Technical Officer, Quality Improvement

About the role

The Technical Officer, Quality Improvement will support the Meeting Targets and Maintaining Epidemic Control (EpiC) project in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Reporting to the Senior Technical Officer, Quality Improvement & PHC Integration, the role focuses on strengthening maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition services at primary health care and community levels.

Key responsibilities

• Provide day‑to‑day technical assistance for MNCH/N implementation across PHC facilities and community platforms.
• Support rollout of high‑impact interventions such as antenatal care, post‑natal care, newborn care, and nutrition screening.
• Assist in optimizing pulse‑oximetry use and expanding access to medical oxygen through LOX infrastructure.
• Enhance health‑worker capacity in oxygen data management and quality assurance.
• Collaborate with the Senior Technical Officer, Strategic Information on monitoring, evaluation, data quality and reporting.
• Contribute to the development of national Quality Assurance and Compliance guidelines for oxygen equipment.

Required profile

• Relevant tertiary education in public health, medicine, nursing or a related health field.
• Experience working in primary health care or community health programmes, preferably in maternal and child health.
• Demonstrated ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and coordinate with government and partner agencies.

Required skills

• Pulse oximetry and medical oxygen system knowledge.
• Data management for health programmes.
• Monitoring and evaluation techniques.