Ongoing Recruitment at Partnership for Advocacy in Child and Family Health (PACFaH)

Location: Abuja
Slot: 4 

Job Description

• Under the supervision of the Program Manager, the ideal candidate will work within PACFaH teams to develop and operationalize legislative advocacy plans for the partnering NGOs targeting legislators in the project at national and state level.
• S/he will coordinate retreats, dialogue, and other forums for Legislators in focal states (Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna, Nassarawa, Niger, Lagos and Oyo).
• S/he will contribute to the development of Policy and Information Briefs for the Legislator, provide timely online communications, notices, updates, and calls to action regarding significant policy actions affecting child and family health in states.
• S/he will participate in training workshops for CSOs on Legislative Advocacy, map and track Legislators’ commitments to improving child and family health.

Description:

• Successful candidates will be engaged on a consultancy basis for a 6 month renewable period. Experts with relevant experience in confirmed positions are encouraged to take up this opportunity on secondment, sabbatical or no-paid leave for the Initial 6 month period. Duty post – Abuja with 10%-15% travel.

Requirements

• The ideal candidate will possess first degree in Political Sciences, Public Policy with Postgraduate qualifications in similar areas. For the position, a first degree in Pharmacy is a decided advantage.
• S/he must have a minimum of 2-3 years experience working with political office holders in voice and social accountability projects.
• S/he will knowledge of the legislative process and of issues affecting child and family health; ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, including public speaking and presentations and must possess a focused and disciplined work ethic, be detail oriented and comfortable working in a team-oriented environment.
• Candidates from the focal states (Bauchi, Kano, Kaduria, Nassarawa, Niger, Lagos and Oyo) are particularly encouraged to apply.

Location: Abuja
Slot: 4 

Job Description

• Under the direction of the Program Manager, the ideal candidate will work within 4 PACFaH NGOs to support and coordinate advocacy engagements of CSOs and FBOs at the state and national level.
• S/he will strengthen partnerships, facilitate the coordination of advocacy visits, meetings and engagements of civil society and faith based organization in the project’s focal states (Bauchi, Kano, Kaduna, Nassarawa, Niger, Lagos and Oyo).
• S/he will develop and operationalize strategic approaches to capacity building of CSOs as the PACFaH project enters the sustainability period.

Description:

• Successful candidates will be engaged on a consultancy basis for a 6 month renewable period. Experts with relevant experience in confirmed positions are encouraged to take up this opportunity on secondment, sabbatical or no-paid leave for the Initial 6 month period. Duty post – Abuja with 10%-15% travel.

Requirements

• The ideal candidate will have a first degree in Social Sciences, Political Sciences, Sociology, or Management Studies.
• S/he must have a minimum of 2 years experience developing training programs, building partnerships; and/or conducting pre-award assessments for indigenous CSOs and FBOs working in public health.
• Postgraduate qualifications in the social sector will be a distinct advantage.

Location: Abuja

Job Description

• The Monitoring and Evaluation Officer is responsible for developing systems for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of the project such as setting up procedures for data collection and analysis as well as creating mechanisms and formats for both internal and external M&E.
• S/he will develop and administer toots that enable the organization to measure the impact of its work. S/he will also be responsible for training staff arid partners and to work with documentation experts to ensure that M&E outputs are published and disseminated.
• S/he will ensure that all reports and related deliverables including work plans and performance monitoring plans are produced and delivered on time and are of consistently high quality.
• Oversee data collection to ensure quality and consistency and compile and disseminate information in appropriate formats as needed for project planning and progress reviews.

Description:

• Successful candidates will be engaged on a consultancy basis for a 6 month renewable period. Experts with relevant experience in confirmed positions are encouraged to take up this opportunity on secondment, sabbatical or no-paid leave for the Initial 6 month period. Duty post – Abuja with 10%-15% travel.

Requirements

• The ideal candidate will have a post-graduate degree in relevant field such as Sociology, Demography or Public health; a minimum 3 years experience designing and implementing monitoring and evaluation systems for a Muslim FBO implementing internationally funded health projects; demonstrated experience in training and capacity-building of FBOs; strong research skills, including ability to evaluate and integrate information from a variety of sources; excellent communications (spoken and written) skills, including the ability to draft variety of written reports and communications.
• This position is based in Abuja with travel to focal states.