Jhpiego, an Affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, is a global leader in improving healthcare services for women and their families.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Technical Advisor
Job ID: 2025-7106
Locations: Abakaliki – Ebonyi, Kwara and Gombe
Category: International Positions
Employment Status: Full-Time
Overview
- We are seeking a Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Technical Advisor to provide technical leadership and strategic direction for the design, implementation, and monitoring of integrated health service delivery programs.
- The Advisor will focus on advancing SRHR, communicable diseases (e.g., HIV, TB, malaria), and strengthening the use of strategic information for decision-making and program improvement.
- This strategic role requires an exceptional individual with professional expertise in multi-disease programming who can establish robust data systems, ensure evidence-based decision making, and support adaptive management approaches while maintaining rights-based monitoring frameworks.
Responsibilities
Technical Leadership:
- Provide high-level technical guidance on SRHR, integrated service delivery, and communicable disease programming.
- Ensure integration of SRHR and communicable disease services across health system levels and platforms.
- Lead the development and adaptation of evidence-based tools, guidelines, and training materials.
Program Design & Implementation:
- Support the design and implementation of innovative, client-centered, and gender-responsive interventions.
- Collaborate with consortium organizations, partners and program teams to ensure technical quality and alignment with national and global standards.
- Contribute to work planning, budgeting, and reporting processes.
Strategic Information & Learning:
- Lead the state-level development and use of strategic information systems to monitor program performance and outcomes aligned with country office/national health strategies, donor requirements, and international reporting standards FinishÂ
- Design rights-based monitoring approaches that track equity, non-discrimination, and human rights indicators alongside health outcomes
- Promote data-driven decision-making and adaptive learning across project teams.
- Support the generation and dissemination of knowledge products, including success stories, technical briefs, and peer-reviewed publications.
Multi-Disease Data Management and Integration:
- Oversee development of integrated health information systems that support real-time program monitoring across disease areas
- Establish data interoperability standards and protocols for seamless information sharing between SRHR and communicable disease programs
- Coordinate with existing national health information systems, databases, surveillance systems, and routine health data platforms
- Implement automated data quality checks and validation procedures across multiple data sources
- Ensure compliance with data protection regulations while facilitating evidence-based program management
Capacity Strengthening:
- Build the capacity of national and sub-national stakeholders, including government counterparts and implementing partners, in SRHR and integrated service delivery.
- Facilitate training, mentoring, and supportive supervision for health workers and program staff.
- Lead development of comprehensive MEAL training curricula covering integrated programming approaches,
- Mentor emerging M&E professionals and support South-South learning exchanges
Partnerships & Representation:
- Represent Jhpiego in technical working groups, donor meetings, and stakeholder forums.
- Foster strong relationships with government agencies, donors, civil society, and academic institutions.
Strategic Reporting and Evidence Utilization:
- Prepare comprehensive reports for different stakeholders
- Lead presentation of findings to high-level state government officials, donor representatives, and technical working groups
- Facilitate regular data utilization workshops and evidence-based program review meetings
- Ensure timely submission of high-quality data and reports to Jhpiego and relevant stakeholders.
- Participate in supportive supervision, DQAs, and virtual/physical data review meetings.
Required Qualifications
- Advanced Degree in Public Health, Social Science, Development Studies, Epidemiology, Nursing, or a related field.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in SRHR, HIV, or integrated health programming in low-resource settings and progressive experience in strategic information, monitoring and evaluation, and data use for program improvement.
- Extensive experience with both SRHR and communicable disease MEAL systems and indicators including designing and implementing digital health or data visualization tools
- Familiarity with Nigeria’s national health policies and SRHR frameworks and strong understanding of health systems, gender equity, and rights-based approaches to health.
- Proven experience working with government, donors (e.g., former USAID, Global Fund, FCDO, BMGF etc), and implementing partners.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and writing skills.
- Fluency in English (written and verbal) – essential
- Working Knowledge of the language of any of the locations is an asset
Working Conditions:
- Position based in one of the states listed above with regular travel to supported facilities and communities (up to 50% travel time)
- Extended field visits to rural communities and health facilities for data collection and supervision
- Participation in state-level meetings requiring professional presentation and representation.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online