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The Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON) is a non-governmental organisation established in
Nigeria in response to the deplorable condition of the health systens. The Foundation aims to promote, support, sustain and monitor the health sector reform in Nigeria. It does this through advocacy and capacity building for health reform, mobilising and coordinating the resources needed for health reform and collaborating with other partners. The Foundation receives its funds from members’ contribution, development partners and Nigerian governments. It has its head office in Abuja, six zonal offices and thirty-seven State offices within Nigeria. The Abuja office now wishes to recruit self-motivated professionals to fill the position below:

Position: Project Officer

Duties

The candidate for this position will report to the Deputy Executive Secretary (Programme) and will responsible for all Health system Immunisation and HIV/AIDS programmes and projects of HERFON.

This position requires a graduate in Medical sciences or health-related field. The candidate is required to have good understanding of Health system, Immunisation and HIV/AIDS systems,

A good understanding of Nigeria’s Health Sector Reform Programme would be an advantage,

A good IT skills and previous experience in donor programmes is necessary. He/She should have good analytical skills and personal skills. This is a senior position in the organisation hence the candidate is required to have previous programmes experience with demonstrable competency and skills in project execution.

He/She should have at least five years post graduation experience, two of which should be at the senior position in the Health sector.

Experience in international programme would be an advantage.

Our ideal person should have drive, energy and good personal appearance. Salary attractive,

Method of Application:

Applications should be submitted in the form of ( 1 ) an application letter for the desired position, and (2) a comprehensive CV stating, among others, candidate’s full names, date of birth, state of origin, schools attended, qualifications obtained with dates, previous working experience with detailed job description, contact and location addresses, email address, names and addresses of two referees. These should be sent to us by email at [email protected]. The ’subject’ line of the email must be the title of the position being applied for. Applications not sent in this format will not be processed. All applications must be received on or before 25th January, 2010