Requirements
Education and Experience:
Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health, Communications, Social Sciences, Health Education, or another related field
Minimum of 5 years of experience on Tuberculosis programs, and at least 3 years working experience with SBC or demand creation.
Experience working in northern Nigeria

Skills:
Proven teamwork and facilitation skills
Excellent writing and oral communication skills
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Ability to initiate and implement activities with minimal oversight and supervision.
Proficiency in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)
Ability to speak Hausa highly desired.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The Program Officer’s specific duties will include:
S/He will have primary responsibility for day-to-day coordination of the TB team activities
The PO will provide technical assistance to the project in the areas of TB, social and behaviour change (SBC), capacity strengthening, community mobilization, social and mass media strategies and advocacy
The PO will also assist in developing TB work-plans and reports, and support implementation at national and state levels.
Support national and state-level coordination with governments, policymakers, TB implementing partners and other stakeholders
Assist with the establishment and maintenance of effective relationships, monitoring and evaluation with TB project partners, implementing partners, National and State TBLS and other key stakeholders
Assist with establishing relationships and coordinating with USAID TB service delivery and commodity logistics partners in project states and at national level
Provide support for training and capacity building activities targeted at BA-Nigeria project partners, heath service providers, community-based organization, community volunteers etc.
Assist with the development and writing of timely program reports on a quarterly and annual basis and disseminate program success stories, and other reporting duties as assigned
Other duties as necessary and assigned by supervisor and BA-Nigeria Project Director.

To apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Cover Letters and CV only as one PDF document to: hiring@ba-nigeria.org The subject line of your e-mail should be the job title along with your location. E.g. “Program Officer 1 – TB – Abuja”.