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FHI 360 Job in Nigeria for a Project Director, Alive & Thrive
FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to
improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven
solutions. Our staff includes experts in health, education,
nutrition,
environment, economic development, civil society, gender, youth,
research and technology — creating a unique mix of capabilities to
address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more
than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories. We are currently
seeking qualified candidates for the position of:
Job Title: Project Director, Alive & Thrive Nigeria
Description
Alive
& Thrive is an initiative to save lives, prevent illness, and
ensure healthy growth and development. Good nutrition in the first 1,000
days, from conception to two years of age, is critical to enable all
children to lead healthier and more productive lives. Alive & Thrive
is scaling up improved infant and young child feeding and maternal
nutrition through large-scale programs in several countries in Asia and
Africa and through strategic technical support and the dissemination of
innovations, tools, and lessons worldwide. Alive & Thrive is funded
by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the governments of Canada
and Ireland. The initiative is managed by FHI 360.
A&T/Nigeria Program Duration
October 2015 to November 30, 2019
A&T/Nigeria Program Summary
The
Nigeria A&T IYCF social and behavior change program focuses on
improving rates of early initiation of breastfeeding, exclusive
breastfeeding, timely introduction of complementary feeding, and minimum
dietary diversity for infants over 6 months old. A&T will work
across the public, commercial/private, and NGO sectors to improve IYCF
through A&T’s four components: advocacy, interpersonal communication
and community mobilization, mass communication, strategic use of data.
At the national level, A&T will predominantly work with its public,
private/commercial, and NGO sector partners (Scaling Up Nutrition and
other national IYCF initiatives) to improve the implementation,
monitoring, and enforcement of key IYCF policies (Code of Marketing of
Breastmilk Substitutes; maternity leave; work place support;
breastfeeding-friendly health care and delivery facilities). A&T
will also work in two states—Lagos (metropolitan) and Kaduna (urban and
rural)—to apply the four components to reach households, communities,
and facilities with targeted, age-appropriate social and behavior change
communication (SBCC) messaging on IYCF practices.
- Specifically
in metropolitan Lagos, the Nigeria program (as an example only) might
work with the State Primary Health Care Board, proprietary and patent
medicine vendors, licensed traditional birth attendants, major public
and private maternity centers, social franchise-oriented private
organizations, faith- and community-based organizations, and related
on-going USAID (SPRING) and UNICEF projects to improve advocacy;
interpersonal behavior change communication (counseling), and
mobilization efforts to reach pregnant women and new mothers; and use
mass communication (through broadcast, Nollywood, mobile phone, and
signage) to further extend the reach of IYCF messages, provide follow-up
counseling, and improve the social norm around IYCF practices.
- In
rural and urban Kaduna, the Nigeria program (as an example only) might
work with the State Ministry of Health, the Federation of Muslim Women
Associations of Nigeria, the Market Women Association, and related
health initiatives by USAID (SPRING), Clinton Health Access Initiative,
and the Bill and Melinda Gates Primary Health Care initiative to improve
advocacy, interpersonal behavior change communication and mobilization;
and use mass communication (through broadcast, Kallywood, and mobile
phones) to improve the social norm for IYCF among stakeholders and
health care providers.
At both the national level and in
the two states, while the emphasis will be to build the capacity of the
public sector to improve IYCF practices, the involvement and resources
from the private and commercial sectors will be pursued to advance IYCF
policies, expand the promotion of positive social norms, and extend
timed and age-appropriate behavior change messaging through private and
commercial facilities to households and communities. Formative research
will be conducted to further understand target populations and audiences
(stakeholders, providers, beneficiaries), and monitoring systems will
be established to ensure that program inputs, outputs, and outcomes are
tracked and fed back into improving the program.
The Project Director, A&T/Nigeria Is Based In Abuja, Nigeria. This Position Has a Three-fold Purpose
- Providing
highest level strategic infant and young child feeding (IYCF) technical
and program vision and leadership to the Government of Nigeria,
specifically the FMOH; international donors, agencies, and projects;
private/commercial and NGO representatives and projects; and other
partners and stakeholders to help in the design, implementation,
monitoring, and improvement of IYCF social and behavior change
communication strategies, approaches, and intervention designs towards
the improvement of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices.
- Directing
and overseeing A&T Nigeria’s senior technical and program staff and
partner and subcontract activities at the federal level in Abuja, and
in metropolitan Lagos, and rural and urban Kaduna state. Includes
providing technical assistance and training in IYCF-related policy and
advocacy; interpersonal social and behavior change communication and
community mobilization; mass communication; and strategic collection and
use of data; and to provide timely and effective collection, use, and
report-out/documentation of qualitative and quantitative monitoring data
from project activities.
- Directing and overseeing the
compliance of A&T Nigeria management of administrative, financial,
operational, procurement, and logistical support services and reporting.
Technical And Program Development, Implementation, And Monitoring
- Collaborates
closely with and serves as technical specialist to GON, SUN,
international NGO and donor initiatives, and various coordinating bodies
and technical working groups at the federal and state level to develop
and implement IYCF SBCC programs that utilize advocacy, interpersonal
communication (social and behavior change communication) and community
mobilization, mass communication, and strategic use of data and involve
public, private/commercial, and NGO sectors to improve coverage, reach
and impact of IYCF practices.
- Maintains productive partnerships
with national and state-level stakeholders in the government,
private/commercial and NGO organizations and projects, and international
and local donors to ensure A&T’s policy advocacy, interpersonal
social and behavior change communication and social mobilization, mass
communications, and strategic collection and use of data is advocated
for, accepted, and sustained
- Serves as a technical expert for at least one of the four A&T program components and in the context of SBCC approaches
- Acts as a spokesperson on behalf of the project at national and international technical meetings
- Oversees the preparation and ensures quality of all project reports and deliverables
- Troubleshoots to prevent and resolve potential problems
- Provides
in-country technical input, leadership, and coordination for the design
and implementation of all program components at the national level, in
metropolitan Lagos, and in rural and urban Kaduna state.
- Provides
leadership to and oversight of the application of A&T’s approaches,
messages, materials, and tools to SBCC capacity building under the
context of the Nigeria National Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition
(2014-2019) and state mandates, and across public, private/commercial
and NGO sectors
- Provides direct-line supervision of key A&T/Nigeria technical and finance/operations staff
- Work
closely with A&T HQ and partners to provide input to related IYCF
projects to strengthening public and private/commercial sector capacity
for social and behavior change communications to increase and improve
coverage, delivery, and monitoring
- Oversee and lead the
development of annual work plans and project reports, and ensure timely
reporting and responses for information to HQ
- Actively conduct
or help facilitate major program development and implementation
activities (strategic planning, program presentations, advocacy and
policy meetings, workshops), as appropriate
- Work closely with
A&T HQ staff to leverage other international donor and private
sector resources to complement and extend project reach and resources
- Oversee
and coordinate the development and implementation of A&T supported
formative research and operations research on IYCF implementation and
program work
- Oversee and coordinate the development of a monitoring system to track progress and obtain data to refine interventions
- Provide
guidance and coordination to document and present formative,
monitoring, and evaluation results to key Nigerian and international
stakeholders, and facilitate use of the results to improve programs
- Other tasks as assigned
Management And Administration
- Oversees
office, financial, and operational management of the A&T/Nigeria
office, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, budget
monitoring, and compliance with A&T procedures in all financial,
contractual, and procurement activities.
- Oversees and works
closely with A&T Nigeria and HQ finance, operations, and program
staff to develop annual work plans and budgets; annual, quarterly and
monthly update reports; and other project deliverables from partners and
subcontractors
- Provides overall management, supervision,
guidance, and an enabling team environment for local staff
(approximately 10 technical and finance/operations staff) and
consultants.
- Reports regularly to the Project Director and other HQ staff on technical and administrative issues
- Present program results, based on MLE data, to the GON and other professional colleagues, both in country and internationally.
- Other tasks as needed
Supervisory Responsibilities
Total
office staff (local technical, financial, and administrative staff)
approximately ten. Direct supervision of 3-4 technical and
finance/operations staff expected.
Travel Requirements
Extensive travel between Abuja, Kaduna, and Lagos (40-60% travel).
Qualifications
- Master’s
degree in one of the following or related fields: Public Health, Human
Nutrition, International Health, Behavior Change Communications,
Behavioral Science, social marketing. PhD strongly preferred
Experience
- At
least 12 years of relevant public health technical capacity building
(training, TA, facilitation), program, and leadership experience
primarily in the context of an SBCC project or program.
- Demonstrated
experience and high acceptability in Nigeria of working with
government, private/commercial and NGO sectors, and with international
donors.
- 3-5 years’ experience (in the past 10 years) in a
senior technical or program management leadership/chief-of-party
equivalency in SBCC–specific program providing technical input to a
large scale nutrition or public health project involving advocacy,
interpersonal communication and mobilization, mass communication, and
strategic use of data across public, private/commercial, and NGO sectors
- Extensive knowledge of infant and young child feeding
- Extensive
field and HQ experience in designing, implementing, monitoring and
reporting on capacity building in more than one component (advocacy,
training, BCC, public/private sector) of a public health nutrition
program
- Oversight and/or design or program and/or operations research of community activities
- Familiarity with nutrition indicators especially IYCF data collection, analysis, and reporting
Skills
- Proven
leadership, mentoring, teamwork, delegation, partnering skills
(facilitating dialogue and communications across diverse sectors,
institutions, and geographic administrative levels)
- Fluency in
English, including excellent writing, oral and visual presentation
skills; training skills desirable. Fluency in Hausa, Yoruba highly
desirable.
- Ability to assess priorities and competently complete a variety of activities with a high level of accuracy and timeliness.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to initiate and implement activities with minimal oversight and supervision.
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, etc) and the Internet.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
This
job description summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither
prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry
out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to
represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to
review and revise this document at any time.
We offer competitive
compensation and an outstanding benefit package. Please click here to
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