Thursday, April 10, 2008

Vacancies in An NGO

We are a leading international non-governmental working in the area of HIV and AID care and treatment. We require the services of resourceful, experience and dynamic candidates for the following positions:
Director, Central Technical Unit
Location: Abuja
Responsibilities:
  • S/he will supervise a team of individuals providing technical support to support facilities that are providing HIV/AIDS care and treatment services
  • S/he will provide direct supervision for laboratory, Procurement, Pharmacy, Network, Training and Behavior Change communication activities.
  • Assist in capacity building of facility personnel for better implementation of roles in technical planning, management and evaluation of HIV/AIDS Programs

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Advanced Degree in Management, Medicine, Public Health or related fields .
  • Minimum of 5 years experience in HIV/AIDS program implementation and at least five years experience at management level.
  • Leadership & Managerial skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Good communication skills; Self-driven with a high sense of quality, efficiency and respect for deadline. Strong practical sense and ability to handle multiple tasks and to set priorities.
  • Precise and attentive to details.
  • Good Team player; Strong computer skills, including Windows, Microsoft Word and Excel.
  • Excellent report writing skills

Central Palliative Care (OVC) Advisor
Location: Abuja
Responsibilities:
  • S/he will assist in strategic planning and implementation of strategies for OVC component of the organization's palliative care package.
  • Implement Community and Home Base Care package for OVC and respective PABAs.
  • Provide on going mentoring and hands on supervision to site clinicians and other Community/Home Based workers for effective OVC service delivery.
  • S/he will identify health, educational, nutritional, economic and legal needs of OVCs enrolled in the program and provide linkage with available support services.
  • Train and mentor field staff on management of opportunistic infections and HIV/AIDS

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Preferably degree in Nursing, Public/Community Health, Medicine and other related fields with appropriate licenses
  • A minimum of 2 years experience in coordinating 0VC Program implementation.
  • Basic training skills and Computer literacy will be added advantage.

HCT ADVISOR

Location: Abuja

Responsibilities:
  • S/he will participate in facilitating the initiation of point of service HIV counseling and testing at multiple entry departments in supported hospitals.
  • Build health facility staff capacity to perform rapid HIV testing and develop partnerships with organizations to perform HCT at community level.
  • Coordinate HCT certification training for all health workers in supported facility
  • Assure quality control, and evaluate and mentor new HIV counselors
  • Ensure that all data related to HIV counseling and testing activities are documented
  • Perform routine supervisory checks of all counseling points in supported health facilities

Minimum Qualifications:
  • Degree in Nursing, Natural, Social Sciences or Medicine
  • At least two years of experience in HIV voluntary counseling and testing at a recognized institution
  • Formally trained and certified VCT counselor needed.
  • Experience supervising and/or are added advantages
  • Fluent in English
  • Excellent communication skills required

Quality Assurance For Laboratory Services Advisor
Location: Abuja,
Responsibilities:
  • S/he will develop and review quality assurance policy for lab services
  • Establish and implement TQMS in each facility
  • Provide support (on the job training) to the service providers to improve the quality of services.
  • Develop guidelines for conducting QM assessment
  • Work with the M & E to develop tools, process, analyze and disseminate information collected during QA processes.
Minimum qualifications
  • Degree in Medical lab Science and knowledge of Epidemiology is added advantage
  • Minimum of three years 3 years field experience in lab activities and Monitoring and Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Programs.
  • Experience in building a Quality Management System is a plus
Regional Subcontract Supervisor
location: Cross River, Kaduna & Gombe States
Responsibilities:
  • S/he will identify and conduct pre-award assessment of potential Sub-recipients
  • Advise and Train Sub• recipients on all applicable laws and regulations.
  • Develop systems and tools for sub-recipients financial management; training staff in their use.
  • Ensure Sub recipient submit monthly and quarterly reports, monitor timeliness for reporting and acts as a liaison between the sub-recipient and the organization.
  • Review all Sub-recipients reports and advance request, facilitate sub• recipients payments, and monitor their advances.
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting or Finance or related field and minimum of two years of relevant work experience; or Master's degree with one year of relevant work experience .
  • General ledger experience required.
  • Experience with USG financial rules and regulations desirable.
  • Writing/editing skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Fluency in written and spoken English.

Data Analyst
Location: Abuja
Responsibilities:
  • S/he will be responsible for planning, coordinating and administering computerized database for the organization.
  • An understanding of data principles including file management, file security and workflow process.
  • Conduct rapid M & E and epidemiologic analysis of data.
  • Ensure accuracy and completeness of data in master files and various support tool.
  • Provide general PC and IT support to the organization and sites

Minimum qualifications:
  • HND or Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Information Management or any related Field. Relevant experience in database designs and longitudinal data management.
  • Three years experience with MS Access.
  • High level computer skills using SQl, HTMl, Javascript, and data base driven website development
  • Ability to analyze data using any of SPSS, STAT A, SAS, Epi•info, MS Access and MS Excel.
Palliative Care Advisor (Prevention for Positive)
Location: Abuja
Responsibilities:
  • Assist in implementing comprehensive prevention for positive package in supported sites
  • Provide technical assistance support groups and Peer Health Educators on positive prevention activities for PLHA, Partners and households.
  • Provide technical assistance for all activities geared towards risk reduction and safer sex promotion among HIV positives clients.
  • Facilitate the design and delivery of communication intervention through various subgrantees for targeting PLHA
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Degree in Nursing, Public/Community Health, Medicine and other related fields with appropriate licenses
  • Experience in coordinating Palliative Care program implementation
  • A minimum of 2 years experience in health program management in sub Saharan Africa.
  • • Basic training skills. Computer literacy will be added advantage.
Regional Clinical TB/HIV Advisors
Location: Abuja, Gombe, Kaduna
Responsibilities:
  • Developing and refining materials related to TB/HIV integration such as clinical guidelines, protocols, algorithms, drug formularies and training materials
  • Initiating and enhancing TB/HIV integration services at sites.
  • Training site staff on clinical management and integration of TB/HIV as well as TB screening.
  • Training staff at DOTS sites on HIV counseling and testing
  • Developing and improving care and referral systems
Minimum qualifications:
  • Advanced Degree in Medicine or Public Health (MD preferred)
  • Robust clinical experience in HIV/AIDS care and antiretroviral treatment.
  • Experience in managing TB patients and programming TB/HIV integration (3years + preferable).
  • Excellent grasp of clinical issues and current literature in TB, HIV/AIDS and OI
  • Experience in developing country health care programs
  • Experience in training.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills .
  • Fluency in written and spoken English.
Regional Clinical Art Advisor
Location: Cross River, Gombe & Kaduna
Responsibilities:
  • Developing and improving care, patient flow, medical records, etc systems
  • Initiating and enhancing care and treatment services at sites.
  • Training site staff on clinical management of HIV/AIDS.
  • Providing on• going mentoring and hands• on supervision to site clinicians, serving as a resource for service delivery evaluation.
  • Developing and refining program materials such as clinical guidelines, protocols, algorithms, drug formularies and training materials.
  • Represents ICAP before State officials and partner organizations.
  • Any other duties assigned.

Minimum qualification:
  • Advanced Medical Degree (MD preferred). Robust clinical experience in HIV/AIDS care and antiretroviral treatment (3years + preferable)
  • Excellent grasp of clinical issues and current literature in HIV/AIDS treatment.
  • Experience in developing country health care programs.
  • Experience in training
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Fluency in written and spoken English .

Data Quality Management Advisor
Location: Abuja
Responsibilities:
  • The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering data quality policies,
  • Processes and procedures in the organization
  • Promote data quality achievement and performance improvement
  • Establish clearly defined data quality methods and continuous improvement plan
  • Analyse performance data and charts against defined parameters.
  • Establish best practices and standards in data quality
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelors Degree in Health Information Management or related field with at least 2 years experience in project management, documentation, process mapping and advance skills in Excel and Access
  • Knowledge of applied statistics, process analysis and outcome analysis
ALL POSITIONS REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF TRAVEL TO PROGRAM SITES.
Remunerations are competitive and will be based on qualifications and experience Resume/CV as MS Word attachment, should be sent to the email address below:
hire2008ex@yahoo.com
The subject of the email should be the applicant's Full Name and Position applied for e.g. Musa Nwachukwu GSM Manager.
Deadline for submission of applications is 18th of April, 2008
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

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