Overview
Jhpiego seeks a Senior State Program Officer to provide technical and programmatic oversight, and act as an integral part of Jhpiego project team for an innovative Unitaid project that seeks to reduce PPH-related mortality and morbidity globally. The State Officer will be located in Ondo State. Accelerating Measurable Progress and Leveraging Investments for PPH Impact (AMPLI-PPHI) is a two- and half–year project that will catalyze early adoption and set the stage for scale up of new and recently recommended drugs for postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in high-burden countries with a focus on DRC, Guinea, India, Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia. AMPLI-PPHI Nigeria will generate evidence (feasibility, acceptability, costing) to support the expansion of new PPH medicines at all different levels of the health system. Project efforts will also focus on supporting efforts towards State and national readiness, from community to district and national level stakeholders, to help propel scale-up after life of project.
The Senior Program Officer responsibilities include providing technical guidance in the development, implementation and evaluation of project activities. In additions s/he will be responsible for managing and implementing training/capacity building at project facilities and overseeing community-based activities to support drug delivery at the community level. S/he will also engage closely with key stakeholders including civil society organizations (CSOs), national societies and technical working group (TWG) representatives to help propel coordination of PPH efforts and shape efforts for continuity following life of project. Under the leadership of the global senior MNH Technical Advisor and the local Sr. MNH Program Technical Lead, the State Program Officers will work to ensure the technical and methodological soundness of activities and, in collaboration with the project team, the MOH and partners, support the design of service delivery strategies to implement new and recently recommended drugs for PPH based on sound, current scientific evidence.
Responsibilities
Required Qualification
Jhpiego offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive employee benefits package.
Please apply using this link:Â https://jobs-jhpiego.icims.com/jobs/5952/senior-program-officer–ondo/job
Applicants must submit a single document for upload to include: cover letter, resume, and references.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found
Only shortlisted candidates will receive an invitation for an interview
For further information about Jhpiego, visit our website at www.jhpiego.org
Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation.
Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins University affiliate, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, other legally protected characteristics or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. Jhpiego promotes Affirmative Action for minorities, women, individuals who are disabled, and veterans.
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