Technical Assistant - Health Systems & Programme Implementation

Background

Kainuwa Sustainale Development Foundations (KSDF) was founded in 2019 out of a shared passion for social equity and human development. Recognizing the deep inequalities in access to basic services, our founders created KSDF as a platform for change where sustainable impact could be delivered through practical, community-driven solutions.

As a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization, we are dedicated to improving human capital in underserved communities. Since 2019, we have been ensuring that every person regardless of background has access to the resources they need to live a healthier, more empowered life. In 2025, the Foundation was formally registered, marking a new chapter of growth and greater accountability to the communities we serve.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Technical Assistant - Health Systems & Programme Implementation

Location: Abuja

Reports to: Program Manager

Employment level: Technical Assistant – Junior / Early-Career Technical Professional

Contract: Initially 12 months, renewable subject to performance and programme requirements

Functional Relationships: Program Director; Programme Leads; SDIU/HDIU Team; FMoH Technical Advisers; Finance & Operations; government and partner counterparts

Background

• KSDF therefore requires a Technical Assistant – Health Systems & Programme Implementation based in its Abuja Office.

Role Rationale

• This role is designed as a cross-cutting technical programme position rather than a clinical nursing post. It translates frontline clinical(Primary health care) and community-health experience into practical programme implementation, technical documentation, research, stakeholder coordination, quality improvement, and health-systems support across KSDF investments.
• Capability - Area How the Role Uses It:
• PHC & frontline insight - Applies practical understanding of service delivery, maternal and newborn health, community health, quality of care, infection prevention, referral pathways, and frontline operational realities.
• Programme implementation & coordination - Supports workplans, technical activities, field implementation, action follow-up, programme coordination, and delivery of assigned technical tasks.
• Technical documentation & research - Prepares meeting packs, technical notes, minutes, action matrices, briefs, workshop reports, literature summaries, and structured follow-up for programme teams.
• Community & stakeholder engagement - Supports outreach, community engagement, beneficiary case support, stakeholder consultations, workshops, and documentation of charitable and social-development activities.
• The Technical Assistant will provide day-to-day technical, programme coordination, documentation, research, field implementation, stakeholder engagement, and administrative support across KSDF’s health and social-development programmes.
• The role will strengthen the ability of senior technical staff to manage multiple investments by ensuring that routine technical work, research, documentation, stakeholder follow-up, meeting preparation, field coordination, and narrative reporting are undertaken consistently and to a high standard.

Key Responsibilities

• General Technical Programme Support:

• Support technical staff in planning and implementing KSDF programmes and technical assistance activities.

• Undertake background research and evidence reviews for programme activities.

• Assist in preparing technical notes, briefing papers, presentations, and reports.

• Support development and review of programme workplans, activity schedules, budgets, and implementation plan and schedules Including other programme documents.

• Maintain trackers for technical deliverables, milestones, decisions, and agreed actions.

• Follow up internally with responsible personnel on technical assignments and deadlines.

• Assist in coordinating and consolidating technical inputs from programme teams, consultants, and partners.

• Support preparation of technical meetings, workshops, and stakeholder engagements.

• Draft meeting minutes, aide-memoires, action matrices, and follow-up notes.

• Maintain organised electronic repositories of programme and technical documents.

• Support preparation of donor/partner updates and routine technical correspondence.

• Participate in field visits and implementation activities as required.

• SDIU/HDIU and Gombe Execution Grant Support:

• Support preparation for routine SDIU/HDIU implementation and performance-review meetings and related technical engagements.

• Assist in preparing agendas, briefing notes, meeting packs, and technical materials required for implementation and performance-review meetings.

• Support review and organisation of technical submissions, meeting papers, and programme documents requiring management follow-up.

• Maintain action trackers arising from performance reviews, workshops, and technical meetings.

• Follow up with relevant programme personnel on agreed activities, owners, and deadlines.

• Support documentation of implementation bottlenecks, corrective actions, and resolutions.

• Assist with preparation of presentations, briefing notes, technical summaries, and meeting packs.

• Participate in facility/LGA implementation visits, stakeholder consultations, and learning visits, and document agreed follow-up actions.

• Support preparation of narrative sections of quarterly and milestone Execution Grant reports and maintain well-organised supporting documentation for assigned deliverables.

• Assist with documentation of lessons learned, achievements, case examples, and emerging implementation issues.

• Support coordination between KSDF, government agencies, implementing partners, and technical consultants.

• Federal HSS/HRH Technical Assistance:

• Support preparation of HSS and HRH technical meetings, consultations, workshops, and working sessions.

• Undertake targeted background research requested by senior technical advisers.

• Assist in reviewing, organising, and summarising national and subnational health policy and strategy documents.

• Support evidence synthesis, literature reviews, and preparation of technical background notes.

• Assist with documentation relating to HRH strategy, workforce planning, governance, and institutional strengthening.

• Maintain workplan, consultancy, and deliverable trackers.

• Coordinate documentation received from consultants and government counterparts and maintain orderly technical repositories.

• Support technical working-group meetings, workshop reports, consultation summaries, and follow-up of agreed actions.

• Assist in preparing and formatting technical products, presentations, and briefing materials.

• The Technical Assistant will support, but will not independently lead, complex HRH policy analysis, workforce planning, or senior policy advisory work.

• PHC, MNCH and Community Health Support:

• Provide implementation support to PHC-related activities and selected health service-delivery initiatives.

• Assist technical teams in reviewing programme approaches from a frontline service-delivery perspective.

• Support maternal, newborn, child, and reproductive-health activities where relevant.

• Participate in technical reviews of service-delivery processes, referral pathways, workflow, and facility functionality where required.

• Assist with preparation of PHC implementation tools, checklists, and orientation materials.

• Support community-engagement, health-education, and outreach activities.

• Participate in field implementation and learning visits, documenting frontline service-delivery challenges, agreed actions, and technical support needs.

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