Jobs at FHI 360

Under the direction of the HR Manager, coordinates FHI 360’s recruitment process, orientation program, performance management, safeguarding activities, training and works with team members to ensure a smooth process flow from identification of a vacancy to the filling of that vancancy.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists the HR Manager in developing job descriptions and maintains all job desctriptions of staff.
• Provides support on recruitment and staff selection system; identifies suitable recruitment channels for FHI 360.
• Coordinates and follows up all recruitment and placement actions for FHI 360.
• Ensures conformity with recruitment requirements and compliance with the rules and regulations.
• Coordinates the preparation of vacancy announcements in consultation with the HR Manager.
• Reviews and screens applicants for basic compliance with position qualifications, summarizes CVs for easier evaluation by the departmental heads.
• Meets walk-in applicants, collects and assesses all certificates and testimonials of the candidates.
• Ensures all vacancies are filled with the suitable candidates within the targeted time.
• Interviews candidates up to supervisors level and provide feedback to HR Manager Ensures all recruitment policies, procedures and techniques are adhered to and recommend improvements.
• Assist management and interview panels with interviewing as requested and ensure that interview panels are fully prepared Assist in coordinating and/or conducting training workshops to support field offices on such topics as performance assessments, effective interviewing and hiring process, etc.
• Maintains an active and organized data bank of applicants for various positions. Generates recruitment related reports.
• Upon departmental recommendation for recruitment, contacts the candidates for initiating process of recruitment including reference checks and pre-employment screening.
• Conduct onboarding for all new hires, consultancies and other adhoc staff including volunteers.
• Maintains statistics of CVs screened, personnel recruited etc to adhere to approved manpower positions.
• Maintain a thorough awareness of developments in labor laws and legislations and advise management accordingly.
• Track recruitment costs, demographics for hires and staff reimbursement issues
• Coordinates safeguarding policy activities, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for in country program staff.
• Maintain organizational organogram.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, skills and abilities:

• Ability to work with others and to develop and maintain compatibility among project staff, subcontractors, and recipients of assistance.
• Report to supervisor on variances and status on regular basis. Work independently with initiative to manage high volume work flow.
• Perform detail-oriented work with a high level of accuracy. Interact with diplomacy and tact and follow-up on requests in timely and efficient manner.
• Must exhibit high levels of professionalism, integrity and ethical values at all times.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality for sensitive Human Resources issues or projects and use judgment to execute duties and responsibilities.
• Record keeping, report preparation, filing methods and records management techniques.
• Use a computer to accurately and rapidly enter and retrieve data and information.
• Working knowledge of in-country employment regulations, e.g. Nigerian labor/employee relations statutes and capacity to apply them to FHI Nigeria.
• Ability to intervene with all levels of staff, representatives of donors and collaborating agencies, individuals from diverse cultures, and the public with diplomacy and firmness.
• Strong knowledge in salary structure and development, benefits and compensation, surveys/benchmarking and job evaluation systems.
• Excellent written, oral and interpersonal communication skills with ability to work as a team member.
• Objectivity and the ability to apply HR rules and regulations in a fair and consistent manner.
• Ability to plan and prioritize own work under tight deadlines, as well as to work on own initiative and as a member of a team.
• Attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy. Ability to travel a minimum of 25%.

Qualifications and requirements:

• BS/BA degree in Business Administration, Social Sciences or its recognized equivalent with 5 – 7 years of relevant experience. Or MS/MA degree in Business Administration, Social Sciences or its recognized equivalent, and 3 – 5 years relevant experience.
• Demonstrated success in multicultural environments is required.
• Certified member of Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of related body is an advantage.

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The STO TQLA under the supervision of the Senior Technical Adviser, Total quality leadership and accountability (TQLA) participates in the provision of technical assistance aimed at the use of evidence (data) to respond to the needs of a United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded grant project. S/he will deploy the TQLA approach to prioritize local solutions to address local challenges, and improve performance outcomes, across both the key population (KP) and general population programs. The STO TQLA will supervise and utilize large data sets to find opportunities for improving program implementation, strategy optimization, and provide data-driven feedback to both the Government of Nigeria and the donor.

S/he will collaborate and engage with stakeholders including subrecipient (SR) Project leadership, state ministries of health and SR staff. S/he will lead participatory priority needs setting, planning and activity scheduling with key SR staff and health workers. Lead mentorship of SR staff and health workers on TQLA approaches. Support the provision of technical and adaptive management support to HIV program managers and providers on data use, transparency, mutual accountability, and implementation fidelity. Conduct needs based, targeted technical assistance including continuous mentorship of multi-level managers in assigned SRs on TQLA, promoting data utilization for daily course correction and adaptive management. Support daily SRMs – mainstreaming of data from all beneficiary populations Support the scale up of proven and evidence based technical strategies including differentiated service delivery models that will contribute to achieving the project’s purpose. Prepare reports and work participatorily on the TQLA documentation. Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Attributes:

• First-hand knowledge of the Nigerian health system, stakeholders and actors with demonstrated ability to critically appraise situations and design strategic interventions.
• Knowledge and expertise in developing dashboards using data visualization softwares such as Power BI and Tableau.
• Knowledge of health and development programs in developing countries in general and Nigeria specifically, across Global Fund and PEPFAR donor requirements. Strong problem-solving skills with an emphasis on innovation design and strategic frameworks using technology.
• Knowledge on data utilization through use of dashboards to identify bottlenecks for real time course correction and adaptive management.
• Knowledge and experience in project-level or state/national-level monitoring and evaluation system implementation for KP, general population and other Global Health Initiatives.
• Knowledge of Nigerian community and clinical setting, including government and non-government settings.
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and understanding of the social, political, and ethical issues surrounding HIV infections.
• Ability to work well with others and to develop and maintain compatibility among project staff, subcontractors, consultants, and recipients of assistance.
• Ability to manage tight deadlines and deliver high volumes of work with minimal supervision.
• Well-developed report writing skills High degree of proficiency in written and spoken English communication.
• Well-developed computer skills. Ability to travel within Nigeria 25% time.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• PH. D degree in public health, health information system, demography, statistics, or related field, with emphasis on quantitative analysis, with 3 to 5 years relevant experience in project-level or state/national-level monitoring and evaluation system implementation for HIV, Key Population, and other Global Health Initiatives.

Or

• MPH or MS/MA in public health, health information system, demography, statistics, or relevant degree with 5 to 7 years relevant experience in project-level or state/national-level monitoring and evaluation system implementation for HIV, Key Population, and other Global Health Initiatives.

Or

• BS/BA in statistics, pharmacy, microbiology, monitoring, and evaluation or in relevant degree with 7 to 9 years relevant experience in project-level or state/national-level monitoring and evaluation system implementation for HIV, Key Population, and other Global Health Initiatives.
• Familiarity with Nigerian public and private sector health systems and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.