Jhpiego( affiliate of Johns Hopkins University) - In collaboration with UNITAIDS, Jhpiego will be implementing a Malaria-in-Pregnancy (MIP) project.
The project will operate over a five-year period. Jhpiego hereby invites applications from highly resourceful, experienced and dynamic professionals for the position below:
POSITION : Program Assistant
Responsibilities
- The Program Assistant will manage day-to-day office operations for an upcoming UNITAID project to expand access to preventive chemotherapy for pregnant women in Nigeria.
- This project aims to scale up an innovative, community-based approach to expand coverage of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (lPTp), with quality assured sulphadoxine pyrimethamine (SP), for pregnant women.
- The successful candidate will organize schedules and provide key logistical support for project team members’ travel to project sites. S/he will facilitate distribution of project materials to project sites.
Additional Information
All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities are expected to:
- Model the mission and values stated above
- Participate in the business development processes
- Contribute to the knowledge sharing and transfer process
- Make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability
- Participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for action items assigned nd provide feedback as needed
- Multitask, be able to manage competing priorities and be able to prioritize in order to meet program and/or organizational objectives
Qualifications
- Bachelors’ Degree in International Public Health, Business Administration or related field or equivalent experience.
- Experience in coordinating international donor financed projects.
- Familiarity with international donor policies and administrative procedures.
- 2-3 years’ of relevant experience in administrative support of international health projects.
- Ability to track expenses keep accurate financial records and work within donor budgets.
- Proficiency in writing and editing letters, reports, and documents.
- Strong decision making and results oriented approach.
- Ability to interact skilfully and diplomatically with numerous counterparts such as networks of senior level international health professionals, donors, universities and other partners.
- Familiarity with Nigeria government regulations including immigration, importation, and customs.
- Experience and understanding of malaria prevention, care and treatment.
- Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple projects/tasks, short deadlines,
- Excellent facilitation, oral and written communications skills in English.
- Ability to travel nationally.
Remuneration
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.
How to Apply
Candidates should submit an application letter and a CV to: ng-recruitment@jhpiego.org
The title/subject of the email and application should be the position applied for.
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