Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University and a global leader in improving healthcare for women and families, seeks suitable candidates to fill the post of:
Chief of Party (COP), Maternal and Child Health Integrated Project (MCHIP), Nigeria
Position Overview
The COP provides overall programmatic and technical leadership and managerial oversight for the MCHIP in Nigeria. The MCHIP Nigeria project is designed to increase utilization of quality Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) services (including birth spacing) by pregnant women, mother and their newborns at selected LGAs in Selected states underserved states in Nigeria. Through effective management and collaboration with USAID, Ministry of Health (MOH), and other key stakeholders and partners, the COP leads the project team to ensure that the project achieves objectives and targets, Detailed job description available on request.
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Qualifications and Requirements
Mandatory qualifications
- Master’s degree in public health or social sciences or a related advanced degree relevant to the field of Reproductive Health/Family Planning, Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH)
- A minimum of ten years of mid-to senior-level experience in designing, implementing or managing large, complex, community-level MCNH or RH/FP projects in developing countries, especially Nigeria
- A minimum of 5 years of experience working with international healthcare donors in Nigeria
- Experience 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 Qualifications and Attributes
- Fluent in written and spoken English and any other Nigerian language; preferably Hausa
- Experience developing successful, replicable and sustainable projects in more than one state in Nigeria
- Expertise in research to practice identifying best practices and adapting them to program realities
- Solid publication and 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 partners and counterparts
- At least one year of employment with a USAID affiliated health organization in Nigeria or has had at least two years of close working with these organizations in the capacity of a 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) retirement plan; life and disability insurance; travel insurance education assistance plan and more
Method of Application
Please send a letter of application and resume to appaccess@yahoo.com on or before 6th 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 to a pre-employment background investigation.
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