NURHI (Program Operation and Logistics Assistant)

The Nigerian Urban Reproductive Health Initiative NURHI is a five year (2009 – 2014) project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that aims to increase the use of modern family planning FP methods among the urban poor in the six cities of Abuja FCT, Ibadan, Kaduna, Ilorin, Benin City, and Zaria by at least 20 percentage points. NURHI is part of a broader Urban Reproductive Health Initiative other sites include India, Kenya, and Senegal.

Job Title
Program Operations and Logistics Assistant

Location 
Abuja

Job Field
Administration, Secretarial, Logistics, Medical, Health, Safety

Job Description
The Program Operations/Logistics Assistant is responsible for providing administrative and Logistics assistance to the NURHI project Operations and office staff.

Duties and Responsibilities
Coordinate the various NURHI program staff and liaise with program Operations assistants at the field offices as needed for efficient operations of NURHI office including maintaining up-to-date program calendar of sites and HO,
Respond promptly to field-based staff requests for information, documents or assistance. Maintain organized files on all project-related materials, reports and documents program operations.
Assist to format, edit, photocopy and disseminate documents and presentations as needed.
Organize, plan and coordinate NURHI events and logistics for meetings, seminars, workshops and other events as needed.
Take minutes of management and staff meetings and share and ensure implementation of follow-up actions.
Serve on the NURHI procurement committee.
Update staff, consultants, STTAs movement log data bank including CVs, telephone, etc.
Collate and regularly update NURHI program activity calendars including key national events.
Share and keep trip reports of staff, STTAs, Consultants in both Local and International.
Manage NURHI project and partners correspondence including circulation and reminders.
Manage Project Director, Deputy Project Director itineraries
Identify, inspect, shortlist hotel venues, and negotiate rates, for NURHI meetings.
Attend to any other jobs as may be assigned by the NURHI management and Technical Advisors.

Skills Required
Great organizational and interpersonal skills
Strong writing, typing and computer skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office eg Word, Excel and Power point

Education and Experience
Minimum of First degree in Social Sciences, Public Health, Programme Management or related field
Experience working in an office, preferably a NGO environment.

Method of Application
Send CV to nurhiproject@gmail.com

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NURHI (Program Operation and Logistics Assistant)