Zonal Manager vacancy at Targeted States High Impact Projects (TSHIP)


TSHIP is USAID/Nigeria’s flagship Health, Population, and Nutrition project being implemented in the focus States of Bauchi and Sokoto. The project is an integrated maternal neonatal and child health initiative that uses high impact and low cost interventions to reduce maternal and child deaths.


The project is designed to strengthen the Nigerian health sector and improve the country’s health indicators, two of the most important development issues facing Nigeria.  Maternal mortality rates are very high, particularly in the northern states.  The average woman in those states, where childbearing starts very early and births are very closely spaced, gives birth to seven children during her reproductive years.  Though child mortality has declined slightly over the past five years, nearly 16% of children born in Nigeria will die before reaching their fifth birthday.  This is due in large part from highly preventable causes such as malaria, respiratory infections, diarrhea, and measles.

TSHIP (Targeted States High Impact Projects) is a five-year program focused on the improvement of health systems and the management of health systems for higher quality Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health, Family Planning, and Reproductive Health service delivery in Nigeria. TSHIP is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by a group of foreign and local non-governmental organizations consisting of John Snow Research & Training Institute, Inc. (JSI), Center for Development & Population Activities (CEDPA), Futures Group International LLC, JHPIEGO, and Management Strategies for Africa (MSA).
 
 
Job Title: Zonal Manager
Location: Bauchi and Sokoto
Type: Full time 
Job opening ID: 34
 
Summary of Functions
  • The Zonal Manager is responsible for coordinated implementation of project inputs and achieving results.  
  • He will make sure that all projects inputs and technical support reach to the service delivery points on time and work with the Health Coordinators, the Service Improvement Facilitators, LGA Development Coordinators, CMAs, CSOs, MOH, the MFLGA and LGA officials to ensure that service providers deliver high quality services that will help reduce maternal and child mortality and increase family planning acceptance.
  • The Zonal Manager is the central point of planning and coordination for all activities in the LGAs, service sites and communities. 
  • The Zonal Manager has overall responsibility to ensuring that the various components of TSHIPs field activities in the LGAs, service delivery sites and communities come together in a timely, efficient and effective way. This includes, improving the management functions at the LGA level trainings, commodity supplies, oversight of community activities and monitoring of NGOs/CBOs under the sub-grants program, quality assurance and supportive supervision. 
  • The Zonal Manager supervises the Finance and Administrative Assistant and coordinates activities of the Zonal Team that is directly responsible for all inputs into their respective Zones to ensure the quality and timeliness of these inputs, plus data gathering and reporting. 
 
Roles and responsibilities
  • Manages all field activities in the zone, supervising and leading the Zonal team.
  • Ensures a fair distribution of activities in each LGA and that no LGA is overburdened at any one time;
  • Maintains ongoing relationships and coordinates with the SMOH personnel, State Office staff, local government authority and LGA chairmen, Zonal officers of other MDAs.
  • Trouble shoots if problems or conflicts arise;
  • Tracks all field activities in LGAs within the zone, maintaining a database on field activities, participant lists, training data bases, in collaboration with M&E team at the state office as well track facility improvement; 
  • Works closely with the M&E team to ensure accurate and timely reporting;
  • Prepares quarterly report sections, including identifying success stories and keeping a photographic and written record of field activity highlights;
  • Participates in community mobilization monitoring and other baseline data gathering;
  • Coordinates the annual update of LGA profiles;
  • With technical staff in the zone, identifies potential problem areas, stock-outs, gaps or other issues that require immediate attention;
  • Tracks the activities of other public health projects, CBOs and activities within the zone to ensure that there is harmonization and not duplications;
  • Participates in all aspects of the life of the project; works with colleagues and counterparts to ensure project success;
  • Provide oversight on any improvement job sponsored by the project and submit regular progress reports.
  • Represents the project at local, state or national meetings and conferences related to the program, as delegated. 
  • Other duties as assigned.
 
REQUIRED QUALIFICATTION
Education:
  • A degree in the social sciences or university training in a related field. 
  • Five years practical experience in field work in community development, health management or development.
 
Experience:
  • A degree in the social sciences or university training in a related field. 
  • Five years practical experience in field work in community development, health management or development.
  • Demonstrated ability to be both a team player and to lead teams and to organize multiple and simultaneous sets of activities. 
  • Strong community ties and demonstrated ability to work with communities, Ward Development Committees, LGA leadership and SMOH technical staff. 
  • Must have the confidence of the client. 
  • Clear understanding of public health issues and challenges in resource poor settings in Northern Nigeria.
 
Language Requirements:
  • Excellent communication skills in local languages; ability to give clear instructions; good 
  • English writing skills an asset.  
 
Closing date: Monday 12th, March, 2012
JSI is an equal opportunity employer. 
To apply visit this link below
http://www.tshipnigeria.org/index.php/current-vacancies

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