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Operations Assistant (Borno)

The UKSupport to Health transformation in Nigeria through the Lafiya Programme is a flexible, demand-led strategic partnership with the Nigerian Federal and targeted State governments designed to address equity, improve and sustain health outcomes for the most vulnerable States with the worst health statistics. The desired objectives of the programme included fostering an enabling environment for UHC policy reform and implementation, institutional management capacity building and health system strengthening. This required the full engagement and participation communities with a view to contributing to ending preventable maternal and new-born deaths. The programme operated at the Federal level; and geographically in five states of - Borno, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano and Yobe. Following the ODA cuts, from 0.7% to 0.5% and the spend review handrails, the FCDO reprioritisation and business planning exercise beginning in the last quarter of and first quarter of the programme had to scale down some key interventions and consider reviewing the geographic scope going into the next financial years. The programme now focuses on contributing to two outcomes Morbidity amongst women, new-borns, children, and adolescents significantly reduced in targeted states; and Epidemic prone diseases transmission reduced, including improved plans and capacity for emergency preparedness and response in the targeted States :

• Output 1 : Advocacy & Accountability - Leadership and Governance of primary health care services structures or planning and delivery teams are functional in targeted states (through partnership)
• Output 2 : Adequate health workforce for primary health care including RMNCAH service delivery and BHCPF available and sustained in targeted states.
• Output 3 : Health information management systems capacity to support decision-making for primary health care including RMNCAH and BHCPF service delivery in targeted states increased.
• Output 4 : Health financing and public financial management to strengthen and sustain access to high quality and affordable primary health care in targeted states increased.
• Output 5 : Health security and epidemic preparedness and response (EPR) plans developed and operationalized within the targeted states (by addressing social norms / behaviour change).

The Operations Assistant (Borno) works closely with the Technical Team to support effective programme delivery through the provision of critically needed project management support. Whilst the objective remains effective and efficient delivery with a lean and fit-for-purpose team that ensures Value for Money in delivery, new and emerging responsibilities and associated tight timeframes required for delivery of the FCDO approved FY25 / 26 Workplan demands that additional Operations Support be engaged to augment existing resources.

The Operations Assistant (Borno) will be a member of the Project Operations Team.

Reports to : Finance & Admin Coordinator

Location : The Operations Assistant (Borno) will be based in Borno

Primary Duties and Responsibilities :

The Operations Assistant (Borno) will :

Required Qualifications :

Key competencies and professional expertise required :

Employment Type : Fixed Term

Compensation Type : Monthly

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