Health program manager (F/M) – Nigeria

For more than 40 years, Médecins du Monde, a campaigning medical organisation committed to international solidarity, has been caring for the most vulnerable populations at home and abroad. It has continued to highlight obstacles that exist in accessing health care and has secured sustainable improvements in health-for-all policies.

Those working for this independent organisation do not solely dispense care and treatment but condemn violations of human dignity and rights and fight to improve matters for populations living in precarious situations.

MdM currently works in 30 countries across all continents where it focuses on 5 priority areas: emergency and crisis, sexual and reproductive health, harm reduction, migrants and displaced populations (health rights), health and environment.

MdM is active in North-East Nigeria since 2016. The program is implemented around the main following components:

• Access to primary health care,
• Nutrition treatment (severe acute malnutrition),
• Gender based violence survivors’ treatment,
• Mental health and psychological support.

MdM has its coordination office in Maiduguri, a field office in Maiduguri City, a field office in Damboa a sub office in Damboa and a liaison office in Abuja. The team is composed of around 6 expatriates and 250 national staffs.

For now, MdM is running directly 3 clinics in Maiduguri: Garba Buzu, Kawar Maila et El Meskin in informal IDP camps. In Damboa, a field team has been in place since June 2017 where MdM is running two fixed clinics in two IDP Camps. In addition, MdM Damboa medical team is semi-remotely supporting 2 health post outside Damboa town in Azir and Gumzuri villages.

Untill recently MdM’s intervention was pretty much emergency oriented, with five MdM runned clinics plus an emergency response team (ERT) for rapid response to sudden population displacements and cholera outbreaks. Currently the mission is shifting its logic of intervention towards a Nexus approach: ERT team doesn’t exist anymore and we are slowly shifting from substitution programming (MdM clinics) to the support to State MoH health facilities in a bid to foster sustainability.

At the same time, a new crisis has arisen in North-West Nigeria in link with massive banditery acts and farmers/herders conflict dynamics. Two needs assessments have been conducted by MdM teams in Zamfara State in 2021 and even though we are not planning to be operational in this area in the coming months, we keep a close eye to the developmentrs in this region and start to work on our access strategy. This could lead to a scale-up in MdM’s humanitarian operations.

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the supervision of the deputy general coordinator, you are in charge of the implementation, follow-up and overall supervision of the health program in Maiduguri. You ensure a close collaboration with the logistics and administrative departments and a good team spirit.

Your main responsibilities are:

Program management

• Ensure the development, implementation and quality of activities
• Make sure that activities are implemented in a holistic and integrated way
• Contribute to needs assessments and context analysis
• Supervise the facilities in regards of their different needs
• Analyze monthly budget monitoring
• Participate in the development of the health strategy
• Support the creation of specific tools
• Ensure the establishment of the appropriate documentation and an effective archiving system
• Work in close collaboration with the technical program unit and local partners
• Work closely with local partners to ensure capacity building
• Actively participate in the sector meetings

Team management

• Directly manage the medical supervisors and provide technical support to all medical teams
• Recruit, integrate and brief the new team members
• Carry out appraisals
• Ensure that all staff under your responsibility know and follow MdM policies and procedures
• Organize regular team meetings, briefings and debriefings
• Maintain good inter-team communication and team dynamic
• Monitor and support stress management
• Carry out performance reviews
• Plan and implement thematic specific trainings/capacity building/refreshers
• Make sure that the midwives are trained to manage cases of gender based violence

Management of medical stock and logistics chain for medical purchase

• Contribute to establish an agenda regarding procurement processes and delivery of drugs
• Define in advance the drugs and consumables needs
• Ensure the supervision of the clinics pharmacists
• Ensure that supported health facilities receive drugs and consumables on time
• Validate and cross check the consumption reports
• Ensure proper documentation and analysis of all pharmacy and medical stock reports

Representation, coordination and communication

• Participate in the writing of donor’s activity reports and proposals
• Represent MdM in all relevant forums and medical meetings
• Participate in the writing of reports, factsheets and program reviews
• Maintain relations with the administrative authorities and other stakeholders
• Maintain close and beneficial working relationships with all relevant stakeholders
• Respect and apply internal reporting requirements
• Ensure constant, transparent and proactive communication

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Status : Employee

Contract : Fixed-term contract
Duration : 6 months
Starting date: as soon as possible
Gross monthly salary: 3119 euros
Premium equal to one month salary paid in two instalments – minimum of 6 months seniority required
Expatriation bonus (10% gross salary per month)
Transportation cost, vaccines and visas covered
Guesthouse housing
22.5 recovery days per year
5 weeks of paid leaves per year
Health insurance (60% covered by MdM and 40% by the employee)
Insurance (repatriation…)
Teleworking agreement for positions eligible to telework: 110 days/year (2.5 days teleworking on average per week) with a minimum of 1 day per week onsite
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SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED:
Medical doctor, nurse, midwife with experience in public health and project management
Significant experience in similar positions
Experience in supervising health facilities
Experience in program cycle management and budget follow-up
Experience in outbreak management and emergency response
Experience/knowledge of the region is an asset
Ability to have a global overview of a program
Ability to analyze an epidemiological context and propose relevant interventions
Ability to make quick decisions according to the context in coordination with the team
Proven ability to problem solving and lead teams through very challenging situations
Excellent knowledge of Windows (word, excel)
Languages: English is mandatory (oral and written).
Knowledge of French or country languages such as Hausa would be an asset.
You embrace the core values and support the proactive philosophy of Médecins du Monde.

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