Management Sciences for Health (MSB) is a private, non-profit educational and scientific organization. Since 1971, MSH has worked with its worldwide partners to improve the management of and access to health services such as primary health care, child survival, maternal and child health, family planning, and reproductive health. The below position will provide technical assistance aimed at Improving the lives of children and families affected by HIV/AIDS in project state. The goal of this project is to deliver care and support activities to OVC as well as palliative care. Program intervention include care and support for children affected by HIV/AIDS, paediatrie home-base care, gender, stigma and discrimination and program related data collection and analysis.
Position: Orphan & Vulnerable Children (OVC) Advisor
Location: Abuja
The OVC’ Advisor will provide support and technical assistance aimed at improving the lives of children and families affected by HIV and AIDS. The emphasis of the OVC Advisors Technical support is to mobilize and support community based responses that will improve the delivery of services to OVC and strengthen systems to ensure sustainable services delivery and protection of OVC particularly female adolescent OVC.
Specific Responsibilities;.
- The Advisor wilt assist in identifying, locating and protecting OVC and providing both immediate and long-term therapeutic and social economic assistance to vulnerable household by:
- Support to integrate strategies to reduce stigma and discrimination,
- Improve delivery on services through a family centred and community based model
- Assist OVC to acquire the skill and knowledge that protect them from HIV infection
- strengthen networks, systems and leveraging wrap-around programs
- The advisor will work with the Ministry of Women and Social Development counterparts. USAID Cooperating Agencies and other partners in the public and private sector S/he will assure the technical content and quality necessary for the National Health System to support decentralised system and to achieve effective implementation of appropriate interventions at the national, state, district and local level,
Qualifications;
- Masters degree or equivalent experience in Public health or related field
- Expertise in OVC program design and implementation and management and public health interventions and diseases control
- Experience developing relationships with provincial and district level government officials
- Minimum of 6 years experience in HIV/AIDS, TB, STI and/or Child Survival/IMCI projects in African countries, preferably Nigeria
- Knowledge and understanding of the paedtatric home base care, gender, stigma and discrimination
- Ability to work independently
- Willingness to travel extensively within Nigeria
Note: there are not relocation allowances available for this position.
Method of Application:
Interested persons may send comprehensive resume with a brief cover letter as ONE MS Word document to lmsnigeria@msh.org on or before 23rd April, 2010. If you wish to be considered for a post, please specify the position for which you are applying in the subject line. Note that if the underline instructions are not followed application will not be considered.
Suitable candidates living with HIV/AIDs will have an added advantage.
Woman are encouraged to apply.
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