• Application Deadline:
• Position: Nigeria Health Support Consultant


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification MBA/MSc/MA


• Experience 7 years


• Location Abuja


• Job Field Consultancy  , Medical / Healthcare 
  

Responsibilities:

• Deepen our understanding of Nigeria’s health system performance and progress with health sector reforms with a focus on strengthening health systems and access to and use of integrated, high quality, person-centered family planning, malaria, routine immunization, nutrition, maternal, newborn, and child health services.


• Leverage relationships with key stakeholders, donors, and local organizations across Nigeria and help us understand their strengths, priorities, activities, and interest in collaboration.  


• Leverage connections with individuals in Nigeria with an interest in leading/supporting donor-funded activities.


• Support MSH’s efforts to prepare for donor-funded opportunities in Nigeria, including supporting technical design for successful implementation.

This will require:

• Contributing to a written situational analysis/understanding of the health situation in Nigeria


• Meeting with key stakeholders, donors, and partners throughout Nigeria. This may involve traveling to select states.


• Providing written reports/landscape analysis/meeting notes


• Recommending potential personnel to fill key roles.


• Participating in strategy design sessions as needed 


• Contributing written inputs to advance strategy.

The consultant should have the following requirements and competencies:

• A postgraduate degree in Medicine, public health, Pharmacy, or other related fields.  


• A professional experience of at least seven (7) years.


• A good knowledge of Nigeria’s health systems


• Excellent project management capability


• Provide previous consultancy references if possible.

Desired skills/attributes.

• Could work in a team and produce quality results within the negotiated timelines.


• Have a sense of contact and interpersonal communication.


• Have skills in facilitating workshops.


• Could write quality reports.


• Have a good command of English language.


• Have a perfect command of computer tools, in particular Windows or Mac and MS-Office environments.