Vacancy at Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH)

About the Job

Each States Program Officer will principally be responsible for supporting project implementation through oversight to OVC CBOs and Support Groups in the four states.

Responsibilities: The Program Officers would be responsible for:

• Providing up to date information relating to current and emerging issues in OVC and HBC projects
• Developing innovative strategies to strengthen the effectiveness and quality of service provision in their areas of assigned responsibility
• Proactively and efficiently managing the implementation of the project activities within their states of assignment
• Participating in development, management and review of program activities of CBOs & SGs
• Ensuring data quality and transmission to the next level
• Liaise with other GF and state partners in states of implementation
• Monitoring and evaluating progress of initiatives in areas of responsibility.
• Undertaking periodic visits to program sites within the selected Local Government Areas and Wards in their states.
• Conducting advocacy to different stakeholders in the state
• Mentor and Support CBOs staff on organisation, financial and Monitoring & Evaluation.
• Engage in other duties as may be assigned by the project coordinator

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in a health-related discipline, or the social sciences with 2 - 3 years post-qualification experience in a non-governmental organisation
• Good communication and community mobilisation skills
• Resident in the states that they are applying to working in
• Ready to and capable of working both independently and as part of a team
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and exercise of sound judgment and flexibility to achieve agreed outcomes
• Ability to communicate fluently in English and the local dialect(s) of the states and localities they would be working in.
• Ability to use Microsoft Words, Excel and Power-point packages