Advocacy, Partnership and Stakeholders’ Engagement Specialist at Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH)

Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) is a leading Non-Governmental and Not-for-Profit Organization established in 1989 by two eminent and reputable Nigerians who are the most prominent advocates of Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) and Family Planning (FP) programming in Nigeria. ARFH, a Nigerian fully indigenous, Non- Governmental, and Not-for-Profit organization had implemented projects across the 36+1 states of Nigeria on cross cutting programs including Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health plus Nutrition Investment Case (RMNCAH+N), Family Planning (FP), Global fund grants on HIV, TB and Malaria as Prime & Sub recipient, USAID grants on Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) among others.

ARFH since inception consistently contribute to the improvement of the quality of life of rural poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged populations. ARFH has been at the fore-front of Health & community system strengthening, Human resource for health development in Nigeria, supporting the Government of Nigeria to advocate and domesticate health policies into implementation e.g. its task-shifting and task sharing policy through capacity building for all cadres of health care providers including Physicians, Nurse midwives, and CHEWs.

ARFH has its headquarter in Ibadan and operational offices in Abuja, Lagos, and collaborate with State Ministry of Health across the 36 states plus FCT. Our mission is to initiate, promote and implement in partnership with other organizations, developmental, HIV & AIDS, TB, SRH, and family planning program and interventions for young people and adults through capacity building, technical assistance, operations research, and evaluation to improve the quality of life in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Advocacy, Partnership and Stakeholders’ Engagement Specialist

Location: Abuja
Duration: April-November 2025
Job Type: Consultancy

Specific Responsibilities

• Serve as ARFH’s focal person in the implementation of the project.
• Provide strategic leadership to ARFH’s state level consultants on the project.
• Lead all advocacy and stakeholders’ engagement drive at both national and sub-national levels
• Coordinate with NPHCDA, SPHCBs, LGA teams and other stakeholders for planning and implementation of MNCH Weeks and Green October Drive in selected implementation states.
• Provide support and attend National HPV Vaccination Technical Working Group meetings.
• Participate and provide support for the Partners Forum’s meetings at the national level.
• Facilitate the establishment/strengthening of the States’ Immunization Task Force Committees
• Ensure participation and support at state’s immunization task force committee meetings.
• Prepare and submit high quality reports to the management of ARFH on implementation of the project at determined intervals.

Requirements
Required Experience:

• MBBS or equivalent, Nursing and master’s degree in public health.
• Minimum of 10 years’ relevant experience in Routine Immunization, MNCH, community health systems, or public health programming.
• Strong leadership and supportive supervisory skills
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with national and sub-national health teams.
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal communication, and report writing skills.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10 years’ relevant experience in Routine Immunization, MNCH, community health systems, or public health programming.

Application Closing Date
30th April, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
And
Send a single MS Word document containing their CV and cover letter explaining their suitability for the position to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

Note

• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Early submission is strongly encouraged, as the recruitment process may be concluded once suitable candidates are identified.
• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
• Applicants should provide functional emails and phone numbers. Women are strongly encouraged to apply. ARFH is an equal opportunity employer and has a robust Child Safeguarding Policy in place.