State Technical Director – Nigeria IHP- FCT 294 views

State Technical Director – Nigeria IHP- FCT

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Project Overview and Role:

The
purpose of Task Order 7 is to implement priority primary health interventions
in the FCT state to strengthen the state local area council (LAC) and ward
level health systems. The objectives of the program are a) strengthen systems
supporting primary health care (PHC) services b) improve access to PHC
services; and c) increase quality of PHC services. Strong engagement and
collaboration with state government is expected throughout the program.

Task
Order 7 will coordinate closely with other USAID activities and other
development partner programs in the state. USAID will intentionally overlay
this activity with other Mission programming to increase Government of Nigeria
(GON) resources for PHC services, increase demand for PHC services, and improve
access to essential commodities. The activity is expected to collaborate
closely with those other implementing partners and will not undertake any
activities already implemented by other USAID programs.

 Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Provide leadership and
  technical expertise in high impact reproductive, maternal, newborn, child
  health, nutrition and malaria (RMNCH+NM) services that is sound,
  evidence-based and responsive to the needs of the State and USAID.
  
• Provide advice on the
  integration of these services into established service delivery systems at
  different levels of care in the State.
  
• Collaborate with other
  stakeholders, including other IHP states to apply lessons learned,
  innovations and quality methods to ensure evidence-based practices are
  translated to improved implementation of interventions.
  
• Provide technical
  advice on the integration of RMNCH+NM into established service delivery
  systems at different levels of care
  
• Collaborate with other
  stakeholders, including other IHP states, to apply lessons learned,
  innovations, and cutting-edge quality improvement methods to translate best
  practices into improved implementation of interventions
  
• Provide technical
  leadership to the building of local capacity using proven training
  approaches and quality improvement methodologies.
  
• Provide technical
  support to key stakeholders including review of technical documents and
  provide input to relevant policies and strategies.
  
• Provide technical
  leadership in the development of primary health care strategies for the
  reduction of maternal, newborn and child morbidity and mortality.
  
• Identify evidence-based?innovative
  approaches?to strengthen health?systems strengthening interventions
  including service delivery
  
• Provide technical
  assistance to key stakeholders including review of technical documents,
  and provide input to relevant policies and strategies
  
• Provide technical
  assistance and advice on the relevant latest health developments,
  publications, and other information generation activities being undertaken
  both in Nigeria and globally
  
• Supervise Technical
  Advisors as needed.
  
• Coordinate closely
  with other USAID activities and development partner programs in the State.
  
• Contribute to and
  coordinate with the program’s monitoring and evaluation (M&E) team on
  activities to ensure that the program meets set targets in accordance with
  national and USG standards.
  
• Represent program at
  state level stakeholder meetings and technical working groups in relation
  to RMNCH+NM and related technical areas.
  

Management

• Contribute to annual
  work planning, training plans and quarterly reports and other required
  technical reports.
  
• Provide leadership on
  the timely, accurate and appropriate reporting of program activities and
  results.
  
• Advocate and ensure
  quality program implementation consistent with MOH Nigerian Guidelines,
  global best practices and USAID Nigerian Strategic Directions including
  advice on relevant latest health developments & publications.
  
• Coordinate the
  evaluation of program progress against deliverables on a quarterly basis.
  
• With the Integrated
  Primary Health Care Advisors, oversee program design, implementation,
  quality assurance and monitoring of work plan.
  
• Coordinate with the
  other members of the technical team and NGO partners to develop and
  implement feasible facility and community-based approaches.
  
• Perform other duties
  as assigned by supervisor which contribute to the achievement of program
  goals.
  
• All other duties and
  tasks as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

The State Technical
Director must be a proven leader in the field of RMNCH+NM with senior-level
management experience in public health programs. S/he must be well recognized
by the reproductive, maternal, newborn, child health, nutrition, malaria
(RMNCH+NM) community in Nigeria. The Technical Director must be intimately
familiar with the primary health care context in Nigeria and have in-country
experience with USAID programs. Additional qualifications include:

• A medical doctor,
  nurse or any other closely related health care professional;
  specialization in obstetrics and gynaecology, pediatrics or Public Health
  and other health related courses (e.g., MPH, MSC in international health,
  social sciences or other relevant degree) will be an advantage.
  
• Minimum of 10 years
  working experience in the areas of RMNCH+NM.
  
• Previous experience
  working on a USAID funded project will be an added advantage.
  
• Familiarity with the
  FMOH, SMOH, NPHCDA, or SPHCDA structures and functions
  
• Demonstrated expertise
  in working directly with host-country senior government officials and
  policy makers in health.
  
• Strong skills in
  leadership, design, implementation and monitoring of program components;
  e.g., services, training, quality improvement, advocacy and coordination.
  
• Demonstrated capacity
  to develop technical materials and providing training to improve service
  delivery, advocacy and resource mobilization for expanding RMNCH+NM.
  
• Strong verbal,
  listening, writing, and intrapersonal skills essential for effective
  coordination among several institutions and staff involved in a broad
  range of activities
  
• Strong ability to
  multi-task will be highly desirable.
  
• Fluent in English,
  (written and oral communication)
  
• Willingness to travel
  throughout Nigeria as necessary.