Country Director on regular basis (Daily/ Weekly and Monthly Updates).

Communications:

• Ensure that appropriate systems are in place to effectively disseminate safety and security information and updates of security situation to IHP staff through following means: SMS alerts, Emails, Voice calls on satellite phones in the remote and inaccessible areas
• Assess communications needs and recommend improvements-technological aspects to make sure that all equipment are working and in good condition
• Update/distribute safety and security emergency tree

Training and Development:

• Security introduction with all staff within 24hrs of arrival in area of operations.
• Work with the Country Director ensure staff security training / briefing and orientation of all IHP staff members through an elaborate training and development plan
• With guidance from the Security Managers, carry out safety and security training needs assessments for all staff and guards
• Deliver crisis management / incident management training for Field Office management teams

Candidate Requirements
Essential:

• At least three years’ relevant work experience in security system implementation for international development project activities;
• Demonstrated understanding of security plan development and implementation in a developing country context;
• Experience in monitoring, evaluation and performance reporting of programs and activities;
• Experience working in diverse teams with a focus on relationship building; and
• Experience in supporting high-level dialogue with government ministries and other development partners regarding program management, resource allocation and capacity development.

Desirable:

• Relevant formal qualifications.
• Knowledge of the security sector and stakeholders in Nigeria.
• Knowledge of and experience in security training.
• The ability to work effectively in a large organisation to negotiate organisational change with a range of internal and external stakeholders.

Skills:

• Report writing and good communication skills.
• Team player
• Good computer skills (Microsoft Office, email, internet)
• Good writing and presentation skills
• Extensive knowledge of political and security situation in Nigeria
• Strong command of some of the local languages
• Good training delivers skills.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple complex tasks independently
• Strong leadership and communication (interpersonal, verbal and written) skills
• Trouble shoot Security Hi tech equipment like CCTV, NVRs.

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Project Overview and Role   
Palladium brings more than 50 years of experience applying rigorous, evidence-led methodologies to international development. Our work covers health, education, economic growth, governance, environmental issues, informatics, workforce development, and monitoring and evaluation, offering innovative approaches that support the design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of development programs. Our presence extends across more than 90 countries, creating positive impact over 100 projects through the dedication of 2,000+ project and home office staff.

The Integrated Health Project (IHP) aims to strengthen local capacity and systems to contribute to reductions in child and maternal morbidity and mortality in target states, and to increase the capacity of health systems (public and private) to sustainably support quality primary healthcare. The Technical Lead: Integrated Child Health and Nutrition will be responsible for providing technical leadership in child health and nutrition at facility and community levels.  The position will provide technical assistance from the Abuja County office (ACO) and liaise with relevant federal level agencies in order to create an enabling environment for enhanced Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health plus nutrition and malaria (RMNCH + NM) at the State primary health care and community levels.

Job Description
The position will liaise with State Coordinators and other technical staff to facilitate strong RI systems, integrated service delivery at PHC levels, capacity building, clinical mentoring and integrated supportive supervision in child health and nutrition. This position will also provide support to strengthen community-based services (and the CHIPS strategy) to enhance access, referrals and linkages to the formal PHC system. The project will operate over a 5-year period.
 
Responsibilities   

• Provides technical oversight and strategic direction on integrated child health and nutrition services with expansion of primary health care and private sector models and approaches for children and their families.  Includes an emphasis on expansion of high impact, evidence-based practices, as well as community health and community engagement in partnership with other IHP staff and partners.
• Advises on quality improvement and quality assurance approaches of PHC services with the focus on integrated child health and nutrition, including the development of tools and resources for the delivery, scale-up, and documentation of high-impact interventions at facility and community levels in the public and private sector.
• Provides technical leadership on routine immunization (RI) systems and integrated RI/child health approaches to minimize missed opportunities on uptake and use of services by newborns, children and their families.
• Supports capacity building, mentorship and supportive supervision approaches of facility and community providers with an emphasis on scale up of high impact child health and nutrition services in the public and private sector.
• Supports expansion of integrated service delivery platforms to streamline and build efficiencies in the health system which promote preventative and curative health interventions.  This includes Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM), Integrated Management of Childhood Illness, integrated RI, integrated nutrition (including promotion of high impact nutrition practices within Baby Friendly Initiatives such as exclusive breastfeeding and infant and young child feeding at facility and community levels). 
• Supports the IHP learning agenda aimed at synthesizing and packaging learning from across all states across a range of child health and nutrition topics.
• Collaborates with the IHP technical advisor for malaria to ensure expansion of case management approaches for malaria, including malaria diagnostics and treatment, and implementation of malaria prevention activities in the child health and nutrition portfolio including iCCM and IMCI platforms.
• Supports advocacy activities for PHC services quality improvement and resource mobilization for health services at the federal, state, LGAs, and community levels and among private sector stakeholders
• Prepares technical papers, training materials, curriculum review and presentations for capacity building for child health, nutrition and CHIPS/CORPS outreach at the facility and community levels
• Supports State IHP teams and stakeholders to rollout state level CHIPS strategy and strengthen community-based structures (CHIPS/CORPS) case management and referral systems (including emergency transport for very sick children) and referral systems between communities and facilities to ensure childhood illnesses receive the appropriate level of care. 

Partner and Stakeholder Coordination and Advisory Services:

• Participates in relevant federal-level Technical Working Groups and provides support to the FMOH and in IHP states for updating child health and nutrition quality policies based on global, national, and IHP state needs.  Supports state level adoption and adaptation of relevant national policies in IHP states to achieve program goals;
• Coordinates with other USG projects’ technical assistance provided to stakeholders on community engagement to ensure access to quality services  to avoid duplication of efforts and ensure integrated approach to capacity building;
• Liaises with commodity and supply chain experts within federal (as needed) and state authorities and will collaborate with other USAID-donor funded supply chain initiatives (e.g. PSM) to support RI and IMCI/iCCM commodities management.
• In collaboration with other USAID partners (e.g. Breakthrough Action), provides strategic leadership for the design and implementation of communication strategies and strategic behavior change communication for public sector, private sector, and community counterparts by providing strategic direction for strengthening the delivery and quality of nutrition and child health services within integrated RMNCH+NM platforms. 

Management:

• Contributes to annual work planning, training plans and quarterly reports and other required technical reports.
• Collaborates with the program’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) team on activities to ensure that the program meets set targets in accordance with national and USG standards.
• Contributes to timely, accurate and appropriate reporting of program activities and results.
• Ensure quality program implementation consistent with MOH Nigerian Guidelines, global best practices and USAID Nigerian Strategic Directions.
• Evaluates program progress against deliverables on a quarterly basis
• With the Deputy Chief of Party oversee program design, implementation, quality assurance and monitoring of work plan in the targeted states.
• Coordinate with the other members of the technical team and NGO partners to develop and implement feasible facility and community-based approaches
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor which contribute to the achievement of program goals.

Requirements
Required Qualifications:

• The Technical Lead: Integrated Child Health and Nutrition must be a proven leader in the field of with senior-level management experience in public health programs.  S/he must be well recognized by the RMNCH community in Nigeria. The Technical Lead must be intimately familiar with the context in Nigeria and have in-country experience with USAID programs. Additional qualifications include:
• An experienced Child Health, Nutrition or Community Health Advisor with a relevant degree (e.g. MPH, Nursing or other relevant degree)
• Minimum 10 years of experience working in Child Health, Nutrition or Public Health in Africa, preferably in Nigeria
• Demonstrated expertise in working directly with host-country senior government officials and policy makers in child survival and MNCH.
• Experience working with host-country partners, organizations, and institutions
• Strong skills in design, implementation and monitoring of program components; e.g. services, training, integrated supportive supervision, clinical mentoring, patient counseling, advocacy and coordination.
• Demonstrated capacity to work with African experts and partners in developing technical materials and providing training to improve service delivery, advocacy and resource mobilization for expanding quality improvement of MNCH services.
• Experience with technical leadership for programs funded by USAID and/or other donor programs in developing countries, with significant Nigeria experience.
• Strong verbal, listening, writing, and intrapersonal skills essential for effective coordination among several institutions and staff involved in a broad range of activities.
• Fluent in English, (written and oral communication) and Hausa and/or Fulfulde.
• Willingness to travel throughout Nigeria as necessary.
• Nigerian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.