Marie Stopes International In-Country Consortium Lead Job Vacancy in Nigeria

Marie
Stopes International is a Social Business, which uses modern management and
marketing techniques to provide reproductive health care and allied services.
MSION’s goal is to meet the needs of underserved Nigerians and dramatically
improve access and use of a range of reproductive health services. MSION is
part of Marie Stopes International’s Global Partnership which is in over 40
countries worldwide.

We
are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: In-Country Consortium Lead – Major DFID Project
Location: Nigeria

The
Function

The
MSI DFID Reproductive Health Programmes Team has responsibility for
oversight of all MSI’s contracts/grants funded by the Department for
International Development (DFID), as well as management of MSI’s overall
relationship with DFID.
The
Team provides leadership for ensuring that organisational strategy,
policy, systems and capacities are responsive to DFID priorities and
investments and that the organisational strategy and policies influences
the DFID priorities and investments.
The
Team ensures that programme implementation and project management exceed
DFID expectations.
The
DFID Reproductive Health Programmes Team is recruiting four senior
In-Country Leads for a multicountry, multi-million pound global sexual and
reproductive health programme funded by DFID.
The
programme will increase access to family planning and integrated sexual
and reproductive health services for women, men and young people across
Africa and Asia through a combination of:

Rights-based
provision of private sector sexual and reproductive health information
and services and strengthening of public sector health information and
services;
Addressing
barriers to family planning uptake at individual, interpersonal,
community and institutional levels; and
Improving
policies, government financing and commodity security to create an
enabling environment for family planning and sexual and reproductive
health and rights

The
project will be strongly committed to leaving no one behind and as a
result will have a strong focus on reaching young people, people who are
poor and people who are marginalised.
The
In-Country Leads will perform a key function within the programme
management team, reporting to the DFID Project Director in London.

The
Role

The
In-Country Leads will be responsible for national-level coordination of
all consortium partners within their country
S/he
will work closely with the programme leadership of each agency to ensure
that the activities of all partners are aligned and implemented
efficiently and effectively, in order to meet agreed country-level targets
and deliver good value for money
S/he
will provide strategic guidance to all members of the consortium, and will
ensure synergy between the various work streams of the programme, avoiding
duplication and ensuring that resources are deployed effectively to
deliver on project commitments
S/he
will manage the preparation, review and periodic revision of detailed
country-level implementation plans, monitor and respond to partner
performance and be responsible for driving communication between the
partners in country, and across the programme
This
will be a part-time role (2+ days per week) and will be contracted on a
consultancy basis. The Lead will steward the flexible and adaptive
programme approach at a national level, monitoring effectiveness,
environmental opportunities and challenges, and risk levels
The
Lead will work with the global DFID Project Director to refine and adjust
the programme approach to maximise opportunities, mitigate risks, and
continue to deliver high impact
The
Lead will have oversight of the visibility of the programme and coordinate
with other stakeholders as required at national level.
This
role is subject to the successful award of the contract and the project is
due to commence in 2018. The role will be for a minimum of one year and
may be extended for the full duration of the project (3 years).

Key
Responsibilities

Lead
the national consortium ensuring that there is strong and close
coordination across all partners, especially in thematic areas that are of
strategic importance to the global programme. This will include leading a
national level steering committee of partner leaders/Country Directors
Ensure
that there is regular and documented communication across all partners at
national and regional levels, including field-based staff, programme staff
and leadership in the respective partners as needed
Provide
guidance, support and oversight to the consortium partners to ensure the
programme is implemented efficiently, effectively and providing good value
for money, as needed
Support
efforts to engage the programme/partners in relevant national level forums
and partnerships, if needed
Provide
periodic reports on country-level progress to the DFID Project Director.

Qualifications
and Training (Essential/Desirable)

Master’s
Degree (M.A, M.Sc, MPH) in Public Health or relevant field of Social
Science, or equivalent experience (essential)
Technical
understanding of sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes in
developing countries, including the provision of health services
(essential)
Ability
to work with a diverse team within and outside of the organisation to
deliver results on time and within budget (essential)
Ability
to identify opportunity and risks and course-correct programmes to drive
impact (essential)
Ability
to balance evidence-based approaches with innovation to adapt to changing
contexts (essential)
Excellent
written and verbal communication skills in English (essential)
Competent
in all the Office based software packages (essential)
Able
to look at the big strategic picture but also engage in the detail when
necessary.

Experience
(Essential/Desirable):

Significant
experience in delivering SRH programming with their specific country
context at a senior level of management (essential)
Significant
experience leading partner management at the highest levels of seniority
to reliably deliver results across a range of work streams in a relevant
environment (preferably one of the above-listed countries) (essential)
Experience
working in collaboration with government ministries, departments and
agencies to deliver public health programmes (essential)
Significant
demonstrable experience designing and implementing monitoring and
evaluation frameworks and understanding impact on budget (essential)
Experience
representing organisations to external stakeholders (desirable)
Experience
in delivering programmes focussed on people who are young and/or
marginalised (desirable)
Fluent
in English (and French for DRC/Senegal programmes only) (essential)