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Coordinating Community Based Organisations[CBOs]: Gombe, Nasarawa, Kano and Yobe States

Gombe, Nasarawa, Kano, Yobe - Nigeria

Job Description

Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) is one of the leading Nigerian Non-Governmental Organizations implementing programs for improving Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH+ N) services and other Public health promoting activities including Care and Treatment of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria, etc. With support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), ARFH is contributing to a reduction in maternal morbidity and mortality in Enugu, Gombe, Kano, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau, and Yobe States by supporting the Government of Nigeria to increase access to Family Planning especially DMPA-SC and self-injection (SI) information and services to expand access to a wide range of methods and close the gap in the unmet need for FP.

Specific Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the State Primary Health Care Development Board on FP programming in the state including RH Technical Working Group meetings
  • Conduct initial project entry and community sensitization in collaboration with ARFH
  • Conduct continuous advocacy visits to the project communities and key stakeholders
  • Coordinate project planning, implementation and evaluation in collaboration with ARFH at the LGA level
  • Work with the State FP Coordinator and LGA FP Supervisors to support the selection of CHIPS/CORPs at the LGA
  • Organize trainings on demand generation, service provision, data generation & reporting for CHIPS/CORPs.
  • Collaborate with other FP stakeholders and security agencies to monitor, manage and optimize project coordination and implementation in security-challenged LGAs
  • Work with the State FP Coordinator, LGA FP Supervisors and LGA M&E Officers to conduct monthly monitoring and supportive supervision to the CHIPS/CORPs
  • Coordinate with State Health Educators to conduct monthly community mobilization and outreach activities with the CHIPS/CORPs to generate demand and provide FP services
  • Strengthening the linkage between the CHIPS/CORPs and service providers in health facilities
  • Submit monthly report of activities to the State and ARFH

Required Experience

  • Must have a physical presence in the State applying for
  • Must have a wide spread of implementation in all the LGAs of the state applying for
  • Must have experience working with the government on similar intervention
  • Must have a functional board of trustees
  • Must have previous experience implementing/coordinating donor-funded Family planning projects at the community level

Minimum Qualifications

  • Applying organisations must be registered with the government with evidence of Corporate Affairs Commission certificate.

Method of Application

Intending organisations should complete the online form at https://forms.office.com/r/Xvdx6JNPjT and submit an organisational profile demonstrating similar experiences relating to the eligibility criteria to cborecruitment@arfh-ng.org on/or before December 9th, 2022.

Please indicate the State applied for in the subject line of the email. Only shortlisted organisation will be contacted. Applicants are advised to provide their functional emails/mobile phone numbers on the application letter as well as letter of recommendation from the State Primary Health Care Development or State Ministry of Health

JOB TYPE

Full Time

POSTING DATE:

29 November, 2022

CLOSING DATE:

9 December, 2022

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