Clinical Services Advisor at Society for Family Health (SFH)

Society for Family Health (SFH) is one of the leading non-governmental public health organisations in Nigeria, implementing programmes in Reproductive Health/Family Planning, HIV & AIDS prevention and treatment, malaria prevention and treatment, primary health care system strengthening and maternal, newborn and child health care. We work in partnership with the Federal and State Governments of Nigeria, the Global Fund, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Department for International Development (DFID), Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MSD for Mothers and Children Investment Fund Foundation among other international donors.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Clinical Services Advisor

Job ID: sfh-75474
Location: Kano
Category: Programs
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Profile

• Integrated Child Health and Social Service Award (ICHSSA 3) project currently being implemented in Northern Nigeria to improve the quality of life of HIV/AIDs positive children by leveraging on OVC/Social Service to strengthen the HIV continuum of care in a family-community–facility service delivery interface.
• The Clinical Services Advisor will develop and support strategies and innovations for active case findings particularly the "well children".

The successful candidate will perform the following functions:

• Develop and support strategies and innovations for active case findings particularly the “well children.”
• Develop and promote strategies that support retention of CLHIV/PLHIV in care and attainment of viral suppression.
• Promote greater collaboration of facility-community and referral mechanism of facility-facility to increase quality of care among CLHIV and PLHIV.
• Identify and implement appropriate facility- and community-based strategies to address gender based violence prevention and OVC service delivery gaps.

Qualifications / Experience

• A Degree in Medical Field.
• Candidate must possess at least 5 years’ cognate experience, which must include at least 3years in Programming for OVC, and Sub granting to CBOs.
• Develop and promote strategies that support retention of CLHIV/PLHIV in care and attainment of viral suppression.
• Promote greater collaboration of facility-community and referral mechanism of facility-facility to increase quality of care among CLHIV and PLHIV.
• Identify and implement appropriate facility- and community-based strategies to address gender-based violence prevention and OVC service delivery gaps.
• Demonstrated knowledge of policy and programs serving vulnerable adolescent and young women at high risk of HIV infection.
• Hands-on experience with PEPFAR project management processes and application of PEPFAR technical and administrative guidelines.
• Familiarity with Nigeria’s institutional, policy and programming context for HIV clinical and community services, including knowledge of the social welfare and health sectors in Nigeria.
• Demonstrated ability to engage government and represent OVC priorities and issues as they relate to children and adolescent living with or at high risk of HIV.

Skills and Competencies:

• Accuracy and timeliness in all areas of responsibility.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with team, colleagues, partners’, and stakeholders.
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
• Honest, encourages openness and transparency, demonstrates highest levels of integrity.

Compensation & Benefits
The compensation package for these positions is very attractive and designed to attract, motivate and retain talented young professionals.

Application Closing Date
20th September, 2022 at 11:59pm (WAT).