Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Technical Advisor (Ebonyi, Kwara and Gombe) at Jhpiego – John Hopkins University
About Jhpiego – John Hopkins University
“What are we aiming at?” That’s the question our first president, Daniel Coit Gilman, asked at his inauguration in 1876. What is this place all about, exactly? His answer: “The encouragement of research . . . and the advancement of individual scholars, who by their excellence will advance the sciences they pursue, and the society where they dwell.” Gilman believed that teaching and research go hand in hand-that success in one depends on success in the other-and that a modern university must do both well. He also believed that sharing our knowledge and discoveries would help make the world a better place. After 140 years, we haven’t strayed from that vision. This is still a destination for excellent, ambitious scholars and a world leader in teaching and research. Distinguished professors mentor students in the arts and music, humanities, social and natural sciences, engineering, international studies, education, business, and the health professions. Those same faculty members, and their colleagues at the university’s Applied Physics Laboratory, have made us the nation’s leader in federal research and development funding every year since 1979. That’s a fitting distinction for America’s first research university, a place that revolutionized higher education in America.
Location:Ebonyi, Kwara and Gombe States
Jhpiego is seeking a Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Technical Advisor to provide technical leadership and strategic direction for the design, implementation, and monitoring of integrated health service delivery programs. The Advisor will focus on advancing SRHR, communicable diseases (e.g., HIV, TB, malaria), and strengthening the use of strategic information for decision-making and program improvement. This strategic role requires an exceptional individual with professional expertise in multi-disease programming who can establish robust data systems, ensure evidence-based decision making, and support adaptive management approaches while maintaining rights-based monitoring frameworks.
Responsibilities
Technical Leadership
- Provide high-level technical guidance on SRHR, integrated service delivery, and communicable disease programming.
- Ensure integration of SRHR and communicable disease services across health system levels and platforms.
- Lead the development and adaptation of evidence-based tools, guidelines, and training materials.
Program Design & Implementation
- Support the design and implementation of innovative, client-centered, and gender-responsive interventions.
- Collaborate with consortium organizations, partners and program teams to ensure technical quality and alignment with national and global standards.
- Contribute to work planning, budgeting, and reporting processes.
Strategic Information & Learning
- Lead the state-level development and use of strategic information systems to monitor program performance and outcomes aligned with country office/national health strategies, donor requirements, and international reporting standards
- Design rights-based monitoring approaches that track equity, non-discrimination, and human rights indicators alongside health outcomes
- Promote data-driven decision-making and adaptive learning across project teams.
- Support the generation and dissemination of knowledge products, including success stories, technical briefs, and peer-reviewed publications.
Multi-Disease Data Management and Integration
- Oversee development of integrated health information systems that support real-time program monitoring across disease areas
- Establish data interoperability standards and protocols for seamless information sharing between SRHR and communicable disease programs
- Coordinate with existing national health information systems, databases, surveillance systems, and routine health data platforms
- Implement automated data quality checks and validation procedures across multiple data sources
- Ensure compliance with data protection regulations while facilitating evidence-based program management
Capacity Strengthening
- Build the capacity of national and sub-national stakeholders, including government counterparts and implementing partners, in SRHR and integrated service delivery.
- Facilitate training, mentoring, and supportive supervision for health workers and program staff.
- Lead development of comprehensive MEAL training curricula covering integrated programming approaches,
- Mentor emerging M&E professionals and support South-South learning exchanges
Partnerships & Representation
- Represent Jhpiego in technical working groups, donor meetings, and stakeholder forums.
- Foster strong relationships with government agencies, donors, civil society, and academic institutions.
Strategic Reporting and Evidence Utilization
- Prepare comprehensive reports for different stakeholders
- Lead presentation of findings to high-level state government officials, donor representatives, and technical working groups
- Facilitate regular data utilization workshops and evidence-based program review meetings
- Ensure timely submission of high-quality data and reports to Jhpiego and relevant stakeholders.
- Participate in supportive supervision, DQAs, and virtual/physical data review meetings.
Required Qualifications
- Advanced degree in Public Health, Social Science, Development Studies, Epidemiology, Nursing, or a related field.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in SRHR, HIV, or integrated health programming in low-resource settings and progressive experience in strategic information, monitoring and evaluation, and data use for program improvement.
- Extensive experience with both SRHR and communicable disease MEAL systems and indicators including designing and implementing digital health or data visualization tools
- Familiarity with Nigeria’s national health policies and SRHR frameworks and strong understanding of health systems, gender equity, and rights-based approaches to health.
- Proven experience working with government, donors (e.g., former USAID, Global Fund, FCDO, BMGF etc), and implementing partners.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and writing skills.
- Fluency in English (written and verbal) – essential
- Working Knowledge of the language of any of the locations is an asset
Application Dealine not specified
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