State Programme Officer - Technical Adviser

Specific
Purpose of the job:

• Convene
  and Coordinate in his / her focal State, quarterly meetings to review progress
  against target for all partners
  
• Participate
  in Advocacy meetings at the state level and produce minutes of all discussions
  and action points during such meetings
  
• Support
  the Regional Program Manager and Project Director in the review of monthly and
  quarterly update report from partners in his / her State and make
  recommendations on areas of gap and suggest appropriate improvements needed.
  
• Develop an
  archiving system that will help ensure all vital program documents are properly
  and systematically stored to aid ease of retrieval when needed. Work with the Regional Program Manager and Project
  Director to develop content and regularly update program activities on
  Facebook, LinkedIn, twitter, sexicon app etc. for all the States under his /
  her supervision
  
• Coordinate,
  participate and support research activities in his / her implementing State and
  ensure routine monitoring, and supervision to service
  delivery points and communities.
  

• Lead the coordination of facility -based
  implementation of the IntegratE Project 2.0 in his / her Focal State
  
• Lead community -level advocacy, partnership and mobilisation
  for effective project implementation.
  
• Support in capacity building and FP and other Service Area update
  training during staff orientation
  
• Work with other consortium partners to provide
  evidence -based information to inform the design and implementation of the
  project.
  
• Facilitate Documentation and other
  administrative responsibilities at the State level
  

Requirements

• S/he must
  possess a degree in Nursing/Midwifery, Pharmacy or any of the biological
  sciences. 
  
• A Postgraduate degree in
  Public Health or social work will be an advantage
  
• Candidates
  must have a minimum of 5 years post -qualification experience in program
  management, training and managing Family planning, Maternal and Child health
  programs, especially among the private health sectors.
  
• Proficient
  in the provision of various FP methods, especially LARC
  
• Must
  have PHC service experience.
  
• PHC
  and FP Service Delivery experience.
  
• Good
  presentation and interpersonal skills
  
• Good
  analytical and problem -solving skill
  
• Result
  oriented & Computer literate