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As Chief of Party, you will provide leadership and overall management of the anticipated health systems strengthening project for program sustainability in Nigeria. Your leadership, management, and technical knowledge will ensure the delivery of high-quality programming and advance the position of CRS as a leading agency in the implementation and management of public health systems quality improvement, strengthening monitoring and evaluation, surveillance, and health information systems. As a senior leader, you will proactively manage security and mitigate security risks.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Lead all aspects of the development, implementation, and consolidation of the project, including sharing how the project contributes to the thought leadership of the industry. Serve as the primary point of contact to CDC-PEPFAR as well as public, private, and non-government stakeholders. 
• Ensure the project is implemented to meet donor expectations in terms of timely and quality results and budget, including strategies for phase out and sustainability. Ensure coordination between program and operations leads. Ensure the CRS program quality standards are adhered to per MEAL policy and procedures.
• Effectively manage senior programming and operations talent – including technical advisors in areas of Health Information Systems, Surveillance, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Continuous Quality Improvement. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching and mentoring. Strategically tailor individual development plans and complete performance assessments for direct reports. Oversee the development of staffing plans and the recruitment process of senior staff.
• Manage and mitigate risk through monitoring national and regional issues that may impact staff and programming. Ensure all staff understand and adhere to CRS staff safety and security policies and plans and ensure the updating of such plans. 
• Promote, uphold, and model a commitment to the efficient use of agency and donor resources. Ensure compliance with CDC-PEPFAR grant regulations, including financial tracking and oversight of partner budgets, finance, administration, and reporting to CDC-PEPFAR. Approve program expenditures, budget adjustments, and cost modification requests to donors.
• Oversee the development of communication strategies and materials, complying with donor and CRS’ branding and marketing requirements and procedures.
• Coordinate relationships with consortium partner organizations, including organizing review/planning workshops. Contribute to the coordination of the roles and activities of staff from other consortium member organizations in the implementation in line with CRS partnership principles. 
• Create and maintain proper conditions for learning. Establish a safe environment for sharing ideas, solutions, and difficulties, and the capacity to detect, analyze, and respond quickly to deficiencies. Identify performance gaps and training opportunities for CRS and partner staff and ensure the design and delivery of high-quality training and technical assistance.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrated experience in successful program management, including management of complex, high-value, multi-activity projects with complicated logistics. 
• Ability to represent and present at high levels.
• Experience in MS Office package (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio), Web Conferencing Applications, and information and budget management systems.
• Strong strategic, analytical, systems thinking, and problem-solving skills, with the capacity to see the big picture and the ability to make sound judgment and decisions.
• Strong relations management abilities. Ability to relate to people at all levels internally and externally. Strategic in how you approach each relationship.
• Team leadership abilities with diverse/multi-disciplinary teams. Coaching skills.
• Strong communications and presentation skills; able to develop tailored and persuasive messaging for varied audiences.
• Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented, and results-oriented.

Preferred Qualifications

• Recognized leader in sector as demonstrated by peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, etc.
• Experience engaging partners and strengthening partnerships. Knowledge of CRS partnership strategy a plus.

Required Languages - English

Travel - Must be willing and able to travel up to 50%. 

Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes

Basic Qualifications

• Master’s degree in international development, International Relations, or a relevant technical area. PhD preferred.
• 7 or more years’ relevant management and technical experience.
• 5 years’ experience managing donor funds, including multi-country grants.  Strong knowledge and experience in budget management.
• Experience in health program implementation – particularly health systems strengthening, health information systems, surveillance, M&E, and health service delivery quality improvement.
• Experience as a chief of party or senior expert advisor.
• 2 years of staff management experience and abilities that are conducive to a learning environment. Experience coaching senior program staff.

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Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Provide Strategic Guidance to relevant government stakeholders and partners by leading processes that support the development, reviewing, updating, and implementation of HIS policies, standards, and interoperability frameworks. Ensure alignment with national health strategies and CDC-PEPFAR priorities while promoting governance structures that support sustainability. 
• Provide technical support on areas of improvement in the design and optimization HIS platforms through advisory on architecture and enhancement of systems such as EMRs, DHIS2, and LMIS. Ensure platforms are interoperable, user-friendly, and compliant with data security and confidentiality standards. 
• Oversee Implementation and Scale-Up: Manage deployment and troubleshooting of HIS solutions at facility, district, and national levels. Optimize workflows for data entry, validation, and reporting to improve efficiency and reduce errors. 
• Build Capacity and Provide Mentorship: Develop and deliver training programs for health workers and HIS officers. Strengthen local capacity for system administration, maintenance, and effective use of HIS tools for decision-making. 
• Facilitate data quality assurance processes in government structures and health facilities and support routine reviews. Support integration of HIS data into dashboards and analytics tools to enable evidence-based program improvement. 
• Drive Innovation and Integration: Identify and pilot emerging digital health technologies, such as mobile apps and cloud-based solutions. Promote interoperability using standards like HL7 and FHIR to enhance system connectivity. 
• Coordinate Stakeholders and Represent HIS Priorities: Serve as liaison between government, donors, and implementing partners. Participate in technical working groups, document best practices, and advocate for HIS priorities in national forums. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience and skills in networking and relations with donors, peer organizations, and faith-based civil society partners. Understanding of partnership principles.
• Experience in project design and proposal development. Experience in writing content for proposals. 
• Knowledge of capacity-strengthening best practices. 
• Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), ability to portray complex data sets in easy-to-understand formats, including visualizations.
• Demonstrated ability to perform complex data analytics utilizing software such as Microsoft Excel, python, STATA, Tableau, PowerBI, and/or other analytic software
• Strong relationship management skills with ability to influence and get buy-in from people not under direct supervision and to work with individuals in diverse geographical and cultural settings
• Good strategic, analytical, problem-solving and systems thinking skills with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment
• Good technical writing skills
• Presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills.
• Proactive, resourceful and results-oriented

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in health informatics, Epidemiology, Information Technology, or related health data sciences is an advantage.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in health informatics, Public Health, Computer Science, Data science or related health data sciences required. 
• Minimum of eight years of relevant work experience with progressive responsibilities, ideally with an international NGO, with a minimum of three years’ experience managing field-based Health Information Systems.

Agency Competencies (for all CRS Staff):

• Personal Accountability – Consistently takes responsibility for one’s own actions. 
• Acts with Integrity - Consistently models values aligned with CRS Guiding Principles and mission.  Is considered honest.
• Builds and Maintains Trust - Shows consistency between words and actions.
• Collaborates with Others – Works effectively in intercultural and diverse teams.
• Open to Learn – Seeks out experiences that may change perspective or provide an opportunity to learn new things.

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Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Support strategic leadership for M&E systems improvement by collaborating with government ministries, departments, and agencies to strengthen national and sub-national M&E frameworks, guidelines, and SOPs. Ensure these initiatives align with CDC-PEPFAR requirements and national health priorities, while promoting sustainability and integration with existing health systems.
• Facilitate Design and Optimization of M&E Tools and Processes: Work with government teams to improve existing data collection tools, reporting templates, and indicator reference guides. Provide expert advice to streamline workflows for data capture and reporting, reducing duplication and increasing efficiency within established programs.
• Enhance Data Quality Assurance Mechanisms: Offer technical support to reinforce and institutionalize data quality assurance processes within government health structures, including routine DQAs and validation checks. Strengthen the capacity of health workers and partners to uphold high standards of data accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Build Capacity for M&E at All Levels: Design and deliver training, mentorship, and supportive supervision for facility, district, and national staff, complementing existing M&E principles, data management, and data use. Empower teams to effectively apply new skills within established frameworks.
• Promote Data Use for Decision-Making: Assist government partners in developing and utilizing dashboards, scorecards, and visualization tools to make existing data more actionable. Facilitate regular data review sessions and coach stakeholders in interpreting trends for program improvement and resource allocation.
• Coordinate Stakeholders and Harmonize Reporting: Support government-led efforts to engage donors and implementing partners, ensuring alignment of indicators, reporting timelines, and data systems. Represent M&E priorities in technical working groups and advocate for harmonized reporting that supports current systems.
• Monitor and Evaluate M&E System Performance: Aid government teams in tracking M&E system strengthening activities against work plans and existing indicators. Facilitate documentation of lessons learned, best practices, and innovations to encourage broader scale-up and ongoing improvement.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Experience and skills in networking and relations with donors, peer organizations, and faith-based civil society partners. Understanding of partnership principles.
• Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information and budget management systems, knowledge-sharing networks.
• Experience with program monitoring and evaluation and analysis.
• Knowledge of capacity-strengthening best practices.
• Experience in project design and proposal development. Experience in writing content for proposals.
• Strong relationship management skills with ability to influence and get buy-in from people not under direct supervision and to work with individuals in diverse geographical and cultural settings
• Good strategic, analytical, problem-solving and systems thinking skills with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment
• Good technical writing skills
• Presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills
• Proactive, resourceful and results-oriented

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in public health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Informatic or related health data sciences is an advantage.

Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Health Informatic or related health data sciences is required.
• Minimum of eight years’ relevant work experience with progressive responsibilities, ideally with an international NGO, with a minimum of three years’ experience managing field-based Monitoring and Evaluation processes.

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Through the anticipated CDC-PEPFAR health systems strengthening project, you will deliver expert guidance and hands-on support to government ministries, departments, and agencies to strengthen health systems through provision of technical advisory on Surveillance. This includes facilitating and coaching facility-based quality improvement teams, driving rapid learning cycles, supporting the development and implementation of effective measurement strategies and change packages, and fostering collaborative learning environments that advance high-quality health outcomes within Nigeria’s health sector.  

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership and expert advisory support for surveillance systems. Guide and advise on the development and implementation of national surveillance strategies, guidelines, and SOPs, ensuring these align with global standards and national priorities for disease detection and reporting.
• Provide advisory support to design and improve surveillance platforms and workflows. Recommend user-friendly, scalable solutions tailored to local needs. Advise on integrating EMRs, lab data, and other sources, ensuring interoperability and data security. Guide best practices for real-time data capture and reporting to enhance surveillance capacity.
• Strengthen Event-Based and Case-Based Surveillance. Support implementation of systems for real-time reporting of cases and events, including HIV/TB case surveillance. Develop workflows for timely notification, investigation, and response.
• Build Capacity for Surveillance at All Levels. Develop and deliver training for health workers, surveillance officers, and data managers on case reporting, outbreak detection, and response protocols. Provide mentorship and supportive supervision to ensure sustainability.
• Ensure Data Quality and Timeliness. Establish mechanisms for data validation, completeness checks, and routine audits. Promote timely reporting and integration of surveillance data into dashboards for rapid decision-making.
• Coordinate Stakeholders and Harmonize Surveillance Efforts. Engage with government, donors, and implementing partners to align surveillance indicators, reporting timelines, and data systems. Represent surveillance priorities in technical working groups and national forums.
• Monitor and Evaluate Surveillance System Performance. Track progress of surveillance strengthening activities against work plans and indicators. Document lessons learned, best practices, and innovations for scale-up and continuous improvement. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information and budget management systems, knowledge-sharing networks.
• Knowledge of technical principles and concepts in surveillance. General knowledge of other related disciplines to ensure a proper cross-sectoral approach.
• Experience in project design and proposal development. Experience in writing content for proposals.
• Knowledge of capacity-strengthening best practices.
• Experience with program monitoring and evaluation and analysis.
• Experience and skills in networking and relations with donors, peer organizations, and faith-based civil society partners. Understanding partnership principles. 
• Strong relationship management skills with ability to influence and get buy-in from people not under direct supervision and to work with individuals in diverse geographical and cultural settings
• Good strategic, analytical, problem-solving and systems thinking skills with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment
• Good technical writing skills
• Presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills
• Proactive, resourceful and results-oriented

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Informatics, Biostatistics, or related health data sciences is an advantage. 

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Informatics, Biostatistics, or related field or related health data sciences required.
• Minimum of eight to ten (8-10) relevant work experience with progressive responsibilities, ideally with an international NGO, with a minimum of 5 years of relevant field-based experience in Surveillance. 
• Knowledge of technical principles and concepts in HIV/AIDS programming and surveillance. General knowledge of other related disciplines to ensure proper cross-sectoral approach.

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Through the anticipated CDC-PEPFAR health systems strengthening project, you will deliver expert guidance and hands-on support to government ministries, departments, and agencies to strengthen health systems through continuous quality improvement (CQI) processes. This includes facilitating and coaching facility-based quality improvement teams, driving rapid learning cycles, supporting the development and implementation of effective measurement strategies and change packages, and fostering collaborative learning environments that advance high-quality health outcomes within Nigeria’s health sector.  

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Support the development and contribute to the implementation of strategies, standards, tools, and best practices for improving operational processes, whilst effectively engaging partners, donors, and governments. Help ensure a cross-sectoral approach integrating gender, protection mainstreaming, and disaster risk reduction.
• Provide advisory support to strengthen the capacity of facility-based teams by offering targeted coaching, delivering practical tools, and facilitating both on-site mentorship and supportive supervision. Through a combination of remote and on-site engagement, guide teams in strategic planning and the effective application of standards, best practices, partnership principles, and tools to ensure the delivery of high-quality services.
• Support stakeholders in lean measurement by ensuring efficient systems that track waiting time from arrival to consultation, on-time patient refills, viral load sample turnaround, stock-out days for key commodities, and missed appointment rates with return-to-care, providing coaching and actionable data for continuous quality improvement.
• Support capacity strengthening by developing learning strategies that facilitate harvesting proven changes into a local change package by documenting what worked, why, and how. Facilitate collaborative learning by organizing regular sessions across facilities to share results, troubleshoot challenges, and set aims for improvement.
• Lead rapid learning cycles by guiding teams to identify a root cause, design and test a simple change over one to two weeks in a limited setting, assess impact with run charts and feedback, and support scaling effective interventions.
• Contribute to maintaining relationships with donors, peer organizations, research, and other institutions, participate in forums in health systems strengthening to collect and share best practices, and promote CRS’ work. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information and budget management systems, knowledge-sharing networks.
• Knowledge of technical principles and concepts in continuous quality improvement. General knowledge of other related disciplines to ensure a proper cross-sectoral approach.
• Experience in project design and proposal development. Experience in writing content for proposals.
• Knowledge of capacity-strengthening best practices.
• Experience with program monitoring and evaluation and analysis.
• Experience and skills in networking and relations with donors, peer organizations, and faith-based civil society partners. Understanding of partnership principles. 
• Strong relationship management skills with ability to influence and get buy-in from people not under direct supervision and to work with individuals in diverse geographical and cultural settings
• Good strategic, analytical, problem-solving and systems thinking skills with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgment
• Good technical writing skills
• Presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills
• Proactive, resourceful and results-oriented

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Public Health, Health Services Management, or related health sciences is an advantage. 

Supervisory Responsibilities: Yes

Key Working Relationships:

Internal: Project Team and other CRS staff 

External: Donor, partners and Government of Nigeria 

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in public health, Health Services Management, or related health sciences required.
• Minimum of eight to ten relevant work experience with progressive responsibilities, ideally with an international NGO, with a minimum of five years of relevant field-based experience in continuous quality improvement. 

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Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Provide management, guidance, and technical oversight of the STaR project throughout the project cycle to ensure start-up, implementation, and close-out align with CRS quality principles and standards, donor guidelines, and industry best practices.
• As the budget holder for STaR/Nigeria, you are responsible for the overall financial management of the project. You will oversee the proper and effective use of the project's financial resources and develop strong systems for budgeting, forecasting, tracking expenditures and liquidation, financial reporting, and coordinating with local partners. Additionally, you will manage financial reporting and oversight for STaR/Nigeria.
• Oversee engineering design reviews and direct submissions of tenders for all infrastructure projects. 
• Provide technical engineering and practical construction management experience.
• Leverage skills and experience of non-infrastructure project component staff (economic revitalization, social cohesion, and local governance capacity-building) toward achieving STaR project goals. 
• Ensure CRS' active participation and/or leadership in local sectoral or multi-sectoral program coordination and security forums. Regularly share information and data with other agencies to inform collective analysis and planning. 
• Collaborate with the Head of Office, Yola, to lead local representation for CRS to the Church and state/local government in Adamawa, ensuring Church and government authorities are regularly updated on CRS work in Adamawa and that CRS activities align with local Church and host government strategies/initiatives, where possible.
• Effectively supervise and manage talent for the STaR project. Manage team dynamics and staff well-being. Provide coaching, strategically tailor individual development plans, and complete performance management for direct reports.
• Lead the development of program learning - identify opportunities for learning, research, and publications, and implement MEAL policy. Facilitate disseminating promising practices and lessons learned to contribute to the Agency and STaR project knowledge management agenda. Ensure integration of innovations and best practices.
• To enhance program quality and impact, oversee technical assistance and capacity strengthening activities for staff and partner organizations.
• Oversee the identification, assessment, and strengthening of partnerships relevant to the STaR project and the appropriate application of partnership concepts, tools, and approaches.
• Ensure timely and appropriate project expenditures align with financial plans and efficient use and stewardship of project material sources.
• Coordinate with the Head of Office, Yola, and the Security Manager to ensure adequate security management for Adamawa State, as well as close coordination with the security management team, through timely/comprehensive application of security protocols and guidance, as well as regular analysis of the local security context. 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with ability to make sound judgment and decisions and offer innovative solutions
• Strong relations management abilities. Ability to relate to people at all levels internally and externally. Strategic in how you approach each relationship.
• Good presentation and facilitation skills
• Proactive, resourceful, solutions-oriented and results-oriented

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel and Outlook
• Experience with participatory working methodologies and partnerships
• Excellent English language oral and written communication, training and facilitation skills. Fluency in Hausa and/or Kanuri language is an added advantage, as well as experience with the northern Nigerian context. 
• Proven experience in analyzing gender and applying gender-responsive methods to project implementation.
• Understanding of faith-based organizations and capacity-building in local partnerships
• Experience in staff development and partner capacity
• Understanding of KFW (or German Government) grant provisions, policies, and guidelines, including reporting requirements, will be an added advantage.

Basic Qualifications

• Graduate in the sciences with post-graduate qualifications in Civil or Structural Engineering, accredited by COREN Standards and Regulations, 
• A minimum of 10 years of work experience, including at least 3 years managing and implementing construction or community infrastructure projects for development organizations or NGOs, will be an added advantage.
• Prior experience working with recovery and resilience projects, HDP Nexus, agriculture, livelihoods, social cohesion, local governance, and peacebuilding is an added advantage.