Health Budget Advocacy Advisor at Options

Health Budget Advocacy Advisor - Abuja, Nigeria

Location: Abuja, Nigeria

Full time, contract from January 2015 to March 2017

Salary: commensurate with experience 

Role description: download here

Evidence for Action is a five year programme funded by the UK Department for International Development to improve maternal and newborn survival through a combined focus on evidence, advocacy and accountability across six African countries. For information on Evidence for Action's Nigeria work please visit our website: mamaye.org.ng

We are seeking a Health Budget Advocacy Advisor to be responsible for leading technical inputs and supporting on health budget and resource tracking and advocacy for the E4A team in Nigeria. You will be responsible for supporting advocacy and communication technical inputs through writing and disseminating diverse evidence based communication materials on maternal and newborn health for the E4A-MamaYe campaign.

You have excellent written, online and oral communication skills and a track record of producing high quality communications materials, preferably in the health sectorYou have experience working as a journalist, reporting on topics of health and maternal and newborn healthYou have experience of translating complex, scientific information into short, accurate and accessible briefings and messaging for a wide range of audiences and using a wide range of mediaYou have an understanding of the political, social, cultural and economic landscape in Nigeria and will be able to take this into account when communicating the work of E4AYou have experience using social media, writing blogs and developing press releasesYou are passionate about improving the survival of mothers and babiesYou are a strong writer, communicator and connector.

Application process

To apply, please send your CV with a summary note of your skills and experience to Harriet Andrews h.andrews@options.co.uk. Please state the role in the subject box.Closing date for applications is: Thursday 8 January 2015.Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interview.

Options is an equal opportunities employer.

Director, Result-Based Planning and Advocacy, Northern Nigeria at The Futures Group

Position Summary

The Targeted States High Impact project (TSHIP) is a six year USAID-funded project aimed at raising the quality of maternal, child health and reproductive health services in Bauchi and Sokoto states. The position of Director Results-Based Planning and Advocacy was created to consolidate TSHIP’s approach to deepening the culture of use of information amongst our partners (state, LGAs and communities) to advance results production, empower them to take action and engage them on policy decisions that affect the health sector of Bauchi and Sokoto states.

Key Responsibilities:

Coordinates the work of the project support team for better performance measurement and tracking, among state teams and LGA clusters. The Director is the first contact with field-based project staff for day-to-day support and operations.Support transformational change to deepen our engagement with key leaders in government, civil society, communities and other entities to use evidence to make better and informed decisions that affects the health sector of Bauchi and Sokoto states.The Director Result-Based Planning and Advocacy, shall be the point person to coordinate health systems strengthening (HSS), governance, policy, health information systems, demand creation, commodity logistics and supply management, pre-service education and quality of care services across TSHIP in both states.Emphasize more than ever before, crucial role of advocacy around greater sustainability of TSHIP interventions in MNCH/FP/RH and health systems strengthening support. All these of course shall be evidence driven.As a member of the Senior Leadership of TSHIP, the Director, Result-Based Planning and Advocacy works under the direction of the Chief of Party to support coordination of the project, ensuring that all request for technical, contractual, administrative, financial and logistics assistance are handled in efficient and effective manner.Oversees the use of evidence based models and techniques for development of annual work plans, performance monitoring systems and target settings for the attainment project set objectives that contributes to USAID-Nigeria mission goals and expected outcomes.Provide skilled technical assistance to project staff and partner organizations in Bauchi and Sokoto states in areas of performance improvement, project management, strategic planning, knowledge management, financial management and other applicable management specialities.

The Director is supported by local project staff in Nigeria as well as US-based advisors at the Futures Group. The Director will work closely with TSHIP Project Support Team (PST), the M&E Advisor and the project Chief of Party and will be based in Bauchi.

Qualifications:

Higher degree in public health or related fieldFluent in Hausa and English10+ years’ experience working in public health or related experienceFamiliarity with USAID and donorsExcellent communication skills (written and oral)Project management experience

Salary and benefits

According to experience and qualifications within guidelines of USAID FSN scale