Associate Director, Health Facility Infrastructure at Jhpiego Nigeria – Abuja

Jhpiego Nigeria is recruiting an Associate Director, Health Facility Infrastructure in Abuja. The role provides strategic, technical, financial and operational leadership for Component B, overseeing infrastructure, equipment and service-readiness investments that strengthen health systems and improve service delivery.

Strategic Leadership

• Provide leadership, vision and direction for Component B project implementation.
• Align implementation with the America First Global Health Strategy (AFGHS), Nigeria’s Health Sector Renewal and Investment Initiative (HSRII) and Sector-Wide Approach (SWAp) principles.
• Lead strategic planning, quality assurance, adaptive management and risk mitigation.

Programme Oversight

• Oversee implementation across project components and workstreams.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, consortium partners and subcontractors.
• Ensure delivery of project outputs, milestones and performance targets.

Government and Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as the primary liaison with DOS/GHSD and Government of Nigeria counterparts.
• Build collaboration among consortium partners, government institutions, private-sector partners and contractors.
• Lead sustainability, transition and government-ownership strategies.

Performance and Compliance

• Ensure compliance with donor regulations, government and organisational reporting requirements, and quality standards.
• Review technical, financial and programme reports.
• Lead project performance reviews and learning processes.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• Advanced Degree in Public Health, Engineering, Health Systems, Management or a related field.
• At least 15 years of senior leadership experience managing large donor-funded programmes.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex health-system work, procurement processes and infrastructure investments, and managing multiple international and local sub-partners.

Organisation-wide Expectations

Jhpiego staff are expected to model the organisation’s mission and values, contribute to business development and knowledge sharing, make accountable decisions that support time and cost containment, participate actively in teams, take responsibility for assigned actions, provide feedback and manage competing priorities.