Senior Officer – Health System Strengthening and Quality Improvement at an Indigenous Non-profit and Non-governmental Organization

Job Title: Senior Officer – Health System Strengthening and Quality

Activities

• Provide strategic support and oversight for the tracking and execution of programmatic work plans across states and thematic areas, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
• Lead the development and finalization of state and health facility operational budgets, ensuring proper resource allocation and financial compliance with donor guidelines.
• Supervise and provide technical guidance to project sub-recipients, ensuring effective implementation of programmatic scopes of work and deliverables.
• Oversee the development of detailed work plans and budgets to support state and facility teams, with a focus on leveraging quality improvement (QI) methodologies to enhance HIV care delivery.
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration among stakeholders, ensuring timely approval and execution of operational budgets at both state and facility levels.
• Coordinate the effective implementation of quality improvement (QI) and quality assurance (QA) activities across all supported health facilities, ensuring adherence to standards and best practices.
• Lead quality improvement collaboratives among supported sites, facilitating peer learning sessions, and offering high-level site coaching to improve patient care.
• Ensure accurate and timely data collection, analysis, and utilization by supporting states and facility-based QI teams in performance monitoring and reporting.
• Lead the development and regular updating of materials for trainings, learning sessions, and coaching visits, ensuring they are aligned with current public health and HIV treatment standards.
• Coordinate comprehensive site assessments and facility strengthening activities, including developing supportive supervision guidelines and ensuring follow-up action is taken.
• Oversee the preparation of programmatic reports, including progress reports, success stories, and QI bulletins, ensuring accurate reflection of program achievements and challenges.
• Ensure proper documentation of QI initiatives, compiling insights from assessments, peer learning sessions, and field coaching visits for wider dissemination.

Candidate Profile

• Advanced degree in Public Health, Health Management, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
• Minimum of 6 years of progressive experience in program management within public health, with at least 4 years of direct experience in HIV/TB programs.
• Extensive experience in quality improvement methodologies and their application in health care settings, particularly in the context of HIV care.
• Proven leadership in managing complex, multi-state programs, with a strong ability to coordinate teams and stakeholders.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to write comprehensive reports and success stories.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to identifying and addressing programmatic challenges.
• Flexibility to travel, with a minimum of 30% travel time to project sites, including extended periods in the field.

Application Instructions:

The application deadline is 26th September, 2024. Therefore qualified and interested candidates should click on the link  “CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION”and send their Current CV & Suitability statement not more than 200 words indicating position and location in Microsoft Word format to: [email protected] using the Job Title, Location and Applicant Full name (e.g. “COM01 Abuja, ADESUWA NWACHUKWU”) as the subject of the mail.

Note

• It is important to apply via the link and the mail, as applications sent to ONLY the email address will be considered invalid.
• Only short-listed candidates will be contacted to advance to the next stage of the selection process.
• Grant duration- Subject to availability of funds and exceptional grant performance.
• We believe in Equal Employment Opportunity and strongly encourage qualified Locals and women to apply.
• Applications are reviewed in the order of arrival, and we reserve the right to close the advert before the term initially indicated if suitable applications are received.
• This organization does not charge any fees for submission of job applications and interviews.