CARE International is a global leader within a worldwide movement dedicated to saving lives and ending poverty. We work in over 94 countries around the world to provide over 1000 poverty-fighting development and humanitarian aid projects.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) Officer
Location: Yobe
Position Type: Regular/Full term
Reporting line: SHRH Manager
Report to: SRH Program Manager
Job Summary
- The SRH Officer will provide technical support to the successful implementation of the SRH component, including hygiene promotion.
- S/he will lead the development, planning, implementation and coordination of SRH, hygiene promotion and risk communication activities on COVID-19, ensuring quality outputs and timely completion of project deliverables
Specific Responsibilities and Tasks
Responsibility 1:
- Provide technical SRH guidance for project implementation (75% of time)
- Facilitate and oversee the planning, implementation and coordination of all SRH, Hygiene Promotion and risk communication activities
- Lead the community volunteers work planning for sensitization and awareness raising activities
- Work with trained CBTs and VSLA committees to facilitate risk communication on COVID-19 in communities
- Plan, organize and coordinate all project-related training and distribution activities in collaboration with the with the Project Manager
- Supervise the implementation of SRH and community awareness raising activities in a bid to assure quality
- Perform any other duties as may be required by the Supervisor
Job Responsibility 2:
- Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) and Reporting of grants (25%)
- Ensure indicators in the approved logical framework of the proposal are tracked and closely monitored with support from the M&E Officer.
- Ensure beneficiary feedback about the project activities are timely communicated to the CARE senior programme team and other relevant stakeholders to enhance relevance.
Work Conditions:
- The positions are based in Yobe and will oversee the day to day implementation of the SRH and Risk Communication activities of the project.
- A significant amount of time (at least 75%) is expected to be spent in the project locations and liaising with community leaders, other humanitarian actors and LGA health authorities within the area of operations.
- It is imperative for the SRH Officers to build very strong rapport and regularly network with the other actors on the ground, including the LGA security apparatus for the day-to-day movement of community volunteers and distribution of project materials/ supplies. of the mobile outreach teams. They will also be required to, from time to time, attend meetings, make follow up on procurement, plan training events and report writing, etc.
Education
- Degree or Advanced Diploma in Public Health, Medicine, Nursing, or other related disciplines.
Experience:
- 3+ years of progressively responsible professional experience in project planning, coordination and management.
- Demonstrated ability to network and work in collaboration with governments, NGOs, CSOs and other relevant stakeholders.
- Experience of working on Sexual and Reproductive Health and WASH issues
- Proven ability to build and manage relationships with local authorities, peer organisations and other community based structures
Job Knowledge
Problem Solving
There are three levels of problem-solving:
- What has to be done and how to do it are clearly defined, and the incumbent will face identical or similar problems on a regular basis;
- What has to be done is known, but how to do it is not defined. The incumbent must use interpolative skills to pick and choose the right strategy to address a given problem; and
- Why things are done is known, but what has to be done and how to do it are not defined.
- Situations are variable and the incumbent’s response will involve analysis, problem definition, development of alternatives, and making recommendations. She will face and address problems that are typically non-recurring.
Education / Training
Required:
- Advanced degree in public/community health, Nursing, social sciences, or other related disciplines
Desired:
- Postgraduate degree in Public Health and medicine is an asset (University Degree)
- Project planning, coordination, monitoring and supervision training is an added value
- Training in project management and coordination
Experience
Required / Desired:
- Experience working at middle management level in an international NGO is desirable.
- 3+ years of progressively responsible professional experience in coordinating SRH or GBV programme development and management.
- Demonstrated ability to network and work in collaboration with governments, NGOs, CSOs and community structures.
- Experience of working on SRH and GBV issues
- Proven ability to build capacities of direct reports, community volunteers and wider community members
Knowledge and Skills:
- Proven technical knowledge and experience in implementing and coordinating project activities at community-level, particularly in an emergency context.
- Current knowledge of humanitarian dimension of SRH and WASH, including relevant international standards.
- Strong inter-personal, communication, motivational and networking skills.
- Ability to express clearly and concisely ideas and concepts in written and oral forms.
- Ability to write quality reports in English and submit them on time
- Disciplined, organized, respect for deadlines, adaptation in a multicultural working environment, tolerance, respect for CARE's core values and gender.
Competencies:
- Exemplary customer service and people skills
- Leadership abilities that have been proven in small and large scale arenas
- Problem solving skills that lead to feasible resolutions for the future
- Ability to organize large scale projects or departments
Freedom to Act:
- Responsibility Is the incumbent the PRIME (takes full and total responsibility); CONTRIBUTORY (provides support and contributes to the overall success); or ANCILLARY (provides support but contributes indirectly to the overall success.
Contributary:
- General Accountability What types of decisions can the jobholder make without prior approval? Are they Prime, Shared, Contributory or Ancillary to decisions made?
- Financial Accountability Impact: What is the impact of financial decisions on the organization, department or work unit? Magnitude: What is the size and importance of the area affected by the job – non-quantifiable, small, medium, or large?
- Accountable for the respect of procedures.
Contacts / Key Relationships
- Internal: Project Manager (SRH&VSLA), SRH Program Manager, FSNL Sector Manager, Gender and Protection Advisor, Monitoring & Evalauation Officer, Finance Staff, Field Office Team, Procurement/ Logistics, and SMT.
- External: LGA Health authorities, health providers, community volunteers, other humanitarian response actors at LGA level
Working Conditions:
Minimum Qualification and Experience
Education:
- Advanced degree/ diploma in public health, nursing or medicine or other related disciplines.
Experience:
- At least 3 years’ working experience in the field of emergency community health response, with emphasis on SRH
- Experience of working in the North East with a sound understanding of the stakeholders’ landscape
- Demonstrated ability to network and work in collaboration with governments, NGOs, CSOs and women’s groups.
- Solid experience developing accurately costed work plans and monitoring budgets
- Excellent Computer literacy skills: must be able to use Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook proficiently
- Proven ability to facilitate trainings/build capacities and coach and mentor other staff
- Job Knowledge: Proven technical knowledge and experience in implementing in community health and service delivery in the North East.
- Current knowledge of development and human rights dimension of sexual and reproductive health, gender and GBV, including relevant international human rights standards.
- Strong inter-personal, communication, and networking skills.
- Computer literate: must be able to use Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook proficiently
Required Competencies:
- Planning
- Proactive problem solving
- Contributing to team success
- Managing work
- Building partnerships
- Communicating with impact
- Initiating action
- Stress tolerance
- Respect
- Accountability
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their Applications and detailed CV as a single document to: ngahr@care.org using the "Job title" as subject of the email.
