Assistant Technical Officer at Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi)

Achieving Health Nigeria Initiative (AHNi) is a non-profit organization that promotes socio-economic development by supporting global health and economic initiatives in Nigeria. AHNi currently has its headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria.

To strengthen our operations and interventions in the country we are recruiting qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Title: Assistant Technical Officer

Location: Borno
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description

• Under the Supervision of the Technical Officer, the Assistant Technical Officer will work with the state-level staff & government counterparts in assigned facilities to provide support and guidance on implementation of high-quality HIV/AIDS, PMTCT and TB/HIV intervention, monitoring and evaluation activities and on donor and Government of Nigeria reporting requirements.
• The ATO will assist the Technical Officer in providing technical support at the facility level to implement high quality care, treatment, and support activities with primary focus on HIV/AIDS programs, including correct implementation, monitoring and evaluation of ACEBAY’s activities through adherence to timely documentation and reporting of activities.
• S/He will support the optimization of ART service delivery at the various LGAs and track ART coverage of service provided in the various LGAs of service delivery at ACE-supported facilities to minimize missed opportunities, provide technical assistance to ad hoc staff, clinical mentors and facility focal persons on HIV/TB, PrEP, HIVST, Viral load sample collection, GBV and cervical cancer screening and monitor progress towards USAID targets through routine monitoring, monthly data validation and quarterly DQA in assigned facility.
• The ATO will also support the STO-PCT/TBHIV to share progress report during daily SRMs, weekly DRM and during quarterly TWGs with GoN and other stakeholders.

Minimum Recruitment Standard

• MB.BS or similar degree with 3 to 5 years relevant experience in clinical care with a sound understanding of HIV/AIDS with provision of PMTCT and anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in resource constrained settings including familiarity with northern Nigeria M&E context and locations.
• Or BSc. Nursing, Public health, Pharmacy, or other closely related field with 3-5 years relevant experience.
• Familiarity with Nigerian public sector health systems and NGOs and CBOs is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of Nigerian clinical setting and project-level or state/national-level monitoring and evaluation system implementation, including government and non-government settings.
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and understanding of the social, political, and ethical issues surrounding HIV infections.

Application Closing Date
4th December 2023.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their Suitability Statement (Application) and Resume (CV) as a single MS Word document to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.

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Note

• Only applications sent electronically (i.e., by e-mail) with the job title and location clearly indicated as the subject of the mail will be considered and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
• AHNi is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• Disclaimer: AHNi does not charge Candidates a fee for a test or interview.