Associate Program Officer Health, Nigeria Country Office (Limited Term Employee)
Abuja, Nigeria
THE ANTICIPATED DURATION OF THIS POSITION IS ESTIMATED TO BE 18 MONTHS**
The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation is currently searching for an experienced candidate to support the Primary Health Care (PHC) portfolio on its Nigeria Country Office (NCO) team. The Associate Program Officer (APO) will provide technical, operational and project management support primarily to the members of the Nigeria health team and to other foundation teams as needed.
Operational duties include:Â organizing and facilitating internal meetings across teams at the NCO around PHC; health and broader systems strengthening activities in Nigeria; summarizing grant activities and budgets as requested; facilitating donor coordination meetings on health investments; organizing grantee coordination events and assuring proper follow up and communication; responding to requests from country governments and other partners for information; and supporting the NCO health team in its activities with other teams in the foundation broadly.
Project management duties include:Â portfolio management and grantee coordination; note taking and summarizing; preparing international trip terms of reference and trip reports; collating and circulating meaningful and pertinent information for staff involved in PHC work; maintaining team file management systems; following up on various requests for assistance and support from the NCO health team; establishing solid coordination and communication models within the NCO health team in terms of grants, contracts, budgets, reporting tools.
Technical duties include:Â literature reviews and discrete research tasks related to primary health care and health systems strengthening; analytics, including basic manipulation of data for quantitative analysis; support to strategy development for the NCO; and ad hoc requests from the NCO health and other foundation teams for research support.
In Addition To The Above, Duties May Include
Requirements:
The APO role requires knowledge and experience in international health systems, health policy and administration, or health financing. The candidate should also have an understanding of the global health and international development environment; experience working in or living in Nigeria or another developing country is a plus.
The Associate Program Officer will report to the Deputy Director for Health, Nutrition and Eradication, in close coordination with the Senior Program Officers on the team.
As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
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