Job at Save the Children: Health Programme Development Manager

Save the Children UK is an international NGO working for the rights of poor and marginalized people, especially children. Save the Children (UK) Nigeria is seeking an experienced health professional to provide technical leadership and oversight to the growing portfolio of work in health programming, operations research, and advocacy. The role is for a Health Programme Development Manager to work in Abuja. The position is also responsible for guiding future strategy and developing the portfolio of future work.  The Health Programme Manager coordinates Save the Children's technical engagement in a new maternal, newborn, and child health initiative in 4 northern Nigerian States funded by DFID and NORAD. The Initiative is aimed at facilitating improved governance, health systems strengthening, and maternal, newborn and child health services, and building local institutional capacity to undertake operations research in the health sector. Deadline is 9th November 2008. Click here to learn more.