About the Role
This project focuses on scaling up family planning services across 400-500 public health facilities. The role involves providing technical assistance to the government for capacity building, demand generation, service provision, supportive supervision, data management, and reporting.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute state-level implementation plans in coordination with State and LGA Reproductive Health and Family Planning Coordinators for DISC and RMNCAEH+H.
- Provide technical assistance on Family Planning and RMNCAEH+H to State/LGA Health teams, RMNCAEH+N Stakeholders, and Partners.
- Lead the assessment and selection of health facilities and providers.
- Conduct supportive supervisory visits and provide on-the-job coaching to LGA RH/FP supervisors to ensure technical competency in SRH and FP services.
- Maintain quality of care standards in all DISC-supported facilities and outreaches.
- Ensure improved method continuation among beneficiaries.
- Actively engage with State RH/RMNCAH TWG and LMCU to promote SFH brand, integration, and product availability in supported facilities and outreach sessions.
- Support policy engagements to institutionalize SFH positions and solutions into the State RMNCAEH+N response.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing/Midwifery, Pharmacy, Medicine, or a related health field.
- Minimum of 5 years of post-NYSC experience supporting women in initiating and continuing family planning, particularly with injectables and other short-term methods.
- Strong mobilization and promotional skills.
- Experience in health system strengthening is an advantage.
- Experience in monitoring and evaluation is an advantage.
- Significant knowledge of Family Planning in Nigeria.
- A flair for women's reproductive health in Nigeria.
- Good knowledge of critical stakeholders.
- Report writing and data interpretation skills.
- Supervisory and mentoring skills.
- High level of integrity.
- Openness to new ideas.
- Team-oriented.
- Excellent interpersonal relationship skills.
- Planning and organizational skills.
Skills
- Family Planning
- RMNCAEH+H
- Health System Strengthening
- Monitoring and Evaluation
- Mobilization
- Promotion
- Report Writing
- Data Interpretation
- Supervisory
- Mentoring
- Interpersonal Relationships
- Planning
- Organization
Experience Level
- 5 years experience Post-NYSC
Education Level
- Bachelor Nursing/Midwifery
- Bachelor Pharmacist
- Bachelor Medical Doctor
- Bachelor any other health-related field
