OVC Program Officer, HES / EDU at Community Life Advancement Project

CLAP has over fifteen (15) years of experience in OVC service delivery in the country. As sub-recipient to notable USAID and CDC partners, like Pact REACH Project, Hope World Wide ACCORD Project, Management Sciences for Health ProACT and CaTSS Project, ECWES LOCATE Project, HIFASS LOPIN -3 Project, PHI-IPSAN project, APIN-iCARES Project, IHVN-ACHIEVE Project, CIHP, ActionAid, etc, we have a reasonable pool of experienced program personnel who have employed case management procedures in enrolling and providing need-based services/Care and Support for over 100,000 vulnerable children across several states and achieved desired outcomes per thematic area of OVC programming and generally meeting the set objectives of each project implemented. Some of the states we have implemented OVC projects include: Kogi, Imo, Anambra, Enugu, Ebonyi, Niger, Nasarawa, Benue, Taraba, Gombe, Bauchi and Adamawa States.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: OVC Program Officer, HES / EDU

Location: Okene, Kogi
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description
The successful applicant shall:

• Coordinate community caseworkers and linkage officers in OVC programming in line with the PEPFAR OVC guidance and implementation model and provide them with the required technical support.
• Oversee assessment and enrollment of vulnerable children into the OVC program using case management tools
• Create and maintain an up-to-date case file for each OVC ensuring documentation of case follow-up, achievement, and graduation.
• Work with the community case workers to identify, assess, and enroll out-of-school children, for enrollment into school.
• Ensure that older orphans and vulnerable children acquire technical and vocational skills to facilitate their entry into the labor market
• Prepare and submit high-quality and timely reports to the National Programme Manager
• Perform any other tasks requested by the organization’s hierarchy.

Requirements

• First Degree in Social Sciences or related discipline with at least 2 years experience of direct work on OVC and HIV Prevention, care, and support projects
• Proficiency in the use of computer.
• Excellent skills in NOMIS, and EXCEL.

Application Closing Date
26th March, 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Application and CV as one PDF document to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.