National Project Manager at Idmibok International Contract

Job Title: National Project Manager

Location: Nationwide
Employment Type: Temporary

Job Summary

• This is a consultancy for a proposal the organization is working on. The Regional / State Team Leader will be responsible for coordinating regional or state-level activities as related to the verification of performance on antenatal nutrition service and focused adolescent health service deliveries by governmental and non-governmental agencies.
• The purpose of this assignment is for the Independent Verification Agency (IVA) to conduct independent third-party verification of (i) performance of contracted NSAs on a sample basis every six months; (ii) performance of SPHCDAs with respect to delivery of nutrition sensitive antenatal care at primary health care centers on an annual basis; and (iii) achievement of DLI results at respective federal and participating state levels on as and when achieved basis.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate day-to-day activities for the IVA at the state or regional level.
• Provide MEL technical support to state teams in the implementation activities.
• Lead communication and relationship management with the relevant state agencies
• Support implementation of the MEL activities for the independent verification project in the state.
• Manage state-level personnel on the project, including ad-hoc staff like research assistants/data collectors.
• Provide administrative and financial management support in the state/region throughout the project lifecycle.

Required Qualification, Skills and Experience

• A minimum of a Master’s degree in Management, Social Science or Economics.
• At least 10 years of relevant Monitoring Evaluation experience, including managing large-scale nutrition projects in Nigeria.
• Technical knowledge of Monitoring and Evaluation in Public Health, with a focus on nutrition services.
• Experience with staff management in different states or regions.
• Experience in conducting large, national-level surveys, ideally in Nigeria.
• Demonstrated analytical and report writing skills.
• Ability to comply with the estimated project timelines and workdays.

Application Closing Date
5th May, 2021.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send the following documents below to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email. (e.g Regional/State Team Leader)

• CV, including date of birth, country of residence and language proficiency
• Cover letter (addressing previous related work, including 3 reference contacts, stating name, position, email, organization, address, telephone and relationship)
• Passport photograph
• 3 written reports on past MEL assignments (preferably, independent verification projects or nutrition-focused projects)

Note: Consultants from and living in Nigeria would be preferred.