Society for Family Health (SFH) - Sales Representative, Senior Officer, Emergency Transport Scheme

Society for Family Health (SFH) is one of the leading public health Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Nigeria, implementing programmes in Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS prevention, and Maternal and Child Health.
SFH works in partnership with the Federal and State Governments of Nigeria, the British Department for International Development (DFID) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) among other International Donors.   We seek to recruit qualified persons as a result of growth in our Organization. We offer Professional opportunities for career advancement, a good working environment and competitive remuneration. We require competent candidates for the following positions.

Position: Sales Representative (2 position, one in each of the states listed)

E-mails: Owerri – sr-owerri@sfhnigeria.org     
                Abuja – sr-abuja@sfhnigeria.org

Job Profile:
This is a senior officer position reporting to the Assistant Director, Sales and Distribution or his designate. Successful candidates will be responsible for:

• Creating demand for SFH products and achieving sales targets for SFH over the counter products.
• Primarily responsibilities will include merchandizing channel management, and branding of outlets.

Qualifications/Experience: The desired candidate:

• Must possess a first degree in any discipline.
• Must possess a minimum of three (3) years post NYSC experience, preferably in sales in an FMCG environment.
• Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft word and Excel packages
• Excellent listening, and communication skills, training and report writing skills are very important to this position.
• Must show demonstrable willingness and ability to adjust quickly to rapidly changing priorities, multiple demands and complex situations.

Candidates are required to apply for only one state. Multiple applications will be disqualified


Position:     Senior Officer, Emergency Transport Scheme (based in Gombe)

E-mail: soetsp@sfhnigeria.org

Job Profile:
This is a senior officer position, reporting to the State Project Manager. The successful candidate will be primarily responsible:

• For the coordination of the state Emergency Transport Scheme (ETS) volunteer drivers in wards and communities as well as the conduct of advocacy visits to Local Government Areas (LGAs) and to community/religious leaders in all intervention communities to ensure smooth implementation of the scheme based on project deliverables.
• He must carry out identification, selection and training of volunteer drivers, mapping and delineation of communities for coverage and ensure the continuous update of the volunteers list.
• He will participate in the review of the ETS MIS logbook.
•  The successful candidate will lead in the organisation and conduct of training of all volunteers in LGAs and also ensure that all volunteers have required tools for collection of MIS information.
• S/He will ensure referral of women to health facilities according to set standards.

Qualifications/Experience: The desired candidate:

• Must possess a first degree in any of the social/health sciences.
• Must possess a minimum of three (3) years working experience preferably in an NGO. Knowledge of community mobilisation techniques is essential to this position.
• Must possess excellent planning and organisational skills; experience in managing an ETS will be of added advantage.
• Must possess appreciable skills in computer knowledge and application.
• Must possess a high level of integrity.
• Ability to speak and write fluently in Hausa and English is a very important aspect of this position.
• Good listening and communication skills, training and report writing skills are very important to this position.

Compensation & Benefits:
The compensation package for these positions is very attractive and designed to attract, motivate and retain talented candidates.

Method of Application
A one page application letter, addressed to the Assistant Director-HR, clearly providing evidence of competences required for the job, current remuneration, as well as comprehensive Curriculum Vitae indicating clearly your valid telephone numbers, email address and current contact address should be sent on or before 18^th July, 2012 to the email address beside the job you are applying for.

Do note:

• That any candidate with multiple submissions will be disqualified.
• Candidates without the minimum requirements need not apply.
• Only shortlisted candidate will be contacted.

SFH is an equal opportunity employer

• Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.