Jhpiego Job Opportunity for Program Assistant

Jhpiego
is an international non-profit health organization affiliated with The
Johns Hopkins University. For 40 years and in over 150 countries,
Jhpiego has worked to prevent the needless deaths of women and their
families. Jhpiego works with health experts, governments and community
leaders to provide high-quality health care for their people. The
Jhpiego led and the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) funded Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) is
implementing the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) Nigeria
project in collaboration with other partners; Pathfinder International,
Praekelt Foundation, Johnson & Johnson, BabyCenter, and the global
office of the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action at the United Nations
Foundation. MAMA seeks to improve the health outcomes and quality of
life for mothers and infants in Nigeria through a nationally-scaled arid
locally led mobile messaging programme that delivers vital health
information to new and expectant mothers through their mobile phones.
The project will be implemented in Cross River, Ebonyi and Kogi states
with the possibility of future scale up to Bauchi and Sokoto states.
Jhpiego hereby invites applications from highly resourceful, experienced
and dynamic professionals for the vacant position of:

Job Title: Program Assistant

Location: Abuja

Overview
The Program Assistant will report to the Senior Programme Manager and
provide day-to-day support for project and office operations to ensure
smooth running of all programmatic functions of a USAID and Johnson
& Johnson-funded project that aims to improve the health outcomes
and quality of life for pregnant women, newborns, and children and their
families in Nigeria through a nationally scaled, locally led, and
universally accessible demand generation service supported by age and
stage-based mobile messaging that validates and complements the efforts
of frontline health workers.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Public Health or related field, or equivalent job experience.
• Experience in coordinating USG funded projects.
• Familiarly with international donor policies and administrative procedures.
• 2-3 years’ of experience in programmatic support of international health projects.
• Proven track record of working with a project team composed of technical experts, program, and finance staff.
• Fluency in verbal, written and interpersonal communication in language in Ebonyi or Kogi State
• Proficiency in writing and editing letters, reports, and documents.
• Strong decision making and results oriented approach.
• Ability to interact skillfully and diplomatically deal with
  numerous counterparts such as networks of senior level international
  health professionals, donors, universities and other partiers.
• Comfortable with a team approach to programming and the ability to manage several major activities simultaneously.
• Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform.

Responsibilities

• Work with F&A assistant to arrange logistics for project activities
• Provide administrative support to operation of project activities
• Draft correspondence to partners, NGOs arid other agencies as requested
• Maintain tiles and support the dissemination of project information among the project team
• Schedule and support visitors and meetings
• Assist with drafting, editing and proofreading of technical
  materials and appropriate reports of program activities and results for
  technical leads, supervisors as requested
• Work collaboratively with other project team members to ensure
  necessary project planning, resource availability and management
  activities function smoothly and efficiently

How to Apply
 
Interested candidates should submit an Application letter and a CV as one single word document to: NG-recruitment@jhpiego.org

Note:

• The title/subject of your email and application should be the position of what you have applied for.
• Only shortlisted candidates will receive an invitation for an interview.
• Please note that any successful candidate will be subject to a pm-employment background investigation.