Associate Director, Technical

Position:

Associate Director, Technical, Bauchi

Supervisor:

Technical Director

Location:

Bauchi

Project Summary:

The Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project is a global health initiative funded by United States Department of State (DOS) for the period of 2019–2027. The project delivers high-quality technical support at the community, health facility, district, regional and national levels, and builds relationships with relevant partners working to address integrated health programs and global health security issues. Our ability to respond quickly to program, technical and procurement needs leverages on our deep bench of country-based clinical, program, and community experts. Initially focused on achieving and sustaining HIV epidemic control, EpiC was expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic to support countries in preparedness, response, and health system strengthening, including oxygen systems.

In Nigeria, EpiC is supporting the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (FMoH/SW) to strengthen the national Oxygen Ecosystem. Our contributions include optimizing pulse oximetry, expanding access to medical oxygen through LOX infrastructure, enhancing healthcare worker capacity on oxygen data management, and supporting the development of a national Quality Assurance and Compliance (QAQC) guideline for oxygen equipment.

The project received additional Global Health Security (GHS) funding to strengthen national, regional, and local public health systems, building on broad experience and existing capabilities that align with GHS priorities and National Action Plans for Health Security (NAPHS) and US Government goals to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and strengthen health systems for Emerging Infectious Diseases.

In addition, EpiC Nigeria has recently received funding to build a more effective, resilient, and responsive primary healthcare system that can respond and address the persistent and severe public-health challenges, especially in Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent health (MNCH), Malaria, and Nutrition.

Job Summary:

Under the supervision of the Technical Director, the Associate Director, Technical, Bauchi will provide overall technical and programmatic leadership for the implementation of EpiC MNCH/N activities in Bauchi State. The role is responsible for coordinating state level MNCH/N programming, ensuring high quality implementation across PHC and community platforms, and serving as the primary technical and programmatic interface with state government counterparts and partners.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide overall technical and programmatic leadership for MNCH/N implementation in Bauchi State.
• Lead planning, coordination, and execution of state‑level MNCH/N activities in line with national guidelines, Bauchi State AOPs, and EpiC strategies.
• Supervise and provide strategic direction to all the state-level STOs, State Senior Program Officer and other state‑based MNCH/N staff.
• Ensure effective integration of MNCH, Nutrition, QI, PHC, and community‑based interventions.
• Coordinate engagement with SMOH, SPHCDA, LGAs, and implementing partners, representing the project in state‑level technical and coordination forums.
• Oversee implementation quality, tracking progress against workplans and addressing operational or technical bottlenecks.
• Work closely with Strategic Information (SI), program management and community engagement teams to ensure performance monitoring, reporting, and adaptive management.
• Support capacity strengthening of state, LGA, and facility‑level actors to improve sustainability of MNCH/N interventions.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned by the Technical Director

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The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with a job.

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes:

• Extensive knowledge and technical expertise in Advanced MNCH and Nutrition within Nigeria’s PHC system.
• Ability to provide technical and programmatic oversight across multiple MNCH/N intervention areas.
• Proven coordination and leadership skills in managing multidisciplinary state level teams.
• Ability to use program performance data to guide planning, prioritization, and implementation decisions.
• Addresses complex technical and programmatic challenges affecting MNCH/N service delivery at PHC, LGA, and state levels.
• Identifies implementation bottlenecks related to quality, coordination, coverage, and capacity, and leads practical, state appropriate solutions in collaboration with government and partners.
• Uses routine performance data, supervision findings, and stakeholder feedback to prioritize actions and adjust implementation approaches.
• Exercises sound judgment in escalating issues that require national level or cross project support.
• Proven direct impact on improving the quality, coordination, and consistency of MNCH/N services across supported LGAs in Bauchi State.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and a sound understanding of the political, social, and ethical issues surrounding Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) and Nutrition.
• Demonstrated capacity to work independently, using initiative to manage a high-volume workflow.
• Strong attention to detail with a high level of accuracy in planning, monitoring, and reporting.
• Proficiency in the use of computers and standard MS Office applications to accurately enter, retrieve, and manage data and information.
• Ability to plan, prioritize, and manage competing tasks under tight deadlines.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% of the time as required by the role.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Master’s degree, in Public health, Global Health, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, Health Systems or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in MNCH/N technical leadership.
• Formal training in MNCH, Nutrition, PHC strengthening or quality improvement is an advantage
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of global practices, national MNCH policies, PHC systems and state-level health governance structure is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated program management skills, including experience in work planning, activity coordination, monitoring progress against plans, and supporting timely reporting.
• Familiarity with U.S. Department of State (DOS)–funded programs and experience engaging with stakeholders is an advantage.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Demonstrated success working in multicultural and multidisciplinary environments is required.

• Prior experience must clearly demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and competencies outlined above.

Typical Physical Demands:

Typical office environment.

Ability to spend long hours looking at computer screen and doing repetitive work on a keyboard.

Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time.

Ability to lift/move up to 5 lbs.

Ability to adapt to changing priorities, emergency requests, government timelines, or rapid shifts in implementation needs.

Technology to be Used:

Personal Computer/Laptop, Microsoft applications (i.e., Office 365, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Word, Excel (including advanced functions like pivot tables, data validation, power queries) Skype/Zoom/Teams), cell phone/mobile technology, and standard office equipment.

Data Analytics and HMIS: DHIS2, NHMIS tools, and state‑level digital reporting dashboards

NPHCDA Integrated Supportive Supervision (ISS) tools (digital and paper-based)

EpiC performance monitoring dashboards (Power BI, Excel-based trackers)

Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems, where applicable.

Travel Requirements:

30% - 40%

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