Program Assistant at the Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme (ECEWS)

The Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme (ECEWS) is a leading and reputable indigenous non-governmental organization that promotes access to qualitative healthcare, Education and economic strengthening opportunities for all Nigerians. With its headquarters in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State with a corporate office in Abuja, ECEWS has presence in 17 States across the South-South, South East, South West and North Central Nigeria with a strong client portfolio with the Global Fund to fight against AIDS, TB and Malaria, United States agency for international development (USAID), United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC), The United Nations office of Projects, World Bank & Federal Government of Nigeria. Since its founding in 2001, ECEWS has built a vast network of health and allied professional staff, partners and collaborators which has earned her a solid reputation among its funders and is well regarded by competitors and partners alike.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Program Assistant

Location: Delta

Job Description

• Will provide programmatic and administrative support to the state Office.
• He/she will contribute to the design, planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and reporting of facility and community-based target driven activities focused on demand creation for uptake of HIV/AIDS services and quality service provision/delivery within the state or LGAs.
• The successful candidate will ensure adequate and timely activity implementation through periodic work plan review, processing memos, fund requests, monitoring of expenditure and initiating corrective actions to mitigate financial risk to the organization and adherence to donor and organizational policies and guidelines.
• Maintain program monitoring checklists and budget tracking tools to effectively supervise deliverables and burn rate of community-based target driven activities in the implementation of high-quality HIV/AIDS services at state, cluster and LGA levels; based on approved workplan.
• Facilitate filing of accurate documentation and maintain a database of all ad-hoc staff and program implementation resources.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• B.Sc / BA in Public Health, Business Administration or Health Sciences with 2-3 years relevant experience with development programs
• Demonstrated success in multicultural environments is an advantage.
• Ability to manage tight deadlines and deliver high volumes of work with minimal supervision.

Deadline: 30th August, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send a detailed Resume and a one-page Cover Letter as one (1) MS Word document explaining suitability for the position to the Human Resources Unit through: careers@ecews.org using their full name, position of interest with prefered location as the subject of the email.

Note

• Candidates are advised to provide three professional referees with email addresses and phone numbers.
• Eligible female applicants are encouraged to apply. ECEWS has a competitive compensation package and is an equal opportunity employer (EOE)
• ECEWS does not charge candidates a fee for a test or interview. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.