Technical Advisor Jobs: Management Sciences for Health

Management Sciences for Health (MSH) saves lives and improves health, especially, among the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people, by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health. We live our mission to save lives and improve the health of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

JOB TITLE: TECHNICAL ADVISOR

The Technical Advisor will provide focused, high-quality institutional capacity building assistance for clients of the PLAN Health program in addition to leading project technical smino strengthen organizations’ systems towards greater sustainability and achievement of their missions. It is expected that technical assistance will focus both on building stronger organizations and on developing individuals to lead them to achieving results.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Technical Advisor will accomplish these through
• consultations with managers ofclient organizations
• leading and supervising a multi-functional team implementing technical assistance
• plan and execute strategies for technical assistance
• monitor quality, progress and results
• identify needs for and supervise short term technical assistance.

The Technical Advisor also serves as a resource for identifying best practices. Lessons learned and innovative/approaches to institutional capacity building, and lot disseminating this information both internally and externally. The Technical Advisor will exercise impeccable professional ethics, and will be aware of and adhere to MSH’s procurement integrity standards in all activities.

SUPERVISION:
Supervised by: Associate Director
Supervises: 2 – 3 Technical Officers

KEY QUALIFICATIONS;
• Graduate degree preferably in social sciences, business or health.
• Minimum of five years experience in capacity building in Nigeria
• Experience in supervising other professionals
• Experience in product management
• Experience worldly in or with public sector organizations, particularly in the health field
• Knowledge of PEPFAR-funded programs and experience in managing relationships with USAID missions preferred.
• Ability to work as a member of a team, and to contribute to developing a new project in a dynamic environment.
• Significant senior level work experience in institutional capacity building across the areas of finance, human resources, governance, and planning, organizational development, and program management.
• Proven programmatic, technical, and managerial ability and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively wim professionat colleagues in a broad range of indigenous government organizations and NOOs.
• Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong facilitation skills
• Ability to produce results in diverse cultuml, social and language contexts.
• Demonstrated computer skills in MS Office Suite applications, including Word. Excel and PowerPoint.
• Willingness to travel within Nigeria regularly and potentially outside Nigeria, as required.

Method of Application
Interested persons may send comprehensive resume with a brief cover letter as ONE MS Word document to Imsnigeria@msh.org not later than Friday September 3, 2010.
If you wish to be considered for a post, please specify the position for which you are applying in the subject line.
Note that if the underline instructions are not followed application will not be considered.

New Partners Initiatives Technicals Assistance Project: Job NPI Advisor

The New Partners Initiative Technical Assistance Project (NuPITA) is a four-year USAID-funded program working in eight countries (Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Nigeria) to provide technical assistance to fifteen organizations working in HIV & AIDS that have received funding from USA1D under the President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Reliefs New Partners Initiative (NPI). NPI was created to build the capacity of organizations to work at the community level and support the long-term response to HIV & AIDS. NPI increases the number and diversity of organizations working on the USG’s efforts to address HIV &A1DS around the world.

NuPITA is seeking a dynamic, competent and highly motivated person to fill a local position and provide direct technical assistance support to an NPI partner organization based in Nigeria, namely The Children of Hope Project.
Children of Hope (CH) is a USAID Washington funded PEPFAR project in Nigeria whose main focus is on providing assistance to scale up community level HIV / AIDS services to Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and assist caregivers of OVC with livelihood assistance. It is a 3 year project (currently in year two) targeted at assisting 12,000 OVC and 4,000 widows and single parent caregivers in six states in Nigeria. CH also provides prevention interventions to 10,000 beneficiaries, which include young adults, teenagers, in school and out of school youth and family members of the children in the communities where the project is working. The states CH is working in include Oyo, Edo, Abia, Ebonyi, Imo and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The project is being implemented by European Cooperative for Rural Development (EUCORD) and Widows and Orphans Empowerment Organization (WEWE) through a consortium of nine indigenous Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) and Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) with operations in the states listed above. EUCORD and WEWE will help further build the capacity of the nine Indigenous Service Providers (ISPs) during implementation of the Children of Hope project.

JOB TITLE: NPI Advisor
Reports to: Project Director – NuPITA /Chief of Party (COP)-EUCORD
Position Location: A local position in Nigeria
Duration of contract: 12 months

Position Summary:
NuPITA seeks an NPI Advisor with experience in Organizational Development and Program Management to work with CH staff members building the capacity of nine Indigenous Service Providers (ISPs).

Job Summary:
This position will be based in Abuja, Nigeria with travel to sites and partner offices. The NPI advisor is expected to:
- Provide support to CH staff members who are tasked with strengthening the internal organizational processes of the ISPs.
- Assist CH staff members as they develop systematic and continuous quality management processes among the ISPs.
- Assist CH staff members in the evaluation of ISPs office processes and determine the organizational effectiveness interventions
- Assist CH staff members review existing manuals and develop operational manuals and step down training in operations management for ISPs.
- Support CH Operations/HR manager in the training of ISP staff on key HR and Administrative processes.
- Support CH staff members as they work with the staff of the ISPs to address Administrative/HR issues identified during the 2010 Organizational Capacity Assessment exercise carried out for CH ISPs.
- Assist CH staff members set up processes for tracking ISPs’ activities against work plans/budgets.
- Assist CH staff members review existing manuals and develop program manuals and step down program training for ISPs,
- All other duties and responsibilities related to the position.

Required Qualification
The qualified candidate will have a Master’s Degree in Organizational Development, Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field, or Management background or equivalent training and experience.

Experience
- At least five years of professional experience in managing technical assistance and capacity building support to civil society organizations; and strong experience with organizational assessment and strategic planning especially in African countries.
- Seven to ten years of professional experience with organizational development with an emphasis on developing systems, process and tools.
- Experience in mentoring and participatory leadership
- Experience in capacity building and coaching
- Experience in working on programs funded by USA1D. Experience with PEPFAR programs is a plus.

Skills
- Strong leadership and managerial skills
- Strong experience in implementing community-based programs and building the capacity of community based organizations.
- Strong skills in teamwork, networking, training and facilitation
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Strong skills in strategic thinking and planning.

Additional Requirements
- Willingness to work and travel in semi-urban and rural settings in Nigeria

Method of Application
Applications should include a cover letter an updated curriculum vitae and names of at least three professional references, and should be sent to: recruitment@nupita.org
Closing date: September 9 2010
Due to the large number of expected applications, only short listed candidates will be contacted.
“JSI is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer committed to workplace diversity. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply.

Meridian Technologies Ltd - EMPLOYING NOW

Meridian Technologies Ltd is a mega IT Training, Certification, Testing, Networking and Security Solutions company based in Lagos.

It represents Aptech Computer Education in Lagos and is an authorized Oracle University partner, a Cisco Networking Academy, a Microsoft partner, CompTIA member and has authorized Prometric and Vue Testing Centers. Meridian Technologies provides solutions for network and security ENPAQ.

Meridian Technologies has a state of the art training / certification / Testing Center and the Network / Security Solutions Sales in Victoria Island, Lagos. The Company must fill the following position: CENTER MANAGER - Ref: CM-01

Candidates must be around 35 years and possess B. Sc / M. Sc in Computer Science / Computer Engineering with NYSC discharged certificate. Possession of an MBA will be an additional advantage. An excellent understanding of the various information technology is an important requirement.

Candidates must have 5-10 years experience in business training in the market in Lagos, three of which must be at the administrative level. These candidates must be able to work under pressure and deliver on set targets for performance.

Key responsibilities include:

Develop marketing and sales plan and focus on different segments - separate for retail and corporate
The development of an annual budget for students, business accounts, revenue, expenses and profit
Achievement of monthly budgets for all objectives
Explore the target markets to identify and pursue opportunities for training and certification.
Territory of the planning and allocation
Manpower planning, training of staff, setting goals for the team and leads the team to set the budgets.
Effective planning and management of schedules and delivery.
Ensure the achievement of quality standards and 100% customer satisfaction at all times.
Develop business plans and managing the process of collecting data and information.
Actively participate to galvanize leadership and in particular the activities related to the activity center.
Does the knowledge of the industry to gain a strategic advantage of the center.
Continuously generate new business ideas and assess their viability.
Launch of concepts aimed at promoting awareness of the market and generate sales.
Reporting of performance management for consideration.
Monitoring of finances, budget, personnel and general management of the center.
The optimal use of resources and cost optimization
Candidates must be self motivated, dynamic, technically oriented, possess excellent communication and presentation skills and willingness to work flexibly.

The position offers a challenge to work with international IT brands and offers a competitive salary package, car, performance bonus, continuing education and an excellent long term career.

If the item is located in Lagos, only candidates who are resident in Lagos, should apply.

Candidates who meet the above conditions, the development of a long career to be applied.

Interested candidates should ask their CV, a photo identification and current treatment with CM-01 in the subject line of your e-mail to career@meridian-nigeria.com