MSH Recruiting Programme officers

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Program Officer (1 position)

Location: Ekiti State
The senior program officer (SPO) will assist the project’s chief of party (COP) in providing overallcoordination of interventions for the Project in the state.

The Program officer manages all activities within the state and ensures coordination and collaboration with state agencies and other implementing partners operating witbin the state,

S/he ensures integration of project activities into a single strategic approach at the State, local government, and community levels.

She/he collaborates with the Technical Advisors to ensure the appropriateness and quality of interventions.

S/he is responsible for coordinating all project activities in the state under his/her jurisdiction.

She/He will be the driving force in grantee capacity building and grants management and will work closely with the teclulical advisors to address capacity gaps within the grantees.

She/he will support the M&E Specialist with ensuring data about all project activities are collected and submitted to the head office.


S/hewill be responsible for ensuring data about all project activities are collected and submitted ensuring that NGOs in the state are mobilized to provide 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 serves as a technical liaison between the State office, and other donors and stakeholders operating in state, with zone
Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in public health, education, public administration or management or a combination of equivalent relevant experience and education.

• Minimum of 3 years experience managing and engaged in health and education projects, Reprodtlctive HealthfFamily 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/lmmul1ization, Organizational Capacity Building, Quality Assurance, integrated health education. and Behaviour Change Communication,
• 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,