Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) Latest Job Vacancies

Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) is a leading Non-Governmental and Not-for-Profit Organization established in 1989 by two eminent and reputable Nigerians who are the most prominent advocates of Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) and Family Planning (FP) programming in Nigeria. ARFH, a Nigerian fully indigenous, Non- Governmental, and Not-for-Profit organization had implemented projects across the 36+1 states of Nigeria on cross cutting programs including Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health plus Nutrition Investment Case (RMNCAH+N), Family Planning (FP), Global fund grants on HIV, TB and Malaria as Prime & Sub recipient, USAID grants on Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) among others.

ARFH since inception consistently contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of rural poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged populations. ARFH has been at the fore-front of Health & community system strengthening, Human resource for health development in Nigeria, supporting the Government of Nigeria to advocate and domesticate health policies into implementation e.g. its task-shifting and task sharing policy through capacity building for all cadres of health care providers including Physicians, Nurse midwives, and CHEWs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Monitoring & Evaluation (M & E) Officer, TB Project

Job Title: Monitoring & Evaluation (M & E) Officer, TB Project

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time
Reports to: The TB Project Coordinator

The Position

• The M&E officer will provide technical leadership and guidance for M&E activities on the TB Project.
• S/he will be responsible for overseeing data collection and data management for the project, including developing data collection tools and ensuring quality and timely reporting.
• S/he will take a lead role in performing data analysis, interpretation and preparing abstract for presentations in conferences and other use of data.
• S/he will liaise with and supervise States and CBOs M&E officers working on the Community TB Grant.

Specific Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and oversight on monitoring and evaluation of the TB project
• Ensure that the implementation of monitoring and evaluationactivities are in line with the project’s implementation plan and meets the donor and project’s M&E needs.
• Provide technical support to state officers in ensuring that programmatic data/indicators are accurately captured, and reported according to set guidelines.
• Represent and make appropriate presentations to stakeholders at various fora on program achievements and deliverables and other M&E activities
• Support the development and design of the M&E framework, tools and project M&E plans, guidelines and ensure efficient data management processes
• Provide continuous technical lead to project team on data management and regularly analyze state data, highlight important programmatic gaps and coordinate with program management and others in addressing these gaps.
• Conduct routine monitoring and supportive supervisory visits to project sites, including the conduct of data verification and validation and data quality assessments (DQAs) using standard checklists
• Ensure regular maintenance of database/information system, project’s training database and programmatic progress updates that documents achievements on a regular basis.
• Support monitoring activities to project sites, collation/analysis of monitoring reports for program feedback and decision making
• Conduct operational research activities and participate in project assessments, evaluations and design teams as applicable.
• Facilitate the preparation/production of project reports, journal publications, proposal writing and assessment reports, human success stories and quarterly fact sheets.
• Provide technical support to the project, NTBLCP and other Government of Nigeria entities in the conduct of surveys for TB programs, including development of survey instruments, survey implementation, data analysis and report writing under the guidance of the M&E coordinator.

Qualifications

• Applicants must have a University Degree in any of the following fields: Medicine, Pharmacy, Statistics, Demography and Public Health or related fields. A Master’s Degree in Public Health will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Monitoring and Evaluation in HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria or related fields and programs in developing countries: and working experience with Global Fund, USAID or any other international donor funded programs is desirable.
• Applicant’s experience must reflect the knowledge, skills and abilities listed above.

Application Closing Date
18th December, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
And
Send their comprehensive Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter in ONLY one attachment (MS Word Document) explaining suitability for the job to: manderecruit@arfh-ng.org using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
• Applicants are advised to provide their functional emails / mobile phone numbers on the application letter as well as three professional referees including their functional e-mail addresses and telephone numbers.
• Eligible female applicants are encouraged to apply.
• ARFH has a Child Safeguarding policy in place and is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

Director, Finance

Job Title: Director, Finance

Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Director of Finance is responsible for ARFH’s long-term financial health and growth.
• S/he establishes strategies that will ensure resource efficiencies, oversees accounting and administrative operations, produces accurate reports on where money is going within the organization and improves or changes current practices to increase efficiency.
• S/he also participates in drawing up the annual budget and monitors its implementation, including regular forecasting and financial analysis.

Specific Responsibilities
Budgeting and Financial Management:

• Establish finance policies, systems and procedures and direct its implementation.
• Take lead on financial planning and budgeting, and provides guidance to program managers on same.
• Monitor cash flow, maintain adequate funds and other treasury management.
• Prepare monthly financial reports including Trial balance, budget tracking, and projects’ reports to donors and for management use.
• Liaise with external auditors, banking officials, tax authorities, government officials, contractors and consultants.
• Take lead in costing, cost sharing among various projects.

Project / Grants Management:

• Develop and manage grants-making processes, disbursement systems according to donors’ financial standards and controls.
• Work closely with donor contract officers to comply with terms of all grants.
• Participate in proposal design and development, and take lead in budget preparation.
• Conduct financial pre-award visits to potential sub-grantees to assess their managerial capability.
• Take lead in development of contracts to sub-grantees and subcontractors.
• Provide continuous technical assistance and training to sub-grantees and track their budget and expenditures.
• Coordinate and collaborate with finance, programs and admin units on activities.
• Take a lead in project closeout including final financial reporting, auditing, and preparing of inventory disposal plan.

Training and Capacity Building:

• Involve in intensive hands-on-workshops aimed at strengthening the capacity of individuals and partner organizations on how to mobilize and manage the funds of the project including budgeting, and reports preparation.
• Involve in public and private sector reform process, by providing trainings to participants from various private organizations and government.

Accounting and Financial Management:

• Initiate, develop and monitor annual budgets including financial forecasts and produce monthly variance reports.
• Process regular fund requests and ensure funds are disbursed appropriately.
• Supervise the accountants and other finance staff in maintenance of proper accounting records; processing of financial transactions; administration of staff salaries; and preparation of monthly and end of the year financial statements.

Qualifications

• A minimum of HND / B.Sc Degree in Accounting or Social Sciences.
• Master’s in Business Admin/Financial Management and professional qualification of ACA/ACCA is an added advantage
• Must also have at least 10 years working experience in finance and administration with Non-Governmental organizations and INGOs.Also a demonstration of experience in the use of automated accounting systems (particularly QuickBooks) and Microsoft Office Suite (particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint),
• Good knowledge of internal control systems, financial audit processes and accounting procedures for multiple donor or project accounts such as Global Fund, USAID, BMGF, etc.
• Topnotch leadership and coordination skills.; reliable and self-motivated with good communication and presentation skills.
• Superior problem solving skills with broad knowledge of business departments and their functions.
• Strategic thinker.
• Budget management experience and people-management skills.
• Exceptional organizational skills.

Application Closing Date
13th December, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
And
Send their comprehensive Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter in ONLY one attachment (MS Word Document) explaining suitability for the job to: dof@arfh-ng.org using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
• Applicants are advised to provide their functional emails/mobile phone numbers on the application letter as well as three professional referees including their functional e-mail addresses and telephone numbers.
• Eligible female applicants are encouraged to apply.
• ARFH has a Child Safeguarding policy in place and is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

Adhoc Staff

Job Title: Adhoc Staff

Locations: Enugu, Lagos, Niger and Plateau

Job Summary

• The Adhoc Staff will be responsible for the overall program coordination on the CODAiN (Community Oriented DMPA-SC/Self Injection Acceleration in Nigeria) project in the State.
• He/she will coordinate RH/FP activities including service delivery of DMPA-SC in all the service delivery points in the state as well as managing relationship with relevant stakeholders towards ensuring seamless project implementation.
• He/she will coordinate CORPs/CHIPS activities in collaboration with the State and LGA RH/FP Coordinators.
• The Adhoc Staff will work closely with the state stakeholders on Journey to Self-Reliance (sustainability and state ownership) on the concluded RASuDiN (Resilient and Accelerated Scale up of DMPA-SC/Self Injection in Nigeria) project.
• He/she will have requisite experience in RMNCH landscape.

Specific Responsibilities

• Provide Technical Assistance (TA) to the state in its journey to self-reliance (ownership and sustainability) of high-impact Family planning programming and activities in the state.
• Liaise with SPHCDA, and SMOH to provide TA and Support in the transitioning of CORPs to the CHIPS Program in the state.
• Provide TA and follow up with the state on the integration of the Quarterly LGA RH/FP Supervisors meeting, Sponsorship of Cluster Review
• Continuous stakeholder engagement and follow-up to ensure the Procurement of FP Commodities by the state.
• Support the conduct of FP Outreaches or its integration into other government-led outreaches.
• Provide TA to ensure continuous FP Demand Generation by the Health Educators or SMOs at LGA level.
• Provide TA for other state FP programs with guidance towards ownership and sustainability plans
• Provide monthly report of progress in all the projects elements of JSR.
• Coordinate and facilitate RH/FP service delivery (quality and systems strengthening) and other related activities in project anchor sites and respective satellite sites.
• Developing innovative strategies to strengthen the effectiveness and quality of service provision in their areas of assigned responsibility
• Participating in development, management and review of program activities of Community health workers

Minimum Qualifications

• Applicants must hold a University Degree in a Health related or Social Science field and he/she must also possess hands-on experience in Family Planning Service Delivery.
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills, with proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Power point.
• Applicant is expected to have a minimum of 3 years’ experience on donor funded family planning project in Nigeria with good knowledge of national health programs, health system, NGOs and collaborative relationship and liaison with stakeholders at all levels.

Application Closing Date
20th December, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
And
Send their comprehensive Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter in ONLY as one attachment (MS Word Document) explaining suitability for the job to: adhocstaffs@arfh-ng.org using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
• Applicants are advised to provide their functional emails/mobile phone numbers on the application letter as well as three professional referees including their functional e-mail addresses and telephone numbers.
• Eligible female applicants are encouraged to apply.
• ARFH has a Child Safeguarding policy in place and is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).