Description
Reference ID: R1197
Job Description
This Project Officer (PO) position provides high-level support to MSH’s CDC-funded NPHI Capacity Building Program, including program management, administrative, and logistical support.
The Project Officer is a member of the Program Delivery Group’s Center for Project Management Excellence. The PO is able to conceptualize and execute project management support strategies to enable the Country Coordinator to deliver project results on time and within budget, while maintaining MSH’s strong reputation with donors and stakeholders.
The PO coordinates planning, implementing, and monitoring of the project. The PO is responsible for the efficient organization and functioning of project activities, ensuring prompt and seamless communication and follow-up with country/project teams, MSH business units, consultants, partners and stakeholders such as Ministry of Health and National Public Health Institute.
Accountabliites
The PO’s primary accountabilities are:
Plan and manage activities related to project support, including logistics, procurement, security, travel, consultants, calendar management, meeting management, and files and minutes management, etc.
Maintain clear communication with MSH business units, offices, and different project staff and teams to facilitate efficient and smooth project support functions.
Create and maintain global project management systems and tools for centralized management and oversight of numerous activities and initiatives (e.g. deliverables, workplans, calendars, contacts, consultants, subcontractors, procurement, travel).
Coordinate work planning and quarterly reporting processes, and track work assignments, deliverables, and implementation.
Provide support to the Country Coordinator in preparation of budgets for activities and work with the accounting team to ensure funds are disbursed in a timely and appropriate manner.
Set up file management systems, maintain project files, including a library of reports and technical resources.
Plan each week’s project meetings in advance; compile and share background materials and agenda items. Take notes during each meeting to disseminate, follow up on action items. Coordinate logistics for meetings with project partners, stakeholders, and donors including CDC.
Contribute to project implementation and technical activities as requested.
Contribute to internal and external communications, including writing, editing, and formatting correspondence, communications, presentations, reports, webpages, and other documents.
Provide support to the M&E team to document activities and outcomes as per the M&E Plan.
Manage consultants, including the recruitment process, onboarding, and invoice processing; support procurement requisition processes.
Education
Required
:
Bachelor’s Degree
Preferred
:
Master’s Degree
Experience
Required:
BA with 4 years of experience supporting global health or development projects for an NGO or contractor.
Knowledge of US Government funded programs, regulations, and requirements.
Experience writing, editing, and formatting communications, reports, and presentations, including professional communications for important stakeholders and donors. Proficiency with MS Office Suite, including Excel and PowerPoint.
Preferred:
Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated success and experience in project support and management. Direct project work experience. Demonstrated, relevant and related experience in project management, specifically setting up and maintaining project management tools and systems. Understanding of and experience with US CDC funded activities; USG audiences, trends, and requirements. Understanding and interest in health systems strengthening, health governance, health financing.
Knowledge and Skills:
Strong analytical, organizational, and management skills.
Able to assess priorities and solve problems using innovative, evidence-based solutions.
Strong conceptualization, facilitation, and planning skills.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and within and across multiple teams.
Demonstrated ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly.
Strong interpersonal skills, written, and oral presentation skills; demonstrated ability in consensus building.
Excellent cross-cultural communication, diplomacy, and active listening skills.
Proficiency with advanced functionality of Microsoft Office products including Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
Competencies:
MSH Core Competencies: Information Sharing, Managing and Measuring work outputs, Negotiating, Priority Setting, Business Acumen.
Demonstrated ability to succeed in a dynamic and fast-paced business environment.
Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion, be adaptable to various competing demands, and demonstrate the highest level of client service and response.
Demonstrated ability to assess priorities and manage a variety of activities with attention to detail.
Personal Attributes - In line with core MSH competencies:
Adaptability, Communication, Problem Solving, Creativity and Innovation, Proactiveness, Quality and Timeliness of Work, Quality of Work and Team Relationships
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Physical Demands: 10%
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Reference ID: R1205
Overview
MSH has a sub-recipient agreement with Catholic Relief Services for the implementation of the Global Fund Malaria Grant (2021 to 2023) in Nigeria, which aims to implement and support malaria control activities in 11 states.
The GF Malaria grant also support MSH to implement Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) in two states of Taraba and Katsina. SMC is one of malaria prevention initiative requiring the intermittent administration of full treatment courses of SP and AQ to children of age 3-59 months during the malaria season to prevent malarial illness.
In sub-Sahel regions, it has shown to be effective in protecting children from malaria attacks during high malaria transmission season and therefore considered a key intervention in bringing about reduction in childhood mortality and morbidity.
The purpose of this LQAS consultant terms of reference (ToR) is to engage research personnel that will carry out data collection, analysis and interpretation for the End of Cycle (EoC) evaluation. He/She will train data collectors and oversee data collection process while other personnel will carry out the actual data collection using an electronic platform.
The EoC evaluation will be conducted in Katsina state where SMC is being implemented.
The process will involve identification, selection and training of supervisors at a ToT and subsequently, data collectors in the states. The aim of the EoC evaluation is to assess SMC coverage and adherence of CDDs to treatment protocol immediately and not more than 5 days after each cycle of treatment. The findings will be analyzed and any ward scoring less than 80% will be targeted for corrective measures in their area of poor performance for improvement in subsequent cycles.
The candidate is also expected to have excellent skills in the design of mobile data collection tools, data visualization, analysis and report writing.
Therefore experience with use of Kobo collect/Survey CTO, Tableau/Power BI, SPSS/STATA and programmable software like MySQL is desirable.
Candidate will work with the State and LGA M&E team as SMC field officers in ensuring SMC data is harnessed in databases, meet quality standard, analyzed, reported and used for programme improvement.
Responsibilities
The LQAS consultant will support the Senior Technical Manager, M&E to carry out the following services:
S/He shall support sample size identification according to the protocol which will cover LGAs, wards and households to be included in the evaluation.
S/He will participate in state level entry and planning meetings where necessary
S/He will participate in a 1-day training on SMC, LQAS data collection, protocol/methodology, data collection instrument, and art of data collection, inter-personal communication and the use of the electronic platform. The training will be facilitated by the team of trained supervisors.
The Consultant will be responsible for coordinating the data collectors during the administration of the questionnaires at household level according to the data collection protocol to ensure that generated data meet minimum required standards and that they are captured in appropriate databases.
S/He will participate in field work where necessary
S/He will prepare a detailed analysis of data collected and present it using tables, graphs and charts and prepare a detailed LQAS technical report for the operational process, as well as the findings following data analysis
Prepare an activity report for the entire LQAS activity
Carry out other duties assigned by Senior Technical Manager
Deliverables:
Develop an activity Gantt chat for LQAS evaluation
Share data analysis report for ongoing and completed activities
Duly signed LQAS narrative report and time sheet.
Qualifications
B.Sc or HND in Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics or Economics or related analytical courses is required.
A master degree is an added advantage
At least 2 years experience in conducting public health research, particularly data analysis and preparation of abstracts and proposals.
High analytical and decision making skills is desirable.
Previous experience designing MIS for a health facility or community-based intervention is desirable.
Experience with the use of Kobo collect/Survey CTO, Tableau/Power BI, SPSS/STATA and programmable software like MySQL is a required.
Experience with GIS Mapping.
Excellent report writing, facilitation and communication skills.
Experience in the use of modern technology in research – use of phone for data collection
Experience with implementation of SMC is an added advantage.
Ability to speak local language (Hausa etc) is an added advantage.
Familiarity with and respect for the tradition and culture of the locality.
Ability to give attention to details.
Must NOT be a staff of Government at any level and in any Ministry/Parastatal/Agency.
Must NOT be currently engaged as an SMC personnel in whatever capacity (National, State, LGA, HFW, CHW, TA or LM).
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