Fresh Jobs at FHI 360

Job ID: 19108
Location: Abuja

Job Description

• The Strengthening Integrated Delivery of HIV/AIDS Services (SIDHAS) project is a five-year PEPFAR program to provide high quality HIV/AIDS services, and to build the capacity of the public and private sectors in Nigeria in order to provide these services in a sustainable manner.
• The SIDHAS project is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Job Summary / Responsibilities
Basic Function:

• The gender focal point would be expected to advocate for greater attention to gender perspectives, providing the necessary rationales and advice on approaches to support gender mainstreaming throughout FHI 360.
• S/he will be responsible for integrating gender sensitive approaches to technical assistance.
• S/he will promote high level of collaboration, communication and cooperation with government facilities and identify appropriate interventions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct robust analysis of gender constraints facing women within the target beneficiary population; recommend gender initiatives needed to meet program targets for women’s participation.
• Establish and grow relationships with FHI360s gender partners in Nigeria.
• Work with FHI 360 staff and partners to ensure that gender considerations are fully integrated into the program design and activities, including monitoring and evaluation.
• Design and implement program gender strategy, including management of women-focused special initiatives, as required.
• Design and conduct gender sensitization training for FHI 360 staff, implementation partners and beneficiaries.
• Conduct periodic program gender evaluations; recommend and implement corrections, as necessary.
• Monitor and evaluate program performance on gender-related goals and objectives and contribute content for internal and external reporting.
• Develop indicators for assessing progress with gender mainstreaming, adapted to the various types of work in various portfolios.
• Collect, analyze and disseminate on a regular basis, statistics on the representation of women in all processes and bodies established in the work of FHI 360, to provide a holistic picture of the representation of women in clinical settings.
• Develop, maintain and disseminate a resource-base of gender specialists with relevant competencies in the area of work which can be used throughout the organization as necessary.
• Improve gender equality through policy advice, networking, advocacy and teamwork, and relate them to policy makers across sectors.
• Assist teams by providing feedback in the form of actionable suggestions to ensure appropriate integration of gender principles and practices in projects, programs and analytical efforts where gender concerns are critical.
• Identify and take the lead on gender related analysis designed to lead to engagements in areas where gender related concerns have been underserved. Assist teams to improve the analysis of gender gaps and issues in key areas, and on how to find resources to fund such efforts (Gender Action Plans).
• Serve as focal point on gender issues among Development Partners and with the government.
• Improve dissemination of current and anticipated Gender related initiatives while deepening and broadening the dialogue on gender with the Government and other stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities for training and capacity building on gender for teams and partners.
• Track and report the progress on goals and targets; identify and select the gender-relevant indicators based on the policy objective.
• Ensure that information needed for appropriate gender analysis is integrated into programs, collected and analyzed correctly.
• Assist teams in designing gender-related evaluation strategies, including defining the expected outcomes and timeframe.
• Ensure engagement with civil society organizations representing the interest of women, vulnerable and marginalized groups of society.
• Advise on/prepare advocacy and communication materials to promote gender equality and human rights across FHI 360
• Improve the effectiveness and long-term sustainability of gender related interventions by ensuring that gender is analyzed and incorporated into the design and implementation of interventions.
• Provide technical assistance in gender for all program activities such as: review assessment tools, manuals, laws and other project documents; make specific recommendations and provide follow up support to ensure that gender is integrated into activities and documents.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Attributes:

• Knowledge of health and development programs in developing countries in general and Nigeria specifically.
• Experience working as or with senior government policy makers.
• Strong analytic and economic research skills.
• Excellent communications skills, written and verbal.
• Strong diplomatic skills to support effective work through implementing partners.
• Strong writing, Excel and PowerPoint presentation skills.
• Ability to understand full range of issues around gender related issues and sensitivities.
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and understanding of the social, political and ethical issues surrounding HIV infections.
• Ability to work well with others and to develop and maintain compatibility among project staff, subcontractors, consultants and recipients of assistance.
• Ability to manage tight deadlines and deliver high volumes of work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to travel within Nigeria 25% time.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree or equivalent in Development Studies, Gender Studies, Sociology, Anthropology or related discipline with 5-7 years working experience in gender integration at the national or international level.
• Expertise in gender analysis, strategic planning, and integrating gender balance into project design and management is required.
• Experience in dealing with issues of women's rights and gender mainstreaming within public institutions and/or international organizations required.
• Hands-on experience in design, monitoring and evaluation of development projects is required.
• Preferably a recognized gender expert in the field, with first-hand knowledge of gender experience working in Economic Development, Gender equality issues, Public Policy, or Social Development.

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Job ID: 19112
Location: Abuja

Job Description

• Alive & Thrive is an initiative to save lives, prevent illness, and ensure healthy growth and development through improved breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices.
• In its first five years (2009 to 2014), A&T demonstrated that innovative approaches to improving feeding practices could be delivered with impact and at scale in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Viet Nam.
• Alive & Thrive continues its work there and is supporting others to scale up nutrition by applying and adapting tested, proven approaches and tools in Burkina Faso, India, Southeast Asia, and Nigeria.
• Alive & Thrive is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the governments of Canada and Ireland.
  

Job Summary / Responsibilities
Position Summary:

• The A&T Nigeria National Partnership Advisor will work as part of the A&T Nigeria senior technical leadership team led by the Project Director.
• The National Partnership Advisor is responsible for providing linkages with new networks in the Essential newborn care and RMNCH sectors, partnerships with new consultative groups and technical working groups that exclusively deal with saving newborn lives and collaboration with neonatal health groups and stakeholders.
• The goal is to reach all states through existing or newly establish newborn care initiatives in addition to what our country team is doing with nutrition-focused entities in Nigeria.
• The geographic focus of this position will be 36 states of Nigeria, rather than the 2 states where other members of the country team will focus. A&T’s support will be viewed as rolling out one of the key components of the Nigerian Every Newborn Action Plan (FMOH, 2016).
• This position helps A&T Nigeria provide rapid and deep engagement with a new range of well-established maternal, newborn and child health initiatives, networks and institutions to reach national scale with sustainable and effective breastfeeding interventions.
• The position will also ensure that strong bonds and partnerships are established to support A&T’s inputs for the National policy as well as with other newborn health, RMNCH and breastfeeding -related programs in the public, private/commercial, and NGO sectors.

Program Summary:

• The Nigeria A&T breastfeeding and IYCF social and behavior change program focuses on improving rates of early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive breastfeeding, timely introduction of complementary feeding, and minimum dietary diversity for infants over 6 months old.
• A&T will work across the public, commercial/private, and NGO sectors to improve breastfeeding and IYCF through A&T’s four components: advocacy, interpersonal communication and community mobilization, mass communication, and strategic use of data.
• At the national level, A&T will predominantly work with a selected group of public, private/commercial, and NGO sector partners (Every Newborn Action Plan, RMNCH, UNICEF, USAID/MCSP, Scaling Up Nutrition, SOGON, PAN, NANMs and other multi-state or national entities) to improve the implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of key IYCF policies (Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes; maternity leave; work place support; breastfeeding-friendly public and private health care and delivery facilities).
• A&T will also work in two states-Lagos (metropolitan) and Kaduna (urban and rural)-to roll out the National SBCC Strategy for IYCF at state level, applying A&T’s proven four components to reach households, communities, and facilities with targeted, age-appropriate social and behavior change communication (SBCC) support and messaging on IYCF practices.
  

Essential Job Functions
Technical Leadership:

• Ensure effective engagement and collaboration with partners and stakeholders at the national level in the delivery of breastfeeding as part of the Nigeria Every Newborn Action Plan and RMNCH services, using proven A&T approaches, with a particular focus on breastfeeding support to reach mothers in all states of Nigeria.

General Roles/Responsibilities:

• Serve as a technical advisor for identifying, engaging and coordinating with well-established national institutions and programs who share a commitment to essential newborn care, saving newborn lives and protecting the health and nutrition of infants and young children through breastfeeding interventions; providing them with tools and materials developed by the A&T team and others in Nigeria and building their capacity and motivation to act.
• Support and guide the work of the A&T Nigeria Senior Leadership Team as it works with its partners to strengthen breastfeeding interventions at the national level.
• Manage A&T funded Partnerships with The Nigerian Inter-Faith Action Association (NIFAA) and Midwife and Nurses Association, and others having the capacity to reach multiple states.
• Facilitate collaboration with other implementing partners and donors like the Dangote Foundation, DFID, World Bank, UNICEF, MNCH2, etc.
• Document progress made, lessons learned, and what works in sustainably expanding the reach of breastfeeding/IYCF interventions in Nigeria.

Specific Roles/Responsibilities Includes:

• Draft A&T Nigeria’s partnership agreements, work plans, scopes of work, implementation and monitoring methods and tools in collaboration with other team members and A&T/HQ staff; ensure that partners clearly address feasible and sustainable interventions for improving breastfeeding support and service delivery across multi states and in Kaduna and Lagos, and ensure oversight and stewardship of Alive & Thrive resources at different levels for the benefit of breastfeeding and IYCF practices.
• Support A&T’s negotiations and constructive dialogue with the Government of Nigeria (GoN), implementing partners (IPs), CSOs and other breastfeeding/IYCF/RMNCH stakeholders and provide contextualized advice to management.
• Provide technical and strategic advice to the GoN, partners and stakeholders on all technical and strategic aspects in support of the GoN’s implementation of the Every Newborn Action Plan (ENAP).

Other Roles/Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the development of A&T annual work plans and project reports, and ensure timely reporting and responses for information to HQ. In collaboration with A&T Nigeria senior leadership team:
• Actively participate in, contribute to, and facilitate major A&T program development and implementation activities (strategic planning, program presentations, advocacy and policy meetings, workshops), as appropriate
• Present program results, based on program experience, M&E and evaluation data to the GoN, projects and partners, and other professional colleagues and organizations, both in country and internationally
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• MBBS/MD, Dr of Public Health, or PhD in one of the following or related fields: Human Nutrition, International Public Health, Behavior Change Communications, Behavioral Science. MSc with additional work experience equivalent to a PhD may be acceptable.
• At least 12 years of relevant experience in Nigeria required with at least 5 years in a senior technical leadership role providing technical input to a large-scale nutrition or public health project across multiple levels (and sectors). Work experience with international projects and donors also preferred.
• Established relationships and memberships in/with national health, social sector, educational, professional institutions such as NANMs, NIFAA, Every Newborn Action Plan collaborators, SOGON, PAN, well-known universities working in newborn health/MNCH/nutrition/IYCF.
• Extensive knowledge of infant and young child feeding approaches; and program experience.
• Recent senior technical and program work experience (3-5 years in the last 10 years) in Nigeria.
• Extensive public health/nutrition field experience in designing, implementing, monitoring and reporting on one or more component: policy and advocacy, interpersonal communication and community mobilization, mass communication, strategic collection and use of data, capacity building.

Skills:

• Ability to work independently, assess priorities, and manage a variety of activities while communicating, connecting, and collaborating with HQ and field office staff, subcontractors, and a broad coalition of government, NGO, and international project partners
• Strong interpersonal, supervisory, and organizational skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent writing, editorial, training, and communication skills, including strong presentation skills
• Fluency in English required; fluency in Hausa, Yoruba also very strongly preferred.
• Additional Information:
• Equipment to be used: Computers, fax machine, telephones, calculators, and/or similar devices
• Typical physical demands: Works in a typical office setting
• Working conditions including Travel: Travel from Abuja to and from different states including Lagos and Kaduna 35% time.

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Job ID: 19110
Location: Uyo, Akwa Ibom

Job Description

• The Research Officer will work closely with the HQ study manager and principal investigator and will be responsible for supporting study management, supervision and implementation of all technical and financial activities for the study within Nigeria.
• The Research Officer will ensure that all deliverables are being met on time and with quality, and will perform all the responsibilities and duties related to supporting collaboration with stakeholders and creating linkages with local partners, and, relevant ministries, local government and private agencies.

Job Summary / Responsibilities

• Provides support to study leadership and management for the Youth Power Action adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) research study in Nigeria by supporting study team administratively and technically to provide high quality deliverables;
• Ensures timely study implementation, and monitors project activities against work plans.
• Serves as the liaison with government officials, local communities, and other organizations in Nigeria;
• Coordinates local ethics committee review for research study;
• Tracks partner and sub-contractor performance against project timelines, budget, objectives, and deliverables;
• Facilitates communication by answering partner inquiries.
• Works with Study Manager and other study staff and assists with developing budgets, managing sub-contracts, project materials, and information;
• Collects, compiles and analyzes information relevant to the project;
• May provide administrative support to programs as needed by writing, reviewing, and translating  reports;
• Contributes to the development of reports, briefing papers, and presentations as necessary;
• Supervises and mentors staff and provides training on systems, policies, and regulations;
• Travels within Nigeria as needed to develop, coordinate, monitor and/or participate in activities;
• Performs other relevant duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• MSc or equivalent in public health, social sciences, management, or public administration and a minimum of 9 years of relevant experience with at least 5years in international development programs preferably in HIV/AIDS prevention and care program or adolescent health;
• Experience in HIV, or other public health, research implementation and management;
• Has completed and maintains current certification in research ethics training;
• Prior work experience in a non-governmental organization (NGO), government agency, or private organization that receives United States Government funding (e.g. USAID funding); international project or research management preferred;
• Articulate and professional and able to communicate in a clear, positive fashion with clients and staff;
• Strong program and financial management skills;
• Demonstrated ability to work successfully in a collaborative environment and as part of a team with international partners;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English;
• Competent in Microsoft Office package, particularly MS Word, Excel and Power Point;
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.