N.G.O INSTITUTION: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the leading UN organization in Reproductive Health and Population and Development, is recruiting personnel for the following position: Position: Family Planning Analyst. Location: Abuja, Nigeria. Type of Contract : FTA Local. Post Level : NO-B. Job Description: Under the overall guidance of the UNFPA Resident Representative in Nigeria and the direct supervision of the FP/RHCS Specialist, the Family Planning Analyst will work closely with the Women’s Reproductive Health Cluster in the UNFPA Country Office. S/he will also work closely with different Nigerian Federal and State Ministry of Health Departments. Duties/Responsibilities: Provide technical expertise that will ensure the scale up of the family planning programme, especially with regards to demand creation and service delivery; Provide partners with the technical backstopping, assistance and advise on the strategic direction for strengthening the delivery, access to and quality of family planning; Provide technical updates, training and mentoring for partners in relevant clinical and technical areas related to family planning; Give technical guidance in the development and implementation of family planning protocols, policies, training modules, operational manuals and approaches for locally appropriate family planning service delivery and for supportive supervision of service providers based on best practice; Provide quality assurance and close monitoring of all family planning training, ensuring its integration in other relevant reproductive health areas; Analyze bottlenecks to the delivery of family planning services in the country and suggest strategic approaches to address these challenges and to make a breakthrough in the most hard to reach areas as well as other strategic areas like nutrition; Work with the Women Reproductive Health cluster and partners to ensure the integration of family planning activities in all reproductive health, maternal and neonatal health activities; Conduct regular technical monitoring visits to the field sites in collaboration with partners; Participate in the development of the family planning communication strategy and ensure the standardization of family planning messages and use of context appropriate language; Ensure that all service delivery planned and provided to the community is of high quality and responsive to the increased demand created by the reproductive, maternal and neonatal health initiatives; Participate in the development and updating of guidelines, standards, tools, manuals and approaches as required; Provide technical and programmatic support for family planning related research, and identify, document, and disseminate lessons learned and best practices in family planning; Undertake any other activities/responsibilities as needed by the MOH and the Country Office. Qualifications/Requirements: The ideal applicants should be a Nigerian national (male or female) with: Advanced university degree in Reproductive Health, Obstetric and Gynaecology, Public Health, Community Medicine or other related subject, specific qualification in midwifery and family planning is an added advantage. Five (5) years of Post-Masters degree working experience in clinical and programmatic family planning programming; Experience in promotion of and building national capacity in long acting and reversible methods of contraception including the implant; Demonstrated experience in strategic programme management with strong technical knowledge of family planning, reproductive health and/or maternal health. Interpersonal and communication skills for the dissemination of information and the advocacy activities that should progressively lead to an increase in demand. Excellent writing and presentation skills. Proficiency in current Microsoft Office software applications. Competencies/ Values: Exemplifying integrity Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system Embracing cultural diversity Embracing change Core Competencies Achieving results Being accountable Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen Thinking analytically and strategically Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships Communicating for impact Strategically positioning UNFPA programmes Providing conceptual innovation to support programme effectiveness Generating, managing and promoting the use of knowledge and information Providing a technical support system Strengthening the programming capacity of implementing partners Facilitating quality programmatic results Internal and External relations and advocacy for results mobilization. Method of Application: All potential job applicants should click on link below to APPLY: jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=48789 Application Deadline: 28th August, 2014 HWN..........a division of Tripple World Africa Network!
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 22:08:37 +0000
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