Olatayo Abikoye

Experience

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  National Malaria Control Program - Federal Ministry of Health

  Oct 2010 - Dec 2013

  Project Officer - Global Fund Round 8 Unit
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  USAID/PMI Funded Malaria Action Program for States

  Jan 2014 - Nov 2015

  Malaria Implementation Officer

  ●Steered operations and technical functions of project across all public health facilities in 13 local Government Areas of Nasarawa State.●Directly coordinated the distribution of 1,656,301 Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets for 2,981,342 beneficiaries from 147 wards across 13 LGA in Nasarawa State.●Coordinated the recruitment and management of 15 consultants●Spearheaded a well-coordinated, state driven External Quality Assurance (EQA) team for malaria diagnosis in the State and established Malaria in Pregnancy Working Group (MiPWG) with the aim of achieving MNCH targets●Designed and implemented an established community structure using “The Onchocerciasis Community Drug Distributors (CDD)” for continuous distribution of LLIN, diagnosis and treatment of fever cases in children under five at households/ community level Show less

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  Catholic Relief Services

  Nov 2015 - Jul 2016

  Senior Technical Officer - Global Fund Malaria Grant

  ●Achieved more than 100% of donor target for the project through the building and strengthening of the capacities of 1,216 Community Oriented Resource Persons (CORPS), and health facility workers across 578 health facilities in Ondo and Ekiti states.●Led cross functional teams in delivering project targets of The Global Fund malaria grant to support Ondo and Ekiti States●Directly ensured integration of training plans and developed training data flow map for the project Malaria activities in 2 states.●Provided technical support to both Ondo and Ekiti states ministries of health/ state malaria elimination programs (SMoH/ SMEPs) and line ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to develop state specific costed operational plans for malaria control for 2016. ●Spearheaded the establishment of State Malaria in Pregnancy Working Group (MiPWG) in the two states. Show less

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  Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative

  Jul 2016 - Mar 2017

  Senior Technical Advisor - Global Fund New Funding Model Malaria Grant

  ●Senior Technical Advisor to support Malaria control programs of the State Ministries of Health in Kano and Bauchi States●Responsible for providing technical and programmatic support to Kano and Bauchi states ministries of health/ state malaria elimination programs, LGA PHC departments and the 748 and 340 supported public health facilities in both states respectively on areas including vector control (VC), Case Management (CM) and Specific Prevention Intervention (SPI).●Spearheaded project data integrity and real time reporting through successful adoption and implementation of Health Information Management System. Show less

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  FHI360

  May 2017 - Feb 2019

  Senior Technical Officer - Global Fund HIV/TB Impact Grant, Nigeria

  ●Senior Technical Advisor on Global Fund HIV/TB Principal Recipient Grant support to Nigeria providing technical and programmatic backstop to priority states and organizational sub-recipients●Supported the development of relevant national guidelines, tools and recommendations related to the implementation, evaluation of clinical management of HIV/AIDS, PMTC and RH/FP●Representation and active engagement with donors and government officials and reported on issues of clinical management of HIV/AIDS, PMTCT and RH/FP.●Provided technical assistance in HIV/AIDS clinical management and PMTCT capacity building to states and organizational sub-recipients.●Entrusted to provide delegation for Technical Director to provide technical leadership and technical support related to clinical management of HIV/AIDS, PMTCT, Reproductive Health/Family Planning (RH/FP) strategies and approaches across all supported states nationwide.●Coordinated the design and implementation of HIV clinical care/ART, PMTCT, reproductive health/family planning strategies in field-level projects and programs. Show less

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  Malaria Consortium

  Feb 2019 - Jul 2019

  State Team Lead –UK- Aid / DFiD- Support to National Malaria Program 2

  ●Provided overall technical, programmatic and management oversight at the state level in supporting the Lagos state ministry of health and other relevant agencies, departments and boards on the projects towards actualizing the strategic malaria goals.●Sustained a good working collaboration with donor through high level engagement with the DFiD at state level.●Managed mixed team of project staff that included technical, programs, operations and finance dedicated to the SUNMaP project in Lagos state.●Facilitated the development and monitoring of the state level sustainability plan with the State Malaria Elimination Program (SMEP) and her key development partners towards institutional capacity building linked to health reforms.●Supported SMEP to better coordinate with other tiers of government and to achieve state wide roll-out of project supported interventions while ensuring value for money management approaches. Show less

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  Catholic Relief Services

  Jun 2019 - Nov 2020

  Senior Project Manager - Global Fund Malaria Grant

  ● Led the representation of CRS’s at national coordination and technical meetings including Malaria Technical Working Group, Program and Case Management subcommittees.● Provided technical, programmatic and grant oversight to the work of three sub-recipient’s (SRs) (Management Sciences for Health, Malaria Consortium and Society for Family Health) under the grant implementing across 13 States in Nigeria towards meeting projects target within set timelines, scope and quality.● Spearheaded quality assurance for the implementation of the sub recipients’ across the various thematic areas through the regular review of the performance update and disbursement request (PUDR) dash board , programmatic reports and the detailed implementation plans (DIP) .● Provided oversight for some special interventions on the grant including; Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) in the sahelian states, Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (iCCM), Community Accountability Intervention using CBOs and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Intervention in the insurgency ravaged north –eastern States of Nigeria.● Coordinated grant quarterly programme and operational review meetings with the sub recipients’ and follow up with appropriate actions and feedback. Show less

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  Management Sciences for Health

  Nov 2020 - Jul 2024

  ● Manage and supervise State Coordinators and ensure activities within the targeted states are meeting PMI-S task order goals and objectives; in alignment with USAID/PMI strategic objectives and NMEP Strategic Plan. ● I take lead in coordinating development of PMI-S state-specific plans ensuring adequate participation of relevant state and federal level stakeholders while ensuring alignment between technical program – Surveillance Monitoring and Evaluation (SME) – Financing/Administration – and Learning Communication and Reporting. ● As a member of the senior project management team, i participate in federal level activities to identify and leverage strategic involvement of NMEP and other federal level actors in state malaria programming. ● Documents emerging good practices and/or best practices across states malaria programs to promote sustainable practices that lead to direct impact. ● With the Director Finance and Administration, adapt and implement management systems with standard operating procedures to administer all activities funded by the task order. Ensure there is sufficient financial staff for disbursing all local costs under this project, monitoring and tracking expenditures, and preparing financial reports of project expenditures for submission to USAID. ● Work with the Country Director and State Coordinators, in ensuring that the program has adequate staff to carry out high-quality work and that staff are recruited and hired in accordance with state-level, federal-level, donor, and MSH requirements.● As a member of the PMI-S senior management team, meet with USAID and other stakeholders to share progress, accomplishments, and challenges. Show less ● Led multi-disciplinary teams across the Task Order Four states to develop, design, launch and complete malaria project providing better health care to all residents of the state as beneficiaries.● Deputize for the Deputy Chief of Party in provision of administrative, programmatic and technical support and strategic direction to the PMI-S project’s program staff in the states● Providing strategic insight into the development of PMI project approach at the regional level.● Provides high level Technical Assistants to States Ministry Of Health, Primary Health Care Development Agencies and Hospital Management Boards on public health issues; surveillance, monitoring and evaluation; and overall health system strengthening capacity.● Analyzed monthly and quarterly reports from state field offices and used outputs to guide project strategies for increased regional performance in meeting donor objectives.● Supported the State Ministry of Health in developing a costed annual operational plan and the tracking of the implementation of such both in terms of activities and budgetary release.● Collaborated with stakeholders across the supported State Ministries of Health to establish productive coordination of all malaria program activities as contained in the states’ costed annual operational plans.● Conducted routine project’s budget and work plan performance review with the aim of improving performance, meeting project targets and increased implementation efficiency. Show less

  • Director - Task Order 3 US President's Malaria Initiative for States, Nigeria

    Feb 2023 - Jul 2024

  • Regional Senior Technical Advisor Task order 4 - US President’s Malaria Initiative/ USAID Grant

    Nov 2020 - Feb 2023
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  Malaria Consortium

  Jul 2024 - now

  Country Programmes Manager

  As the Country Programmes Manager (CPM) i provide leadership in the roll-out and efficient running of programme / project management systems and processes for all programmes and projects as a coherent portfolio within Malaria Consortium Nigeria office. I also line manage some Project Managers in Malaria Consortium Nigeria as agreed with the West and Central Africa Programmes Director. As the CPM i am a member of a management board of Malaria and Public Health Nigeria Ltd/Gte. Working closely with the WCAPD to review the MC NG portfolio to ensure the projects and programmes delivers optimal value according to plan and within budget and time. As the position holder i ensure efficient and effective project management practices including lessons learning, adaptive management, and optimal value-for-money. Show less