MSH Recruiting 2 Nos Senior programme officers

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Senior Program Officer (2 positions)


Location: Kebbi & Imo State
The Senior Program Officer (SPO) will assist the Project’s Chief of Party (COP) in providing overall coordination of interventions tor the Project in the State.

The Senior Program Officer will manage all activities within the State and ensures coordination and collaboration with the State’s agencies and Commissioners as well as other implememing partners operating within the State.

He/she will ensure the integration of project activities into a single strategic approacb at the State, Local Government and Community Levels.

He/she will assist the COP in providing an oversight and technical direction to the State Team and collaborates with the Technical Advisor for OVC and M&E to ensure the appropriateness and quality of interventions.

He or She is responsible for coordinating all project activities in the States under his jurisdiction.


She/he will be the driving force in grantee capacity building and grants management and will work closely with the Technical Advisors to address capacity gaps within the grantees.

He/she will support the M&E specialist with ensuring data about all project activites are collected and sumitted to the head office.

S/he will be responsible for ensuring that NGOs in the state are mobilized to pwvide quality services to OVC through adherence to national standards, and other approved tools of the Federal Ministry of women Affairs and Social Development.

Along with the COP, he or she will serve as a technical liaison between the State Offices, and other donors and stakeholders operating in states.

The program officer reports to the COP
Qualifications

• Post graduate degree in public health, education, public administration or management, or a combination of equivalent rekvant experience and education.

• Minimum of 6 years experience managing and engaged in health and education projects.


Reproductive Health/Family Planning or Maternal Child Health,or integrated health projects.

• Demonstrated technical expertise in at least one of the following areas: Child Survival; Reproductive Health/Family Planning, Maternal Child Health, Child survival/Immunization, Organizational Capacity Building, Quality Assurance, integrated health education, and Behaviour Change Com.rnunication.

• Demonstrated successful experience collaborating with community, local, and State-level partners. Understanding of US Government regulations and administrative procedures.
Method of Application
Interested persons may send comprehensive resume with a brief cover letter as ONE MS word document to imsnigeria@msh.org not later than July 2, 2010. If you wish t.o be considered for a post, please specify the position for which you are applying in the subject line Note that if the underline instructions are followed application will not be considered,