Location: Ethiopia or Nigeria
Contract Duration: 2 years (with potential extension)
Hours Per Week: 35
We are looking for a Project Lead to play a pivotal role in the strategic planning, execution, and monitoring of a new innovative programme, the Immunization Accelerator, that seeks to fund and support locally led innovations that address long standing barriers to child immunization in Nigeria and Ethiopia.
The role needs to be based in either Ethiopia or Nigeria.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
Save the Children believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce, and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.
Background
The Immunization Accelerator is part of an ambitious five-year partnership which includes programmes in Ethiopia and Nigeria focusing on access to quality immunization services, and a research agenda generating robust and credible evidence about the effectiveness of interventions, as well as value for money and replicability. We will partner with academic institutions, including those from Ethiopia and Nigeria.
The accelerator is part of a wider 5-year partnership between Save the Children and GSK in Nigeria and Ethiopia which will include research partnering with academic institutions, generating robust and credible evidence about the effectiveness of interventions, as well as their value for money and replicability and, programmes in Ethiopia and Nigeria building on our previous immunization track-record, including those implemented in the Somali region of Ethiopia in partnership with GSK.
Your Role
As the Immunization Accelerator Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in the planning, execution, and monitoring of innovative projects aimed at overcoming barriers to child immunization. As part of a, working in synergy with teams across the Save the Children movement, you will collaborate with colleagues across the Save the Children movement as well as local organizations and institutions, to ensure that promising innovations receive the support they need to develop their evidence bases.
Your Key Accountabilities:
Proven experience in project management, specifically in the field of enterprise support or health innovation, health management or health research.
Please Note: This role is required to be based in either Nigeria or Ethiopia. You will need to be a national or have the right to work in the country you are based.