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Job ID: 2025-7139

Overview

• We are seeking State Coordinator to provide strategic leadership, program oversight, and stakeholder engagement for all Jhpiego-supported health programs in  Kwara and Anambra States.
• The State Coordinators will serve as the primary representative of Jhpiego in the state, ensuring high-quality implementation, coordination with government and partners, and alignment with national and state health priorities.
• Specifically, the State Coordinators will provide comprehensive leadership and strategic oversight for the implementation of Advancing Integrated Health Services Delivery, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), and Communicable Diseases, as well as other Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health activities in Kwara State, Nigeria.
• This role requires exceptional leaders who can manage complex, multi-disease programming while ensuring rights-based approaches, coordinating diverse partnerships, and delivering quality health services within Nigeria's dynamic healthcare environment.
• This role seeks candidates for both Kwara and Anambra States.

Responsibilities
Program Leadership and Management:

• Lead the planning, implementation, and coordination of all Jhpiego projects, particularly the integrated SRHR and communicable disease programs within Kwara State
• Develop and execute comprehensive state-specific work plans that address integration of SRHR interventions and communicable diseases as well as reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, adolescent health, plus nutrition (RMNCAH+N) health, family planning, HIV prevention,
• Ensure rights-based programming that promotes dignity, non-discrimination, and informed choice across all interventions
• Manage complex program budgets, and ensure activities are delivered on time, within scope, in collaboration with the finance and operations team, and in compliance with donor and Jhpiego standards, procedures 
• Supervise and mentor state-based project staff and consultants.
• Coordinate and supervise the activities of civil society organizations or community-based organizations supporting the project

Stakeholders' Partnership and Coordination:

• Serve as Jhpiego’s primary liaison with the Kwara State Ministry of Health, State Primary Health Care Development Agency, State AIDS Control Agencies (SACAs), TB/Leprosy Control Programs, SASCP, and other government entities
• Collaborate with Local Government Areas (LGAs), Primary Health Care Development Agencies, and healthcare facilities for project implementation
• Engage traditional rulers, religious leaders, and community gatekeepers to address challenges and promote integrated health service delivery
• Form strong partnerships with international and local implementing partners operating across disease areas
• Represent Jhpiego at state-level technical working groups and steering committees, coordination meetings and public health forums

Technical Program Implementation:

• Provide technical guidance to ensure evidence-based, high-impact interventions across program areas (e.g., RMNCH, TB/HIV, STI, malaria, health systems strengthening).
• Support quality improvement initiatives and capacity building of health workers and institutions
• Ensure quality delivery of comprehensive SRHR services and communicable diseases in line with set objectives
• Support healthcare worker capacity building for integrated service provision
• Promote task-sharing and task-shifting approaches to optimize human resources for health
• Strengthen referral systems between community and facility-based services

Community Engagement and Demand Generation:

• Lead comprehensive community mobilization strategies that address multiple health priorities simultaneously
• Design and implement behaviour change communication campaigns for SRHR and communicable diseases prevention
• Support community-led monitoring and feedback mechanisms
• Address stigma and discrimination related to SRHR and other communicable diseases
• Promote community ownership of integrated health programs- SRHR and communicable diseases

Data Management, M&E, and Learning:

• Establish robust monitoring systems that track outcomes across SRHR and communicable disease indicators and ensure timely submission of high-quality reports and documentation of best practices and lessons learned
• Ensure quality data collection, analysis, and reporting from all implementing sites and use for decision-making, continuous improvement and adaptive management
• Support operational research and implementation science activities
• Prepare comprehensive reports, success stories, abstracts and technical briefs for multiple stakeholders
• Promote learning exchanges and best practice documentation

Required Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in public health, Medicine, Nursing, Epidemiology, or related health field. PhD in any of the fields will be an added advantage
• Additional specialized training in SRHR, RMNCAH+N, or integrated health programming with Certification in project management, health systems strengthening, or rights-based programming is an added advantage
• Minimum 6-8 years of progressive experience in public health program management
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing large-scale, multi-million-dollar health programs and experience working on donor-funded programs (e.g., USAID, Global Fund, BMGF etc
• Proven track record working with Nigerian government health systems at state and local government levels
• Experience managing diverse teams and multiple implementing partners across different disease areas
• Fluency in English (written and verbal) – essential
• Working Knowledge of the language of the State is an asset.  Anambra (Igbo) and Kwara (Yoruba,Nupe)

Working Conditions

• Position based in the state capital with frequent travel throughout the state (up to 50% travel time), including rural and hard-to-reach communities
• Participation in evening and weekend activities for community engagement and stakeholder meetings
• Work in diverse environments including health facilities, community settings, and government offices
• Access to project vehicles, communication equipment, and security support as needed.

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Job ID: 2025-7138

Overview

• The Scaling the Optimal Use of Multiple ACTs to Prevent Antimalarial Drug Resistance (STOP-AMDR) project, led by Jhpiego and funded by Unitaid marks a pivotal step in preserving the efficacy of malaria treatments across Africa, hence, reducing malaria mortality and case incidence.
• The Project will connect research and implementation learning with market shaping efforts, steering catalytic change through the adoption of MFTs as a key strategy to mitigate or slow-down the spread of resistance to artemisinin and partner drugs. STOP-AMDR will focus on ACT diversification and facilitating supply and delivery, demand and adoption, quality and cost and affordability.
• The project will accelerate uptake in intervention sites and generate evidence to inform the country on the feasibility, acceptability of newerr ACTs.
• Six countries has been selected as demonstartion (DRC, Nigeria, Uganda, Rwanda and accelerating (Bukina Faso, Kenya) countries. Nigeria, one of the demonstration countires will conduct implementation research to assess feasibility and cost-effectiveness of MFTs.
• To this extent the project is hiring assistant project officer to provide dedicated operational and administrative support, ensuring the successful and timely execution of the newly initiated STOP-AMDR project

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of project office in Nigeria office.
• Organize schedules and support project site visits.
• Work with Admin to support travel/hotel reservations and track-related travel expenses.
• Provide administrative support to operation of project activities.
• Work within established Jhpiego systems and in accordance with local regulations.
• Draft correspondence to NGOs, MOH and other agencies as requested.
• Coordinate the procurement of office supplies, organize proper storage, maintain stock reports and monitor usage.
• Organize transport and distribution of project materials to project sites and maintain accurate stock reports.
• Report issues to the project director and troubleshooting as needed.
• Schedule and coordinate internal and external meetings, including invitations, meeting space, logistics, and refreshments. Coordinate technological needs with IT Officer.  Draft meeting notes and share with meeting participants.
• Maintain files and support the dissemination of project information among the project team.
• Schedule and support project visitors, including travel, visas, logistics, office space and meetings.
• Assist with drafting, editing and proofreading technical materials and program reports, including progress reports, activity charts, and annual reports as requested.
• Work collaboratively with project and administration and finance staff to prepare and track the progress of project and activity budgets.
• Ensure compliance with Unitaid operational policies and regulations.
• Work collaboratively with other project team members to ensure necessary project planning, resource availability and management activities function smoothly and efficiently.
• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Business Administration, Nursing / Midwifery, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Social Works.  
• 2+ years of experience in administrative support of international health projects
• Programmatic experience, experience on research identifying best practices and adapting them to project realities or related field or equivalent experience
• Experience in coordinating international donor financed projects
• Familiarity with international donor policies and administrative procedures
• Ability to track expenses, keep accurate financial records and work within donor budgets.
• Proficiency in writing and editing letters, reports, and documents
• Strong decision making and results oriented approach
• Ability to interact skillfully and diplomatically with numerous counterparts such as networks of senior level international health professionals, donors, universities and other partners
• Familiarity with Nigeria government regulations including immigration, importation, and customs.
• Experience and understanding of anti-malarial drug resistance, prevention, care and treatment
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple projects/tasks, short deadlines, competing deadlines and intense pressure to perform
• Appreciation for socio-cultural differences in countries, preferably having lived and worked in one or more low resource settings
• Ability to develop productive working relationships with counterparts in other agencies and organizations worldwide
• Ability to work effectively with diverse international teams
• Proficiency in word processing and Microsoft Office
• Fluent in written and spoken English; Fluency in English preferred
• Excellent facilitation, oral and written communications skills
• Ability to travel nationally.