Technical Officer - Pediatrics & Adolescent Care & Treatment at the Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)

Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) is an indigenous non-governmental organization that promotes socio-economic development by supporting a broad range of global health programs, education, research, and livelihoods initiatives in Nigeria. AHNi currently has its headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria.

In anticipation of a potential award from USAID on the Accelerating Control of the HIV Epidemic in Nigeria (ACE) with focus on the BAY (Borno, Adamawa, Yobe) states, the position below is open for consideration to all qualified candidates:

Job Title: Technical Officer - Pediatrics & Adolescent Care & Treatment

Location: Adamawa
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Project: ACE
Category: Technical

Responsibilities

• Will focus on optimizing pediatric and adolescent HIV Care & Treatment service delivery through the identification of barriers to access and utilization to HIV services and ensure smooth implementation of ACE’s role in pediatric and adolescent HIV service delivery in line with the National Acceleration Plan for Pediatric and Adolescent HIV.
• S/He will work very closely with facility-based health workers, State Ministries of Health, Community based organizations and relevant Stakeholders.
• Provide technical assistance at supported HIV treatment facilities to achieve epidemic control by reaching the UNAIDS’ 95-95-95 goal in children and adolescents living with HIV, support scale up of evidence-based strategies in accordance with the UNICEF service delivery framework in supported states and health facilities.
• S/He will also perform quality of care assessment and ensure that children and adolescents living with HIV (CALHIV) in all supported health facilities receive high quality comprehensive ART services in accordance with National Treatment guidelines, support uptake of differentiated models of care and treatment for CALHIV in order to improve treatment outcomes and create efficiencies, including multi-month drug refills, use of community structures, etc.

Minimum Recruitment Standards

• MB.BS / MD or similar Degree with 3 to 4 years relevant experience in clinical care with a sound understanding of HIV/AIDS with provision of PMTCT and anti-retroviral therapy (ART) including TB in resource constrained settings.
• Possession of an MPH or post graduate degree in a related field is added advantage
• Demonstrable skills to use data for program refinement and improvement
• Experience in pediatric ART service delivery.
• Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.

Application Closing Date
Tuesday, 11th January, 2022.