Jobs at MSH Nigeria

Job Summary

• The MSH Nigeria Managing Director will play a pivotal role in deepening and expanding MSH’s influence in Nigeria.
• In the role of Managing Director, she/he will oversee the operations of MSH Nigeria, LTD/GTE  (“MSH Nigeria”) with direction from and under the supervision (direct or indirect) of the MSH Nigeria Board of Directors (on which Board the Managing Director also sits) and the MSH, Inc, Chief Operating Officer (COO), and in accordance with applicable Nigerian laws and regulations, donor rules, and applicable MSH, Inc. policies, including without limitation laws, rules and policies relating to MSH Nigeria, operations. 
• The MD is at the forefront of MSH Nigeria business development initiatives, enhancing our visibility within the country through the cultivation of relationships, and supporting the expansion and sustainability of the MSH platform in Nigeria.
• The MD will spearhead the development and implementation of a strategic business plan tailored for Nigeria to position MSH as a pivotal player in enhancing health system capabilities and achieving universal health care across the country.
• The MD will oversee MSH Nigeria project implementation in Nigeria, ensuring that projects and their teams achieve objectives, within budget, and in strict adherence to contractual and MSH policy requirements.
• Collaborating closely with Global teams across MSH, the MD will champion technical excellence, ensuring all initiatives reflect MSH's high standards, core values, and mission.
• As the ambassador and advocate for Nigeria's initiatives within MSH worldwide, the MD will unify and harmonize MSH Nigeria's diverse projects and teams within Nigeria, fostering knowledge sharing within Nigeria and with MSH globally.

Main Duties and Responsibilities
MSH Nigeria LTD/GTE Leadership and Management – 25%:

• Represents Management Sciences for Health in all legal matters at the country level and ensures that MSH Nigeria's operations are aligned with local laws and regulations.
• Serves on the Board of Directors and supports the fulfillment of corporate governance functions, as required by local law and MSH Nigeria governance documents.
• Leads organizational development for MSH Nigeria with a focus on expanding and institutionalizing shared services, project implementation, and business development structures. 
• Leads the development and implementation of a strategic business plan for MSH Nigeria, in collaboration with the Board of Directors and MSH, Inc. leadership
• Supports the implementation of a talent management framework that fosters a positive work culture and promote teamwork, collaboration, and professional development and facilitates performance management across the MSH Nigeria team.
• Manages intercompany agreements with MSH, Inc. for project implementation and global services.
• Facilitates internal coordination and linkages required to achieve technical and administrative management objectives at the country and global levels.
  • Develops and manages platforms for ensuring knowledge exchange across projects and with MSH, Inc.
  • Manages a Country Leadership Forum, comprised of senior leaders from projects and across MSH Nigeria functional units.
  • Supports the development and dissemination of communication products to increase internal branding in country.
  • Coordinates MSH, Inc. Leadership Team or Board visits to the country in coordination with the MSH, Inc. Global office.
• Responsible for monitoring country employee engagement scores and implementing strategies for improving scores in coordination with project leaders, HR, and other relevant personnel.

Operations and Financial Oversight (15%):

• Oversee the development and management of MSH Nigeria’s short and long term financial planning, including corporate and project budgets, financial forecasts, and cost control measures, including supervision of the MSH Nigeria Sr. Director of Finance and Operations.
• Oversee internal controls and internal and external financial systems, services, and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations, regulatory requirements, accounting standards, reporting requirements, and ethical standards.
• Monitor financial performance, identify areas for improvement, and implement corrective actions when necessary.
• Oversee and ensure effective risk management processes, including the identification of risks and development of related risk mitigation strategies, in accordance with MSH’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework. 

Program/Business Development & Client Relationship Management - 30%:

• Maintains and builds strong relationships with a wide range of clients (donors, host country government, local partners, etc.), and proactively develops and delivers upon a robust pipeline of new program opportunities to grow the country platform and scale MSH's impact.
  • Identifies opportunities that could lead to new business or ensure continuation of program activities.
• Leads strategies and contributes to production of winning proposals:
  • Drafts and reviews proposals in coordination with MSH, Inc. to ensure better demonstration and understanding of MSH’s country context.
  • Leads coordination with the MSH Nigeria Project Directors and other country staff to leverage their participation and contributions on bids or proposals.
• Manages client and other engagement, identifying opportunities to bring them to better understand MSH Nigeria:
  • Develops and strengthens current networks and relationships with government officials and other key clients.
  • Proactively identifies and establishes new relationships with key local clients and other stakeholders in the country, including government ministries, private sector companies, business associations, philanthropic organizations, and civil society to increase visibility of MSH branding, practices, and technical approaches and foster new partnership, business development,  and fundraising opportunities.
  • Plans for and monitors internal actions related to client and other stakeholder communications and ensures timely follow-up communication.
• Develops and implements a strategic communication plan to promote MSH’s leadership in the health sector, increase the visibility of our projects and establish MSH's brand in the health sector in Nigeria. Represents MSH Nigeria in public events or conferences, when needed.

Program Delivery and Performance Oversight – 30%

• Provides strategic leadership and management oversight to MSH Nigeria Project Directors and project teams team to deliver high-quality results within budget and in accordance with MSH’s Project Program and Planning tools and frameworks, Quality Management System, and Standards of Implementation Excellence. Ensures that project start-ups and closeouts are implemented efficiently, timely, and effectively following MSH’s start-up and close-out requirements.
• Guides Project Directors to manage client relationships in accordance with MSH’s Client Relationship Management Framework.
  • Establishes regular communication and relationships with clients to ensure MSH responsiveness to donor needs and requests.
  • Provides guidance and support to Project Directors as they partner with donors and other clients for preparation and execution of external evaluations and audits.
• Ensures that Project Directors and full project teams are aware of and comply with all donor regulations, local laws, and any other relevant requirements.
  • Provides oversight to Project Directors for contractual compliance.
  • Ensures Project Directors delivers timely and high-quality technical, financial, contractual, and other deliverables, including: the annual work plan, budget, Performance Monitoring Plan, progress reports, Environmental Mitigation Plan and reports, and ad hoc reports.
• Ensures Project Directors and the full project teams are aware of and comply with all relevant MSH, Inc. and MSH Nigeria policies, procedures, and personnel standards (technical, legal, contractual, financial, business ethics, quality management, etc.).
  • Oversees and ensures that compliant management and operations systems are in place to effectively support the project’s technical activities and safeguard MSH.
  • Supports Project Directors in the preparation and execution of internal audits and ensures timely resolution of issues identified.
  • Promotes and oversees MSH’s practices across projects to ensure alignment with MSH’s global policies and procedures in Finance, HR, Operations, Ethics & Compliance, Security, Quality Management, including sub-award monitoring and mitigation, strategic communications, portfolio reviews, technical performance reviews, project start-up and close-out, data quality, research, learning.
• Promotes knowledge exchange and lessons learned by working with country and global project teams, Program Planning and Management staff, MERL-Tech staff, and Global Health Innovation technical support teams and Technical Strategy Partners, and others as appropriate to identify and document challenges, solutions, innovations, best practices, and lessons learned.
• Works with Project Directors to develop clear Performance Objectives and Professional Development Goals and actively monitor and discuss these objectives throughout the year and evaluate their attainment during the annual Performance Review.
• Coaches Project Directors on issues pertaining to financial and risk management, client relationship management, staff management, program design, and annual work planning and communications.
• Guides the Project Directors to prioritize data analysis and use of data for decision-making and adaptive project management.

Requirements
Required Education:

• Advanced Degree in Public Health, Business Administration, or related areas.

Required Experience:

• Minimum of 15 years of experience in public health, including extensive knowledge of technical public health implementation, and experience managing health systems projects.
• Demonstrated experience fundraising, working with donor organizations, and representing an organization at a senior level.
• Established network of personal and institutional relationships in public health in Nigeria
• Demonstrated experience in influencing, negotiating, and managing relationships with high-level leaders and partners.
• Experience managing large contracts and budgets funded by donors such as USAID, UN, World Bank, etc., particularly in the health sector, is highly desirable.
• Experience in the private or public sector with business acumen.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to influence, motivate, and work constructively with senior technical leaders and lead without line authority.
• Excellent written and spoken English skills, including report writing skills.
• Strong operational background with experience developing and managing budgets, reporting and revising budgets.
• A good understanding of Microsoft Office Suite products, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint, is required. Knowledge of Salesforce is preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Nigeria's Public Health Systems and Organizations is preferred and desirable.  

Competencies:

• Leadership qualities such as global experience, ability to work in a global work environment, judgment, and confidence.
• Ability to grow, manage, leverage, and sustain a high performing team.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, flexibility, ingenuity, resilience, and commitment to thrive in an entrepreneurial environment.
• Exceptional communication skills, particularly at all levels and for all audiences.
• Proven ability to influence, negotiate, and manage relationships with high-level leaders and partners.
• Demonstrates MSH’s Values.
• Knowledge and commitment to public health practices.

Physical Demands:

• Work is performed in an office environment and requires the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards.

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Overview

• The objective of the SCMS specialist position is to provide technical leadership that will ensure the reliable availability of diagnostics ( RDT), Anti-malarial, Insecticides Treated Nets (ITN), and other public health commodities, care and support as well as other consumables at designated health facilities in each focus state supported by the Global fund project, in close coordination with the supply chain management systems Senior Technical Manager Supply Chain Management.
• Build and strengthen the capacities of both LGAs and State Logistics Management Coordinating Unit (LMCUs), and support same to facilitate and improve data collection, validation and timely reporting.

Responsibilities

• Spearheading the strategic design and implementation of all SCMS activities implemented under the GF project in the designated focus state
• Member of the state project management team that is responsible for overall project implementation and performance at the field level.
• Provide technical assistance (TA) to a multi-disciplinary team of service providers (doctors/nurses/pharmacists/laboratory scientists) to streamline the process for requesting malaria commodities/medical supplies by the partner health facilities and order same from state medical stores.
• Provide TA to the state and LGA LMCUs to validate, collate, and upload malaria health products LMIS data onto the NHLMIS platform and generate LMD plans on a bimonthly basis.
• Work closely with MEBS to ensure tracking of commodities distribution from the central medical warehouse to facilities and provide feedback to the central office.
• Provide TA to a multi-disciplinary team of service providers (doctors/nurses/pharmacists/laboratory scientists) to ensure the institutionalization of an efficient and effective inventory management system at designated partner health facilities and the State central medical warehouse
• Guide a multi-disciplinary team of service providers (doctors/nurses/pharmacists/laboratory scientists) on Adverse Drug Reaction (ADRs) real-time monitoring, documentation and reporting (monthly and quarterly)
• Support LMCUs (State and LGAs) in presenting at TWG meetings, ADRs reported and State Stock status report from facilities.
• Work closely with LCMUs (state and LGAs) to ensure that malaria commodities in the medical warehouse have appropriate accountability through real-time documentation of all transactions.
• Report monthly/bi-monthly state medical warehouse and facility-level stock position
• Working closely with the Technical Director, PSM to coach and mentor service providers and state government partners to strengthen the SCMS capacity at the state level and in each partner health facilities.
• Utilizing adapted tools, build the capacity of relevant health facility staff (doctors/nurses/pharmacists/laboratory scientists) on forecasting, inventory management and reporting.
• Working closely with the Technical Director PSM, provide TA to the state logistics technical working group (TWG)/ LMCUs to ensure the implementation of a harmonized logistic management system and framework
• Provide TA to the state government and partner health facilities to ensure the effective reverse logistics and safe disposal of expiries across the supported sites in the state, in line with national and global fund waste drive policy.
• Liaise and network with relevant GF SRs partners, state government and collaborators to improve MSH’s visibility, coordination of activities and promotion of shared advocacy agenda for SCMS at the state level.
• Participate at state-level PSM Technical working group (TWG) meetings hosted by same or other international agencies as required.
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned by the supervisor (Technical Director PSM)

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Pharmacy Degree or Doctor of Pharmacy Degree. A post-graduate degree in public health or an MBA is an advantage
• Minimum of 5 years’ field-level experience with Malarial programs and public health commodities supported by bilateral agencies such as GF, USAID/CDC, and other funders particularly those related to supply chain management both at the facilities and state level.
• A thorough understanding of state-level supply chain operations particularly the LMCU functions
• Have an excellent grasp of SCMS issues and current literature on SCMS in a developing country context.
• Strong numeric skills and attention to detail and quality
• Ability to work in a team-oriented environment while maintaining an individual workload
• Logical and flexible approach to solving problems, especially when working under pressure Monitoring/assessing performance to make improvements or take corrective action
• Applicants should attach their most recent license to practice as a Pharmacist to their resume.
• Working knowledge of health commodities SCM at health facilities and state level. Ability to demonstrate skills in components of Pharmaceutical Care
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and fluency in English Excellent organizational skills
• Must be registered with the relevant professional body-Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN)
• Have an excellent grasp of SCMS issues and current literature on SCMS in a developing country context Have an excellent understanding of comprehensive malarial programming, including program design, implementation and evaluation
• Strong working competency in computer applications to carry out management and data analysis as maybe required
• Must possess the ability to work independently with strong problem-solving skills and ability to foresee problems and initiate appropriate action.

Application Closing Date
26th October, 2025.