Health Systems Strengthening Advisor

ARFH is recruiting an experienced adviser to provide high-level technical support to State Ministries of Health, State Primary Health Care Development Agencies, LGAs, health facilities and community organisations.

The position will strengthen governance, routine health-information systems, domestic financing, programme monitoring and institutional capacity for sustainable family-planning programming.

Key responsibilities include:

• Strengthen state health systems, governance structures and family-planning planning processes.
• Improve the completeness, timeliness and accuracy of DHIS2, NHMIS, LMIS, facility and community data.
• Facilitate data validation, triangulation, review meetings and performance-improvement planning.
• Support quality improvement, documentation, supportive supervision and compliance with national reporting standards.
• Advocate for increased government budget allocation and timely release of family-planning funds.
• Build the capacity of government, LGA, facility and community-based organisation personnel.
• Monitor CBO workplans, reports, performance targets and compliance.
• Develop sustainability and transition plans with state governments.
• Represent ARFH in technical working groups and policy discussions.

Qualifications and experience:

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Health Systems Management, Health Economics, Health Informatics, Epidemiology, M&E, Public Policy, Development Studies or a related discipline.
• Eight to ten years of progressively responsible public-health, health-systems or family-planning experience.
• Experience supporting Nigerian government health institutions.
• Strong knowledge of DHIS2, NHMIS, LMIS, data-quality assessments and supportive supervision.
• Experience in reproductive health, RMNCAH, health financing, policy advocacy and institutional capacity strengthening.
• Familiarity with donor-funded programmes is an advantage.
• Ability to travel for up to 70% of working time.

Application instructions:

Complete the online form and follow the vacancy-page instructions for submitting a comprehensive CV and cover letter as one Microsoft Word attachment. Female candidates are encouraged to apply. ARFH applies PSEAH, child-safeguarding and background-check requirements.