Jobs in Nigeria

Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University and a global leader in improving healthcare for women and families, seeks suitable candidates for the position below:

Title:                              Deputy Country Director, Nigeria

Location:                       Abuja, Nigeria

Position reports to:       Country Director

Position Overview:

Under the general supervision of the Country Director, the Deputy Country Director will ensure that all country programs are implemented, according to plan; provide financial oversight: oversee hiring of staff to adequately meet the needs of all country programs and act on behalf of the Country Director in his/her absence. Detailed job description available on request.

Qualifications/Requirements:

Mandatory qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in health or social sciences or a related advanced degree relevant to the field of Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH), Reproductive Health/Family Planning or Infectious Diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Tuberculosis)
• A minimum of five years of mid- to senior-level experience in designing, implementing or managing large, complex, community-level MNCH or RH/FP projects in developing countries especially Africa.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience working with international healthcare donors in Nigeria
• At least three years of experience living and working in Nigeria, including supporting implementation of state-level programs
• Strong leadership and technical qualities in RH/FP and or MNCH service delivery, especially in areas of technical and clinical quality of service delivery at the community level
• Demonstrated expertise in working with USAID missions and host country senior government officials and policy makers
• Proven depth and breadth of management expertise and experience, including financial and human resources management and donor, partner and community relations
• Prior supervisory experience
• Excellent interpersonal, writing and oral presentation skills
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time

Additional qualification ant attributes:

• Fluent in written and spoken English and at least one other Nigerian language
• Experience developing successful, replicable and sustainable projects in more than one state in Nigeria
• Expertise in research to practice identifying best practice and adapting them to program realities
• Solid publication record in areas relevant to Jhpiego;s programs in Nigeria
• A team player accustomed to building team capacity delegating working teams and developing communities of learning among host country partner and counterparts
• At least one years of employment with a USAID-affiliated health organization in Nigeria or has had at least two years of closely working with these organizations in the capacity of consultant, subject matter expert, or mid-term technical advisor.

Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package including medical and dental plans; paid vacation, holidays and sick leave; personal accident insurance; 403(b) relirement plan; life and disability insurance: travel insurance; education assistance plan and more.

Please send a letter of application and resumes to appaccess@yahoo.com on or before 6^th January 2010. For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.Jhpiego.org

Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject in a pre-employment background investigation.