Senior Program Officer - Paediatric and Maternal Healthcare Services at the Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH)

Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH) is one of the leading Nigerian Non Governmental Organizations implementing programs for improving Reproductive Health and Family planning (RH/FP), Care and Treatment of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria, etc.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Senior Program Officer - Paediatric and Maternal Healthcare Services

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• We seek applications from qualified persons for the following position in an on-going USAID funded OVC project: Integrated Child Health and Social Services Award (ICHSSA 2 Project) in Lagos State.
• The candidate will be based in Lagos under overall supervision of the Chief of Party.
• The SPO will work directly with the State Program Manager and report to the Director of Programs. S/he will assist in ensuring that all project activities are in line with the Child Safeguarding Policy of ARFH and best practices, established by USAID PEPFAR, and GoN.
• S/he will assist in strengthening technical capacity of CBOS, and Health Facility Officials to increase service uptake by OVC and the priority sub population.
• 100% of his/her time per annum is chargeable to the project.

Specific Responsibilities

• S/he will support the HIV case finding and linkage to treatment of CLHIV / ALHIV using innovative facility and community-based strategies
• Facilitate the enrolment of CLHIV / ALHIV, HEI, and CKP on the project
• Support the PLHIV to achieve and remain virally suppressed.
• Track regular attendance of Antenatal Clinics by enrolled pregnant women and EID for HEI Participate in Community and facility Case Findings and link the newly diagnosed CLHIV / ALHIV / PLHIV to treatment.
• Support DSD models to improve ART uptake, retention and viral load suppression
• Strengthen the capacity of CBOS on HTS, PMTCT, EID and bi-directional referrals
• Develop work plans for Paediatrics and Maternal Healthcare services, track progress, write reports and success stories/Articles.
• Participate actively in the implementation of the Paediatric ART Saturation Strategies (PASS) and PMTCT.
• Support Implementation of HFR and tracking of UNAIDS 95-95-95 Goals.

Qualifications

• A Degree in Medical Field, Social Sciences or related disciplines with at least 5 years cognate experience, which must include at least 2 years in Programming for OVC, to mitigate the impact of HIV / AIDS.
• Also, preferred are knowledge of health programs with the Nigeria public sector, health system, NGOs/CBOS and collaborative relationship and liaison with community leaders.
• An MPH is an added advantage.

Benefits
We offer professional opportunities for career advancement, good working environment and competitive remuneration.

Application Closing Date
23rd March, 2022.