Plan International Health and MHPSS Officer Jobs 2021 – Nigeria NGO Jobs. Plan International Nigeria programme looking for “Health and MHPSS Officer”. Applicants with a University degree may apply on or before 22nd November 2021.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation which works in 71 countries across the world, in Africa, the Americas, and Asia to advance children’s rights and equality for girls. Plan International is one of the world’s largest organisations working for children’s rights and gender equality. In 2016, Plan International reached 17.1 million girls and 15.5 million boys through its programming.
Plan International Health and MHPSS Officer Jobs 2021
The Plan International has published a job vacancy announcement on 13 November 2021 for qualified Nigeria’s to fill in the vacant post of Health and MHPSS Officer to be based in Abuja, Nigeria.
| Recruiter | Plan International |
| Position | Health and MHPSS Officer |
| Location | Abuja, Nigeria |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | University degree |
| Experience Required | 2 – 3 years |
| Application Deadline | 22nd November 2021 |
Plan International Job Vacancy 2021
Job Purpose: The ASPIRE project is a 5-year project funded with support from Global Affairs Canada and focused on improving sexual rights and reproductive health of adolescent girls and boys in Sokoto state. The purpose of this role is to provide support to the Health/SRH coordinator in project implementation.
Accountabilities:
- Support on the assessment of health facilities in line with minimum standards and working with stakeholders and partners to ensure the health facilities meet the standards.
- Support on the development and implementation of all health (SRH & mental health training activities on the project, ensuring the highest quality of standard.
- Support the implementation of an age and gender responsive community and health facility roll out and referral process.
- Support health facilities to be adolescent friendly and gender responsive.
- Contribute to project research and support Monitoring and Evaluation processes.
- Provide support in the development of curricula, advocacy and community mobilization strategies, including information, education and communication (IEC) materials and radio messages to ensure service delivery issues are captured.
- Regularly utilize project level data, to track progress against planned service delivery outputs and outcomes, and manage performance using Results-Based Management (RBM) methodologies.
- Provide regular updates to supervisor and other project team members to inform project programming decision making and advocacy efforts.
- Identify success stories in collaboration with partners and share with Program Management
- Support on the technical report writing under the supervision of the program manager. Work with community-based structures for successful implementation of community outreach services.
- Support regular advocacies to local stakeholders to improve and sustain project buy-in and operations.
- Support the establishment and maintenance of good working relationship with the relevant State actors, local government authorities and other stakeholders.
- Assume any other responsibility as assigned by Supervisor.
Qualification & Experience:
- 2 – 3 years working (or more) experience providing support to health and SRH projects in Nigeria, preferably in Norther Nigeria.
- University education in medicine or health related course.
- Experience in SRH and mental health programming a plus.
- Experience in utilizing adolescent peer education methodologies and comprehensive sexuality Education in communities will be a plus.
- Demonstrated knowledge and background in community mobilization and engagement on health and SRH and projects.
- Demonstrated problem solving skills, collaboration experience, creativity and willingness to innovate
- Experience drafting project reporting and monitoring project progress
- Excellent written and spoken English language skills
- Knowledge of Hausa language preferred but not required
Other Details
- Contract Type: Full Time
- Selection Process: Interview
- Salary: negotiable
- Application Process: Online
How to Apply Plan International Health and MHPSS Officer Jobs 2021
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to this link Click Here
The Closing Date: 22nd November 2021
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | plan-international.org |
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