Program officer at Malaria Consortium in Kaduna

Position Objective

The position objective is to operate with State Program Manager (SPM) to productively oversee project initiatives and assets to offer direction and stewardship to the project team and preserve cooperative links with the project’s primary stakeholders at the LGA level.

Scope of work

The program officer will assist the SPM in the execution of the MDA-AZM project across the state. S/he will collaborate with LGA Site Assistants and will be in charge of coordinating with with the focal persons at the Local Government Level. 

Technical (20%):

Assist Monitoring and evaluation initiatives, which includes status updates of MDA-AZM and lot QA sampling (LQAS); and Assist program evaluate which includes end of cycle (EoC) assessments, end of round (EoR) assessments and EoR coverage survey.

Key operating connections:

The PO would be line handled by the SPM and would collaborate with the LGA Site Assistants in-charge of the allocated LGAs (presumably within a specific senatorial zone of a state). S/he would also sustain connections with the country workspace departments, which includes Finance and Logistics. Key external connections would be with employees at the LGA and State Malaria Elimination Program (SMEP), LGA health employees and top group members and gatekeepers. S/he would head micro-organizing, development and synchronization, through drug management and helpful oversight, to status updates of initiatives at the LGA level. S/he would preserve close information exchange with participants and powerful persons in the allocated LGAs through the accepted frameworks.

Note

• Due to the nature of this position we will be analyzing applications on an ongoing basis and the position might be filled and closed before the due date.
• Early applications are inspired.
• ​Certified female applicants are firmly advised to submit application.