Recruitment for Programme Manager, NTDs at Sightsavers Nigeria

Sightsavers is an international organisation that changes lives for the long term. We work in more than 30 countries to eliminate avoidable blindness and support people with visual impairments to live independently.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Programme Manager, NTDs

Location: Nigeria
Contract: Two Year Fixed Term Contract
Reports to: Team Lead Delivery
Responsible for: Programme Officer, GiveWell, Unrestricted and Small Grants
Department: NTDs
Hours: This is a full-time role with some flexibility around hours worked and some home working

Job Description

• Sightsavers is looking for a Programme Manager NTDs – to work within its flagship Neglected Tropical Disease (NTDs) programmes, smaller grants and unrestricted funded projects.

About the Role

• Sightsavers main deworming programme is funded by GiveWell, Wishlist 1 to 6 with more in the pipeline. The programme focuses on the control and elimination of schistosomiasis and soil transmitted helminths in six countries in West and Central Africa and continues to expand.
• We are looking for a Programme Manager NTD Operations Oncho/LF, SCH/STH to help us ensure the smooth delivery of both the deworming portfolio, unrestricted and small grants NTD interventions according to the contractual milestones.
• A major part of this role will be to ensure alignment and consistency of standards across interventions and provide programme support to the Team Lead, Programme Officers and country teams on the roll out of NTD interventions.

Job Purpose

• Working with the Team LeadDelivery, the ProgrammeManager will ensure the smooth delivery of both the deworming portfolio, unrestricted and small grants NTDinterventionsaccording to the  contractual  milestones, together with the designated country teams; circa 24countries.

Principal Accountabilities

• Ensure alignment and consistency of standards across interventions.
• Provide  programme support  to the Team  Lead,  Programme  Officers and country teams on the roll out of NTD interventions, including  the use  of all  Sightsavers management and programme implementation tools and protocols.
• Facilitate the deployment of timely, appropriate technical assistance and capacity building support within designated countries.
• Maintain regular update calls with each country to closely supervise progress and collate and disseminate project progress reports.
• Align learning, documentation, and reporting systems with Sightsavers systems and processes.
• Operationalise risk mitigation and safeguarding advice.
• Supervise elimination enableroperational plans in conjunction with country teams.
• Work effectively with other colleagues within all Sightsavers officesas well as with relevant partner organisations.

Planning, Monitoring and Organisation:

• Manage country  level  activities within recognised NTD global standards,  WHO NTD control/elimination guidelines and technical guidance.
• Ensure timely, evidenced reports, including assisting the Institutional Fundraising Team as required.
• Work with the Fundraising Team on funding applications.
• Working  closely with theNTD  Finance and Ops Team and other stakeholders ensure that agreements, due diligence reports, individual country and consolidated log frames are in good order.
• Facilitate  communication  such  that  project  functioning,  including  reporting  and documentation is effective.
• Ensure alignment between and progress within the logical framework and theory of change.
• Ensure relevant,  up-to-date, technically  precise evidence-based programme information is shared with the communications team and assist in creating content.
• Ensure the Integrated Systems Unit (ISU) have the data to provide an independent quality assuranceand accountability role, robust monitoring systems, and learning and adaptive management to improve overall performance.
• Provide regular project reporting to all stakeholders including project updates as required for sign off by the relevant Director.
• Support communication initiatives and contribute to operational research.
• Organise and facilitate of technical workshops.

Problem Solving:

• Undertake tasks or projects as required by Team Lead Delivery.
• Keep up to date with relevant issues and dialogues related to oncho/LF/SCH/STH and  elimination  enablers,  that  may  impact  control/elimination  of  NTDs  and WASH/SBCC/Beneficiary Feedback/LNOB interventions.
• Develop a workable approach to accurately identify and disseminate learning.
• Working together with the ISU, identify and disseminate standard best practice.
• Ensure interventions uphold a commitment to gender, equity, social inclusion, value  for  money  and  sustainability  through  development  and  use  of  integrated plans.

Decision Making:

• Deputise for theTeam Lead.
• Escalating issues to senior management.
• Sign-off on country levelplans andbudgets for GiveWell.

Others:

• The principal accountabilities are not meant to be an exhaustive list of tasks.
• The need for flexibility is required and the job holder is expected to carry out any other related duties that are within the employee’s skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.
• Job holder entry requirements -the essential knowledge, skills and abilities whenever reasonbly instructed.
• This role also has detailed deliverables within planning, monitoring and organisation, problem solving and decision making.

Knowledge (Education and Related Experience)
This is an ideal opportunity for a proactive problem-solver used to working within a project environment. To succeed in this role, you will need to be or have:

Essential:

• Educated to Degree Level or equivalent, with demonstrable written and spoken English.
• Experience of working and supporting personnel in different contexts.
• Extensive experience and/or qualifications in programme/project management in private, humanitarian or development sectors.
• Understanding and experience of a partnership approach to programme implementation.
• A successful track record of working on multiple country projects.
• An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity for people with disabilities.
• Self-aware of the sensitivities associated with diversity.
• Experience in inclusive health programming and/or development.
• Experience of project monitoring and evaluation.
• Demonstrable written and spoken French and/ or Portuguese would be beneficial.

Desirable:

• Master’s Degree in International Development, Public Health, International Relations, or appropriate equivalent.
• Field experience.
• Demonstrable written and spoken French and/or Portuguese.
• A successful track record of working within NTDs or the public health sector.

Skills (Special Training or Competence):

• Programme management.
• Demonstrated ability to think quickly, responsively, and effectively to communicate information, practices, concepts, and ideas to a non-technical audience.
• Ability to think strategically and effectively translate concepts into action plans.
• Ability to work collaboratively and build stakeholder consensus.
• Ability to identify  key risks  problem solve and rapidly escalate critical issues  (no surprise environment).
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to identify important  issues  and communicate these effectively to colleagues.
• Able to manage multiple tasks and work with multiple teams simultaneously within a matrix management system.
• Excellent analytical and IT skills, with proficiency in using the Microsoft Office suite.
• Ability to prioritise work in a high-pressure environment with competing deadlines.

Core Behaviours:

• Communicating & influencing.
• Team working.
• Planning & organising.
• Change & improvement.
• Delivery and implementation.
• Self-motivation.
• Output Driven.

Key Relationships:

• Team Lead Delivery
• Programme Officer Donor Group and Elimination Enablers.
• Technical Director and Advisory team.
• Global Technical Lead SCH/STH.
• Regional and Country Offices.
• Institutional Funding Team.
• DART, MEL, Performance and Risk, Communications.
• GiveWell & other donors (small grants portfolio).
• Wider Programme Management team.

Salary
Local Terms and Conditions apply.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Note

• For Nigeria – please note that local terms and conditions apply and that local terms will be confirmed prior to interview.
• We anticipate that remote interviews will take place in early/ mid-December and the evaluation process may include a presentation.
• This role will also include national and international travel of up to 12 weeks per year.
• Applications will be reviewed upon receipt and interviews arranged accordingly. We are hoping that the successful candidate will be in post early in the new year