Job Vacancy for Operations Officer at SuNMaP

The Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP) is being implemented by a Malaria Consortium-led partnership of international and national companies and non-governmental organisations.

It currently operates in six states, namely; Anambra, Kano, Katsina, Lagos, Niger and Ogun with headquarters in Abuja. This £50m project is managed by a consortium of three international organizations, namely: Malaria Consortium UK, Health Partners International UK and GRID Consulting Nigeria.

The objective of SuNMaP is to strengthen the delivery of the Nigeria’s National Malaria control effort by providing technical support to improve the capacity of the National Malaria Control programme (NMCP) at all levels. In doing this, the programme is working with stakeholders in the health sector public and private; as well as civil societies and partners from the commercial sector.

The programme has been in operation for over three years and is now expanding to four additional states; namely; Enugu, Jigawa, Kaduna and Yobe.

A vacancy currently exists for a suitably qualified candidate to fill the position below:

Job Title: Operations Officer

Location:  Enugu, Jigawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Niger, Ogun & Yobe

Job Description

This position will be based in each of the seven operating states. The officer will be actively responsible for providing operational support to the Technical Malaria Manager on programme activities in each of the States. Some of these support activities include; development of annual work-plans and budgets, inventory and commodity management, management of  consultancy assignments and data management for the Programme and State Ministries of Health.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in any discipline with a minimum of 5-years work experience in programme support and management.


• Additional skills required for this position include; excellent communication and negotiation skills, good management and organization skills, as well as excellent planning and report writing skills.


• S/he must be fully computer literate.


• Previous experience in a similar role and within a donor funding environment will be an added advantage.

Method of Application

To apply for this post, please email a covering letter addressing your suitability for the post and a CV to  sunmap@gridconsulting.net . Please quote the job title in the subject line.

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Closing Date: 12 noon, Friday 23 January 2012