Technical Specialists at The International Health Division

Employment Nigeria 03-Mar-2018 LAGOS , KANO , NGO

Abt Associates - The International Health Division is recruiting to fill the position below for a USAID sponsored project:

POSITION : Technical Specialist 10 / State Coordinator - SHOPS Plus

Description

SHOPS Plus is USAID’s flagship initiative in private sector health. The project seeks to harness the full potential of the private sector and catalyze public-private engagement to improve health outcomes in TB, family planning, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, and other health areas.

In Nigeria, SHOPS Plus will capacitate private providers to scale up tuberculosis case finding, diagnosis, treatment and reporting in Lagos and Kano States.

The State Coordinators will support implementation of a TB services expansion project that will increase availability of TB services in the private sector, improve flow of suspected TB patients into detection and treatment centers, improve the quality of private sector TB services, and strengthen health systems to foster and sustain Public Private Mix (PPM) models for TB care.

Requirements

Bachelor's (BS) or Master's (MS) Degree in Health Management, Public Health, Communications, Health Administration, or other relevant field.
Ten years (BS) or eight years (MS) of relevant work experience, especially TB or other infectious diseases.
Experience with private sector health service delivery at the provincial and/or district level.
Ability to write technical papers and reports.
Strong abilities to implement capacity building activities, training and workshops.
Computer skills in MS Windows, Excel, Word.
Ability to travel with the state approximately 50% of the time.

Minimum Qualifications:

6 years of experience and a Master's Degree OR the equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

Supervise the Program Officer in mobilizing the community to plan and attend outreach activities.
Work with TB Technical Director to implement referral system within the private sector network and to/from the public sector.
Contribute to communication, advocacy and knowledge management tasks including documentation
Contribute to the Activity Monitoring and Evaluation system.
Work closely with the TB Technical Director to implement private sector TB program in their states.
Develop a system to target and reach the beneficiary populations.
Develop and implement detailed action plans for activities.
Serve as the main liaison among communities, facilities, and local government authority (NTBCLP, etc.).
Develop and review technical resource materials (e.g., training materials, SBCC plans, strategy documents, job aids) and programming tools to support meeting project objectives.

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