Management Sciences for Health (MSH) 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, padiatric home-case care, gender, stigma and determination and program related data collection 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 Advisor Technical support is to mobilize and support community based response 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 assist in identifying, locating and protecting OVC and providing both immediate and long term therapeutic and social economic assistance to vulnerable household by:
- Support integrate strategies to reduce stigma and discrimination
- Improve deliver 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 ensure the technical content and quality necessary for the National Health System to support decentralized 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
- Experience in OVC program design and implementation and management and public health interventions and disease 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 Peadiatric home base care, gender, stigma and discrimination
- Ability to work independently
- Willingness to travel extensively within Nigeria
Note: There are no 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 22nd December, 2009 if you wish to be considered for a post, please specify the position for which you are applying in the subject line.
Women are encouraged to apply
Suitable candidates living with HIV/AIDS will have an added advantage.
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