Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or Masters in Public Health, or a related field e.g., Nutrition, Community Development, International Development with 5+ years’ work experience in the management of program work with community or social enterprises/NGOs.
  
• Experience coordinating mass campaigns and multiple projects is a great asset.
  
• Strong stakeholder management skills with high dedication to excellence and can complete tasks with minimal supervision
  
• A detail-oriented problem solver who applies initiative, communicates effectively and maintains a “BIG PICTURE” mindset.
  
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to identify and act on opportunities for improvement
  
• Ability to multi-task and collaborate with different teams effectively.
  
• Demonstrated strong writing skills and project management skills
  
• Team player who is eager to join a fast-paced, growing and diverse team with a start-up atmosphere
  

Strategic Stakeholder Management

• Cultivate and sustain robust partnerships with key stakeholders across relevant state ministries, private sector, and implementing partners to ensure a seamless implementation of all programs in the state.
  
• Represent Evidence Action in state-level and national coordination meetings, and multi-stakeholder forums, serving as a primary liaison for strategic collaboration in the state.
  
• Collaborate with the Senior Manager, South West zone and the MMS Program Associate to deliver and implement a successful MMS scale-up program by leveraging domestic funding and other resource mobilization opportunities.
  

Quality Program Implementation and Coordination

• Collaborate closely with the Senior Manager to ensure the implementation of a high-quality school-based deworming program, executing all activities on schedule, scope and budget.
  
• Ensure the timely development of essential program planning and policy documentation including work plans, treatment strategy documents, drug forecasting, and operational guidelines.
  
• Maintain close attention to detail to ensure that timelines are adhered to and all milestones such as training, meetings, and distribution of materials are completed on time.
  

Monitoring and Evaluation Support

• Strong technical support and collaboration with the MLE team for program process monitoring and coverage validation activities
  
• Contribute to process monitoring and coverage validation survey reporting including supportive supervision support to all programs in the state
  
• Contribute to the design of monitoring and evaluation tools and materials for training, surveys, reviews etc.
  

Budget Management Support

• Oversight function on the state program budget, leveraging resource mobilization opportunities in the state for improved program sustainability.
  
• Contribute to state program budget development and implementation
  
• Ensure timely retirement for program activities after each deworming round in Oyo state.
  

Reporting

• Contribute to knowledge management materials - program fact sheets, case studies, and success stories, and document lessons learned following each state deworming round;
  
• Prepare and share technical reports, and program updates on a weekly, monthly, quarterly basis; and other ad hoc reports, as required.
  
• Perform any other program duties and tasks as may be required and assigned by the Senior Manager, South-West zone.