Program Coordinator, Pharmacy Based Immunization Delivery (PBID) at Population Services International (PSI)

Population Services International (PSI) is the world’s leading non-profit social marketing organization. We work to make it easier for people in the developing world to be healthy by providing access to products and services that range from mosquito nets to HIV testing.

There are over 7,000 “PSI’ers” around the world. It’s a motivated group of entrepreneurs and professionals with a diverse range of backgrounds all the way from the medical industry to the music business, all with unique skills we bring to the job.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Program Coordinator, Pharmacy Based Immunization Delivery (PBID)

Job ID: 2024-3884
Location: Abuja (On Site)
Category: Technical Health Areas
Reports to: Program Manager

Description

• PSI is excited to launch the Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery (PBID) project in Nigeria. This is part of a 4-year, 3-country pilot project funded by Takeda Pharmaceuticals that aims to demonstrate that pharmacies can safely and effectively deliver vaccines to those in need, with potential for rapid scalability.
• African governments are making significant efforts to achieve scale in immunization, despite the challenges of overburdened public health systems and setbacks from COVID-19. Yet across Africa, 30 million children under 5 suffer from vaccine preventable diseases and half a million children die each year.
• Vaccines are a low-cost, high-impact health intervention, and local pharmacies have effectively delivered vaccines in many countries. PBID is a new model in most countries in Africa and has the potential to support governments in expanding vaccine access to millions.
• Creating new service points will also be important during health emergencies like climate shocks and pandemics.
• The project will deliver vaccines to nearly 1M people, a majority of whom are women and girls. The evidence generated will create a blueprint to scale access to immunization across Africa.
• PSI seeks a Program Coordinator that will support the overall delivery of the Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery (PBID) project in Nigeria.
• The role is accountable for supporting the projects operational excellence and execution of quality and standards by providing wide ranging administrative and operational support.
• The incumbent will liaise across PSI, which may include network members and country project teams, global technical and service departments, and strategic partners to ensure program/project objectives are met and PSI compliance requirements are met.
• May manage a small project/initiative, and/or the programmatic and financial health of the program.

Responsibilities
What You'll Do:

• Provides moderate financial management support, which may include assisting with team budget management, monitoring of labor trackers, preparation and tracking of small budgets, reconciling and re-classing expenses, financial analysis, subaward management, preparing donor invoices, procurement and payment of consultants, vendors, subrecipients and other services, and management and reconciliation of team purchasing card.
• Monitors and ensures smooth operational and project execution, including monitoring of agreement modifications, workplans and deliverables in coordination with immediate team members, project team members, and global technical and service department:
  • Conducts regular visits to project sites to collect data and monitor project activities, ensuring quality of data.
  • Coordinates periodic project reporting, work planning, and detailed activity planning while supporting the team to perform at their highest capacity.
  • Work across departments to produce monthly update reports, disseminate lessons learned to implementing partners and the PSI team in the regions; synthesize information (from DHIS2 and other platforms) and package to help the team prepare for meetings and presentations.
  • Support the execution of demand generation activities and campaigns, both digital and non-digital, against set timelines using appropriate planning and task management tools.
  • Coordinates periodic project reporting, work planning, and detailed activity planning while supporting the team to perform at their highest capacity.
• Provides routine administrative support for daily operations, project management, and general functioning of assigned portfolio. May include coordinating meetings, note-taking, booking travel, editing, or ad hoc requests for information.
• Provides support for knowledge management activities, including the design of tools and systems for knowledge management and information tracking, creation and maintenance of internal filing systems, and administration of online communications site(s). Assists with drafting, editing and coordinating communications materials.
• Assists with new business development opportunities.
• Embody PSI’s values: Measurement, Pragmatism, Honesty, Trust, Collaboration, and Commitment.
• Less than 10% international travel
• Time percentages listed above are not exact. They are estimates and may change. This is also not an exhaustive list of all tasks that an incumbent is expected to perform but is instead a summary of the primary responsibilities and requirements of the job.
• The incumbent may be asked to perform duties not included above. PSI reserves the right to revise job profiles at any time based on changes to the required job responsibilities.

Requirements
What You'll Bring:

• Associate Degree (or international equivalent) in a related field
• Bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent) in a related field preferred
• At least four (4) years of related experience with Bachelor’s degree or six (6) years of experience with Associate degree in relevant discipline is required.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Strong computer skills in MS Office applications.
• Excellent organizational and administrative skills with special attention to detail and timeliness.
• Strong quantitative skills, with emphasis on working with budgets and spreadsheets. 
• Relevant language skills per country and program portfolio.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-cultural environment.
• Ability to manage diverse workstreams efficiently and effectively.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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