Company Description

We are a global team of experts and innovators tackling some of the world’s most pressing health challenges. We work with leaders and change makers around the globe to bring health strategies to life. We provide ideas, advice and technical know-how that enable our partners to build a path to lasting change.

With 30 years’ experience in global health, we collaborate with our partners to explore existing evidence, combine expertise, scale up ideas and co-create solutions that accelerate change. This includes collaborating on policy design, managing initiatives, building powerful coalitions and galvanising social movements. Our impact is felt across whole communities, with a focus on women, girls and those who have been marginalised.

As part of MSI Reproductive Choices, all our profits go back into supporting MSI’s own mission of children by choice, not chance.

We believe in a world where everyone can access the high-quality health services they need, without financial burden.

Position

This is a 1-year fixed term contract with the possibility of extension. This role will involve:

• Supporting business development, including:

o Leading the technical design of proposals in coordination with the Business Growth department.

o Identifying areas of opportunity and strategies for pursuing these.

o Supporting engagement with technical partners

o Leading on technical insights to proposals and providing oversight to the work of consultants and other team members.

• Technical assistance to programmes, including:

o Providing strategic support on health systems across the portfolio, with an initial focus on programmes in Nigeria.

o Supporting programme management and operations, including technical design and implementation.

o Providing technical support and skills development to stakeholders, including internal teams, and partners.

o Undertaking specific technical assistance assignments.

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to lead on the technical design and writing of large-scale multi-partner proposals both as a sub and as a prime.
• Proven ability to network and manage relationships with clients, consultants and technical resource persons.
• Knowledge about Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH)/communicable diseases in developing countries.
• Ability to analyse, interpret and present data so that it is easily understood by non- experts.
• Excellent skills in communication; written and verbal.
• Self-starter as well as good team-worker.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to technical delivery of programmes.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills that enables effective team building and problem solving.
• Written and spoken French would be desirable.

Other Information

• Options is dedicated to equal opportunity for all and recognises that every individual is unique. Whilst we always seek to embrace individual differences and celebrate the diversity of our workforce, we also want to ensure that every team member is suited to their role and that they are given the best opportunity to succeed*.*
• Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment.
• We seek people who are pro-choice, promote diversity and inclusion, are energetic and enthusiastic about Options’ vision.
• Applicants must have the right to work in Nigeria.