Jobs at Jhpiego - John Hopkins University

Overview

• Jhpiego, an international non-profit public health organization affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, has been working in Nigeria since the 1970’s, creating and delivering transformative healthcare solutions to save lives and ensure healthier futures for women and their families
• The Program Manager (PM) provides programmatic leadership, operational management, and performance oversight for some Jhpiego programs in Nigeria. 
• The position works closely with the Senior Program Manager, Project director, government counterparts, donors, implementing partners, and technical teams to ensure effective project delivery, quality assurance, and achievement of program goal. 
• The PM leads day-to-day implementation of assigned projects across supported states, ensuring deliverables, budgets, and reporting obligations under the Contract are met. 
• The PM also supports other Program Officers (POs) and provides program management coordination across other projects as directed.

Responsibilities
Program Planning and Implementation:

• Develop and coordinate annual work plans, budgets, and implementation schedules.
• Ensure timely execution of project activities across national and subnational levels.
• Monitor progress against targets and address implementation challenges.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including technical, finance, operations, and M&E staff.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with government agencies, donors, and partners.
• Represent Jhpiego at technical working groups, coordination meetings, and stakeholder forums.
• Support advocacy and collaboration efforts that strengthen program sustainability.

Program Monitoring and Reporting:

• Track project performance indicators and milestones.
• Prepare high-quality donor reports, presentations, and program updates.
• Ensure accurate documentation of lessons learned and best practices.
• Use data for decision-making and program improvement.

Financial and Grant Management:

• Monitor project expenditures and budget utilization.
• Ensure compliance with donor and Jhpiego financial policies.
• Support forecasting, financial reporting, and resource planning.
• Manage sub-awards and partner performance where applicable, including milestone reviews, invoicing, and facility/community-level coordination support to state teams.

Quality Assurance and Capacity Building:

• Ensure project activities meet technical quality standards.
• Supervise and mentor project staff.
• Support training, knowledge management, and organizational learning initiatives.
• Promote continuous quality improvement approaches.
• Uphold ethical standards in line with organizational policy requirements.
• Provide PM coordination across other projects as directed, including support to other Program Officers (POs) to strengthen Jhpiego’s systems and processes to achieve project deliverables.

Key Deliverables:

• Monthly Implementation tracker
• CSOs/sub awardee management tracker
• Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and quarterly programmatic reports
• Success stories, articles, and briefs documenting program impact
• SharePoint archiving and updates of project materials.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced Degree in development studies, public health, Health Administration and Management, Project Management, International Development, or a related field.
• At least 7–10 years of experience managing large health or development programs.
• Experience with donor-funded projects.
• Strong knowledge of Nigeria's health system and government structures.
• Proven experience in budget management, stakeholder engagement, and team leadership.
• Excellent communication, report writing, and analytical skills.
• Understanding of the Nigerian social and political context and developments in the health sector
• Excellent diplomacy skills and a proven ability to establish and sustain interpersonal and professional relationships with host-country counterparts and representatives from other key stakeholders such as NGOs, the private sector and other donors.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project management
• Strategic planning
• Leadership and team management
• Budget and financial oversight
• Stakeholder engagement
• Monitoring, evaluation, and learning
• Risk management
• Communication and presentation skills.

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Overview

• HARMONY Care implements integrated maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition interventions through group care and related service delivery approaches. 
• Key areas include Group Antenatal Care (G-ANC), Group Postnatal Care (G-PNC), Family-Led Postnatal Care (FPNC), Nutrition, Perinatal Mental Health, Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS), and Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI). To strengthen quality and sustainability, the project seeks to engage an experienced master coach to design and facilitate a practical mentorship and coaching skills training for selected project staff, mentors, and coaches.

Responsibilities

• The consultant will strengthen participants’ ability to apply mentorship, coaching, adult learning, supportive supervision, feedback, problem-solving, documentation, and action planning approaches that improve implementation quality across HARMONY Care interventions. These include:
  • Preparation - Review relevant HARMONY Care documents; hold consultations with project leadership; develop the training agenda, facilitation plan, participant materials, pre/post tests, coaching guide, and practical tools.
  • Training delivery - Facilitate a three-day interactive training covering mentoring and coaching concepts, adult learning, communication, active listening, pre-visit planning, coaching conversations, feedback, follow-up, problem solving, supportive supervision, documentation, role plays, and application to HARMONY Care service areas.
  • Post-training support - Administer and summarize pre/post assessments; support participants to develop coaching action plans; submit a final report with outputs, results, recommendations, and documentation.

Expected Deliverables and Acceptance Criteria:

• Inception report and workplan (Before training) Clear approach, schedule, and requirements agreed with HARMONY Care.
• Training agenda, facilitation plan, and full training package (Before training) Materials are practical, participatory, contextualized to HARMONY Care, and approved before use.
• Pre/post assessment tools and results summary (During/after training) Assessment tools administered and results analyzed.
• Three-day mentorship and coaching skills training delivered (Training period) Training completed using adult learning methods, simulations, group work, and coaching practice.
• Final training report (Within 5 working days after training) Report includes methodology, attendance, pre/post results, key outcomes, participant action plans, recommendations, and photos.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced Degree in Public Health, Health Systems Management, Nursing, Medicine, Education, Organizational Development, Human Resources Development, Psychology, or a related field.
• At least 10 years of relevant experience in mentoring, coaching, leadership development, work force capacity strengthening, or performance improvement.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating mentorship and coaching training in healthcare or development programs.
• Strong knowledge of adult learning, participatory facilitation, supportive supervision, performance improvement, and report writing.
• Experience in maternal and child health, primary healthcare, health systems strengthening, or donor-funded health projects is desirable.
• Professional certification in coaching, mentorship, leadership development, or a related area is an added advantage.

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Overview

• Maternal and Perinatal Mortality are Obstetric and Neonatal tragedies worldwide. Of the global Maternal Mortality occurrences, the vast majority occur in low-resource settings and Nigeria accounts for nearly 20% of the global death. 
• The lifetime risk of dying in Nigeria is 1 in 22 during pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum period compared to 1 in 4,900 in most developed countries. 
• The causes of maternal mortality include pre-eclampsia/eclampsia (PEE), obstructed labor, postpartum hemorrhage, puerperal sepsis and abortion complications.
• These causes are preventable when labour is supervised by Skilled Birth Attendants (SBAs). 
• Perinatal morbidity and mortality are closely related to events during pregnancy and labor.
• The high rate in Nigeria is a result of poor maternal health, sub-optimal care during pregnancy, childbirth, and in the postnatal period. 
• The major causes of newborn deaths are birth asphyxia, neonatal sepsis and prematurity. Universal access to Basic Emergency Obstetrics and Neonatal Care (BEmONC) services is one of the strategies that can reduce these deaths and sufferings. 
• Improving access to quality basic emergency obstetrics and newborn care is critical to reducing these preventable maternal and newborn deaths and is a top priority of the Government of Nigeria (GoN).
• Aligning with the commitment of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (FMOHSW) to ensure that “no woman dies during pregnancy, childbirth and in postpartum”, Jhpiego, with funding from United States Government through the Department of States in Nigeria is providing technical assistance to GoN to bridge lingering gaps in the capacities of doctors, nurses, midwives, and Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs) working in MCGL supported Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities with Kebbi State to provide life saving BEmONC signal functions.
• This intervention aims to bridge existing gaps in the competencies of PHC facilities healthcare workers to provide BEmONC services and ultimately improve the quality of services for women and newborns during pregnancy, labour, childbirth and postnatal period.
• The specific objectives include building the capacity of healthcare workers to provide quality:
• Antenatal care (ANC) services, including Group ANC, in alignment with the recent WHO guideline on ANC for positive pregnancy experience.
• Management of labour and childbirth using the national labour care guide (LCG), prevention, early identification and management of prolonged labour/labour obstruction, maternal and fetal distress.
• Provide essential care for every baby to include skin-to-skin care, delayed cord clamping, cord care using chlorhexidine gel, eye care using 0.5% erythromycin eye ointment, administration of vitamin K for prevention of haemorrhagic disease of newborn, helping baby breathe within the “golden minute” using bag and mask, screening of the newborn for congenital anomalies, support early initiation of exclusive breast feeding.
• Care for small and low birth weight babies using immediate Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), signs and symptoms for early identification, immediate care and prompt referral of newborn complications such as neonatal jaundice, neonatal sepsis, respiratory distress, encephalopathy,
• Prevention and management of obstetrics complications including parenteral administration of oxytocic for the management of the third stage of labour, use of PPH bundle for early identification and prompt management of PPH, use of MgSO4 for treatment of severe pre-eclampsia/eclampsia, use of parenteral antibiotics for prevention and management of puerperal sepsis, manual removal of retained placenta, manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) for evacuation of incomplete abortion, and assisted vaginal delivery with vacuum extractor.
• Build capacity to improve two-way referral system at the facility level.

Responsibilities
In collaboration with Jhpiego staff:

• Each ad-hoc personnel will participate in a 5-day skills standardization and pre-training planning workshop to be organized by Jhpiego.
• Conduct an advocacy visit to the SPHCDA prior to the commencement of the training and participate in a post-training debrief of stakeholders.
• Conduct a 7-day on-site capacity building of an average of 6 healthcare care workers at the PHC, which would include community health extension workers, community midwives, nurses and midwives.
• Conduct a 4-day follow-up mentoring of the trained healthcare workers to strengthen their confidence and competence in using the newly acquired knowledge and skills.
• Conduct pre- and post-test assessments for each of the modules of the training package.
• Submit a comprehensive report at the end of the training and at the end of the mentoring within 5 working days after completion of each task.

Deliverables:

• Detailed and analysed pre- and post- training scores for each of the trainees for each module of the training package.
• Detail report of the training and mentoring to be submitted within 5 working days of completion of each task.

Required Qualifications

• Must be a practicing medical doctor, or registered nurse and/or registered midwife in one of the General Hospitals where Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care (CEmONC) training was recently conducted in FCT.
• Evidence of up-to-date annual practicing license issued by either the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (for doctors) or the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (for Nurses and/or Midwives).
• Acquired at least 5 years post-MBBS, or post-nursing and/or midwifery bedside clinical practicing experience in a secondary health facility in FCT.
• Evidence of successful completion of an onsite hands-on competency-based comprehensive emergency obstetrics and newborn care training (or refresher training) within the last 12 months.
• Evidence of strong clinical facilitation, mentoring or coaching skills.
• Evidence of strong analytical and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Communication Skills
• Presentation Skills
• Facilitation skills.

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Background

• Maternal and Perinatal Mortality are Obstetric and neonatal tragedies worldwide. Of the global Maternal Mortality occurrences, the vast majority occur in low-resource settings and Nigeria accounts for nearly 20% of the global death. 
• The lifetime risk of dying in Nigeria is 1 in 22 during pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum period compared to 1 in 4,900 in most developed countries. 
• The causes of maternal mortality include Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia (PEE), obstructed labor, postpartum hemorrhage, puerperal sepsis and abortion complications.
• These causes are treatable and preventable when labour is supervised by Skilled Birth Attendants (SBAs). 
• Perinatal morbidity and mortality are closely related to events during pregnancy and labor. 
• The high rate in Nigeria is a result of poor maternal health, sub -optimal
• care during pregnancy and childbirth, and lack of newborn care. 
• The major causes of newborn deaths are birth asphyxia, neonatal sepsis and prematurity. 
• Universal access to Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics and Neonatal Care (CEmONC) services is one of the strategies that can reduce these deaths and sufferings along with the ten core signal functions of the services. 
• Improving access to quality Comprehensive emergency obstetrics and newborn care is critical to reducing these preventable maternal and newborn deaths and is a top priority of the Government of Nigeria. 
• Therefore, as part of the commitment of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (FMOHSW) to ensure that there are well equipped CEmONC facilities throughout the country to provide quality healthcare services, a nationwide CEmONC health facility assessment was conducted to identified existing gaps. 
• As part of the efforts to bridge the identified gaps in healthcare workers competencies, Jhpiego, in collaboration with the FCT, Ebonyi and Kebbi State Governments, through funding from USG in Nigeria, provides technical assistance to GoN to bridge the capacities of doctors, nurses, midwives, anaesthetic nurses, laboratory scientists/assistants inselected health facilities inthethree states.

Purpose of the CEmONC interventions

• This intervention aims to bridge existing gaps in the identified competencies of healthcare workers to provide quality CEmONC services during the recently concluded CEmONC health facility assessment in at least one CEmONC public facility per LGA in the selected states to
• improve quality services for women during pregnancy, labour, childbirth and postnatal period.

Specific Objectives:

• By the end of each 2-day safe obstetric anaesthesia training session, learners will demonstrate competency at a minimum standard in the following areas:
• Evidence-based management of anaesthesia and analgesia for planned/emergency Caesareans and emergency Caesarean hysterectomies, including pre-operative assessment, planning and care, anaesthesia management and monitoring during surgery and post-operative care
• Evidence-based management of anaesthesia for women with specific obstetric complications including pre-eclampsia/eclampsia and severe obstetric haemorrhage.
• Appropriate use of Lignocaine and Ketamine in obstetric analgesia and anaesthesia resp.

Appropriate technique forthefollowing clinical procedures:

• High and total spinal anaesthesia.
• Difficult airway management, including failed intubation.
• Maternal life support.
• Use of Lignocaine with or without adrenaline in obstetrics.
• Preparation of lignocaine.
• Prevention of complications.
• Diagnosis of lignocaine allergy and toxicity.
• Management of lignocaine allergy.
• Management of lignocaine toxicity.

General principles of analgesia and anesthesia in obstetrics, including:

• Team-based pre-operative assessment and care.
• Anesthesia management and monitoring during surgery and postoperative care.

Anaesthetic considerations in special obstetrics conditions:

• Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia
• Major obstetrics haemorrhage.
• High and total spinal anaesthesia.
• Difficult airway management, including failed intubation.
• Maternal life support.

Responsibilities
In collaboration with Jhpiego staff:

• Each consultant willparticipate inaonedayvirtualskills standardization andpretraining planning workshop tobeorganize by Jhpiego.
• Conduct an on-site capacity building of an average of 8 healthcare care workers, which would include doctors, nurses (including peri-ops and anaesthetic nurses) and midwives.
• Conduct follow up mentoring of the trained healthcare workers to strengthen their confidence and competence in using the newly acquired knowledge and skills.
• Conduct pre- and post-test assessment for each of the modules of the training package.
• Compile and submit acomprehensive report of thetraining within 5 working days after completion of the training.
• Participate in a one day post-training debrief meeting with key stakeholders in the state.

Required Qualifications

• Registered and practicing anaesthesiologist with at least 5 years post-qualification working experience.
• Evidence of previous and ongoing work experience providing anaesthesia services for obstetric conditions in afacility delivering CEmONC services.
• Evidence of previous experience conducting training on anaesthesia component of CEmONC or a similar training especially within the last 24 months or current/recent faculty member/trainer in anobstetric and/or anaesthesiology residency or nurse anaesthetist training program
• Evidence ofhaving up-to-date annual practicing license with Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
• Evidence of strong coaching, mentoring and facilitation skills
• Evidence of strong analytical and communication skills.
• Travel: Ability to travel -70%, particularly to Facilities in the work location.
• Evidence ofhaving up-to-date annual practicing license with Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria.
• Evidence of strong coaching, mentoring and facilitation skills.
• Evidence of strong analytical and communication skills.