Responsibilities:
- Participate in the project team’s efforts to ensure the successful implementation of project activities, including creating work plans, budgeting, and reporting.
- Work closely with the relevant divisions of the MOH (e.g. EPI, Malaria Control Program) and other relevant stakeholders to plan for and implement malaria vaccine introduction and scale-up.
- Facilitate trainings and organize key events and meetings.
- Provide technical support for project activities, monitoring, reporting, evaluation, and documentation in a timely manner.
- Assist with other programmatic and administrative duties as required for successful implementation of MalVac project activities.
- Support business development and positioning of PATH in the immunization space inNigeria
- Travel in country as needed for completion of activities.
Required Experience
- Advanced degree in a relevant public health discipline.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience in vaccines and immunization with demonstrated skills in vaccine implementation.
- Experience with projects that involve liaising with government institutions, WHO, UNICEF, other stakeholders, and NGOs.
- Proven ability to multi-task and collaborate work effectively with senior staff, colleagues, donors, partner organizations, stakeholders, local institutions, and others at all levels.
- Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines, and an emphasis on quality.
- Excellent analytical, communication, presentation and report writing skills
- Excellent skills in facilitation, team building and coordination.
- Demonstrable problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Proficiency in application of Microsoft Office Suite with an emphasis on proficiency in Word, PowerPoint and SharePoint.
- Proven success drafting, proofreading, and editing documents.
- Extremely detail-oriented, with the ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
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Strong interpersonal and organizational skills.
