State Director At Excellence Community Education Welfare Scheme Ltd/gte (ecews)

Project: BRIDGE

Job Description

What you will do in this role:

• The State Director is part of the senior management team for ECEWS, in a decentralized management structure, and forms part of the strategic team that directs ECEWS's operations in the assigned state.
• H/She is responsible for program planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of interventions implemented by ECEWS in the state, spanning HIV, TB, Malaria, and MNCH.
• H/She provides technical and management leadership in HIV prevention, care and treatment, TB, Malaria, MCH, and integrated medical services, and develops technical strategies, overseeing their design and implementation to ensure the appropriate application of theory and best practice in public health interventions.
• H/She is accountable for judicious use of all resources entrusted to ECEWS and its partners in the assigned state.
• Oversee the development of strategies for the design and implementation of public health interventions, including HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment; TB and DOTS services; Malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment; and MNCHlogis services, including RH/FP and cervical cancer screening.
• Ensure that appropriate technical strategies, policies, and SOPs are developed and implemented in accordance with ECEWS, donor, and Nigerian regulatory requirements.
• Participate in the development of and monitor work plans and budgets; ensure appropriate levels of technical assistance in program operations; coordinate partner efforts in program implementation; ensure appropriate program monitoring and accurate financial and programmatic reporting.
• Work with relevant departments to establish and execute a capacity development plan to support the state office in effective program planning, implementation, and monitoring.
• Provide overall supervision for ECEWS state office staff and ensure compliance with technical, programmatic, contractual, and financial requirements set by ECEWS and its donors.
• Responsible for the overall management and coordination of ECEWS activities at the state office.
• Serve as the point of contact for ECEWS with government officials, and coordinate and collaborate with all public sector and NGO partners in the state.
• With the assistance of the country office M&E staff, monitor all intervention strategies to ensure they meet contractual, financial, and programmatic goals.
• Provide programmatic and technical assistance to all local ECEWS partners in the design, implementation, modification, monitoring, and evaluation of project activities across HIV, TB, Malaria, and MCH interventions.
• Provide technical assistance through the review and/or writing of protocols, papers, and reports to ensure accuracy and appropriateness.
• Ensure that results from research and published best practices are incorporated into ECEWS interventions, and contribute significantly to this body of literature.
• Coordinate all capacity-building activities for ECEWS partners at the state level.
• Review periodic reports (programmatic and financial) submitted by all collaborating partners at the state office level and forward same to HQ.
• Undertake regular monitoring visits to project sites as necessary.
• Ensure that all ECEWS assets and other resources are effectively managed.
• Collaborate with other implementing partners (IPs) based in the state to coordinate project activities.
• Deliver against the approved GHSD milestone plan and quarterly performance targets, integrating services across the HIV, TB, malaria, and MNCH platform and progressively transferring functions to Government of Nigeria ownership.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum recruitment standard

Qualifications and experience we look for:

• MB.BS/MD/PHD or similar degree with 10 years of professional public health experience, including at least five years of specialized experience in developing country settings plus at least four years of management experience. Experience must reflect the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed above.