Society for Family Health (SFH) - Senior Officer in Malaria Field Programmes, Senior Officer in HIV Counseling and Testing

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: Senior Officer in Malaria Field Programmes
Number of Person(s) required: (5 positions, one in each of the states listed)

E-mails:
Abia:         sofmfpabia@sfhnigeria.org
Ebonyi:     sofmfpebo@sfhnigeria.org
Gombe:    sofmfpgom@sfhnigeria.org
Anambra: sofmfpanam@sfhnigeria.org
Markurdi:  sofmfpmark@sfhnigeria.org

Job Profile
This is a senior officer position reporting to the Malaria Programme Manager. The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• The coordination of all Global Fund Malaria social mobilization in the states.
• Primary duties will be management and monitoring of the CSOs’ and sub-recipients’/Consultants’ progress towards achieving programme deliverable, monitoring the quality of outputs, and ensuring the fiscal integrity of all transactions and operations, behavior change communication and mass mobilization activities.
• Will also be responsible for quality assuring all training and monitoring and evaluation of malaria intervention programmes within the state.
• She/he will strengthen the RBM partnership in the state and  will be liaison of SFH to the public sector aspect of the malaria control programme.

Qualifications/Experience:  The desired candidate

• Must have a first degree in any health, behavioural or Social Sciences, and must possess a post graduate degree in Public Health or related field
• Must possess a minimum of three (3) years post NYSC working experience in an NGO at the field level
• Must possess sound experience in community mobilization techniques
• Experience with database management and data entry, cleaning and verification.
•  Ability to work with MS Word Excel, Power Point, DHIS 1.4 and 2.0 is essential
• Must be an excellent at report writing and possess strong M&E skills
• Must possess experience in donor funded projects
• Good knowledge of BCC theories and practices is required for persons managing social mobilization activities.

Position: Senior Officer in HIV Counseling and Testing

Number of person(s) required: (3 positions, one in each of the states indicated below)

Email:
Nasarawa:      so-gfhivnas@sfhnigeria.org
Enugu:           so-gfhiven@sfhnigeria.org
Yola:               so-gfhivyola@sfhnigeria.org

Job Profile
Reporting to the Manager-Global Fund (GF) HIV, the successful candidate will be primarily responsible for:

• The coordination and implementation of HIV/AIDS prevention and risk reduction activities through Behavioural Change Communication (BCC) among Most-At-Risk Persons (MARPs) and mass media activities targeted at the general population.
• She/he will work with the Manager to develop operational and work plans for HIV prevention among MARPs and mass media services in the region.
• She/he will provide field support for the implementation of BCC through the use of special communication materials targeted at specific population.
• The candidate will coordinate the implementation of Peer Education training and intervention among key target groups in the region.
• She/he will provide support to the Research and Evaluation Division to manage data collection of MARPs activities from all communities in the region.
• In addition, she/he will provide support for community system strengthening activities including working with CBOs and CSOs partners.

Qualifications/Experience: The desired candidate

• Must possess a first degree in any of the Behavioural/Medical or Biological Sciences
• Must possess a minimum of three (3) years post NYSC experience, preferably in implementing  BCC MARPs related activities in specific communities
• Must possess the ability to analyse and interpret both quantitative and qualitative programme data
• Must possess excellent planning and organizational skills
• Must be able to work with minimal supervision
• Must have cognate skills in computer appreciation
• Must possess a high level of integrity
• Good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, training and report writing skills are very important to this position

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

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.