Job Title: State Project Manager
Locations: Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Lagos, Yobe
Department: Management
Length of Contract: 5 years
Role type: National
Grade: 10
Travel involved: In-country travel (35%)
Reporting to: Project Manager
Slots: 6 Openings
Country and Project Background
- Malaria is highly endemic in Nigeria and it remains one of the leading causes of childhood and maternal morbidity and mortality in the country. Nigeria is deeply committed to making progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and it recognizes the fact that, without firm efforts to control malaria, achievement of the targets related to child mortality, maternal mortality, and reducing the burden of communicable disease will not be possible. Malaria therefore constitutes a significant development challenge for Nigeria.
- Interventions for reducing malaria burden in the country are documented in the national malaria strategic plan with Government taking the lead in its implementation with the support of all the RBM partners.
- The DFID funded and Malaria Consortium led malaria programme, SUNMAP, provided technical assistance and other support to the Nigeria National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) covering the period 2008 to 2016.
- The anticipated follow on project, SUNMAP2 has been designed to strengthen the management and technical capacity of NMEP, State Malaria Elimination Programme (SMEP) and their stakeholders to drive the implementation of the National Malaria Strategic Plan, 2014 to 2020 and achieve its ambitious targets.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential:
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- Master’s Degree in Public Health, Epidemiology, International Development or related discipline
- Mid-level management experience on large-sized health projects in Nigeria
- Over 5 years working experience in development projects
- At least 2 years of those spent in projects based in the state and managing teams of 5 or more personnel
- Experience managing at least one project for an external government client
- Experience working with performance-based contracts
- Experience in project and financial management with a proven track record of timely submission of high-quality project deliverables
Desirable:
- Experience managing donor grants or contracts such as DFID, GFATM or USAID / PMI
- Experience working on maternal and child health programmes, including community health delivery
- Familiar with the Nigeria health system
Work-based Skills
Essential:
- Strategic thinking
- Ability to manage and inspire high performing teams
- Excellent programme management skills, with proven ability to implement high-quality projects on time and within budget
- Resource mobilisation skills including an understanding of state and national public health and malaria networks
- Strong negotiation skills, particularly in engaging government health officials at all levels
- Good influencing and persuasion skills and ability to remain compliant with organisational and donor policies
- Ability to manage and prioritize high workload and multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Excellent English language skills, both spoken and written
- Capable of establishing strong working relationships with colleagues from different functions and cultures
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Deadline | 31st August, 2020. |