Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) is an indigenous non-governmental organization that promotes socio-economic development by supporting a broad range of global health interventions, education and economic initiatives in Nigeria. AHNi is an allied organization to Family Health International (FHI360) with co-existing and mutually supportive interest in advancing the collective goals of the people and communities served. AHNi currently has its headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria.
To strengthen our operations and interventions in the country, we are seeking qualified candidates for the position below:
Job Title: Technical Officer – Liaison
Location: Borno
Job Category: Fixed Term
Job Description
- Will be responsible for providing oversight, coordination, monitoring and reporting of the response project activities. S/he will coordinate implementation of planned activities with AHNi WASH and Nutrition Sector Leads.
- S/he will manage field site staff, support in project start-up and ongoing project management and administration of activities including beneficiary/community identification, refugees screening, site mapping, planning, and implementing of all sector activities, working with partners and facilitating monitoring.
- Also, s/he will coordinate implementation of planned activities with AHNi WASH and Nutrition Sector Leads, work with Nutrition and WASH sectors both in the field and Maiduguri, support tender procedures for procurement of WASH infrastructure and support the community mobilization of nutrition activities, establish and strengthen the referral pathways between the community and the facility and ensure efficient stock management of nutrition commodities and make timely requisitions of essential nutrition commodities such as therapeutic milk, and RUTF to avoid stock out.
Minimum Recruitment Standard
- BS / BA in Social Science, Public Health or related field, with a minimum of 7-9 years’ relevant experience with international development programs which includes 5 years’ experience with Health program planning and implementation at the community or state level working with public and NGO sectors.
- Or MS/MA in Social Science, Public Health or related field, MPH preferred, and a minimum of 5-7 years’ relevant experience with international development programs which includes 3 years’ experience with similar program planning and implementation at the community or state level working with public and NGO sectors.
- Experience working with a humanitarian organization is essential.
Deadline: 19th May, 2023.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Suitability Statement (Application) and Resume (CV) as a single MS Word document to: AHNi-ProgMgtJobs@ahnigeria.org using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the email.
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Note
- Only applications sent electronically (i.e., by e-mail) with the Job Title and Location clearly indicated as the subject of the mail will be considered
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
- AHNi is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- AHNi does not charge Candidates a fee for a test or interview.
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