About this role

National Partnership Officer

Job Type Full Time

The National Partnerships Officer (NPO) supports New Incentives' national partnership and stakeholder engagement efforts, helping to build and sustain durable working relationships with government institutions, development partners, international and local NGOs, and other stakeholders across Nigeria's routine immunization (RI) ecosystem. As an important day-to-day representative of New Incentives, the NPO helps ensure that the organization is a credible, useful, and consistently present participant in the national RI system.
The role requires a strong understanding of Nigeria's RI system and of demand creation, demonstrated experience engaging with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) and its Routine Immunization Working Group, and the ability to build productive, durable relationships with government and development-sector stakeholders. The NPO reports to and supports the Expansion Director, keeping stakeholders well informed and helping to ensure that value flows in both directions.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Stakeholder engagement and relationship management

Build and maintain productive working relationships with government officials, development partners, INGOs, NGOs, and other stakeholders, and support engagement with NPHCDA, Federal Ministry of Health institutions, and state health authorities.
Participate in meetings, workshops, technical working groups, and forums as delegated, helping keep New Incentives consistently present where the RI agenda is discussed.
Represent New Incentives professionally in technical and program-level engagements, communicating its mission, evidence, and value proposition accurately to technical and non-technical audiences.
Maintain regular communication and appropriate follow-up with key stakeholders, keeping them informed of what New Incentives is doing and learning.
Build credibility and trust through consistent, professional, and responsive engagement, and ensure all engagements reflect New Incentives' values and policies.

Partnership development support and mutual value

Identify organizations and stakeholders whose priorities align with New Incentives' programs, and support the Expansion Director in identifying, developing, and tracking partnership opportunities.
Conduct stakeholder and partner research and prepare briefs, concept notes, presentations, proposals, and other partnership documents.
Coordinate introductory meetings, follow up with prospective and existing partners, and track discussions, commitments, and agreed-upon actions.
Support the practical exchange of data, field observations, and learning with government and partners in ways that genuinely strengthen routine immunization, in line with data-sharing standards.

Stakeholder Intelligence and Documentation

Develop a strong understanding of key stakeholders' roles, priorities, interests, and areas of potential collaboration, and maintain an up-to-date stakeholder database and contact map.
Identify stakeholder concerns, opportunities, and emerging issues; when concerns are raised, seek to understa

National Partnership Officer