Quality Management Advisor and Technical Advisor Vacancies at Jhpiego

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Jhpiego is an affiliate of John Hopkins University and a global leader in improving healthcare for women and families. We require the services of the underlisted position for immediate employment.
Jhpiego is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Technical Advisor
Location: Bauchi, NG
Report To: Deputy Chief of Party
Description

The RH/FP Technical Advisor will be responsible for providing leadership in capacity building and in the technical areas of reproductive health/family planning (RHfFP) for the USAID bilateral award in Nigeria. This five-year award, supports the United States Agency for International Development (USA ID) Nigeria’s Strategic Objective 13, which calls for improved quality of social sector services; a strengthened enabling environment; and expanded demand for and increased access to services, commodities, and materials. Strategic Objective 13 has two targeted states: Bauchi and Sokoto.

Responsibilities

Provide overall technical vision and guidance in the area of RH/FP.As a member of the project’s Core Team, provide leadership in RHfFP for the design of annual work plans, monitoring of program activities and ongoing assessment of technical assistance needs.Manage/support subcontractors, institutions, networks, relevant NGOs, collaborating organizations, and federal and state governments in Nigeria.Develop and maintain excellent relationships with colleagues, counterparts, and donors.Keep her/his supervisors and project staff informed of successes, challenges, best practices and lessons learned in implementing programs in areas of technical expertise.Develop and/or review technical documents and learning materials in areas of technical expertise.Write, co-author and otherwise support the documentation of project results in conferences and publications.Perform technical reviews of grant applications and subcontractor scopes of work.Advise on national and global FPIRH “best practice” examples and their potential replicability, as well as opportunities for knowledge exchange among state-based institutions and/or individuals.Assess technical capacity of state institutions as appropriate.Collaborate with other Ps implementing similar programming to ensure joint planning and coordination where appropriate.Job Title: Quality Management Advisor (QMA)
Location: Bauchi, NG
Report To: Deputy Chief of Party
Description The Quality Management Advisor (QMA) serves as a technical resource for the TSHIP Project in the area of quality and performance improvement in health care and prevention.Specifically the QMA provides guidance and support to the state level project units and counterparts (SMOH) for the design and implementation of initiatives in these areas, using the Standards-Based Management and Recognition (SBM-R) as a core approach.S/he also contributes to the development of innovative approaches in the areas of quality and performance improvement.

Responsibilities
The QMA provides technical assistance and support for the:

Orientation of the project and counterpart staff in concepts and methods for quality andperformance improvement, using SBM-R as a core approachIdentification of opportunities for improving the quality and performance of health workers and facilitiesDesign of SBM-R initiatives.Development of SBM-R tools.Implementation and monitoring of SBM-R initiatives.Data collection, results reporting. evaluation, and documentation of the SBM-R initiatives.Dissemination of the SBM-R and other project initiatives.Develop and maintain excellent relationships with colleagues, counterparts, and donors.Keep her/his supervisors and project staff informed of successes, challenges, best practices and lessons learned in implementing programs in areas of technical expertise.Develop and/or review technical documents and learning materials in areas of technical expertiseWrite, co-author and otherwise support the documentation of project results in conferences and publications.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their cover letters and resumes to: jhunigeriaproject@yahoo.com

Note: The successful candidate selected for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and will need to resume as early as possible.

Application Deadline 13th June, 2103

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