JOB TITLE: Program Assistant – Malaria and Tuberculosis
JOB LOCATION: Abuja
JOB DETAILS:
- The Program Assistant – Tuberculosis & Malaria will provide administrative and programmatic support for BA-Nigeria’s Tuberculosis and Malaria SBC interventions.
- S/he will work closely with the Deputy Project Director and other technical program officers in the malaria and TB units including the State Coordinators to ensure well-coordinated administration of activities within the unit.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Provides administrative support to ensure efficient operation of the unit.
- S/He will have primary responsibility for supporting the country office malaria and TB team in the day-to-day coordination of administrative activities at national and state level.
- Work with the Senior Program Officer – Malaria and Deputy Project Director -Malaria/TB to plan meetings and coordinate any administrative activities of the unit.
- Support team’s budgeting, planning of activities and monitoring of retirements.
- Assist with the maintenance of effective relationships with key stakeholders including government stakeholders.
- Provide administrative support during training and capacity building activities targeted at BA-Nigeria project partners, heath service providers, community-based organization, community volunteers etc.
- Provide support to the administrative activities between the Country office and the BA-Nigeria State Coordinators as required
- Assist with the monitoring of timely program reports on a quarterly basis and disseminate program success stories, and other reporting duties as assigned.
- Assist senior members of the team with travel arrangement and other logistic requirements for effective running of the unit
- Perform job duties/responsibilities in support of CCP’s Mission and Values, as appropriate.
- Other duties as necessary and assigned by supervisors and BA-Nigeria Project Director.
Requirements
- Minimum of an HND / Bachelor’s Degree in Arts, Social Sciences or Health Sciences.
- Minimum of 3 years’ work experience in Administrative related tasks
- 1 – 2 years’ experience working within the health sector and in related tasks.
- Well-organized, with ability to track multiple activities and deadlines.
- Proficiency in writing and editing letters, concept notes and reports is required.
- Working knowledge of MS Office Packages and database software and applications
- Strong communication skills (written & spoken) in English language is required.
- Ability to work within a cross-cultural, multi-sectoral, multi-project team-based environment.
Skills:
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
- Excellent writing and oral communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to initiate and implement activities with minimal oversight and supervision.
- Proven teamwork skills
- Ability to speak Hausa highly desired.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV (PDF) to: [email protected] using the Job Title and Location as the subject of the mail e.g, “Program Assistant – Malaria and Tuberculosis, Abuja”.
Note: Qualified female applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.
Deadline: November 23, 2022
Job Features
Job Category | Assistant |