Jobs at Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON)

The Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria (HERFON) is a non-governmental organisation established in Nigeria in response to the deplorable condition of the health systems. The Foundation aims to promote, support, sustain and monitor the health sector reform in Nigeria. It does this through advocacy and capacity building for health reform, mobilising and coordinating the resources needed for health reform and collaborating with other partners. The Foundation receives its funds from members' contribution, developmental partners and Nigerian governments. It has its head office in Abuja, six zonal offices and thirty-seven State offices within Nigeria. The Abuja office now wishes to recruit self-motivated professionals to fill the following positions: 


PROJECT OFFICER

•  The candidate for this position will report to the Deputy Executive Secretary (Programme) and will be responsible for all Health system, Immunisation and HIV / AIDS programmes and projects of HERFON.
  
•  This position requires a graduate in Medical sciences or health-related field.
  
• The candidate is required to have good understanding of Health system, Immunisation and HIV / AIDS systems.
  
•  A good understanding of Nigeria's Health Sector Reform Programme would be an advantage.
  
•  A good IT skills and previous experience in donor programmes is necessary.
  
•  He/She should have good analytical skills and personal skills.
  
•  This is a senior position in the organisation hence the candidate is required to have previous programmes experience with demonstrable competency and skills in project execution.
  
•  He/She should have at least five years post graduation experience, two of which should be at the senior position in the Health sector.
  
•  Experience in international programme would be an advantage.
  
•  Our ideal person should have drive, energy and good personal appearance.
  
•  Salary attractive.
  

ACCOUNTANT 

•  The candidate for this position should report to the Deputy Executive Secretary (Finance and Administration) and will be responsible for all the accounting functions of the organisation including payroll, monitoring and reconciliation of headquarter, zonal and state accounts; monitoring of project advances and ensuring compliance with financial instructions.
  
•  This position requires a graduate of Management Sciences, with a professional qualification in accounting such as ACA, ACCA, etc.
  
• A good understanding of Nigeria's Health Sector Reform Programme would be an advantage.
  
• A good IT skills and previous experience in donor programmes is necessary.
  
• He/She should have good analytical and interpersonal skills.
  
• This is a senior position in the organisation hence the candidate is required to have previous accounting experience with demonstrable competency and skills.
  
• He/She should have at least ten years post graduation experience, five of which should be at the senior position.
  
• Our ideal person should have drive, energy and good personal appearance.
  
• Salary attractive.
  

Method of Application
Applications should be submitted in the form of 
(I) an application letter for the desired position, and 
(2) a comprehensive CV stating, among others, candidate's full names, date of birth, state of origin, schools attended, qualifications obtained with dates, previous working experience with detailed job description, contact and location addresses, email address, names and addresses two referees. These should be sent to us by email to: recrmtment@herfon.org
The ‘subject’ line of the email must be the title of the position being applied for. Applications not sent in this format will not be processed. 


Closing Date: 26th January, 2010.