Senior Program Officer at Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi), July 2013

Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) is a non-profit organization that promotes socio-economic development by supporting global health and economic initiatives in Nigeria. It was established as an affiliate of the Family Health International (FHI360) to sustain FHI's achievements in strengthening indigenous
organizational capacity in Nigeria. AHNi currently has its headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria. To strengthen our operations in the country, we are seeking qualified candidates for the following position;


Job Title:  The Senior Program Officer
The Senior Program Officer will discharge his/her assignment under the guidance of the AHNi Managing Director. S/He is responsible as a member of the Program Management Team, supports the Managing Director in providing oversight, coordination, monitoring and reporting of all project activities in the Country Office and assigned states as well as provide guidance and support the states and IAs in establishing sound management systems to ensure cohesive implementation of project activities.

Minimum Recruitment Standards:
• BS/BA in public health, business administration, health sciences, behavioral sciences or its recognized equivalent with 7-9 years of relevant experience with international development programs. Or MS/MA degree in public health, business administration, health sciences, behavioral sciences or its recognized equivalent with 5 - 7 years relevant experience with international development programs. Demonstrated success in multicultural environments is required.
• Extensive knowledge of health and development programming in a developing country.

Method of application:
 Please forward suitability statement (application) and resume (CV) as a single MS Word document from the date of publication to: AHNi- [email protected] 

Vacancy closes 10 days after this publication. AHNi is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Only applications sent electronically (l.e, bye-mail) with the job title and location clearly indicated as the subject of the mail will be considered and only short listed candidates will be contacted

Disclaimer: AHNi does not charge candidates a fee for a test or interview.