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Job ID: 51387
Opportunity

• Abt Associates seeks a Laboratory and Supply Chain Specialist to work on a TB services expansion project in Nigeria. SHOPS Plus is USAID’s flagship initiative in private sector health.
• The project seeks to harness the full potential of the private sector and catalyze public-private engagement to improve health outcomes in TB, family planning, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, and other health areas. In Nigeria, SHOPS Plus will capacitate private providers to scale up tuberculosis case finding, diagnosis, treatment and reporting in Lagos and Kano States.
• The Laboratory and Supply Chain Specialist will support a TB services expansion project that will  increase availability of TB services in the private sector, improve flow of suspected TB patients into detection and treatment centers, improve the quality of private sector TB services, and strengthen health systems to foster and sustain Public Private Mix (PPM) models for TB care.
• He/she will report to the TB Technical Director.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead activities that strengthen the capacity of laboratory services.
• Troubleshoot network issues related to TB drug distribution and stock management within the network.
• Work closely with intermediary organizations to link network facilities with public sector sources of drugs.
• Provide assistance in reviewing technical resource materials (e.g., training materials, SBCC plans, strategy documents, job aids) and programming tools to support meeting project objectives.
• Lead special efforts to make TB drugs available, including coordinating with the Health Financing/Private Sector Specialist to address the high costs of drugs for MDR-TB.
• Contribute to communication, advocacy and knowledge management of lab management, including documentation.

Minimum Qualifications

• (8+) years of experience and a master degree OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Skills / Prerequistes:

• Advanced degree in Medicine, Laboratory Science, or related field.
• At least ten years of related work experience, including five years of relevant work experience in capacity building and training in the health sector, preferably in laboratory management, commodity logistics and supply chain.
• Experience in TB or other infectious diseases preferred.
• Ability to write technical papers and reports.
• Computer skills in MS Windows, Excel, Word.
• Ability to travel within Nigeria.

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Job ID: 53365

Opportunity

• Abt Associates seeks Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist to support a family planning project under SHOPS Plus. SHOPS Plus is USAID’s flagship initiative in private sector health.
• The project seeks to harness the full potential of the private sector and catalyze public-private engagement to improve health outcomes in TB, family planning, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, and other health areas. In Nigeria, SHOPS Plus will capacitate public and private providers to scale up family planning, especially Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARCs) in FCT and Plateau States.
• The Clinical Quality Improvement Specialist will be responsible for ensuring trained health workers are providing FP/LARC services according to quality standards. He/she will support health facilities to adhere to quality standards in the delivery of FP/LARC services.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Collaborate with relevant stakeholders at the state and facility levels to identify gaps in FP/LARC service delivery and design interventions to address the gaps.
• Work closely with the RH/FP Technical Director and M&E Director to undertake facility quality assessments and surveys
• Work with selected training sites to be prepared to support training and provide enhanced content on overcoming bias through a training style that emphasizes coaching/mentoring
• Work with ACNM and state officials to design and implement a practical, sustainable supportive supervision system and other relevant quality improvement processes for FP/LARC service delivery
• Supervise the activites of the two Quality Improvement Officers as they identify gaps in FP/LARC service delivery, design interventions to address the gaps and implement a practical, sustainable supportive supervision system
• Support the states to follow-up and monitor health workers trained on FP/LARC,  and ensure adherence to quality standards (including infection prevention and unbiased FP counselling)
• Work collaboratively with other technical staff and project partners to ensure effective and timely program coordination for implementation.
• Function as a liaison between State FP Coordinators, State Trainers, and trained providers to ensure practices remain to standards
• Work with state officials and supply chain programs to ensure health facilities have the necessary equipment and supplies to provide high quality FP/LARC services
• Provide support to private sector facilities to adhere to quality standards in the provision of FP/LARC services
• Participate in the development of strategy documents, work plans, and reports
• Contribute to the Activity Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning system

Minimum Qualifications

• (8+) years of experience and a master degree OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites:

• RN/RM, degree in Clinical Nursing/Midwifery or M.B.B.S degree. (Master’s Degree in Public Health is preferred)
• Current experience providing FP/LARC services
• 5 years adult learning training experience
• 3-5 years demonstrated knowledge and experience in designing and implementing clinical quality improvement and supportive supervision systems (specific experience with FP/LARC is desirable)
• Extensive knowledge of the Nigerian public and private health sectors
• Strong knowledge and experience of FP/LARC service delivery in resource poor settings
• Familiarity with different sociocultural and developmental issues related to RH/FP in Nigeria and the international community.
• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Excellent computer, management and organizational skills.
• A proven team player with a willingness to look at new solutions to problems related to sustaining provider behavior change and use of new skills. 
• Ability to anticipate and solve problems.
• Ability to travel within and outside the state approximately 50% of the time.

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Job ID: 53141

Job Description

• Abt Associates seeks a health professional with strong monitoring and evaluation skills to serve as Senior Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Director in Nigeria under SHOPS Plus. SHOPS Plus is USAID’s flagship initiative in private sector health.
• The project seeks to harness the full potential of the private sector and catalyze public-private engagement to improve health outcomes in family planning and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, and other health areas. In Nigeria, SHOPS Plus has several areas of focus, including tuberculosis and family planning. 
• The M&E Director will support implementation of both the TB and FP programs
• The TB program will be implemented in Lagos and Kano States and focus on increasing availability of TB services in the private sector, improve flow of suspected TB patients into detection and treatment centers, improve the quality of private sector TB services, and strengthen health systems to foster and sustain Public Private Mix models for TB care
• The FP program will be implemented in FCT and Plateau State and will support capacity-building of public and private providers to scale up family planning, especially long acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs).

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• With support from home office experts, develop the TB and FP projects’ monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) plans, which includes the following components:
  • Development of processes, procedures and systems for data collection, analysis, reporting on project results;
  • Development of a learning agenda which guides project team efforts to use monitoring data and research findings to inform evidence-based program design and implementation;
  • Development of a research plan that outlines needed formative research to inform program implementation and design.
• Lead the implementation of the TB and FP program MEL plans, by overseeing the following:
  • Collection of all data needed to report on all defined indicators (impact, output, outcome and program management indicators);
  • Regular review and adjustment of data collection processes as needed;
  • Implementation of data quality assessment (DQAs) as required or specified in the MEL plan;
  • Facilitation of staff participation in review of the project learning agendas on a quarterly basis;
  • Accurate and timely data entry into the SHOPS Plus M&E data management system, Newdea.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for research and data analysis needs for the FP and TB project teams, by leading the following tasks:
  • Synthesize findings and implications from relevant grey and published literature; analyze publicly available data to inform program implementation;
  • Synthesize research, monitoring and evaluation findings needed for quarterly and annual SHOPS Plus reports to USAID;
  • Develop SOWs and contribute to the procurement process for hiring data collection consultants and/or research firms needed to carry out M&E tasks or research studies;
  • Identify new research needs and/or pilot new approaches (in consultation with home office and TB and FP project experts);
  • Use appropriate sampling and methodological techniques to design research studies and analyze M&E data;
  • Provide day-to-day supervision of the M&E Assistant and any research firms or data collection consultants hired to assist with M&E tasks.

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites

• Master's Degree in Public Health, Demography, Statistics, Economics, or a related field
• At least 8 years of professional experience
• Demonstrated experience in the development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems for project learning and results reporting
• Experience conducting monitoring, evaluation and research tasks for TB and/or FP-related activities
• Experience in conducting qualitative and quantitative research, with demonstrated experience managing data collection teams
• Excellent organizational and planning skills, with demonstrated attention to detail
• Direct experience supporting M&E for USAID or other donor-funded health projects preferred

Minimum Qualifications:

• (10+) years of experience and a Bachelor's Degree OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Remuneration

• Abt Associates provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits.

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Job ID: 52766

Job Description

• Abt Associates seeks a health professional with strong monitoring and evaluation skills to serve as Senior Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Director in Nigeria under SHOPS Plus. SHOPS Plus is USAID’s flagship initiative in private sector health.
• The project seeks to harness the full potential of the private sector and catalyze public-private engagement to improve health outcomes in family planning and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, and other health areas. In Nigeria, SHOPS Plus has several areas of focus, including tuberculosis and family planning.
• The M&E Director will support implementation of both the TB and FP programs. The TB program will be implemented in Lagos and Kano states and focus on increasing availability of TB services in the private sector, improve flow of suspected TB patients into detection and treatment centers, improve the quality of private sector TB services, and strengthen health systems to foster and sustain Public Private Mix models for TB care.
• The FP program will be implemented in FCT and Plateau State and will support capacity-building of public and private providers to scale up family planning, especially long acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs).

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• With support from home office experts, develop the TB and FP projects’ monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) plans, which includes the following components:
  • Development of processes, procedures and systems for data collection, analysis, reporting on project results;
  • Development of a learning agenda which guides project team efforts to use monitoring data and research findings to inform evidence-based program design and implementation;
  • Development of a research plan that outlines needed formative research to inform program implementation and design.
• Lead the implementation of the TB and FP program MEL plans, by overseeing the following:
  • Collection of all data needed to report on all defined indicators (impact, output, outcome and program management indicators);
  • Regular review and adjustment of data collection processes as needed;
  • Implementation of data quality assessment (DQAs) as required or specified in the MEL plan;
  • Facilitation of staff participation in review of the project learning agendas on a quarterly basis;
  • Accurate and timely data entry into the SHOPS Plus M&E data management system, Newdea.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for research and data analysis needs for the FP and TB project teams, by leading the following tasks:
  • Synthesize findings and implications from relevant grey and published literature; analyze publically available data to inform program implementation;
  • Synthesize research, monitoring and evaluation findings needed for quarterly and annual SHOPS Plus reports to USAID;
  • Develop SOWs and contribute to the procurement process for hiring data collection consultants and/or research firms needed to carry out M&E tasks or research studies;
  • Identify new research needs and/or pilot new approaches (in consultation with home office and TB and FP project experts);
  • Use appropriate sampling and methodological techniques to design research studies and analyze M&E data;
  • Provide day-to-day supervision of the M&E Assistant and any research firms or data collection consultants hired to assist with M&E tasks.

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites

• Master's Degree in Public Health, Demography, Statistics, Economics, or a related field
• At least 8 years of professional experience
• Demonstrated experience in the development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation systems for project learning and results reporting
• Experience conducting monitoring, evaluation and research tasks for TB and/or FP-related activities
• Experience in conducting qualitative and quantitative research, with demonstrated experience managing data collection teams
• Excellent organizational and planning skills, with demonstrated attention to detail
• Direct experience supporting M&E for USAID or other donor-funded health projects preferred

Minimum Qualifications:

• (8+) years of experience and a Master's Degree OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Remuneration

• Abt Associates provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits.

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Job ID: 51253

Job Description

• Abt Associates seeks a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Advisor for a tuberculosis (TB) service expansion project in Nigeria under SHOPS Plus. SHOPS Plus is USAID’s flagship initiative in private sector health
• The project seeks to harness the full potential of the private sector and catalyze public-private engagement to improve health outcomes in TB, family planning, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, and other health areas. In Nigeria, SHOPS Plus will capacitate private providers to scale up tuberculosis case finding, diagnosis, treatment and reporting in Lagos and Kano States.
• The M&E Advisor will support implementation of a TB services expansion project that will  increase availability of TB services in the private sector, improve flow of suspected TB patients into detection and treatment centers, improve the quality of private sector TB services, and strengthen health systems to foster and sustain Public Private Mix (PPM) models for TB care.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• With support from home office experts, develop the project’s monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) plan and implement on-going project monitoring and data collection activities related to the MEL plan.
• Design and implement the project evaluation and research plan to include any needed formative research to inform activity design, research to pilot new approaches, and evaluations (process and/or impact).
• Participate in the design and implementation of data collection, analysis, reporting, and use of Management Information Systems (MIS) for project research activities.
• Guide efforts to interpret research findings and use them to inform evidence-based program design and implementation.
• Support efforts to develop an overall monitoring and evaluation framework and processes to measure, assess, and report on project results.
• Synthesize findings and implications from relevant grey and published literature; analyze publically available data (census, NFHS, Indian Readership Survey, etc) to inform program design.
• Synthesize research and monitoring and evaluation findings and communicate key findings to SHOPS Plus staff and USAID.
• Develop SOWs and contribute to the procurement process for hiring research firms, providing day-to-day oversight and supervision of hired research firms.
• Use appropriate statistical techniques for determining sample selection and analytical approaches for research studies.

Preferred Skills / Prerequisites

• Master's Degree in Public Health, Demography, Statistics, Economics, or a related field
• 6 years of professional experience
• Experience in conducting and managing qualitative and quantitative research, monitoring, and evaluation activities
• Excellent organizational and planning skills, with demonstrated attention to detail
• Direct experience supporting USAID or other donor-funded health projects preferred
• Experience conducting research for TB projects preferred

Minimum Qualifications:

• (6+) years of experience and a Master's Degree OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Remuneration

• Abt Associates provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits.

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Ref Id: 51252

Opportunity
Abt Associates seeks a Laboratory and Supply Chain Specialist to work on a TB services expansion project in Nigeria. SHOPS Plus is USAID’s flagship initiative in private sector health. The project seeks to harness the full potential of the private sector and catalyze public-private engagement to improve health outcomes in TB, family planning, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, and other health areas. In Nigeria, SHOPS Plus will capacitate private providers to scale up tuberculosis case finding, diagnosis, treatment and reporting in Lagos and Kano States.

The Laboratory and Supply Chain Specialist will support a TB services expansion project that will increase availability of TB services in the private sector, improve flow of suspected TB patients into detection and treatment centers, improve the quality of private sector TB services, and strengthen health systems to foster and sustain Public Private Mix (PPM) models for TB care.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead activities that strengthen the capacity of laboratory services.
• Troubleshoot network issues related to TB drug distribution and stock management within the network.
• Work closely with intermediary organizations to link network facilities with public sector sources of drugs.
• Provide assistance in reviewing technical resource materials (e.g., training materials, SBCC plans, strategy documents, job aids) and programming tools to support meeting project objectives.
• Lead special efforts to make TB drugs available, including coordinating with the Health Financing/Private Sector Specialist to address the high costs of drugs for MDR-TB.
• Contribute to communication, advocacy and knowledge management of lab management, including documentation.

Prerequisites/Preferred Skills 

• Advanced degree in Medicine, Laboratory Science, or related field.
• At least ten years of related work experience, including five years of relevant work experience in capacity building and training in the health sector, preferably in laboratory management, commodity logistics and supply chain.
• Experience in TB or other infectious diseases preferred.
• Ability to write technical papers and reports.
• Computer skills in MS Windows, Excel, Word.
• Ability to travel within Nigeria.

Minimum Qualifications

• (10+) years of experience and a Bachelor degree OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.