Notify Health Program Manager (Remote) at Notify Health

Notify Health is an early-stage nonprofit dedicated to ensuring all Nigerian children receive life-saving immunizations. We use simple SMS and automated voice calls to help caregivers remember and track vital vaccination appointments. Research shows that up to half of missed vaccinations occur because caregivers are unaware of additional visits or forget to return. As a tech-focused yet pragmatic organization, we build on existing government systems and the widespread use of cellphones by partnering with local CSOs to collect essential information—such as a child’s birth date, name, and caregiver’s phone number—and send timely immunization reminders through our mass messaging system. Additionally, we explore other cost-effective innovations to increase vaccine uptake. This approach makes it easier for primary healthcare centers and caregivers to collaborate, leading to better health outcomes for children. Notify Health is a small NGO with a BIG mission. We are a fast moving organization, and are constantly innovating our approach.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Notify Health Program Manager

Location: Abuja / Kogi (Remote)

Description

• We are looking for someone who is as energized as we are to solve under vaccination in Nigeria. The Program Manager role at Notify Health provides the opportunity for you to have a massive social impact and grow professionally as a key, early contributor to the organization’s culture and future.
• Notify Health has completed a pilot project in Kogi State where we enrolled more than 2,000 children in the program over 3 months. This year we are looking to expand our program to help more than 20,000 caregivers of newborn children across two states and this is only the start of our journey.

About the Program Manager Role

• As Notify Health grows to support more children across Kogi state and beyond, we will be impacting the lives of millions of children. A strong program manager at this crucial point will have an outsized impact on the trajectory of the organization and therefore the lives of many hundreds of thousands of children.
• Evolving our programs to be robust, scalable and highly cost-effective, requires excellence in their design, implementation, and evaluation. The Program Manager will be working closely with Notify Health Co-founders and local partners, providing a crucial link between our leadership team and implementation on the field. They will also provide the creativity and knowledge needed to drive innovation in our program design.

Role Responsibilities
We are a small and agile organization and as such the role may vary over time. Typical responsibilities include:

• Oversee day-to-day operations of a rapidly expanding program, starting in Kogi State and eventually extending into 2–3 additional states, ensuring seamless coordination with local partners and upholding high-quality standards.
• Manage performance metrics and key indicators, guiding partners to meet ambitious targets and swiftly resolving challenges to drive overall program success.
• Fuel program innovation by collaborating with Notify Health leadership, experimenting with new ideas, and adapting interventions based on field feedback to continuously refine and improve.
• Engage with partners and frontline workers through site visits, technical support, and data quality checks, ensuring adherence to established protocols and consistent impact on the ground.
• Strengthen training initiatives by contributing to the development and refinement of materials, and by facilitating workshops that empower local staff and health workers.
• Foster and nurture positive relationships with stakeholders, including government agencies and community leaders, to align efforts, share progress, and ensure long-term program sustainability.
• Enhance reporting and documentation, offering valuable insights, improving data collection tools, and producing high-impact internal and external reports that drive continuous program growth.
• Potential to grow into a managerial capacity supervising and mentoring other Notify health junior staff and direct reports
• Delivering any other tasks assigned by the co-funders in line with the goals of Notify Health.

About You
We care more about your motivation, potential, and what we can achieve together, than checking boxes in a list. Nonetheless, we seek candidates with the following attributes:
Required Capabilities, Experience or Qualifications:

• B.Sc or equivalent in a relevant field, Masters or MBBS will be an added advantage
• Strong English communication skills: written and verbal.
• We do not require you to be fluent in any other Nigerian language, however, it is a bonus to be proficient in spoken Pidgin, Ebira, Igala, Yoruba or Hausa.
• Experience in a senior Program or Partnerships role, in healthcare or development programs in Nigeria for at least 2 years.
• Tech skills sufficient to create and work with shared spreadsheets (including formulae and advanced formatting) and quickly create documents and presentations for internal and external communication.
• Experience with people management in healthcare or NGO context. Ideally with experience working with partner organizations on shared goals.
• Resident in FCT or Kogi State.
• Candidates must be willing to travel regularly to our active states, beginning with Kogi and expanding to additional states as our programs grow. The role typically involves approximately 4–5 weeks of travel per quarter (around 35% of the time) to Kogi or other implementation states. However, the exact travel schedule is flexible and can be adjusted to accommodate the preferences of the right applicant.
• Ability to thrive amongst changing circumstances where plans may need to be adapted in response to new information quickly.

Benefits

• As part of an early-stage organization, you will have a large amount of autonomy in how you set up your day to day work. Exact hours and work location are flexible (in the context of travel requirements above).
• 20 working days annual leave
• Maternity leave after one year of employment in line with Nigerian best practice.
• Developmental budget for upskilling/training.
• Other support for facilitating an optimal remote working environment and for overnight travels outside of the State of residence.

Other Details:

• Location: Remote (home- or co-working) with regular travel in and around Kogi state initially and then to another Nigerian State(s) subsequently
• Contract: 12 months with the possibility of renewal subject to satisfactory performance.
• Hours: Full time
• Compensation: Competitive, based on experience and cost of living.

Application Closing Date
31st January, 2025.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• This role has a 6-month probationary period for you to get to know us and for us to get to know you better.
• We respect your time and have designed our application process to reflect this.
• The first step of the application process takes 30 minutes and does not require a cover letter.
• We only ask for more time from applicants we think would be an excellent fit. Following the application, there will be additional steps including test tasks and interviews.
• We endeavor to respond to each stage in the process within a week of the deadline, however, timing may vary depending on the number of applicants in any given cycle.
• Women are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.