State Director (Nigeria Integrated Health Activity) needed at RTI International – Apply Now
Job title : State Director (Nigeria Integrated Health Activity)
Job Location : Abuja
Deadline : June 18, 2023
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Position Description
RTI is seeking 4 State Directors to serve in one of four priority states on the anticipated USAID/Nigeria Integrated Health Activity. This position will report to the FCT Team Lead/TO Lead and be based in the corresponding state, with travel to state-level implementation areas.
Responsibilities
- Full oversight of state task order, under the leadership of the DCOP-Technical. Oversees and coordinates activities of state teams. Directly supervises technical leads.
- Develops and adapts technical strategies, approaches, and activities to achieve objectives, and applies and contextualizes global best practices and learning to the Nigerian setting.
- Provide technical guidance on integrated health policy, strategy, and programming within the activity to staff and sub-contractors and externally.
- Review data and reporting to analyze progress toward targets and determine corrective action needed to improve goal achievement.
- Ensures the production of high-quality technical deliverables and reporting.
- Document lessons learned and technical innovations of the activity.
- Ensures strong coordination and learning between other state task orders.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree and 14 years of experience, or other advanced degree (PhD, MD) in a relevant field, such as medicine, public health, health system management, social administration, or social sciences and 10 years of experience. Clinical qualification a plus.
- At least 10 years of experience in managing and/or implementing integrated health service delivery or technical assistance programming addressing MNCH, FP/RH, nutrition, and/or HSS in a similar context, with at least three of those years working in Nigeria as a senior advisor or staff member.
- Expertise in one or more of the following evidence-based facility- or community-based interventions/strategies: MNCH, FP/RH, nutrition, and/or HSS.
- Experience in strengthening quality of care a plus.
- Experience designing, implementing, or overseeing gender- or youth-sensitive health programming.
- Experience supervising technical staff in the implementation of integrated health programming across different offices and operating contexts.
- Proven ability to work independently and multi-task in high-pressure settings.
- Ability to travel and work in any of the anticipated priority states.
- Excellent interpersonal communication and writing skills.
- Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Verbal and written English proficiency is required.
- Experience working on USG-funding health programming in Nigeria is required.
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