Program Officer

John Snow Incorporated (JSI), is a public health research and technical assistant firm dedicated to improving the health of individuals and communities throughout the world. It manages the USAID/DELIVER PROJECT and the Supply Chain Management System (SCMS) project in the Nigeria office.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Program Officer - AIDSFree

Job Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Program Summary

• AIDSFree is a global program managed by John Snow Inc. and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
• In Nigeria, AIDSFree is implementing a new initiative to strengthen the sustainability of condom programming using a Total Market Approach (TMA).
• The Project is recruiting a Program Officer (PO) to provide project management support.
• The Program Officer will provide day-to-day support to project implementation, ongoing communication, and routine monitoring of the project workplan.
• The Program Officer will work closely with all technical and administrative teams and report to the Chief of Party (COP) or his designate.

Main Responsibilities

• Manages routine communications with project stakeholders
• In collaboration with the COP and Technical advisors, coordinates and provides input to workplan development and monitoring.
• Appropriately consults with COP and the home-office Country Team to help make informed decisions
• Facilitates and participates in the development of, and/or the timely completion/review of project reports
• Attends project-related and task team technical meetings, and debriefings.
• Supports country team in facilitating collaborative relationships with partner organizations, donors and clients
• Supports the teams to identify issues or potential risks and provides support to make informed decisions to address identified issues
• Participate in teams and technical meetings, prepare and circulate meeting agendas; prepare and circulate draft minutes of meetings; and following review by supervisory staff, revise and circulate finalized minutes including follow-up on outstanding tasks identified during the meeting
• Supports research and data collection activities of the project
• Assists COP with dissemination of information on project innovations, program results, lessons learned, and provides information for the project website
• Assists with administration and logistical arrangements for project workshops and meetings and maintains project technical files
• Assist Project leadership and other project staff with administrative tasks as assigned
• Performs other duties as assigned by the COP or his designate

Job Qualifications

• A Bachelor's Degree or higher Degree in the field of Pharmacy, Public Health, Public Administration or Project Management
• Minimum 5 years of project management experience or other relevant work experience providing program support/implementation on health-related project
• Good understanding of Nigeria's Health system and experience working on USAID's funded project
• Excellent written and verbal English language skills
• Ability to work comfortably with the MS Office package
• Ability to work independently and to manage projects in a team setting, with minimal supervision
• Strong organizational, problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously and to meet demanding timelines