Palladium Group Nutrition and Malaria Clinical Advisor Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs

Palladium Group Nutrition and Malaria Clinical Advisor Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs. Palladium Group Nigeria looking for “Nutrition and Malaria Clinical Advisor”. Applicants with a University degree may apply on or before 29 November 2022.

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Palladium Group Nutrition and Malaria Clinical Advisor Jobs 2022

The Palladium Group has published a job vacancy announcement on 18 November 2022 for qualified Nigeria’s to fill in the vacant post of Nutrition and Malaria Clinical Advisor to be based in Abuja, Nigeria.

Recruiter	Palladium Group
Position	Senior Child Health, Nutrition & Malaria Clinical Advisor
Location	Abuja, Nigeria
Country	Nigeria
Total Vacant Post	N/A
Qualification	University degree
Experience Required	10 years
Application Deadline	29 November 2022

Palladium Group Job Vacancy 2022

Project Overview and Role: The Senior Child Health, Nutrition and Malaria Clinical Advisor will manage clinical aspects of the child health, nutrition, immunization and malaria portfolio from the Abuja Country Office. The position works closely with the Senior Integrated Community-based Health Technical Lead who manages community-based volunteers (e.g., CHIPS) and private sector (e.g., Private Patent Medical Vendors, Community Pharmacists) relationships and technical areas.  The position reports to the Deputy Chief of Party.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides technical oversight and strategic direction on clinical aspects of the child health (including but not limited to immunization, pneumonia, diarrheal diseases, malaria, and nutrition services) with expansion of primary health care and private sector models and approaches for children and their families. The position liaises with other Child Health staff in Abuja and the States to expand high impact, evidence-based practices, as well as community health and community engagement in partnership with other IHP staff and partners.
• Advises on clinical quality improvement and quality assurance approaches of PHC services with the focus on integrated child health and nutrition, including the development of tools and resources for the delivery, scale-up, and documentation of high-impact interventions at facility and community levels in the public and private sector.
• Provides clinical leadership on routine immunization (RI) systems and integrated RI/child health approaches to minimize missed opportunities on uptake and use of services by newborns, children, and their families.
• Provides expert mentoring to State staff to enhance clinical capacity building, mentorship, and supportive supervision approaches of facility providers with an emphasis on scale up of high impact child health and nutrition services in the public and private sector.
• Provides quality improvement expertise and strategies to enhance quality of care indicators in the PHCs and General Hospitals related to routine immunization, IMCI, nutrition and malaria.
• Provides technical oversight for referral activities, ensuring that two-way referral systems are established and functional between the community and the PHC (liaising with Breakthrough Action) and the PHC and Secondary or Tertiary Hospitals).
• Supports the IHP learning agenda aimed at synthesizing and packaging learning from across all states across a range of child health and nutrition topics.

Qualification & Experience:

• The Senior Child Health, Nutrition and Malaria Clinical Advisor must be a physician anda proven leader in the field with senior-level management experience in public health programs. S/he must be well recognized by the RMNCH community in Nigeria.
• The Senior Child Health, Nutrition and Malaria Clinical Advisor must be intimately familiar with the context in Nigeria and have in-country experience with USAID programs. Additional qualifications include:
• An experienced Child Health, Nutrition or Community Health physician with not less than 10 years experience in Clinical services, with more than half in Pediatrics practice. He/she should have an MD and at least a Fellow of the National or West African Postgraduate Medical Colleges or equivalents in Pediatrics or Family Medicine.
• An MPH and Development Program experience would be added advantages.
• Demonstrated expertise in working directly with host-country senior government officials and policy makers in child survival and MNCH.
• Strong, demonstrated management skills.
• Experience working with host-country partners, organizations, and institutions
• Strong skills in design, implementation and monitoring of program components, e.g. services, training, integrated supportive supervision, clinical mentoring, patient counseling, advocacy and coordination.
• Demonstrated capacity to work with Nigerian experts and partners in developing technical materials and providing training to improve service delivery, advocacy and resource mobilization for expanding quality improvement of MNCH services.
• Experience with technical leadership for programs funded by USAID and/or other donor programs in developing countries, with significant Nigeria experience.
• Strong verbal, listening, writing, and intrapersonal skills essential for effective coordination among several institutions and staff involved in a broad range of activities.
• Fluent in English, (written and oral communication) and Hausa and/or Fulfulde.
• Willingness to travel throughout Nigeria as necessary.

Other Details

• Contract Type: Full Time
• Selection Process: Interview
• Salary: negotiable
• Application Process: Online

How to Apply Palladium Group Nutrition and Malaria Clinical Advisor Jobs 2022

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The Closing Date: 29 November 2022

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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