HIV Prevention Coordinator Job Vacancy at Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF)

Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF), is a legally registered NGO operating in Nigeria, AHF-Nigeria collaborates with the Federal Government of Nigeria and other partner institutions, to provide technical assistance to these key. To meet the above needs, the program wishes to recruit a dynamic, skilled, committed, self-driven and results oriented individuals to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: HIV Prevention Coordinator

Location: Benue
Report: Prevention Program Manager/Regional Medical Manager

Job Summary

• The prevention coordinator will ensure implementation HIV prevention programs in AHF supported health facilities, ensure adherence to SOPs, national guidelines and protocols.
• He/she would facilitate the expansion and coverage of prevention program in line with approved program objectives.
• Strengthen collaboration & partnership with CBO/ CSOs and other NGOs to enhance synergy

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programs aimed at Biomedical Prevention of HIV (including Testing and Counseling).
• Coordinates the provision of community HCT outreaches according to acceptable protocols and in line with the national guidelines.
• Provides technical assistance to health facilities, CBOs sub-partners on strategic program implementation.
• Support and strengthen collaboration among CBO partners involved in HIV programs and promotes use of national and internationally recognized best practices and evidence-informed HIV biomedical interventions/services among AHF sponsored or supported programs in Nigeria.
• Supports the process of developing/reviewing and adapting HIV Testing and Counseling, Blood and Injection safety, USP, PEP training curricula and other documents to meet appropriate audience.
• Ensure effective data entry, manage and supervise the process of appropriate data collection at the facility and community using appropriate data tools for all HIV prevention programs.
• Assist to ensure coordinated inventory management, performs a monthly stock count; and reports appropriately.
• Scale up and strengthen the provision of HCT through provider initiated testing and counseling approaches (PITC).
• Contributes to the design and implementation of approaches in other prevention strategies-including but not limited to Blood and Injection safety, Post exposure prophylaxis, HIV Testing and Counseling, and PHDP.
• Ensures effective and strategic leadership for HCWs at heath facilities and partners within the continuum of care.
• Support the design and implementation of prevention programs for MARP5 and other key populations (i.e. as female sex workers, Adolescent and young persons as well as PWID).
• Contribute to the capacity building of HCWs and staff of CBO partners with respect to HIV prevention programs.
• Represents AHF in strategic and technical partnerships-at the National, State and Local Government levels.
• Perform other duties as maybe assigned as needed.

Key Result Areas:

• HIV prevention program indicators.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CV’s and cover letters to:globalhr.Africa@aidshealth.org

Note

• Candidate should kindly indicate the position applying for and their preferred located as the subject of their e-mail.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

12:00 PM; 22nd March, 2016.