Purpose of the Position
The State Coordinator will provide overall coordination, supervision, and strategic oversight for project implementation within the assigned state.
The officer will ensure effective planning, stakeholder engagement, quality implementation, team coordination, reporting, and achievement of project objectives across all targeted LGAs within the state.
The State Coordinator will serve as the primary liaison between the project, government stakeholders, implementing partners, and community structures at state level.
Key Responsibilities
The State Coordinator shall:
Provide overall leadership and coordination of project implementation activities within the assigned state.
Supervise and support LGA Coordinators, field staff, volunteers, and community mobilizers.
Ensure timely and quality implementation of project activities across all targeted LGAs.
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Coordinate stakeholder engagement with:
State government ministries and agencies
Primary healthcare authorities
Religious and traditional institutions
Civil society organizations
Community leaders and media stakeholders
Support implementation of community dialogues, advocacy meetings, radio listening activities, and social mobilization campaigns.
Ensure project activities align with approved work plans, donor requirements, and organizational standards.
Monitor field implementation and provide supportive supervision to project teams.
Review and consolidate LGA reports, activity data, and implementation updates.
Support monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning activities across the state.
Ensure safeguarding, gender sensitivity, inclusion, and ethical standards are integrated into all project activities.
Identify implementation challenges and recommend corrective actions and operational improvements.
Coordinate state-level representation of the project in meetings, technical working groups, and stakeholder forums.
Support documentation of lessons learned, best practices, case studies, and success stories.
Ensure proper coordination between project teams, partners, and stakeholders for effective service delivery.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Social Sciences, Development Studies, Community Development, Mass Communication, or related field.
Minimum of 5 years' experience in project coordination, public health programming, or development/humanitarian projects.
Experience working with NGOs, donor-funded projects, or social and behavior change communication programs.
Strong understanding of reproductive health, maternal health, and child spacing programming.
Proven experience in stakeholder engagement and field team supervision.
Excellent leadership, coordination, and organizational skills.
Strong communication, facilitation, and report-writing skills.
Ability to manage multiple activities and teams effectively.
Fluency in English; knowledge of Hausa language is highly desirable.
Strong computer proficiency including Microsoft Office applications.
Desirable
Experience working in Northern Nigeria communities.
Familiarity with media-based social and behavior change communication approaches.
Experience collaborating with government institutions and development partners.
Knowledge of safeguarding and accountability frameworks.
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Core Competencies
Leadership and strategic coordination skills.
Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills.
Team management and supervision.
Problem-solving and decision-making ability.
Planning and organizational skills.
Communication and reporting skills.
Integrity and accountability.
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
Deliverables
The State Coordinator will be responsible for delivering:
State-level implementation and coordination reports.
Consolidated LGA activity reports and implementation updates.
Stakeholder engagement and advocacy reports.
Field monitoring and supervision reports.
Project work plan implementation tracking reports.
Documentation of lessons learned, success stories, and case studies.
Timely submission of programmatic and operational reports.
Coordination support for project monitoring and evaluation activities.