Job Openings at Management Sciences For Health - MSH

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for all LMG-related activities and provide orientation to state teams on the implementation of the project.
• Manage the implementation of LMG technical activities at all relevant levels of the health system, ensuring that all activities are adequately implemented in a timely fashion and that they adequately address management, leadership, and governance needs at the different levels of the system, especially within the Local Government Health Authorities, States & Federal Ministries of Health to meet the expectations of partners and other stakeholders.
• Monitor LMG training and on-site capacity building activities, ensuring the development of local institutional and personal capacities needed to maintain and support the program.
• Facilitate the review of technical reports developed by other team members and/or consultants, ensuring the quality of delivered products and that reports/recommendations are appropriately disseminated among partners.
• Ensure the development of regular activity updates and their timely submission to the funder, and the development of quarterly and annual progress reports, financial reports and other reports, as required, to be submitted to MSH country office.
• Build and maintain strong working relations with key internal and external stakeholders, beneficiaries.
• Provide effective and timely responses to inquiries and concerns. Seek out new and strategic partnerships in the public and private sectors to advance program objectives and promote innovation.
• Travel regularly to the field to provide guidance and support to Project field staff (approximately 25%)
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (Masters, PhD) in public health, international development, statistics, public administration, or related field required.  
• A minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible experience is preferred.
• Over 15 years of experience in health systems management, health care financing, and health policy, strategy, program design and monitoring, and evaluation, leadership, and governance and health systems strengthening strongly preferred, particularly in developing countries.
• Expertise in PHC performance monitoring, Results Based Financing approaches.
• Extensive local knowledge of the Nigerian health sector, program design and implementation including health systems management.
• Demonstrated managerial and organizational skills in a developing country setting with flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines.
• Demonstrated strategic agility, diplomacy, conflict management, team building, written and oral communication, and negotiation skills.
• Must have proven experience supervising and mentoring technical and managerial staff for similar health projects in developing countries.
• Experience organizing and working with teams to produce high-quality deliverables.
• Previous work with international NGOs and donor funded projects in difficult settings.
• Good knowledge and experience of the health system of Nigeria.
• Professional written and oral proficiency in English is required.
• Excellent skills in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Strong oral and written communication and presentations skills in English.

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Overview

• The Driver’s job is to provide transport and Admin support services to all technical program areas. He/she is also required to drive MSH Global Fund vehicles while transporting staffs which include employees, project director, country directors/representative and VIP visitors. He/she is also responsible for overseeing vehicle maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Drive project staff to activities and meeting within and outside of Katsina State.
• Maintain accurate and up to date records relating to individual vehicle such as fuel report, movement tracker report, maintenance report and incident report.
• Conduct daily vehicle checklist and filed.
• Ensure all aspects of vehicle policy are being followed and enforced during your assignments.
• Inspect vehicle prior to travel to assure all fluids, tires, wipers, belts etc are in good working order.
• Signal any sign of need for maintenance or other problem with the vehicle to the transport and logistic associate.
• Keep vehicle health, log updated.
• Assure the security of the vehicle when outside of the office.
• Assure the safety of all passengers.
• Provide reliable and secure driving services for MSH GF Malaria (Transport staff, clients and/or packages to and from destinations)
• Submit all expense reports in a timely manner to accounting, properly completed.
• Ensure all vehicle documents/particulars are up to date.
• Ensure vehicle accessories are always completed in the vehicle.
• Ensure that the vehicle is always fueled and ready for use
• Support the operations team in office maintenance such as coordination of repairs, coordinate cleaners, receive or dispatch mails etc
• Support in store and inventory management
• Support in receiving and confirming items on delivery.
• Support operations team in processing payments
• Support in maintaining generator log and records.
• Support in organizing meetings and workshops.
• And any other administrative task assigned to you by your manager.

QUALIFICATIONS

Qualifications

• High school Certificate. University degree preferred.
• 0 - 2 years related work experience with international organizations in Nigeria.
• Sound judgment, non-aggressive driving style and good communication skills.
• Good knowledge of standard driving practices
• Good driving record.
• Ability to travel if required.
• Knowledge of Administrations support
• Mental programs for interpreting and responding to events automatically; and motivations which activate and direct safe behavior and anticipate problems
• Ability to organize and complete manual and routine tasks as assigned
• Ability to perform at an acceptable level of control skill