Vacancies at Society for Family Health (SFH)

Society for Family Health is one of Nigeria’s largest non-governmental organisations. Founded in 1985 by three eminent Nigerians: Professor Olikoye Ransome-Kuti, Justice Ifeyinwa Nzeako, Pharmacist Dahiru Wali and Phil Harvey.

Society for Family Health Nigeria has a mission to empower Nigerians, particularly the poor and vulnerable to lead healthier lives. Working with the private and public sectors, SFH adopts social marketing and behaviour change communication to improve access to essential health information, services, and products to motivate the adoption of healthy behaviours.

• Programme Assistant
• Quality Focal Person
• Young Innovation Officer

1. Programme Assistant

Depart: Primary Health Care and Franchises

About Adolescents 360 Amplify Project (A360-A)

• The project aims to build on the innovative approaches of the Adolescents 360 in designing programs to improve the sexual and reproductive health of adolescent girls aged 15 – 19, primarily through increasing voluntary use of modern contraceptives in three (3) African countries.
• The purpose of Adolescents 360 Amplify is to build on the successes of Adolescents 360 used to break down barriers to adolescent access and use of contraception while increasing the voluntary use of modern contraceptives among adolescent girls aged 15–19 years in 10 Nigerian states. The project intends to use a replicable Human-Centered Design (HCD), Youth Engagement fused with Developmental Neuroscience and Anthropology that allows us to understand how the interplay of adolescent development (biological, cognitive, social, emotional, and sexual), culture and sexual norms affects Adolescents Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) behavior.

• Job Type: Full Time
• QualificationBA/BSc/HND
• Experience: 3 years
• Location: Kaduna, Ogun

Job Profile

• This position will be responsible to coordinate mobilization activities, work with Quality Focal Persons to ensure that facilities maintain quality standards, lead sensitization meetings, coordinate adaptation activities, identify and document best practices in adolescent youth sexual and reproductive health (AYSRH), support the accountability process in compliance with financial rules and regulations, and proactively seek out and report on relevant opportunities, success stories, linkages, and challenges.

Job-role
The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Lead State/ L.G.A /Community Advocacy Visits/ Meetings and Activities
• Lead Recruitment, Training and Management of Mobilizers/ Mentors/ Male Inter-Personal Communication Agents (IPCA) and Vocational Skills Facilitators
• Mentor and carry out Supportive Supervisory Visits and Coordination to mobilizers/mentors/male IPCAs/vocational skills facilitator and CSOs
• Prepare and submit monthly budgets, work plans, and reports
• Lead in monitoring and evaluation activities including the development and use of Data 2 Action framework for monthly implementation
• Lead in database management
• Lead the identification and documentation of key learnings and best practices from Adolescent SRH data across the states in the region.
• Support the accountability process in compliance with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Child investment fund foundation financial rules and regulations.
• Support the Regional Coordinator to coordinate and provide oversight monitoring of CSOs engaged in the project activities in the state.

Qualifications / Experience

• Must possess a first degree in Health / Biological Sciences, Social Sciences, Pharmacy, or Communication Arts.
• Must possess a minimum three (3) years post-NYSC experience in a similar field
• Must possess sound technical knowledge of reproductive health and modern contraceptive methods.
• Candidate should possess basic knowledge of MCH/RH services.

Skills and Competencies required:

• Excellent interpersonal, communication (oral and written), presentation skills.
• S/He must be attuned to and be comfortable with the culture/traditions of the people.
• Candidates should be able to communicate proficiently in the dominant language of the region.
• Must have demonstrated proficiency using intermediate-level office software applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, spreadsheets and database
• Multitask, mentor, and work with minimal supervision.
• Supervisory, relationship management/advocacy skills, and mentoring skills.

2. Quality Focal Person

Ref Id: sfh-01053

About Adolescents 360 Amplify Project (A360-A)

• The project aims to build on the innovative approaches of the Adolescents 360 in designing programs to improve the sexual and reproductive health of adolescent girls aged 15 -19, primarily through increasing voluntary use of modern contraceptives in three (3) African countries.
• The purpose of Adolescents 360 Amplify is to build on the successes of Adolescents 360 used to break down barriers to adolescent access and use of contraception while increasing the voluntary use of modern contraceptives among adolescent girls aged 15 -19 years in 10 Nigerian states.
• The project intends to use a replicable Human-Centered Design (HCD), Youth Engagement fused with Developmental Neuroscience and Anthropology that allows us to understand how the interplay of adolescent development (biological, cognitive, social, emotional, and sexual), culture and sexual norms affects Adolescents Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) behavior.

• Job Type: Full Time
• Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
• Experience: 5 years
• Location: Kaduna

Job Profile

• This position will be responsible for conducting routine State Supervisory Visits and on-the-job coaching for providers to ensure that quality standards are maintained.
• Additionally, they will monitor all providers and counselors, and report on the maintenance status of medical equipment and facilities to ensure that they are properly maintained.

Job-role
The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Lead the setup and implementation of all Adolescents 360 service delivery areas.
• Ensure proper documentation and dissemination of service delivery monthly activities at the state level.
• Lead in the Capacity building of providers in the state attached to the Adolescents 360 project
• Coordinate, participate, and provide support for research activities in the state.
• Contribute to the development of IEC, promotional materials, and job aids through making inputs from the community/provider perspectives during development.
• Lead the identification and documentation of key learnings and best practices from service delivery areas in the state
• Support the accountability process in compliance with Bill and Melinda gate foundation and Child investment fund foundation financial rules and regulations.

Qualifications / Experience

• Must be a Certified Nurse Midwife or possess a Nursing degree (B.Sc Nursing), with current registration with appropriate national regulatory bodies.
• Must possess a minimum of five (5) years post-NYSC working experience in international health and family planning programmes.
• Must possess sound technical knowledge of reproductive health and modern contraceptive methods.

Skills and Competencies required:

• Excellent interpersonal, communication (oral and written), presentation skills.
• Must have a continuous drive for learning and knowledge sharing.
• Must be excellent at report writing and possess strong Monitoring & Evaluation skills.
• Candidates should be experienced in donor-funded projects and advocacy skills.
• Must have demonstrated proficiency using intermediate-level office software applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, spreadsheets, and databases.
• Multitask, mentor, and work with minimal supervision.

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3. Young Innovation Officer

Depart: Programs

About Adolescents 360 Amplify Project (A360-A)

• The project aims to build on the innovative approaches of the Adolescents 360 in designing programs to improve the sexual and reproductive health of adolescent girls aged 15 – 19, primarily through increasing voluntary use of modern contraceptives in three (3) African countries.
• The purpose of Adolescents 360 Amplify is to build on the successes of Adolescents 360 used to break down barriers to adolescent access and use of contraception while increasing the voluntary use of modern contraceptives among adolescent girls aged 15–19 years in 10 Nigerian states.
• The project intends to use a replicable Human-Centered Design (HCD), Youth Engagement fused with Developmental Neuroscience and Anthropology that allows us to understand how the interplay of adolescent development (biological, cognitive, social, emotional, and sexual), culture and sexual norms affects Adolescents Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) behavior.

• Job Type: Full Time
• Qualification: BA/BSc/HND, OND
• Experience: 1 year
• Location: Abuja, Kaduna

Job Profile

• This position will be responsible for supporting the design and state-specific innovations in the field.
• They will also support the BCC Specialist to collate human interest stories, success stories, and best practices of all A360 A interventions from the states.
• They will also act as advocates for AYSRH in their states and influence policy on AYSRH programming in these states.

Job-Role
The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Strengthen programs through youth-adult partnerships.
• Provide and encourage multiple opportunities for youths to develop, master, and apply critical skills gained from the A360 A project.
• Support the design and state-specific innovations in the field.
• Support the BCC Specialist to collate human interest stories, success stories, and best practices of all A360 A interventions from the states.
• Act as advocates for AYSRH in their states and influence policy on AYSRH programming these states  
• Build the capacity of youths to become advocates for adolescent sexual and reproductive health (AYSRH) while also encouraging their parent organizations to adopt the A360 approach.

Qualifications/Experience

• Must possess OND, HND, or BSc in Science, Arts, Social Science or related fields
• Must possess a minimum of 1-year experience in a similar field
• Must possess knowledge of computer applications, MS Office package.
• Must be aged between 18- 28 years.
• Experience in human-centered Design is an added advantage.

Skills and Competencies Required:

• Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft packages especially excel
• Proficient in reading and generating reports from data
• Can speak some local language in the state of implementation
• Very good interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to Multitask and work with minimal supervision.

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Application Deadline: 21st August, 2020.