Heartland Alliance Current Jobs in Nigeria: Recruitment for Country Director

THE ORGANIZATION:

Heartland Alliance, a US-based NGO, seeks applications from Nigerian leaders who are passionate about finding new and innovative ways to reach populations highly vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. Heartland Alliance’s office in Nigeria is looking for a strong Chief of Party (COP) to oversee programs in Nigeria. This is a unique opportunity to implement cutting-edge initiatives in collaboration with key national and international partners.

The COP will be based in Abuja and will be a Nigerian National. The COP will lead efforts to strengthen the capacity of Nigerian organizations to implement comprehensive HIV prevention, care and support programming.

POST TITLE:   Country Director

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:

• Master’s degree in Public Health or a closely related field;
• 5+ years of progressive field-based  management experience including programmatic and finance/administration experience;
• Experience managing large-scale USA1D and/or CDC-funded HIV/AIDS programs with in-depth knowledge of PEPFAR programming required;
• Experience in H1V prevention programming, including solid knowledge of HIV prevention programming/approaches for MARPs; and.
• Experience working alongside and developing the capacity of grassroots NGOs/CBOs.

OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:

• Sensitivity to and intimate knowledge of health, human rights and gender issues, and willingness/ability to support the autonomy of grassroots MARPs organizations;
• Strong commitment to advancing human rights;
• Strong M and E skills and experience;
• Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex, topics to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors; and
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to remain composed and professional in difficult circumstances

HOW TO APPLY:

To apply kindly submit a one-page (300 words) cover letter, CV (not exceeding 3 pages) with 3 professional references (name, company, email and phone number) to internationaljobs@heartlandalliance.org on or before 14^th February 2012 by 5.00pm (Nigeria time). Applications submitted via our website are strongly preferred: http://www.heartlandalliance.org/whoweare/careers

Please do NOT contact the listed email address with other inquiries, only candidates alone will be contacted.